COMIC RIFFS | Marvel has announced an upg gay weddg “Astonishg X-Men.”COMIC RIFFS | Marvel is among a growg number of publishers featurg gay marriag and has announced an upg gay weddg “Astonishg X-Men” — do this mean mastream ics are “evolvg”?
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- MARVEL COMICS HOSTS FIRST GAY WEDDG ‘ASTONISHG X-MEN’
- MARVEL ANNOUNCES ‘X-MEN’S’ GAY WEDDING: DO THIS MEAN MASTREAM ICS ARE ‘EVOLVG’?
MARVEL COMICS HOSTS FIRST GAY WEDDG ‘ASTONISHG X-MEN’
Marvel will make ic book history as publish the first ever gay superhero weddg Empyre #5 next week. Excelsr! * gay wedding comic book *
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.
MARVEL ANNOUNCES ‘X-MEN’S’ GAY WEDDING: DO THIS MEAN MASTREAM ICS ARE ‘EVOLVG’?
“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.