Republican Josh Mandel, a candidate for the Ohio State Senate, said DC Comics was “literally trying to destroy America.” Predictably, right-wing media outlets and conservative politicians bashed the character. Meanwhile, queer Twitter users rushed to the defense of the comic book publisher and the LGBTQ+ community. “If your biggest problem with him is that he likes to kiss guys as well as girls then you really need to get a life, you biphobic bigot.” “ is a fictional half-alien superhero with superhuman strength, who can fly and shoot laser beams out of his eyes,” one user tweeted.
