On Friday, as part of DC's June 2023 solicitations, it was revealed that the upcoming nineteenth issue of Batgirls. and the upcoming tenth issue of Tim Drake: Robin will be their respective finales. Batgirls, which follows the ongoing adventures of Stephanie Brown / Spoiler and Cassandra Cain / Orphan being mentored by Barbara Gordon, began in December of 2021, while Tim Drake: Robin began in September of 2022. You can check out the official synopsis for Batgirls #19 and Tim Drake: Robin #10 below. In the comic, Tim/Robin has a “lightbulb moment” when fighting alongside his friend Bernard Dowd. “Ever have a lightbulb moment?” Tim wonders in the panel. “Like something out in the ether has been taunting you, teasing you. Like you know you’re supposed to be on the same page as your brain but not everything made sense. People keep asking me what I want. But I couldn’t grasp it. Whatever it was. It always felt just out of reach. Until now. Until right now.” Later, Tim catches up with Bernard on his porch. “I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about that night and I don’t know what it meant to me,” Tim says. “But I’d like to find out.” Which prompts Bernard to reply: “I was hoping you would. Tim Drake… do you want to go on a date with me?” Then Tim replies: “Yeah … yeah. I think I want that.” 'Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham' Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive) The story will resume with the next issue coming in December and marks the first time the Caped Crusader’s sidekick has come out since the character was introduced in 1940. The comic’s writer, Meghan Fitzman, told Polygon that they’re deliberately not putting a label on the character’s feelings as of yet. “I wanted to pay tribute to the fact that sexuality is a journey,” Fitzmartin said. “To be clear, his feelings for Stephanie have been/are 100 percent real, as are his feelings for Bernard. However, Tim is still figuring himself out. I don’t think he has the language for it all… yet.” The question of The Boy Wonder’s sexuality goes back to the introduction of the character, with Batman’s ward frequently being the target of innuendos and jokes. According to a deep-dive into the topic by Slate, an anti-comics psychiatrist even testified before a Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency in 1954, slamming the Batman comics as “a wish-dream of two homosexuals living together.” Occasionally, Batman comic writers seemed to slyly embrace the idea of Robin being gay, even as DC Comics officially maintained the character was straight. Director Joel Schumacher also famously seemed to toy with the idea in his films Batman Forever (1995) and Batman and Robin (1997). ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL1b0SNH43s

As the MCU prepares to introduce Adam Warlock, of course Marvel Comics must do its best to ensure the character gets taken down a peg or two. Meet EVE WARLOCK, the next evolution of Warlock! She’s come to strip Adam of all his power. Right in time for James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy 3 movie, Marvel Comics introduces a female version of Adam Warlock with Eve Warlock! Someone stronger, faster and smarter! So since James Gunn has Ayesha in the MCU, we can guess Marvel Comics wants to create another female version of Adam Warlock with Eve Warlock! But better! “Adam Warlock meets his match this April!” teases the announcement by Marvel and of course, it’s by fan-favorite writer Ron Marz, too! The announcement adds: “Before he jetted off to space, Adam Warlock was artificially created by scientists on Earth to be the ‘perfect specimen.’ What fans will shockingly discover is that as Adam went on to wield the Infinity Gems and play key roles in epics like Infinity Gauntlet and Infinity Watch, another specimen was created—someone stronger, faster and smarter than Adam himself! Meet EVE WARLOCK, the next evolution of Warlock! She’s come to strip Adam of all his power, starting with the Soul Gem!” ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nsmax4GZEc