10 Biggest DC Comics Controversies‏

7. Hiring Orson Scott Card

Oh yeah, there was another reason people were suspicious of DC's motivations for banning a high-profile gay marriage from happening in their comics: because they had recently hired a high-profile writer who actively campaigns to ban gay marriage in real life.

Noted homophobe Orson Scott Card is otherwise known for his classic sci-fi novel Ender's Game, which is probably what he was hired for, rather than for his bigotry. But it was the bigotry that captured the public's imagination. Card was tapped to write a story for the anthology series Adventures of Superman, which in the end never got published.

Fans and comic shops alike threatened to boycott the series (a similar fate befell the recent film adaptation of Ender's Game) due to Card's outspoken political views and, whilst DC first took the position of "we believe in freedom of expression, his views aren't our views etc", artist Chris Sprouse leaving the project over all the bad publicity seemed the final nail in the coffin.