DC Comics has released another LGBTQ focused comic for Pride Month, and this year it’s one that introduces a transgender version of Wonder Woman in Justice League Dream Girls – A DC Pride Event #1. The issue centers on Nia Nal, also known as Dreamer, who enters an alternate reality where he becomes Wonder Woman instead of Diana Prince.
“The DC Pride priorities have always been to spotlight queer characters, serve as a launchpad for new, year-round DC storytelling, and celebrate our roster of incredible talent,” DC editor Andrea Shea said in a statement, according to Attitude. “And in so many ways, 2026 is the culmination of the last five years – what we’ve always been building toward: a series of stories that take place in the heart of DC continuity and serve as the next chapters for some of our most beloved characters.”
Dreamer first appeared on television in 2018 on one of many “woke” episodes of Supergirl, which aired on The CW from 2015 to 2021. Transgender actor Nicole Maines played the role. The character later moved into DC Comics in 2021 following the show’s cancellation, debuting in a previous Pride-themed issue.
In the new comic, Dreamer uses their established powers, which include seeing the future through dreams, astral projection, energy projection, and the ability to convince others to pretend he is a female. Reports also state that Maines co-wrote the issue alongside comics writer Jadzia Axelrod.
The issue is now available in comic shops. The release continues DC’s broader push to expand LGBTQ-focused storylines across its major titles over the past decade.
That identity politics first strategy has seen abysmal commercial results. DC has updated several established characters with LGBTQ identities, including Batwoman, Supergirl, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Tim Drake’s Robin, and the pair Midnighter and Apollo. In 2022, a storyline featuring Superman’s son Jon Kent as bisexual also saw declining interest and was canceled after just over a year. In 2023, DC pushed even further into the original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, being gay in a new series that struggled with low sales.
The company’s political directions continue to draw unwanted attention to their failed storytelling priorities.
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