One of the more obscure was Superboy (1988-92), a syndicated reboot that was, for obvious reasons, very popular in West Hollywood.
It sends the teenage Clark Kent to Schuster University (named after his creator), where he rooms with Daily Planet editor Perry White's son T. J. (James Calvert), moons over co-ed Lana Lang (Stacey Haiduk), and butts heads with villain-to-be Lex Luther (Sherman Howard).
23-year old stage actor John Haymes Newton was not quite as muscular as other Men of Steel, but he was handsome, and he could fill out a Superman costume better.
In fact, he's probably the biggest Superman of all time.
He spent the 1990s capitalizing on his good looks and superlative physique, sometimes in missteps, such as the self-explanatory Desert Kickboxer (1992) and the tv schlock Models Inc (1994-95), but also in some blockbuster series like Melrose Place: he played Ryan McBride, younger brother of restaurant owner Kyle McBride (Rob Estes).
And in 2004-2005, he played the gay Jonathan Lithgow on Desperate Housewives.
There's a sausage sighting story about Gerard Christopher, Billy Mumy (Lost in Space), and Jon Bon Jovi on Tales of West Hollywood.
The series lasted another year before folding.
No particular gay content in his work, but:
See also: Sausage Sighting of Bill Mumy and Jon Bon Jovi.; and My Hookup with Superman
DC is subtext. (See, for instance, Batman and Robin.) If you want explicit gay representation, you go to Marvel, where one of the most powerful beings in the 616 universe is the Hulk's gay son.
ReplyDelete(Marvel still does subtext in the MCU. It's somewhat implied Drax is bi, since he's married, but seemed to be crushing on Thor in Infinity War. Drax gets snapped, though, so no follow through until Avengers 4 undoes it, and the Mouse rehired James Gunn.)