I don't care how much you don't like the character - 29 is not middle-aged.Then again, I found it difficult to believe that Donna Troy would hook up with a middle aged loser (this was Wolfman's fantasy, I guess)
I liked Jericho fine, and hated his horrible death (fine with him dying, but it should have been a hero's death), and what's been done with him since. And frankly, not going with stereotypes isn't a bad thing. Not that I even realized him as "appearing gay" until other people commented later. He was just an artistic guy who didn't like violence. But, of course, was absolutely willing to fight. Have to be to be a superhero.