stan-lee-gayIf you ask the average Joe in the street to name a comic or creator then you would probably find that nearly all the people you ask could name one, Stan Lee.

He is the one man comic army famous for creating such incredible superhero characters as Spider-man. Yesterday the Spiderman shared his front cover with incoming president Barak Obama.

But now Stan Lee is about to create a new superhero that may become as big a story as Obama-man, he has announced that he is to pen a new superhero who will be openly gay.

The new superhero Thom Creed, will be a high school kid who enjoys all that usual high school stuff such as being on the basketball team

Like so many other characters, he will struggle to keep his superhero alter ego a secret, unlike other superheroes he will also struggle to keep his sexuality from becoming public knowledge.

According to Lee, the character is based on the Perry Moore novel Hero.

Lee did not give any indication what powers the new gay hero will have; we assume he will be able to spot a fashion emergency at six miles. But apart from that, he declined to give out any information about what the storylines may entail.

If anyone could make such a character work then we can be sure Lee is the man for the job.