Whoof. Ok. Warning: I am about to get as close to narrow-minded straight dude comicsgator-y as I can get, and I apologize. I don’t accept Iceman as gay. Moreso, I don’t accept the circumstances or the story in which he is outed. I understand the narrative of closested person finally coming to grips with who …
Tag: Marvel Comics
20. Flatman
The Great Lakes Avengers are a team I have a very soft spot for. They popped up in the late 80s as I somehow stumbled into reading West Coast Avengers at the time when Wanda/Scarlet Witch first went batshit and when Vision became bleached white Vision, which is a storyline that has basically influenced the …
Patreon Reward: Namora
I almost got this confused with Namorita. Two totally different characters. Not real happy with the face. I suck.
15. Wiccan
I’ll be honest, I totally forgot Wiccan (and Hulkling) were a thing. I read the original run of Young Avengers back in the day and loved it, but yeah… Also totally forgot that Wiccan was one of Scarlet Witch’s fake sons. Ah well.
14. Hercules
Hercules! ‘Nuff Said.
13. Union Jack
Apparently the WWII 2nd version of Union Jack was gay (his lover was the character known as Destroyer. Jokes at your own risk). But I’ll be honest, while researching this, all I wanted to do was go back and re-read Paul Grist’s masterful Jack Staff series.
12. Shatterstar
Not sure whether Shatterstar is bi or gay, but I do remember Rob Liefeld flipping his shit when Peter David put him in a relationship with Rictor in the pages of X-Factor, and that is enough to actually make me like this character now.
10. Anole
I read Skottie Young’s run on New X-Men 100 million years ago. The only things I really remembered were that Pixie and Anole were the two standout characters, and I honestly couldn’t say why. My memory is awful. Um… Anole looks cool and was kinda fun to draw.
5. Northstar
Oh, Northstar. Where to start? Not the first gay superhero to come out, but perhaps the first to be created AS gay? At least according to legend. John Byrne, in a seriously rare moment of progressiveness – who had created Northstar and the rest of Alpha Flight as basically punching bags for the X-Men – …
4. America
Don’t know much about her, but I read the recent America Chavez: Made in the USA and it’s a “your whole life is a lie!” plot. Which is not great for even the most well-established of characters, and kinda worse for characters barely a decade old. Anyhoo. I like the simplicity of her look, she’s …