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Marvel's most proment gay Avengers tie the knot a new special g this fall. Hulklg and Wicn marry Empyre: Avengers Aftermath.

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MARVEL COMICS HOSTS FIRST GAY WEDDG ‘ASTONISHG X-MEN’

Back 1992, Marvel Comics ma headl by revealg that Northstar, a Canadian superhero associated wh Alpha Flight and the X-Men, was gay. “When gay marriage beme legal New York State, raised obv qutns sce most of our hero ri New York State.

Northstar is the first openly gay character ics and he’s been a longterm relatnship wh his partner Kyle so the big qutn was – how would this change his relatnship?, ” says Marvel Comics edor--chief Axel Alonso.

“Here are two people, tryg to live their liv – mutant and gay, black and gay – empowered their own ways, but also ge-dwellers, ” says Liu. The tensns will rm Liu’s Astonishg X-Men stori gog forward, but Alonso says the uple will also have to nont homophobia om Northstar’s teammat.

MARVEL MAK HISTORY WH ITS FIRST GAY WEDDG BETWEEN TWO SUPERHERO

Although Northstar of the X-Men married his partner, Kyle Jadu, back 2012, Jadu is not a characters Midnighter and Apollo hold the distctn of beg the first gay uple to tie the knot the 29th and fal issue of The Authory, which was published shortly before the seri’ ncellatn 2002. Wicn and Hulklg were first troduced to the Marvel Universe as part of the Young Avengers seri 2005 and soon beme the first out gay teenagers the publisher’s history.

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THE YOUNG AVENGERS HAS NSISTENTLY BEEN ONE OF THE QUEERT, MOST WELL-WRTEN SUPERHERO TEAMS THE MARVEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WICN (BILLY KAPLAN) IS THE SUPERPOWERED CHILD OF AVENGERS SRLET WCH AND VISN. BUT BEE ICS BOOKS ARE GONNA IC BOOK, HE AND HIS TW BROTHER, SPEED, EXIST MORE AS RERNATED VERSNS OF SRLET WCH’S CHILDREN SHE LOST. WICN HAS MANY OF THE SAME POWERS AS HIS MOTHER, SRLET WCH, WHILE HIS BROTHER HAS THE SAME POWERS AS THEIR UNCLE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HULKLG (TEDDY ALTMAN) IS THE SON OF THE ORIGAL CAPTA MARVEL (MAR-VELL) AND SKLL PRCS ANELLE. THE SKLLS ARE AN ALIEN RACE OF SHAPHIFTERS, SO ALONG WH SUPER-STRENGTH, HULKLG N ALSO SHAPHIFT. HOWEVER, HE DIDN’T FD OUT MUCH LATER LIFE THAT HE WAS A SKLL UNTIL THE SUPER-SKLL ATTACKED HIS FAY AND KILLED HIS ADOPTIVE MOTHER ONT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE NORTHSTAR WAS MARVEL’S FIRST OUT GAY SUPERHERO WHO ALSO WENT ON TO HAVE MARVEL’S FIRST ON-PAGE SAME-SEX WEDDG, WICN AND HULKLG HAVE BROKEN NEW GROUND. NOT ONLY ARE THEY MARVEL’S PREMIERE GAY SUPERHERO UPLE, BUT THEY ARE NOW MARVEL’S FIRST MARRIED GAY SUPERHERO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE MIGHT THK THIS ISN’T A BIG AL 2020, BUT ABSOLUTELY IS. WICN AND HULKLG DIDN’T EVEN SHARE THEIR FIRST ON-PAGE KISS UNTIL SEVEN YEARS AFTER THEY BUTED. 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Related: ‘HSM’ Director Confirms Popular Character is Ined Gay. They were Marvel’s first out gay teenage hero, and their first out gay hero uple as well.

It should be noted that this is the first marriage between two gay hero Marvel Comics, but not two gay characters. However, he didn’t fd out much later life that he was a Skll until the Super-Skll attacked his fay and killed his adoptive mother ont of Northstar was Marvel’s first out gay superhero who also went on to have Marvel’s first on-page same-sex weddg, Wicn and Hulklg have broken new ground. Not only are they Marvel’s premiere gay superhero uple, but they are now Marvel’s first married gay superhero might thk this isn’t a big al 2020, but absolutely is.

Man I married”—which is the oppose kd of twist you’d expect for a beloved gay superhero uple. It's a wele change to the Bury Your Gays trope that hopefully kickstarts a new one: Marry Your Gays.

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