Iceman out as gay to the world X-Men #14, and shows why he's an Omega level mutant the procs
Contents:
- "ULTIMATE X-MEN": TROUBLG TURNS FOR GAY SUPERHERO COLOSS AND {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY LYLE MASAKIJULY 1, 2008/11:14 AMBY LYLE MASAKIJULY 1, 2008 / 11:14 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"ULTIMATE X-MEN\": TROUBLG TURNS FOR GAY SUPERHERO COLOSS AND NORTHSTAR","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-07-01T15:14:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-07-01T15:14:24.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{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;}{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;}AS YOU MIGHT RELL, ONE OF THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MARVEL'S ULTIMATE X-MEN AND THE REGULAR X-MEN TL IS THAT COLOSS IS GAY AND CURRENTLY DATG THE ULTIMATE VERSN OF THE INIC NORTHSTAR. COLOSS AND NORTHSTAR PLAY A LARGE ROLE THE CURRENT STORYLE ON THE TLE, THE FIRST BY HERO WRER ARON E. COLEE ... THOUGH THE LATT CLIFFHANGER IS CERTALY RAISG A FEW EYEBROWS. DO GAY ICS FANS HAVE REASON TO BE UP ARMS OVER THE NEXT VELOPMENT?{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;}A SPOILER-FILLED LOOK AT THE STORY SO FAR, AFTER THE BREAK...{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;}{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;}THE STORY, "ABSOLUTE POWER", TRODUC THE ULTIMATE VERSN OF ALPHA FLIGHT TO THE TLE (CLUDG NORTHSTAR'S SISTER AURORA) AS WELL AS A DG, BANSHEE, WHICH GIV REGULAR PEOPLE TEMPORARY POWERS AND MUTANTS ADDNAL POWERS. WH THE FIRST FEW PAG WE SEE ALPHA FLIGHT QUICKLY TAKE DOWN A MUCH LARGER TEAM OF X-MEN (DUE TO THE TEAM'S G BANSHEE, TURNS OUT) AND KIDNAP NORTHSTAR. COLOSS PH FOR THE TEAM TO QUICKLY REGROUP AND GO AFTER THEM, BUT TEAM LEAR CYCLOPS THKS THEY SHOULD VELOP A GOOD PLAN FIRST, NSIRG HOW EASILY THEY WERE {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;}ULTIMATE ALPHA {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;}SPECTG THAT THAT THERE IS MORE BOTHERG COLOSS THAN THE IA OF NORTHSTAR BEG DANGER, JEAN GREY PRI TO HIS HEAD AND LEARNS THAT COLOSS HAS BEEN HIDG HIS OWN AGE OF BANSHEE. WHOUT THE DG, HE N STILL TURN HIS BODY TO STEEL BUT LACKS THE STRENGTH TO EVEN LIFT HIS ARMS. JEAN TRI TO TALK HIM TO GIVG UP BANSHEE BUT STEAD COLOSS WALKS AWAY OM THE TEAM AND FORMS HIS OWN TEAM OF BANSHEE-POWERED X-MEN TO GO AFTER HIS {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;}THE STORY ALSO REVEALS BS OF COLOSS' HISTORY. WE LEARN THAT HE WAS KICKED OUT OF THE HOE AFTER HIS FATHER UGHT HIM BED WH ANOTHER GUY AND THAT, HOMELS, HE TURNED TO A MOBSTER WHO SISTED HE TAKE BANSHEE TO BE AN EFFECTIVE BODYGUARD. ADDNALLY, COLOSS MENDS HIS RELATNSHIP WH NIGHTCRAWLER, WHO STGGLED TO RENCILE HIS RELIG BELIEFS WH THE REALIZATN THAT HIS GOOD IEND WAS GAY. BEFORE ALPHA FLIGHT'S ATTACK, NIGHTCRAWLER APOLOGIZ FOR SOME OF THE HURTFUL THGS HE'S SAID AND LATER HE'S PART OF THE TEAM THAT SEEKS TO RCUE {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;}YOUNG PTR RASPUT ED TO KEEP A CAPTA AMERI POSTER UNR HIS {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;}BUT AT THE END OF THE LATT ISSUE, THGS END BADLY. COLOSS' TEAM IS SUCCSFUL AGAST ALPHA FLIGHT, BUT HE FDS NORTHSTAR HOOKED UP TO A MACHE THAT'S DOSG HIM WH BANSHEE AND NORTHSTAR ISN'T TAKG WELL TO THE DG. WH MOMENTS OF DISNNECTG HIM OM THE MACHE, THE OVERDOSE-LIKE SYMPTOMS DON'T STOP AND BY THE LAST PANEL LOOKS LIKE NORTHSTAR HAS DIED HIS BOYIEND'S {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;}THE TIMG OF THE STORY IS UNFORTUNATE SCE JT THE DAY BEFORE THIS NEWS H, GAY ICS SE PK KRYPTONE CHALLENGED HOW NORTHSTAR HAS NEVER BEEN KISSED THE ICS. PL THERE'S THE UNFORTUNATE CINCE OF A GAY IN DYG THE ISSUE THAT DROPS ON PRI {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;}COLOSS ASSEMBL HIS OWN TEAM TO SAVE {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;}HONTLY, I WENT TO THIS STORY SPOILED ABOUT NORTHSTAR'S ATH AND I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH I END UP LIKG . I MEAN, SURE, SEEG NORTHSTAR DIE ONCE AGA REMD ME OF ALL THE RAISED EYEBROWS PROMPTED BY PERRY MOORE'S LIST, "WHO R ABOUT THE ATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO, ANYWAY?", PARTICULARLY SCE HIS ROLE THIS STORY IS PRETTY PASSIVE (ALL HE GETS TO DO IS BE KIDNAPPED AND THEN HAVE A DG OVERDOSE FORCED ON HIM).{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;}HOWEVER, THE STORY ALSO IS ENTIRELY DRIVEN BY COLOSS' LOVE FOR NORTHSTAR. IN SUPERHERO TEAM BOOKS, THE STORY WHERE ONE MEMBER'S JUDGMENT IS CLOUD BY LOVE IS PRETTY MON, BUT 'S RARELY SEEN WH A SAME-SEX RELATNSHIP AND I N'T THK OF WHEN THAT KD OF STORY HAS HAPPENED A MASTREAM TLE LIKE ULTIMATE X-MEN (AS OPPOSED TO A MATURE TLE LIKE X-STATIX AND THE AUTHORY OR A GE TLE LIKE GOTHAM CENTRAL). IN SOME WAYS, NORTHSTAR'S ATH STCK ME AS A B OF A BREAKTHROUGH. ISN'T MON FOR SUPERHERO BOOKS TO ME THE MELODRAMA OF A CHARACTER'S ATH BY HAVG THE PERSON THAT LOV THEM TO BE ON THE SCENE?{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;}HOWEVER, I DO THK PK KRYPTONE'S SGT. SSAGEPANTS MAK AN IMPORTANT OBSERVATN ABOUT NORTHSTAR. HE MAY BE SIGNIFINT AS THE FIRST MAJOR MARVEL CHARACTER TO E OUT BUT LTLE HAS BEEN DONE WH HIM SCE. WHEN HE WAS A PART OF THE ULTIMATE X-MEN TEAM, HE NURSED A SECRET CSH ON A STRAIGHT TEAMMATE. BEYOND THAT AND HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED GUT APPEARANC ALPHA FLIGH REVIVALS, NOTHG MUCH HAS BEEN DONE WH HIM EXCEPT FOR HAVG HIM KILLED AT WOLVERE'S HANDS. I'M KEEPG MY FGERS CROSSED THAT NORTHSTAR "GETS BETTER" OM THIS OVERDOSE "ATH" SCE ANY BREAKTHROUGHS MA THIS STORY WILL BE EASILY FOTTEN IF ULTIMATE NORTHSTAR DI AND HIS RELATNSHIP WH ULTIMATE COLOSS BE JT A {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;}I'D BEEN HOPG TO GET TO TALK WH MARVEL ABOUT THIS (PECIALLY WH WRER ARON COLEE) BUT WH THIS ISSUE DROPPG JT BEFORE WIZARD WORLD CHIGO THE MUNITN L ARE NNG A B SLOWLY. WE'LL KEEP UP ON THIS STORY, PECIALLY AS THE "ABSOLUTE POWER" ARC {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;}I'M CUR TO WHAT THE ULTIMATE X-MEN REARS OUT THERE FEEL ABOUT THIS STORY? DID NORTHSTAR BEE JT ANOTHER AD GAY SUPERHERO? DO THE FOC ON COLOSS' FEELGS FOR NORTHSTAR NSTUTE ENOUGH OF A STEP FORWARD, NSIRG HOW SLOWLY THE CHARACTER HAS VELOPED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- ‘X-MEN’ CHARACTER ICEMAN OUTED AS GAY
- MARVEL'S EDOR-IN-CHIEF EXPLAS WHY 'X-MEN' CHARACTER ICEMAN CAME OUTAXEL ALONSO EXPLAS THE GENIS OF THE "VERY SENSIVE, VERY MOVG" {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}COMICSBY ALEX ZALBENAPRIL 21, 2015/4:58 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}MARVEL COMICSBY ALEX ZALBENAPRIL 21, 2015 / 4:58 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MARVEL'S EDOR-IN-CHIEF EXPLAS WHY 'X-MEN' CHARACTER ICEMAN CAME OUT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-04-21T20:58:44.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-04-21T20:58:44.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ALEX ZALBEN","ARTICLESECTN":"COMICS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE AREN'T THAT MANY HOMOSEXUAL IC BOOK CHARACTERS. IN FACT, THE DITED WIKIPEDIA PAGE ONLY LISTS 99 SUPERHERO, OM ANY PUBLISHER... THAT'S PARISON TO MARVEL COMICS' PURPORTED 5,000+ CHARACTERS THE PUBLISHER TOUTED WHEN THEY WERE BOUGHT BY DISNEY BACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHEN YOU GET TO NAME BRAND, EASILY REGNIZABLE (READ: MOVIE) CHARACTERS? THE LIST PRETTY MUCH DROPS TO ZERO, UNLS YOU'RE A REALLY BIG NORTHSTAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT'S WHY FANS REACTED SHOCK TO LEAKED PAG OM TOMORROW'S (APRIL 22) "ALL-NEW X-MEN #40," WHICH REVEAL THAT FOUNDG MEMBER OF THE X-MEN, ICEMAN, IS GAY. WE WON'T LK THE PAG HERE, BUT SUFFICE TO SAY BASED ON THE DIALOGUE -- WHERE JEAN GREY LETS ICEMAN KNOWS HE'S OVER-PENSATG WH SEXUALIZED REMARKS ABOUT FEMALE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM TO VER UP HIS HOMOSEXUALY -- 'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT ICEMAN IS 100%, FELY OUT OF THE CLOSET.MARVEL COMICSALL-NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMPLITG MATTERS A WAY ONLY IC BOOKS N IS THAT THIS IS A VERSN OF ICEMAN OM BACK WHEN THE ICS FIRST LNCHED (MARVEL HAS A SLIDG TIMELE, SO WHILE TECHNILLY HE'S OM THE 1960S, ONLY A FEW YEARS HAVE PASSED IC BOOK TIME), WHO TRAVELED FORWARD TO "NOW" AND HAS MET HIS CURRENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE ISSUE, THE CHARACTERS EVEN WONR WHY, IF ICEMAN IS GAY, THAT HIS OLR SELF IS NOT. OR IS HE? AND HOW DID THIS STORY EVEN E ABOUT THE FIRST PLACE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WELL, BRIAN WROTE TO A SCRIPT," AXEL ALONSO, EDOR--CHIEF OF MARVEL COMICS TOLD MTV NEWS OVER THE PHONE. "HE'S BEEN TEASG AT FOR A WHILE, HE SENT ON TO HIS EDOR, WHO TURN SENT TO ME, AND WE STARTED A DISCSN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER BENDIS WAS "HONTLY PERSUASIVE" ON THE ISSUE, ALONSO TOOK A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE SNOW-POWERED X-MAN, PASSED UP THE CHA AND THE CISN WAS MA. "THAT'S THE WHOLE BORG PROCS. HE HAD A GOOD STORY TO TELL, AND WE THK 'S WORTH TELLG," ALONSO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN RECENT YEARS, MARVEL HAS HAD A TREMENDO MMENT TO DIVERSY, AT LEAST WHEN TO THE CHARACTERS ON S PAG AND ANCHORG S TL. WHERE TRADNALLY ICS HAVE BEEN LED BY WHE MEN, RECENT YEARS THE PUBLISHER HAS ADD MULTIPLE FEMALE LEADS, REPLACED CAPTA AMERI WH HIS AIN-AMERIN SIKICK THE FALN, AND EVEN CREATED TWO CREDIBLY POPULAR MULTICULTURAL LEADS WH MIL MORAL ("ULTIMATE SPIR-MAN") AND KAMALA KHAN ("MS. MARVEL").{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THE CISN TO HAVE ICEMAN E OUT OF THE CLOSET WASN'T, "EDORIAL EDICT," ME OM BENDIS' STORY... AND PARTICULAR THE SCENE THE BOOK THE WRER TURNED WAS WHAT SEALED THE AL.MARVEL COMICSALL-NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WAS OUR SUBSEQUENT NVERSATNS ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STORY WOULD BE THAT REALLY SOLD ME," ALONSO NTUED. "THIS IS A CHARACTER WH S OF HISTORY, AND ONE WHO WE'VE SEEN FALTER ON THE ROMANTIC STAGE -- MORE THAN ONCE. SO THE SEEDS WERE ALWAYS THERE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, THE PLAN WASN'T TO CREATE A FLURRY OF PRS OR BIG HEADL (AS HAS HAPPENED TODAY), BUT TO JT LET THE STORY SPEAK FOR SELF. INSTEAD, THE PAG LEAKED, AND NOW MARVEL IS ALG WH THE REACTN... THOUGH ACRDG TO ALONSO, THE REACTN HAS BEEN "OVERWHELMGLY POSIVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NATURALLY, WH OUTG A PROMENT CHARACTER LIKE ICEMAN, THERE WAS NCERN. "EDORS ARE PAID TO HAVE THEIR SPIR-SENSE TGLE," ALONSO SAID, LGHG. "BUT WHAT YOU DO IS YOU THK THGS THROUGH. [BUT] X-MEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ULTIMATE PLAYGROUND TO SEE GROWG PAS, AND WHAT MEANS TO BE DIFFERENT. THIS IS ONE MORE SHADG OF THOSE STORI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALONSO ALSO NOTED THAT AS THE STORY NTU "UNNNY X-MEN #600," THE STORY BENDIS IS TELLG IS, "VERY SENSIVE, VERY MOVG, I THK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOG TO RPOND TO THIS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF SENSIVY, OTHER THAN THE LACK OF HOMOSEXUAL CHARACTERS ON THE PAGE, THE TREATMENT OF THE FEW LGBT CHARACTERS ICS HAVE HASN'T BEEN THE MOST SENSIVE. OFTEN WHEN A CHARACTER OUT, THAT BE THEIR FG CHARACTERISTIC, STATG, "I'M GAY," OR MENTG ON A MEMBER OF THE SAME SEX'S ATTRACTIVENS EVERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR ICEMAN'S NEW-FOUND SEXUALY, THIS ARCHAIC PRACTICE WILL GO THE WAY OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE LOOK AT THIS AS BEG ONE SHADG OF WHO HE IS," ALONSO SAID. "I THK, PERSONALLY THAT IS GOG TO EPEN THE CHARACTER, AND HUMANIZE HIM EVEN FURTHER, AND MAKE FOR FASCATG STORI. BY THAT I AM NOT SAYG YOU ARE NOT GOG TO REGNIZE BOBBY DRAKE ANYMORE. IF YOU WERE A FAN OF BOBBY DRAKE BEFORE, IF YOU RED ABOUT HIM, I THK THIS WILL DRAW YOU CLOSER TO THE CHARACTER, NOT PH YOU AWAY OM HIM."MARVEL COMICSALL-NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALONSO ADD TO THIS THAT, SPE THE CHARACTER'S EQUENT APPEARANCE ONSCREEN THE "X-MEN" MOVI, THIS IS SOMETHG THAT IS PURELY A IC BOOK CISN, AND DIDN'T NEED TO BE N BY FOX OR MARVEL STUDS -- OR ICEMAN ACTOR SHAWN ASHMORE, WHO ALONSO JOKED HE DIDN'T HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OUR CISNS MA PUBLISHG ARE MA PUBLISHG," ALONSO ADD. "WE'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED THE LATU. WE HAVE A FEMALE THOR, AND AT THE SAME TIME, 'AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON' IS G OUT. WE'RE PAID TO NOVATE, CREATE AND LET OUR STORI TAKE TO NEW PLAC... AND THE MOVIE STUDS N FOLLOW AS THEY CHOOSE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT TIME TRAVEL. AS MENTNED, PLITG MATTERS IS THAT THE YOUNG ICEMAN IS OFFICIALLY GAY, WHILE THE OLR, NOW ICEMAN IS NOT. AT LEAST NOT OFFICIALLY. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE WOULD BE FOOLISH NOT TO AL WH THAT," ALONSO SAID. "THAT WAS THE SEND PART OF MY NVERSATN WH BRIAN. TIME TRAVEL GAVE A PLATFORM TO DISVER THE JOURNEYS OF THE YOUNG CHARACTERS. THE OBV QUTN IS THAT ONCE THE YOUNG BOBBY DRAKE HAS ACCEPTED AND EMBRACED WHO HE IS, WHAT ARE THE RAMIFITNS FOR HIS ADULT UNTERPART? IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT WILL BE ALT WH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND SE YOU WERE WONRG, WH MARVEL'S GIANT EVENT "SECRET WARS" G UP, WHERE THE ENTIRE MARVEL UNIVERSE IS SENTIALLY STROYED AND TURNED TO ONE MASH-UP PLA LLED BATTLEWORLD, NO, ICEMAN ISN'T GOG BACK THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS IS WHO THE CHARACTER IS NOW," ALONSO SAID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ALL-NEW X-MEN #40" IS ON SALE WEDNDAY, APRIL 22 OM MARVEL COMICS. "UNNNY X-MEN #600" HS STOR ON MAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[NOTE: THE PAG HERE WERE PROVID BY MARVEL COMICS, AND ARE NOT THE LEAKED VERSNS.]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- MARVEL’S ICEMAN JT ME OUT AS GAY
- JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
"ULTIMATE X-MEN": TROUBLG TURNS FOR GAY SUPERHERO COLOSS AND {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY LYLE MASAKIJULY 1, 2008/11:14 AMBY LYLE MASAKIJULY 1, 2008 / 11:14 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"ULTIMATE X-MEN\": TROUBLG TURNS FOR GAY SUPERHERO COLOSS AND NORTHSTAR","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-07-01T15:14:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-07-01T15:14:24.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{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;}{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;}AS YOU MIGHT RELL, ONE OF THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MARVEL'S ULTIMATE X-MEN AND THE REGULAR X-MEN TL IS THAT COLOSS IS GAY AND CURRENTLY DATG THE ULTIMATE VERSN OF THE INIC NORTHSTAR. COLOSS AND NORTHSTAR PLAY A LARGE ROLE THE CURRENT STORYLE ON THE TLE, THE FIRST BY HERO WRER ARON E. COLEE ... THOUGH THE LATT CLIFFHANGER IS CERTALY RAISG A FEW EYEBROWS. DO GAY ICS FANS HAVE REASON TO BE UP ARMS OVER THE NEXT VELOPMENT?{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;}A SPOILER-FILLED LOOK AT THE STORY SO FAR, AFTER THE BREAK...{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;}{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;}THE STORY, "ABSOLUTE POWER", TRODUC THE ULTIMATE VERSN OF ALPHA FLIGHT TO THE TLE (CLUDG NORTHSTAR'S SISTER AURORA) AS WELL AS A DG, BANSHEE, WHICH GIV REGULAR PEOPLE TEMPORARY POWERS AND MUTANTS ADDNAL POWERS. WH THE FIRST FEW PAG WE SEE ALPHA FLIGHT QUICKLY TAKE DOWN A MUCH LARGER TEAM OF X-MEN (DUE TO THE TEAM'S G BANSHEE, TURNS OUT) AND KIDNAP NORTHSTAR. COLOSS PH FOR THE TEAM TO QUICKLY REGROUP AND GO AFTER THEM, BUT TEAM LEAR CYCLOPS THKS THEY SHOULD VELOP A GOOD PLAN FIRST, NSIRG HOW EASILY THEY WERE {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;}ULTIMATE ALPHA {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;}SPECTG THAT THAT THERE IS MORE BOTHERG COLOSS THAN THE IA OF NORTHSTAR BEG DANGER, JEAN GREY PRI TO HIS HEAD AND LEARNS THAT COLOSS HAS BEEN HIDG HIS OWN AGE OF BANSHEE. WHOUT THE DG, HE N STILL TURN HIS BODY TO STEEL BUT LACKS THE STRENGTH TO EVEN LIFT HIS ARMS. JEAN TRI TO TALK HIM TO GIVG UP BANSHEE BUT STEAD COLOSS WALKS AWAY OM THE TEAM AND FORMS HIS OWN TEAM OF BANSHEE-POWERED X-MEN TO GO AFTER HIS {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;}THE STORY ALSO REVEALS BS OF COLOSS' HISTORY. WE LEARN THAT HE WAS KICKED OUT OF THE HOE AFTER HIS FATHER UGHT HIM BED WH ANOTHER GUY AND THAT, HOMELS, HE TURNED TO A MOBSTER WHO SISTED HE TAKE BANSHEE TO BE AN EFFECTIVE BODYGUARD. ADDNALLY, COLOSS MENDS HIS RELATNSHIP WH NIGHTCRAWLER, WHO STGGLED TO RENCILE HIS RELIG BELIEFS WH THE REALIZATN THAT HIS GOOD IEND WAS GAY. BEFORE ALPHA FLIGHT'S ATTACK, NIGHTCRAWLER APOLOGIZ FOR SOME OF THE HURTFUL THGS HE'S SAID AND LATER HE'S PART OF THE TEAM THAT SEEKS TO RCUE {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;}YOUNG PTR RASPUT ED TO KEEP A CAPTA AMERI POSTER UNR HIS {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;}BUT AT THE END OF THE LATT ISSUE, THGS END BADLY. COLOSS' TEAM IS SUCCSFUL AGAST ALPHA FLIGHT, BUT HE FDS NORTHSTAR HOOKED UP TO A MACHE THAT'S DOSG HIM WH BANSHEE AND NORTHSTAR ISN'T TAKG WELL TO THE DG. WH MOMENTS OF DISNNECTG HIM OM THE MACHE, THE OVERDOSE-LIKE SYMPTOMS DON'T STOP AND BY THE LAST PANEL LOOKS LIKE NORTHSTAR HAS DIED HIS BOYIEND'S {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;}THE TIMG OF THE STORY IS UNFORTUNATE SCE JT THE DAY BEFORE THIS NEWS H, GAY ICS SE PK KRYPTONE CHALLENGED HOW NORTHSTAR HAS NEVER BEEN KISSED THE ICS. PL THERE'S THE UNFORTUNATE CINCE OF A GAY IN DYG THE ISSUE THAT DROPS ON PRI {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;}COLOSS ASSEMBL HIS OWN TEAM TO SAVE {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;}HONTLY, I WENT TO THIS STORY SPOILED ABOUT NORTHSTAR'S ATH AND I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH I END UP LIKG . I MEAN, SURE, SEEG NORTHSTAR DIE ONCE AGA REMD ME OF ALL THE RAISED EYEBROWS PROMPTED BY PERRY MOORE'S LIST, "WHO R ABOUT THE ATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO, ANYWAY?", PARTICULARLY SCE HIS ROLE THIS STORY IS PRETTY PASSIVE (ALL HE GETS TO DO IS BE KIDNAPPED AND THEN HAVE A DG OVERDOSE FORCED ON HIM).{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;}HOWEVER, THE STORY ALSO IS ENTIRELY DRIVEN BY COLOSS' LOVE FOR NORTHSTAR. IN SUPERHERO TEAM BOOKS, THE STORY WHERE ONE MEMBER'S JUDGMENT IS CLOUD BY LOVE IS PRETTY MON, BUT 'S RARELY SEEN WH A SAME-SEX RELATNSHIP AND I N'T THK OF WHEN THAT KD OF STORY HAS HAPPENED A MASTREAM TLE LIKE ULTIMATE X-MEN (AS OPPOSED TO A MATURE TLE LIKE X-STATIX AND THE AUTHORY OR A GE TLE LIKE GOTHAM CENTRAL). IN SOME WAYS, NORTHSTAR'S ATH STCK ME AS A B OF A BREAKTHROUGH. ISN'T MON FOR SUPERHERO BOOKS TO ME THE MELODRAMA OF A CHARACTER'S ATH BY HAVG THE PERSON THAT LOV THEM TO BE ON THE SCENE?{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;}HOWEVER, I DO THK PK KRYPTONE'S SGT. SSAGEPANTS MAK AN IMPORTANT OBSERVATN ABOUT NORTHSTAR. HE MAY BE SIGNIFINT AS THE FIRST MAJOR MARVEL CHARACTER TO E OUT BUT LTLE HAS BEEN DONE WH HIM SCE. WHEN HE WAS A PART OF THE ULTIMATE X-MEN TEAM, HE NURSED A SECRET CSH ON A STRAIGHT TEAMMATE. BEYOND THAT AND HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED GUT APPEARANC ALPHA FLIGH REVIVALS, NOTHG MUCH HAS BEEN DONE WH HIM EXCEPT FOR HAVG HIM KILLED AT WOLVERE'S HANDS. I'M KEEPG MY FGERS CROSSED THAT NORTHSTAR "GETS BETTER" OM THIS OVERDOSE "ATH" SCE ANY BREAKTHROUGHS MA THIS STORY WILL BE EASILY FOTTEN IF ULTIMATE NORTHSTAR DI AND HIS RELATNSHIP WH ULTIMATE COLOSS BE JT A {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;}I'D BEEN HOPG TO GET TO TALK WH MARVEL ABOUT THIS (PECIALLY WH WRER ARON COLEE) BUT WH THIS ISSUE DROPPG JT BEFORE WIZARD WORLD CHIGO THE MUNITN L ARE NNG A B SLOWLY. WE'LL KEEP UP ON THIS STORY, PECIALLY AS THE "ABSOLUTE POWER" ARC {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;}I'M CUR TO WHAT THE ULTIMATE X-MEN REARS OUT THERE FEEL ABOUT THIS STORY? DID NORTHSTAR BEE JT ANOTHER AD GAY SUPERHERO? DO THE FOC ON COLOSS' FEELGS FOR NORTHSTAR NSTUTE ENOUGH OF A STEP FORWARD, NSIRG HOW SLOWLY THE CHARACTER HAS VELOPED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
* xman gay *
Benjam Deeds: Deeds is one of the most recent X-Men to e out as gay, havg exhibed powers durg a pro-mutant rally on his llege mp.
Unfortunately, this universe's Nightcrawler is outwardly homophobic and hurtful toward Coloss, never creatg the iendly bonds they form the ma Marvel Howlett: Another alternate universe mutant, this versn of Wolvere lted after the god Hercul.
Debutg 1963's X-Men #1 (wrten by Stan Lee and drawn by Jack Kirby), the gay X-Men was the send member to be reced by Profsor X. Iceman was only recently revealed as gay a story handled somewhat clumsily 2014's All-New X-Men #40 (wrten by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Mahmud Asrar).
‘X-MEN’ CHARACTER ICEMAN OUTED AS GAY
One of the most powerful mutants the Marvel universe has e out as a gay man. * xman gay *
Neverthels, wrers as far back as the 1980s hted that Bobby was gay, particularly the 1990s when Iceman stggled wh his sense of inty. Northstar me out 1992's Alpha Flight #106 by wrer Stt Lobll and artist Mark Pancella, makg him Marvel's first gay superhero. He almost cl, but then rensirs, offerg a personal ttimonial about the event and how relat to his own life as a gay the statement, Iceman explas that he ed to be ashamed not jt of his powers, but his sexualy, thanks to scty and bigotry om his peers.
MARVEL'S EDOR-IN-CHIEF EXPLAS WHY 'X-MEN' CHARACTER ICEMAN CAME OUTAXEL ALONSO EXPLAS THE GENIS OF THE "VERY SENSIVE, VERY MOVG" {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}COMICSBY ALEX ZALBENAPRIL 21, 2015/4:58 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}MARVEL COMICSBY ALEX ZALBENAPRIL 21, 2015 / 4:58 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MARVEL'S EDOR-IN-CHIEF EXPLAS WHY 'X-MEN' CHARACTER ICEMAN CAME OUT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-04-21T20:58:44.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-04-21T20:58:44.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ALEX ZALBEN","ARTICLESECTN":"COMICS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE AREN'T THAT MANY HOMOSEXUAL IC BOOK CHARACTERS. IN FACT, THE DITED WIKIPEDIA PAGE ONLY LISTS 99 SUPERHERO, OM ANY PUBLISHER... THAT'S PARISON TO MARVEL COMICS' PURPORTED 5,000+ CHARACTERS THE PUBLISHER TOUTED WHEN THEY WERE BOUGHT BY DISNEY BACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHEN YOU GET TO NAME BRAND, EASILY REGNIZABLE (READ: MOVIE) CHARACTERS? THE LIST PRETTY MUCH DROPS TO ZERO, UNLS YOU'RE A REALLY BIG NORTHSTAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT'S WHY FANS REACTED SHOCK TO LEAKED PAG OM TOMORROW'S (APRIL 22) "ALL-NEW X-MEN #40," WHICH REVEAL THAT FOUNDG MEMBER OF THE X-MEN, ICEMAN, IS GAY. WE WON'T LK THE PAG HERE, BUT SUFFICE TO SAY BASED ON THE DIALOGUE -- WHERE JEAN GREY LETS ICEMAN KNOWS HE'S OVER-PENSATG WH SEXUALIZED REMARKS ABOUT FEMALE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM TO VER UP HIS HOMOSEXUALY -- 'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT ICEMAN IS 100%, FELY OUT OF THE CLOSET.MARVEL COMICSALL-NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMPLITG MATTERS A WAY ONLY IC BOOKS N IS THAT THIS IS A VERSN OF ICEMAN OM BACK WHEN THE ICS FIRST LNCHED (MARVEL HAS A SLIDG TIMELE, SO WHILE TECHNILLY HE'S OM THE 1960S, ONLY A FEW YEARS HAVE PASSED IC BOOK TIME), WHO TRAVELED FORWARD TO "NOW" AND HAS MET HIS CURRENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE ISSUE, THE CHARACTERS EVEN WONR WHY, IF ICEMAN IS GAY, THAT HIS OLR SELF IS NOT. OR IS HE? AND HOW DID THIS STORY EVEN E ABOUT THE FIRST PLACE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WELL, BRIAN WROTE TO A SCRIPT," AXEL ALONSO, EDOR--CHIEF OF MARVEL COMICS TOLD MTV NEWS OVER THE PHONE. "HE'S BEEN TEASG AT FOR A WHILE, HE SENT ON TO HIS EDOR, WHO TURN SENT TO ME, AND WE STARTED A DISCSN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER BENDIS WAS "HONTLY PERSUASIVE" ON THE ISSUE, ALONSO TOOK A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE SNOW-POWERED X-MAN, PASSED UP THE CHA AND THE CISN WAS MA. "THAT'S THE WHOLE BORG PROCS. HE HAD A GOOD STORY TO TELL, AND WE THK 'S WORTH TELLG," ALONSO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN RECENT YEARS, MARVEL HAS HAD A TREMENDO MMENT TO DIVERSY, AT LEAST WHEN TO THE CHARACTERS ON S PAG AND ANCHORG S TL. WHERE TRADNALLY ICS HAVE BEEN LED BY WHE MEN, RECENT YEARS THE PUBLISHER HAS ADD MULTIPLE FEMALE LEADS, REPLACED CAPTA AMERI WH HIS AIN-AMERIN SIKICK THE FALN, AND EVEN CREATED TWO CREDIBLY POPULAR MULTICULTURAL LEADS WH MIL MORAL ("ULTIMATE SPIR-MAN") AND KAMALA KHAN ("MS. MARVEL").{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THE CISN TO HAVE ICEMAN E OUT OF THE CLOSET WASN'T, "EDORIAL EDICT," ME OM BENDIS' STORY... AND PARTICULAR THE SCENE THE BOOK THE WRER TURNED WAS WHAT SEALED THE AL.MARVEL COMICSALL-NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WAS OUR SUBSEQUENT NVERSATNS ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STORY WOULD BE THAT REALLY SOLD ME," ALONSO NTUED. "THIS IS A CHARACTER WH S OF HISTORY, AND ONE WHO WE'VE SEEN FALTER ON THE ROMANTIC STAGE -- MORE THAN ONCE. SO THE SEEDS WERE ALWAYS THERE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, THE PLAN WASN'T TO CREATE A FLURRY OF PRS OR BIG HEADL (AS HAS HAPPENED TODAY), BUT TO JT LET THE STORY SPEAK FOR SELF. INSTEAD, THE PAG LEAKED, AND NOW MARVEL IS ALG WH THE REACTN... THOUGH ACRDG TO ALONSO, THE REACTN HAS BEEN "OVERWHELMGLY POSIVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NATURALLY, WH OUTG A PROMENT CHARACTER LIKE ICEMAN, THERE WAS NCERN. "EDORS ARE PAID TO HAVE THEIR SPIR-SENSE TGLE," ALONSO SAID, LGHG. "BUT WHAT YOU DO IS YOU THK THGS THROUGH. [BUT] X-MEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ULTIMATE PLAYGROUND TO SEE GROWG PAS, AND WHAT MEANS TO BE DIFFERENT. THIS IS ONE MORE SHADG OF THOSE STORI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALONSO ALSO NOTED THAT AS THE STORY NTU "UNNNY X-MEN #600," THE STORY BENDIS IS TELLG IS, "VERY SENSIVE, VERY MOVG, I THK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOG TO RPOND TO THIS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF SENSIVY, OTHER THAN THE LACK OF HOMOSEXUAL CHARACTERS ON THE PAGE, THE TREATMENT OF THE FEW LGBT CHARACTERS ICS HAVE HASN'T BEEN THE MOST SENSIVE. OFTEN WHEN A CHARACTER OUT, THAT BE THEIR FG CHARACTERISTIC, STATG, "I'M GAY," OR MENTG ON A MEMBER OF THE SAME SEX'S ATTRACTIVENS EVERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR ICEMAN'S NEW-FOUND SEXUALY, THIS ARCHAIC PRACTICE WILL GO THE WAY OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE LOOK AT THIS AS BEG ONE SHADG OF WHO HE IS," ALONSO SAID. "I THK, PERSONALLY THAT IS GOG TO EPEN THE CHARACTER, AND HUMANIZE HIM EVEN FURTHER, AND MAKE FOR FASCATG STORI. BY THAT I AM NOT SAYG YOU ARE NOT GOG TO REGNIZE BOBBY DRAKE ANYMORE. IF YOU WERE A FAN OF BOBBY DRAKE BEFORE, IF YOU RED ABOUT HIM, I THK THIS WILL DRAW YOU CLOSER TO THE CHARACTER, NOT PH YOU AWAY OM HIM."MARVEL COMICSALL-NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALONSO ADD TO THIS THAT, SPE THE CHARACTER'S EQUENT APPEARANCE ONSCREEN THE "X-MEN" MOVI, THIS IS SOMETHG THAT IS PURELY A IC BOOK CISN, AND DIDN'T NEED TO BE N BY FOX OR MARVEL STUDS -- OR ICEMAN ACTOR SHAWN ASHMORE, WHO ALONSO JOKED HE DIDN'T HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OUR CISNS MA PUBLISHG ARE MA PUBLISHG," ALONSO ADD. "WE'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED THE LATU. WE HAVE A FEMALE THOR, AND AT THE SAME TIME, 'AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON' IS G OUT. WE'RE PAID TO NOVATE, CREATE AND LET OUR STORI TAKE TO NEW PLAC... AND THE MOVIE STUDS N FOLLOW AS THEY CHOOSE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT TIME TRAVEL. AS MENTNED, PLITG MATTERS IS THAT THE YOUNG ICEMAN IS OFFICIALLY GAY, WHILE THE OLR, NOW ICEMAN IS NOT. AT LEAST NOT OFFICIALLY. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE WOULD BE FOOLISH NOT TO AL WH THAT," ALONSO SAID. "THAT WAS THE SEND PART OF MY NVERSATN WH BRIAN. TIME TRAVEL GAVE A PLATFORM TO DISVER THE JOURNEYS OF THE YOUNG CHARACTERS. THE OBV QUTN IS THAT ONCE THE YOUNG BOBBY DRAKE HAS ACCEPTED AND EMBRACED WHO HE IS, WHAT ARE THE RAMIFITNS FOR HIS ADULT UNTERPART? IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT WILL BE ALT WH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND SE YOU WERE WONRG, WH MARVEL'S GIANT EVENT "SECRET WARS" G UP, WHERE THE ENTIRE MARVEL UNIVERSE IS SENTIALLY STROYED AND TURNED TO ONE MASH-UP PLA LLED BATTLEWORLD, NO, ICEMAN ISN'T GOG BACK THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS IS WHO THE CHARACTER IS NOW," ALONSO SAID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ALL-NEW X-MEN #40" IS ON SALE WEDNDAY, APRIL 22 OM MARVEL COMICS. "UNNNY X-MEN #600" HS STOR ON MAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[NOTE: THE PAG HERE WERE PROVID BY MARVEL COMICS, AND ARE NOT THE LEAKED VERSNS.]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
But for s, the most nsistently polil mastream superhero have been Marvel’s those who might not be faiar wh the ic: s premise is the emergence of a mutated stra of Homo sapiens (Homo superr) whose geic makp giv them superhuman abili. Crics lled Leah Williams’ new eratn of sp-off tle X-Factor “one of Marvel’s most LGBTQ+ clive tl ever, ” wh a majory of s ma st posed of tablished gay and bisexual characters. In the first issue, Profsor Xavier mentns that his parents had been volved velopg the atomic bomb, implyg that Homo superr is, like so many other creatur of ntemporaneo science-fictn, a nsequence of the nuclear age.
MARVEL’S ICEMAN JT ME OUT AS GAY
Many mutants don’t really know what they are until meetg Profsor Xavier or Mago; ignorant of the existence of others like them, and fearful of a part of themselv they don’t pletely unrstand, the stori of young mutants learng about and g to terms wh their inty mt have stck a chord wh gay and lbian rears who had grown or were growg up durg a time when the lack of reprentatn (or even mentn) of LGBT people the media uld lerally prive them of a language wh which to speak of themselv. After g out, whether they joed Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters and worked toward earng social acceptance by givg mutants a good name, or threw wh Mago and his out-and-proud Brotherhood, mutants are virtually always shown livg among multigeneratnal fai of the dynamic between Profsor Xavier and Mago’s opposg philosophi has been csantly pared to Mart Luther Kg’s visn of harmony diversy and the “black racist” iology poed by Mallm X before his break wh the Natn of Islam, might be more ftg to associate Xavier and his stunts’ assiatnist polics wh pneerg gay activist Frank Kameny and the Mattache Society of Washgton: men and women who merely wanted to live Amerin society as prently existed, to have profsnal reers and participate civic life whout pretendg to be heterosexual.
Like most of the “homophile” groups that formed the 1950s, the Mattache Society of Washgton ed ma-up nam public and ternal documentatn to shield s middle-class membership om the nsequenc of beg outed as homosexual. ) In Mago’s rejectn of Xavier’s irenic, tegratnist objectiv, we might see shas of pre-Stonewall radils like Leo Lrence, who broke wh the “timid, uptight, [and] nservative” homophile group, The Society for Individual Rights, and found the Commtee for Homosexual Freedom (later rebrand as the San Francis chapter of the Gay Liberatn Front).
This stra of activist didn’t want permissn to be openly gay by showg they uld adhere to social norms: they wanted to challenge and remake the norm. Durg the 1980s, as the AIDS crisis raised the profile of LGBT people the media and vlent crim motivated by homophobia were on the rise, anti-mutant hysteria beme a proment plot element across the X-Men ics.
JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
The troductn of villao relig fanatics like the Reverend Stryker and the paraary group aptly named The Right reflects the polilly ascennt New Christian Right’s obssn wh quashg the gay rights movement.
As Claremont and Louise Simonson troduced a slew of “next generatn” characters, episos which the teenaged mutants enunter bigoted peers would have been pafully faiar to closeted rears who’d ever had to force a lgh at a homophobic fally cched the stat of the X-Men as a crypto-queer narrative was the troductn of the Legacy Vis a 1993 story by Stt Lobll and Fabian Nicieza. The fear that the disease uld jump om the mutant populatn and fect basele humans don’t make mutants any more the early 1990s, a long-nng plotle spired by an epimic that was beg lled “the gay disease” was far ls polilly ght— and darg — than would have been durg the outbreak’s early years the 1980s.