Marvel’s First Gay Superhero May Be Hercul

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PHOTOS: 'Up, Up And I'm Gay': Comic Artist Joe Phillips Brgs Superhero Out Of The Closet

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MARVEL ERAS HERCUL' BISEXUALY IN NEW COMIC {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;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYAUGT 3, 2015/9:44 AMBY DAN AVERYAUGT 3, 2015 / 9:44 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MARVEL ERAS HERCUL' BISEXUALY IN NEW COMIC BOOK","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-08-03T13:44:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-08-03T13:44:24.000+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":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{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;}HERCUL, THE MIGOD STRONGMAN OF MYTHOLOGY, WAS KNOWN FOR HIS AMORO ADVENTUR—CLUDG MORE THAN A FEW WH OTHER {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 CHARACTER HAS BEEN A STALWART OF MARVEL COMICS SCE THE 1970S—AND EVEN A MEMBER OF THE AVENGERS—AND SEVERAL THORS HAVE AT LEAST HTED AT HIS BEG {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 MARVEL EDOR CHIEF AXEL ALONSO SAYS THE NEW ONGOG HERCUL SERI, BUTG NOVEMBER, HERC IS 100% {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;}RELATED: 23 UNTENTNALLY GAY COMIC BOOK {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;}ASKED ABOUT WHETHER HERCUL’ ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP WH WOLVERE, SPOTLIGHTED 2013’S DIMENSN-HOPPG X-TREME X-MEN, WAS STILL NON, ALONSO TOLD COMIC BOOK ROURC SAID {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;}"HERCUL AND JAM HOWLETT’S RELATNSHIP X-TREME X-MEN TOOK PLACE A UNIQUE ALTERNATE UNIVERSE, SIAR TO HOW COLOSS WAS GAY THE ULTIMATE UNIVERSE, BUT IS STRAIGHT THE [MA MARVEL UNIVERSE]. SAME GO FOR HERCUL HERE."{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;}RELATED: ONE OF DC'S GAY SUPERHERO IS GETTG HIS OWN COMIC {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;}HERC’S PANSEXUALY WAS ALSO ALLUD TO 2010'S HERCUL: FALL OF AN AVENGER #1, WHEN A NUMBER OF SUPER HERO—AND THE GAY MUTANT HERO NORTHSTAR—DISCS PAST AFFAIRS WH THE MIGHTY {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;}BOTH FALL OF AN AVENGER AND X-TREME X-MEN WERE WRTEN BY GREG {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;}AND OF URSE, GRE-ROMAN MYTHOLOGY, HERCUL’ MALE LOVERS WERE NUMERO—AND CLUD  HIS SIKICK IOLS, PLAYED BY MICHAEL HURST THE 1990S KEV SORBO TV SHOW, HERCUL: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS, AND DEAN O'GORMAN THE RYAN GOSLG SERI YOUNG {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;}MARVEL'S NEW HERCUL SERI, WRTEN BY DAN ABT AND DRAWN BY LE ROSS, HS SHELV {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

Hercul has been the in of alpha-masculty for centuri -- do you know about his gay love life? * comic gay hercules *

It wasn't homosexualy then, was jt sexualy. That's why, if morn texts there is even a ht of a same-sex storyle, you n probably bet some Christian scholar has dulled down and that the origal is more wonrfully gay than the versn we have now.

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Hey I already mentned this on the Constante one but I was lookg up gay and bi characters on marvel database and Hercul was listed ?http://mar * comic gay hercules *

Left: Mid-century gay artist Gee Quatance certaly knew that sometim a Hydra is more than a Hydra. Depictns of Antas wh his legs the air were also found many gay men's hom the last century as a sort of visual to visors that they belonged to "the club. This is perhaps the most lc of all the versns of this myth that we uld is no overtly homosexual si to the story of the battle between Antas and Hercul, yet the nsistent voluptuons of the var versns is hard to ny wh morn ey.

This is another example of a sculpture found gay men's hom the middle of the last century -- sometim as a lamp ' son, Dmes, Kg of the Biston, Thrace, offers newers to his hors for dner.

The were not solely sexual relatnships - they were ep and voted iendships full of love and passn, but probably ls sertive than what the morn-day gay man would Hermann Wilhelm Bissen, Hylas, 1846Plutarch, the Greek historian (and eventual Roman cizen), wrote that Hercul' list of male lovers was beyond numberg. Its mercial succs led to a 1959 sequel, Hercul Hendrick Goltzi, Farne Hercul, 1592A perfect partg shot of Goltzi's etchg of the ancient Roman statue known as the Farne Hercul, which had been disvered the Baths of Caralla Rome 1546 and stalled a urtyard of the Farne fay's palace on the banks of the is not one thg about this etchg that is not supergay, om the credible renrg of the mcl to the morn-day queens peerg up om the right to the astoundgly phallic (uncut as well) pediment that Hercul rts on. of age or if you are offend by explic language volvg gay men!

15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU

From Iceman to Hulklg and Moondragon, Marvel boasts a whole array of openly gay characters who would be smash-hs the MCU. * comic gay hercules *

Last week, mors surfaced that Angela Jolie might be jog Marvel's next tentpole superhero team The Eternals, weeks after reports suggted that the film was also searchg for an openly gay actor for a leadg 's not jt a gay actor the stud is hopg to fd. Acrdg to MCU Cosmic, The Eternals will be the first Marvel movie to feature an openly gay character, one based off Greek mythology's most endurg hero. The mor claims that the film's gay male lead will be Hercul.

The se you are about to enter ntas ntent that is homoerotic and graphic nature. If you are unr the age of 18, offend by gay ntent, or superhero peril, TURN AWAY NOW! "Hercul and Jam Howlett’s relatnship X-Treme X-Men took place a unique alternate universe, siar to how Coloss was gay the Ultimate Universe, but is straight the [ma Marvel Universe].

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"Herc’s pansexualy was also allud to 2010's Hercul: Fall of an Avenger #1, when a number of super hero—and the gay mutant hero Northstar—discs past affairs wh the mighty Fall of an Avenger and X-Treme X-Men were wrten by Greg of urse, Gre-Roman mythology, Hercul’ male lovers were numero—and clud his sikick Iols, played by Michael Hurst the 1990s Kev Sorbo TV show, Hercul: The Legendary Journeys, and Dean O'Gorman the Ryan Goslg seri Young 's new Hercul seri, wrten by Dan Abt and drawn by Le Ross, hs shelv November.

When asked about prev hts of bisexualy and an alternate Hercul' romantic relatnship wh an alternate Wolvere the 2012-2013 "X-Treme X-Men, " seri, Alonso rpond, "Hercul and Jam Howlett's relatnship 'X-Treme X-Men' took place a unique alternate universe, siar to how Coloss was gay the Ultimate Universe, but is straight the 616.

The issue, which tak place the ntuy of the classic, mastream Marvel Universe, se the character of Snowbird suggtg that the male Northstar (long tablished as openly gay), should be unted among an assembly of Hercul' past sexual partners, otherwise all female. We know that the MCU Herc will be gay and that the E-616 Herc is not so the rema unrvalued. tagged wh cbsi, icbook,, Comics, DC, E-199999, e-616 loki, first appearance, gay hercul, green lantern 116, guy gardner green lantern, loki, loki disney+, marvel, Marvel ics, spir-man, te firsts, venom.

HERCUL, ALADD, DISNEY PRC GO GAY (FALLY) IN FAN-FIC {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;}CULTUREBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 16, 2013/2:57 PMBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 16, 2013 / 2:57 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HERCUL, ALADD, DISNEY PRC GO GAY (FALLY) IN FAN-FIC ARTWORK","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-10-16T18:57:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-10-16T18:57:41.000+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":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{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;}ONCE UPON A TIME SURPRISED VIEWERS THIS WEEK BY SUGGTG WOMAN WARRR MULAN HAS BEEN HARBORG A SECRET LOVE FOR SLEEPG BETY. GIVEN THAT THE SHOW DISNEY VERSNS OF FAMO FAIRY-TALE CHARACTERS AND AIRS ON DISNEY-OWNED ABC, SOUNDS LIKE THE MOE IS WARMG UP TO SAME-SEX LOV' THE LAND 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;}SOME VENTIVE ARTISTS ARE TAKG THGS ONE STEP FURTHER, THOUGH, WH ARTWORK PICTG DISNEY PRC AND HERO SAME-SEX LIPLOCKS. IN HERCUL' SE, S KD OF HISTORILLY ACCURATE, BUT HOW WOULD JASME REACT TO SEEG ALADD GETTG HIS MAN-LOVE ON?{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;}RELATED: WHAT IF CAP'T HOOK AND OTHER DISNEY VILLAS USED GRDR?{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;}OF URSE, THE MAGIC KGDOM HAS BEEN SNEAKG GAY REFERENC FOR AG, OM MCG COGSWORTH (BETY AND THE BEAST) AND JAFAR (ALADD) TO THE BORRLE ROMANCE BETWEEN WOODY AND BUZZ LIGHTYEAR.  AND ARTIST DAVID KAWENA HAS ALREADY PALIZED ON DISNEY HERO' NATE BEEFKE {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;}RELATED: "RUPL'S DRAG RACE" QUEENS RE-IMAGED AS DISNEY {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;}CHECK OUT SOME IMAG OM THE NEW SERI BELOW, AND THEN LET KNOW WHICH DISNEY DU YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MACKG ON ANOTHER GUY. (WE'RE HOLDG OUT FOR GASTON.){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;}H/T: INSTCT {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;}{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;}{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

I’ve llected some of my favore piec after the jump… and by favore, I mean most homoerotic. Hey I already mentned this on the Constante one but I was lookg up gay and bi characters on marvel database and Hercul was listed? Is that the gay du om the x-men that got married yearly this year?

'" This on-panel teractn clearly prov Marvel's 616 Hercul is not and never has been (not even ancient Greece) gay or bi-sexual.

'"This on-panel teractn clearly prov Marvel's 616 Hercul is not and never has been (not even ancient Greece) gay or bi-sexual. However there is a gay versn Hercul, he banged wolvere or somethg like that. On this page is a panel where Northstar, Marvel's gay male lead, awkwardly zips away when his teammate Snowbird verbally nudg him to open up about his Herculean enunter.

'BEEFKE HERO': JOE PHILLIPS BRGS GAY SUPERHERO OUT OF THE CLOSET (PHOTOS)

As a straight man, his relatnship to that page and the character is drastilly different om, specifilly, the relatnship that I have wh that page and the character sce I am a gay man.

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