Prr to the 1980s, all ic book characters were assumed to be, and prented as, "straight" heterosexual people. But people are plited and societi evolve, so sce that time has e to be acknowledged that some characters are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr. The Comics Co...
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From Wonr Woman to Northstar, here are some of the most groundbreakg LGBTQ characters and gay superhero Marvel and DC Comics non. * dc marvel lgbt *
Siarly to DC, Marvel published a Pri Month themed one-shot Marvel Voic: Pri #1 which piled stori of several diverse queer characters, phg past mon stori of Whe gay men to clu LGBTQIA+ people of lor and trans folks, while also rporatg queer stori to regular seri to avoid the tokenizatn of jt publishg a one-shot event.
Speed is the brother of Wicn, one of Marvel's most famo gay hero, but the love story between Speed and Prodigy shown Marvel Voic: Pri #1 is nothg like his brother's smic romance wh Hulklg. One of the bt newly-buted characters Marvel Comics is a young, gay mutant named Somn. Livg a time when beg an out gay man was not allowed, Somn grew old and died before ever gettg the chance to live life as himself.
The long history of the ped csar is ltered wh homoerotic subtext, but recent years has bee much more than subtext. One of the origal X-Men, Bobby Drake is probably one of the most high-profile hero to e out recent is easier for publishers to make queer characters si-characters or one-offs, makg Iceman gay was a huge shift for ics.