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* Clash from ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'' is a huge fangirl of the all-girls band The Misfits and is their groupie. She also has a very close friendship with Blaze (who is canonically gay), however it's hard to tell if it's supposed to be [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship platonic]] or [[ShipTease intentionally romantic]].

* The title character of ''ComicBook/YokoTsuno'' never appears to have a boyfriend, but she eagerly bonds with cute young women throughout the series, which makes quite a few fans wonder about her sexual orientation. In later albums the author tries to couple her with her best friend Vic, even though they don't even have a fraction of the chemistry Yoko has with some of the other girls -- [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship especially Ingrid]].

* Julia Pennyworth has several lines in ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth'' that imply she's attracted to Kate Kane, and one that even implies the two have had sex. Her [[Series/Batwoman2019 TV counterpart]] is considerably less ambiguous about this; she and Kate are explicitly stated to have had a relationship in the past.
* Batman himself borders on Ambiguously Gay or AmbiguouslyBi at times. Some writers make the Batman/Joker FoeYay go ''both ways'' (as if it wasn't disturbing enough) and portray Batman as having some bizarre obsession with the Joker, and it's notoriously easy to read into his relationship with Robin, or the fact that he's never had a stable female love interest. Frank Miller has suggested Batman is simply sublimating his sexual urges into crime fighting, joking "He'd be a lot healthier if he was gay".
* ComicBook/TheJoker of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' fame. Since ComicBook/{{Harley|Quinn}}'s transition from the Franchise/{{DCAU}} into canon comics, the writers have been seemingly trying to tear them apart and made it into a one-sided relationship on her part. Harley & Ivy both think that The Joker [[FoeYay only has eyes for Batman]]. Joker has often professed affection towards Batman (complete with moments of desperate attention-needing) and has made some awkward comments about [[{{Sidekick}} Robin's]] shorts and shaving habits. He seems to have quite a flirtatious love/hate thing for ComicBook/LexLuthor as well. The Joker is also very keen on his appearance and once said he didn't want to see Batman until his nails were finished drying (though the polish was poisonous when the red and green polishes tocuhed). He also took off his pants in front of Onomatopoeia and told him that he "bottoms from the top". As counter-evidence, ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' showed the not-yet Joker's pregnant wife saying that he was "good in bed", but the entire segment falls into his MultipleChoicePast. In ''Comicbook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'' Joker slaps Batman on the butt and continually hits on him throughout the comic. The pages are lined with homoerotic content and an unnatural level of sexual tension. (Arkham is non-canon, though its status as one of the iconic Joker portrayals means it can't be discounted because of that.) Various ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' media have run with this. ''Film/Batman1989'' shows that Jack Napier, the man who became the Joker, had more than a casual interest in art and was very keen on his appearance. In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', the Joker disguises himself as a white-skirted nurse to blow up a hospital and, in his last meeting with Batman, looks forward to many future encounters with him and tells him: "You complete me." ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' has him bat his eyelashes when he sees his old mob boss for the first time in years.

* The Creator/MarvelComics supervillain Man-Killer from ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' was... actually not that ambiguous, but the comics spent years not actually stating it directly. Aside from her name, her stereotypically butch appearance, and her firm rejection of any men who showed any interest in her, there's this little exchange from when she decided to try being a good guy.
-->'''[[FrenchJerk Cyclone]]:''' One more goes to the other side...\\
'''Man-Killer:''' I was ''born'' on that side, Frenchie.\\
'''Cyclone:''' I meant -- oh, never mind.

* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'':
** In a series where every other humanoid character has had a relationship or ShipTease with someone of the opposite sex (even Karolina was teased with Chase before she came out and he hooked up with Gert), Klara's most significant relationships are her sisterly relationship with Karolina and her RomanticTwoGirlFriendship with Molly. It's also worth noting that her parting gift for Molly was a giant bouquet of roses, and roses are both a traditional token of love and, in Klara's case, a literal part of her being.
** In ''ComicBook/RainbowRowellsRunaways'', Abigail has had nearly fifty years to choose a friend to be her ageless "Best Friend Forever", knowing that she could only have one, and she chose Molly to receive this honor. She is also very touchy-feely with Molly.
* Franchise/SpiderMan villain Mysterio is sort of this. In the mainstream comics he's rarely, if ever, shown any interest in women and has had a few hints over the years (plus the Spidey standard of occasional FoeYay). Some novels dropped the ambiguously part and made him explicitly gay; said novels are dubiously canon at best but pretty much everyone out-of-universe assumes he's gay at this point, even if the comics have yet to actually say it.
* Hannibal King in Marvel Comics ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'' and ''Nightstalkers'' series'. With the exception of his brief but awkward relationship with Tatiana Stiles, all of his other relationships with women have been platonic. His most significant relationship is his {{Bromance}} with ComicBook/{{Blade}}. A lot of his dialogue in ''Nightstalkers'' was camp and over the top. He was also the most [[{{Wangst}} Wangsty]] of the Nightstalker trio. He and Blade fight and argue a lot in the Nightstalkers comic, but not in the same way he fought with Frank Drake in ''Tomb''. Unlike Blade and Frank's former contempt for each other, Blade's bickering with Hannibal comes off as BelligerentSexualTension. Even [[ComicBook/GhostRider Johnny Blaze]] notices something when he points out something strange about a vampire hunter and a vampire are hanging out together. He also had a fabulous Victorian style costume. [[spoiler: In the final pages of the Nightstalkers comic when it is thought that he dies fighting Varnae, his last words are: "Frank, Blade...I...love...you]]. The very camp [[Film/BladeTrinity live action depiction]] by Ryan Reynolds must have picked up on something in the comics, or it could have just been Reynolds channeling ''Film/VanWilder''.
** Blade at one time had Saffron Caulder as his woman but she vanished after TheSeventies. He also seems to like leather outfits a whole lot.
* ''ComicBook/{{Vigilante}}'' has the assassin duo Cannon and Saber, who call each other "Love", act flirty with guys before a fight, operate out of a Southern California beachhouse, and in one notable panel, give each other mostly-nude massages.
* ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'':
** Adrian Veidt, of course. [[Film/{{Watchmen}} The movie version]] fits the trope fairly well, the book a bit less so. The 2019 [[Series/Watchmen2019 television miniseries]] splits the difference. He specifically says he’s never been with a woman but it’s never made clear if he means that he’s gay or if he’s just celibate.
--> '''Rorschach:''' He is pampered and decadent, betraying even his own shallow, liberal affectations. Possibly homosexual? Must remember to investigate further.
** Rorschach: The "holding a handshake too long" scene that demonstrates Nite Owl II's sexual tension for Silk Spectre II is mirrored later with confirmed bachelor Rorschach doing the exact same thing to Nite Owl II. Plus he has mommy-issues and possibly idolizes his dad.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Marya spends considerable time going on about how beautiful Diana is, how she wants to protect her, and will throw herself into situations with the Princess with little to no provocation. She even moves from Mexico to Washington DC to attend Holliday College in order to be closer to her.
** Some of the Amazons are AmbiguouslyBi; most of the rest are Ambiguously Gay (some are stated to be asexual and a very small handful are only into men and practice abstinence). [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Post-Crisis]], it is revealed that most residents of Themyscira are the immortal reincarnations of women who were wronged or abused by men and are all (mostly) misandric as a result, giving them a FreudianExcuse for avoiding men.
** In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'' a relationship between Hippolyta and Phillipus is hinted at, and if the book had gone on longer there were plans to have the two women get married, but their love for each other was never made to be explicitly more than the love of a longstanding friendship in the text.
* [[Comicbook/AllNewWolverine Honey Badger]], Comicbook/{{X 23}}'s clone sister, warns Comicbook/JeanGrey in ''Comicbook/XMenRed'' #2 about unexplored feelings she had for a girl she saw on a bus when the latter is creating a psychic link for an upcoming mission. As Gabby is ([[YoungerThanTheyLook biologically, thanks to being rapid-aged]]) thirteen, she's right at the age when children begin to develop their sexual identities, so the ambiguity is as much on ''her'' part as it is the story itself. The ambiguity is furthered by the future version of Gabby seen in the "Old Woman Laura" arc of ''Comicbook/AllNewWolverine'', who is married to someone named "[[GenderBlenderName Taylor]]."

* Clash from ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' is a huge fangirl of the all-girls band The Misfits and is their groupie. She also has a very close friendship with Blaze (who is canonically gay), however it's hard to tell if it's supposed to be [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship platonic]] or [[ShipTease intentionally romantic]].

* ''ComicStrip/GilThorp'': Lini Verde, a flashy-dressing ''Series/{{Glee}}'' fan who's also a clinch player for the basketball team. Despite the large number of signs, his sexual orientation hasn't been stated. The storyline involves a website that calls him unpleasant names, but the exact nature of those names is unrevealed (probably a good idea for all sorts of reasons.) When one character suggests wearing pink to support him, she gets the response "This is about bullying, not ... ''[[UnusualEuphemism pinkness]]''!"
* ''It's Grim Up North London'': Jez and Quin in the ''Magazine/PrivateEye'' comic strip. Maybe they're a stereotyped gay couple; maybe they're an equally stereotyped pair of upper-middle-class artistic types, who happen to share a flat.

* Batman himself borders on Ambiguously Gay or AmbiguouslyBi at times. Some writers make the Batman/Joker FoeYay go ''both ways'' (as if it wasn't disturbing enough) and portray Batman as having some bizarre obsession with the Joker, and it's notoriously easy to read into his relationship with Robin, or the fact that he's never had a stable female love interest. Frank Miller has suggested Batman is simply sublimating his sexual urges into crime fighting, joking "He'd be a lot healthier if he was gay".

* Cacofonix from ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''. He is the ''only'' male villager to have neither a wife nor occasional love interests, he plays up to stereotypes of [[AlwaysCamp camp, self-declared artists]], and in ''Asterix and the Secret Weapon'', while living in the forest with the rest of the village men in an all-male society, there are love letters pinned to his tree.
* An intentional use of this trope is in Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/{{Providence}}'', showing how this trope was used in the era of the Closet. Robert Black, whenever he meets another man he suspects to be gay, uses contemporary slang and oblique references to suss out the other's preference, such as the wearing of a green tie. Though the minute he sees Tom Malone, he comes close to giving himself away. Dr. North heavily implies his sexuality when flirting with Black, recognizing him as a man "familiar with Greenwich".
* In ''ComicBook/ProjectSuperpowers'', it's strongly hinted that The Woman In Red and Lady Satan are a couple. Red even openly states that she's not usually attracted to men.
* Franchise/SpiderMan villain Mysterio is sort of this. In the mainstream comics he's rarely, if ever, shown any interest in women and has had a few hints over the years (plus the Spidey standard of occasional FoeYay). Some novels dropped the ambiguously part and made him explicitly gay; said novels are dubiously canon at best but pretty much everyone out-of-universe assumes he's gay at this point, even if the comics have yet to actually say it.
* Clash from ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' is a huge fangirl of the all-girls band The Misfits and is their groupie. She also has a very close friendship with Blaze (who is canonically gay), however it's hard to tell if it's supposed to be [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship platonic]] or [[ShipTease intentionally romantic]].
* Hannibal King in Marvel Comics ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'' and ''Nightstalkers'' series'. With the exception of his brief but awkward relationship with Tatiana Stiles, all of his other relationships with women have been platonic. His most significant relationship is his {{Bromance}} with ComicBook/{{Blade}}. A lot of his dialogue in ''Nightstalkers'' was camp and over the top. He was also the most [[{{Wangst}} Wangsty]] of the Nightstalker trio. He and Blade fight and argue a lot in the Nightstalkers comic, but not in the same way he fought with Frank Drake in ''Tomb''. Unlike Blade and Frank's former contempt for each other, Blade's bickering with Hannibal comes off as BelligerentSexualTension. Even [[ComicBook/GhostRider Johnny Blaze]] notices something when he points out something strange about a vampire hunter and a vampire are hanging out together. He also had a fabulous Victorian style costume. [[spoiler: In the final pages of the Nightstalkers comic when it is thought that he dies fighting Varnae, his last words are: "Frank, Blade...I...love...you]]. The very camp [[Film/BladeTrinity live action depiction]] by Ryan Reynolds must have picked up on something in the comics, or it could have just been Reynolds channeling ''Film/VanWilder''.
** Blade at one time had Saffron Caulder as his woman but she vanished after TheSeventies. He also seems to like leather outfits a whole lot.
* [[Comicbook/AllNewWolverine Honey Badger]], Comicbook/{{X 23}}'s clone sister, warns Comicbook/JeanGrey in ''Comicbook/XMenRed'' #2 about unexplored feelings she had for a girl she saw on a bus when the latter is creating a psychic link for an upcoming mission. As Gabby is ([[YoungerThanTheyLook biologically, thanks to being rapid-aged]]) thirteen, she's right at the age when children begin to develop their sexual identities, so the ambiguity is as much on ''her'' part as it is the story itself. The ambiguity is furthered by the future version of Gabby seen in the "Old Woman Laura" arc of ''Comicbook/AllNewWolverine'', who is married to someone named "[[GenderBlenderName Taylor]]."
* Julia Pennyworth has several lines in ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth'' that imply she's attracted to Kate Kane, and one that even implies the two have had sex. Her [[Series/Batwoman2019 TV counterpart]] is considerably less ambiguous about this; she and Kate are explicitly stated to have had a relationship in the past.
* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'':
** In a series where every other humanoid character has had a relationship or ShipTease with someone of the opposite sex (even Karolina was teased with Chase before she came out and he hooked up with Gert), Klara's most significant relationships are her sisterly relationship with Karolina and her RomanticTwoGirlFriendship with Molly. It's also worth noting that her parting gift for Molly was a giant bouquet of roses, and roses are both a traditional token of love and, in Klara's case, a literal part of her being.
** In ''ComicBook/RainbowRowellsRunaways'', Abigail has had nearly fifty years to choose a friend to be her ageless "Best Friend Forever", knowing that she could only have one, and she chose Molly to receive this honor. She is also very touchy-feely with Molly.
* ''ComicBook/{{Vigilante}}'' has the assassin duo Cannon and Saber, who call each other "Love", act flirty with guys before a fight, operate out of a Southern California beachhouse, and in one notable panel, give each other mostly-nude massages.

%% Jughead from ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' was formerly listed here, but the suggestion was refuted by a MOUNTAIN of