During Unwinnable’s “Love Week,” I had written about homosexuality in comic books and how, for some reason, the media seems to pay a lot more attention to it. More recently, Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, was revealed as a gay character in the James Robinson-penned Earth 2. So it seemed serendipitous that in the days following my article, “I Want My Stormwatch Love, Dammit!,” I received a message asking if I would like to review a book about a gay superhero team. Written by Martin Eden, Spandex: Fast and Hard tells the story of a group of gay superheroes. At first glance, it’s a book of clichès about gay people. The team members have names like Diva, Glitter, Mr. Muscles and Butch. But over the course of the three issues presented in this graphic novel, Martin Eden is able to communicate heartfelt emotions like desolation and sadness. The art also gets better with each page and by the end, Eden has developed a strong base for the future of his world, while establishing a group of heroes who not only embrace their homosexuality, but display confidence in their being. (more…)