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Greg Rucka stated that DC's editors had no problem along with his writing Montoya or Batwoman as lesbian, however the media controversy over Batwoman's sexuality "nullified any constructive effect Batwoman might have had on the industry" and compelled the character into minor roles during main crossover storylines. Writer Warren Ellis addressed the problem of Batman's sexuality obliquely in his comedian e-book The Authority from Image Comics the place he portrayed the character of the Midnighter, a transparent Batman pastiche, as overtly gay and engaged in a long run relationship with the Superman analogue Apollo. Ironically, the original Batwoman, Katherine Kane, was created within the 1950s, together with unique Bat-lady Bette Kane, as a romantic interest for Batman (and Bat-girl as such for Robin), to deter the notion that Batman and Robin have been both gay and in a relationship. In response to the 2009 New York Comic Con, reporter Alison Flood called Batwoman DC Comics' highest profile gay superhero. The numerous Lives of the Batman: Critical Approaches to a Superhero and His Media. In 2021, DC published a storyline as a part of Batman: Urban Legends through which the third Robin, Tim Drake, realises he has romantic feelings for each women and men, and begins dating his former schoolfriend Bernard Dowd.