Wonder Woman (SPOILERS)

Over at the DC Message Boards, Wonder Woman writer Gail Simone recently confirmed that new character Achilles (from the Rise of the Olympian story arc) is gay.

http://dcboards.warnerbros.com/web/thread.jspa?threadID=2000203025&start=0&tstart=0

For those not familiar with Gail, she's one of the most outspoken champions of diversity in comics today. (She also did an interview with After Ellen earlier this year.) She's a bit better known for her lesbians/bi women, but she has created or utilized some gay male characters in the past. Here's a quote from the above link:

"It's just part of who he is. DC has a ton of lesbians, but not that many gay heroes or even anti-heroes. He's not meant to be a token, I think he's a pretty cool character on his own and if he gets a chance to shine, I think we'll see that--up til now it's mostly been potential.

But RotO was about good intentions and how even people with good intentions can destroy worlds if they're not careful, so he's been put in a terrible position--his faith in the gods is pretty much absolute, but it puts him in direct conflict with what he believes is right, like his respect for Diana and Hippolyta. I have a lot of sympathy for a person in that position, I think we've all been there where what we believe in conflicts with who we have faith in."

The story arc (issues 26-33, I believe ) has been collected into a trade paperback edition which will go on sale this coming Tuesday, November 10th. Aaron Lopresti handled most of the art, with Bernard Chang filling in on an issue or two.

No indication he's looking for a Patroclus yet, but hopefully there'll be something to report on that front soon.