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• IS BLACK PANTHER GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS MARVEL CANON?
• MARVEL’S EARLIT GAY CHARACTERS INTRODUCED DON MCGREGOR’S BLACK PANTHER COMICS
• ROXANE GAY ON BEG THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE LEAD MARVEL WRER: 'WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO FAIL'

IS BLACK PANTHER GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS MARVEL CANON?

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MARVEL’S EARLIT GAY CHARACTERS INTRODUCED DON MCGREGOR’S BLACK PANTHER COMICS

Regardls of fan petns, the MCU will ntue on s prested trajectory even if do leave fans smartg over s homogeno take on sexualy. The relatnship between Taku and Venomm is one of the many highlights of “Panther’s Rage” but may surprise people to learn that om very the begng, McGregor tend both characters as gay.

ROXANE GAY ON BEG THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE LEAD MARVEL WRER: 'WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO FAIL'

Given the publishg rtrictns of the era, there was no nceivable way Marvel would have released a book wh two openly gay characters. Dpe the stggle jt to get the material to rears’ hands, McGregor and his artistic llaborators found ways to directly ht at Venomm and Taku’s homosexualy.

I’m remd of how the Static Shock animated seri, Static/Virgil’s bt iend Richie Foley was sentially based on the character Rick Stone who was openly gay the origal Miltone ics. Yet, there was no doubt Richie was gay.

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