ashed ▁by ▁The ▁Hand ). ▁Moore ▁believed ▁that ▁having ▁one ▁of ▁Marvel ' s ▁biggest ▁super h ero es ▁murder ▁its ▁most ▁prominent ▁gay ▁character ▁sent ▁the ▁wrong ▁message ▁to ▁readers . ▁Moore ▁subsequently ▁created ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁ 6 0 ▁L GB T Q ▁super h ero es ▁who ▁have ▁met ▁with ▁tort ure , ▁ra pe , ▁dis emb owel ment , ▁dec ap itation , ▁had ▁their ▁gen ital ia ▁dis fig ured ▁or ▁removed , ▁or ▁ret con ned ▁as ▁heter osex ual . ▁His ▁growing ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁poor ▁treatment ▁of ▁L GB T Q ▁super h ero ▁characters ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁write ▁Hero ▁to ▁present ▁a ▁more ▁positive ▁side . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁Re views ▁of ▁Hero ▁have ▁been ▁mainly ▁positive . ▁People ▁magazine ▁was ▁une qu iv ocal ▁in ▁its ▁pra ise ▁for ▁the ▁book . ▁It ▁called ▁the ▁novel ▁comp elling , ▁fun ny , ▁and ▁touch ing , ▁and ▁the ▁characters ▁en ig m atic . ▁The ▁Times ▁( Lond on ) ▁review ▁on ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁edition ▁was ▁also ▁largely ▁positive . ▁" Th om ▁is ▁de void ▁of ▁the ▁gross ly ▁s tere ot yp ical ▁attributes ▁that ▁com ic ▁books ▁link ▁to ▁their ▁gay ▁characters ' ▁sexual ▁preference " ▁and ▁" The ▁book ▁is ▁entertain ing , ▁though ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁its ▁rich ▁core ▁tack ling ▁deep ▁social ▁issues , ▁the ▁writing ▁is ▁light ..." ▁The ▁Adv oc ate ▁similarly ▁pra ised ▁the ▁book . ▁The