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.
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MARVEL ANNOUNCES ‘X-MEN’S’ GAY WEDDING: DO THIS MEAN MASTREAM ICS ARE ‘EVOLVG’?
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. “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. The tensns will rm Liu’s Astonishg X-Men stori gog forward, but Alonso says the uple will also have to nont homophobia om Northstar’s teammat.