For so long as there have been new kinds of media, there have been queer people appearing within it. Comic books are no different, but their relationship to queerness, fans, creators, and even specific countries is a bit more complicated than one would expect.

Sources:

https://comicsalliance.com/united-nations-condemned-superman-1950s/

https://www.academia.edu/1682726/_Truth_Justice_and_the_American_Way_in_Francos_Spain_

https://www.out.com/film/superman-immigrant