LGBT Character of the Week

Maybe it was all the camp from the 60's Batman series, but what is it about LGBT characters and Gotham City? Gail Simone and Ed Benes created and introduced Creote in Birds of Prey #57 in 2003. Orginally along with Savant created as supervillans capable of being a match for Oracle and company, Black Canary rapidly deduces that Creote is secretly in love with Savant.

About the two characters, Simone commented on the CBR messageboard:

First, I wanted a villain who could compete with both Oracle and Canary, but I also wanted him to not be some perfect genius type, but rather a flawed and slightly non-functioning guy. The freak with the knife who doesn't know what day it is is a lot scarier to me than the supergenius from planet Kleplock or whatever.

Also, it's funny, but so few supervillains are actually hot guys. Lots of muscle types, but few are model pretty, and I like the friction that brings. Like, say, Dinah, Savant is aware of how he looks, but a bit dismissive of it. It's not really important to him.

Ahh, but its important to Creote. Savant is clueless about how Creote feels about him and the tension should provide some interesting reads in the future.