{"id":219309,"date":"2025-09-11T22:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/219309\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T22:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:47:10","slug":"dc-cancels-red-hood-comic-book-series-after-writer-shares-inflammatory-post-following-charlie-kirk-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/219309\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Cancels \u2018Red Hood\u2019 Comic Book Series After Writer Shares Inflammatory Post Following Charlie Kirk Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

DC has shelved its Red Hood comic book series following writer Gretchen Felker-Martin sharing posts on Bluesky that joked about the shooting of Charlie Kirk<\/a>, who was killed by an assassin\u2019s bullet Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHope the bullet\u2019s okay after touching Charlie Kirk,\u201d read one post. \u201cThoughts and prayers you Nazi bitch,\u201d read another by Felker-Martin. The writer is trans, while Kirk was known for his anti-trans stance. Felker-Martin\u2019s Bluesky account is now deactivated, but those posts were screenshotted and widely spread before DC canceled the series.<\/p>\n

More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAt DC Comics, we place the highest value on our creators and community and affirm the right to peaceful, individual expression of personal viewpoints. Posts or public comments that can be viewed as promoting hostility or violence are inconsistent with DC\u2019s standards of conduct,\u201d a DC spokesperson said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n

While the Kirk posts got attention online over the past 24 hours, insiders stress that it was merely the final straw that broke the camel\u2019s back, rather than the sole reason for\u00a0Red Hood\u2019s cancellation. Any post viewed as promoting hostility or violence would break the company\u2019s social media policy.<\/p>\n

As of Thursday afternoon, law enforcement officials were still searching for the shooter behind Kirk\u2019s death. The violent incident sent ripples through the worlds of politics and media, with Comedy Central pulling an episode of South Park<\/a> that mocked Kirk.<\/p>\n

The first issue of Red Hood arrived in comic-book shops on Wednesday, the day outspoken MAGA activist and conservative media figure Kirk was killed while speaking at Utah Valley University. The comic (intended to be part of an ongoing series, with future issues planned for October and November) centered on Jason Todd, a former Robin who has adopted the antihero persona of Red Hood. \u201cSweat, blood and powder burns. Broken bones and mind control. A city rotted from the inside out,\u201d said Felker-Martin in a statement in June announcing the book. \u201cJason\u2019s going through hell on the hunt for an enigmatic telepath, and he\u2019s taking us with him. I\u2019m thrilled to be helming this new run of\u00a0Red\u00a0Hood\u00a0with [artist] Jeff Spokes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sign up for THR’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DC has shelved its Red Hood comic book series following writer Gretchen Felker-Martin sharing posts on Bluesky that…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":219310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[98497,19719,119583,32720,171,119585,119584,119582,36770,119586,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-219309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-bluesky","9":"tag-charlie-kirk","10":"tag-comic-book-series","11":"tag-dc","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-felker-martin","14":"tag-gretchen-felker-martin","15":"tag-red-hood","16":"tag-the-hollywood-reporter","17":"tag-thoughts-and-prayers","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}