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Lee Set For Gay Superhero Show
Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-man, the X-Men and The Hulk, is planning to unleash the world's first homosexual superhero in a new television programme.
The show will revolve around Thom Creed, a high-school basketball player who is forced to hide his sexuality as well as his superpowers.
It is not known what kind of powers Creed will display, though in the original novel he has 'healing' powers.
Lee, the former head of Marvel Comics, will unveil Creed in an hour-long television special made in the US.
If he proves popular with audiences, the programme will be shown in Britain.
Lee developed the idea of a gay character from the award-winning novel Hero by Perry Moore, the Sun reports.
A television industry source told the paper: “It was only a matter of time before we had our first gay superhero. And if there is one man who can make him a success it is Stan Lee.
“There’s a real buzz among comic book fans.”
Lee recently told GQ magazine that the world needed an Economist Man and a Foreign Relations Man to help the world weather the global financial crisis.
"Being president these days is too big a job for someone with just one superpower. Though I do think Obama has a certain Mr. Fantastic quality," he said.
