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TIL Fredric Wertham's 'Seduction of the Innocent' in 1954 criticized Batman comics for alleged homosexual tones. This led to a 'sunnier Batman' era , with characters like Batwoman and Batgirl introduced to counter the claims about Batman and Robin being gay.

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