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Contents:
- COMICS CORNER – A GOOD WEEK FOR GAY SUPERHERO
- MIDNIGHTER IS THE BT PORTRAYAL OF A GAY SUPERHERO MASTREAM COMICS
COMICS CORNER – A GOOD WEEK FOR GAY SUPERHERO
From Wonr Woman to Northstar, here are some of the most groundbreakg LGBTQ characters and gay superhero Marvel and DC Comics non. * gay superhero comic books *
Jackson - a fan-favore character sce his simultaneo but DC ic books and on the Young Jtice animated seri - has bee somewhat emblematic of the rise of characters wh queer inti morn ic books, now g full circle to the role of Aquaman as one of DC's most unique legacy Stt(Image cred: DC)The origal Green Lantern Alan Stt has been ic books sce 1940, but 's only been sce 2012 that he's been out as a gay man.
MIDNIGHTER IS THE BT PORTRAYAL OF A GAY SUPERHERO MASTREAM COMICS
It's LGBTQ+ hero everywhere you look this week, as Marvel, DC, and Image ics are packed wh gay, trans, and lbian reprentatn! * gay superhero comic books *
Intertgly, Alan Stt's son Obsidian has been out as a gay man sce 2004, beatg his dad to the punch and reflectg a rare, but very real experience shared by many rears who have multiple fay members - even parents - who are (Image cred: Marvel Comics)Beg magil nature has lent Loki the abily to take on many different forms and those forms display many different forms of attractn. Northstar(Image cred: Marvel Comics)Jean-Pl Bebier buted 1979 at a time when both the Comics Co Authory and Marvel's edor--chief Jim Shooter were opposed to openly gay characters, acrdg to thor Shirrel Rhoas 2008's A Complete History of Amerin Comic Books.
Creator John Byrne has explaed that Northstar was wrten as gay om the get-go, "even if I would never be allowed to say so many words the ics themselv.
When Wildstorm beme a DC Comics imprt, Midnighter beme one of DC’s greatt gay characters. As part of DC’s recent publishg revamp he’s fally gotten a new solo seri, a first nearly a —and so far, Midnighter reprents one of the bt portrayals of an out superhero ics right now. * gay superhero comic books *
"Dpe not utterg the words "I am gay" until 1992's Alpha Flight #106, Northstar has long been accepted by X-Men fans and ic book fans at large who picked up Byrne's nods as one of the first nonilly gay superhero sce his ceptn. Endurg Civil Wars, Secret Invasns, Origal Ss and every event between, openly-gay wrer Allan Heberg created the pair 2005's Young Avengers #1 and remd rears that Marvel's "world outsi your wdow" clud more than jt the fns of love that had been portrayed to that two also enabled other wrers to create more realistic portrayals of sexualy their team books as evinced by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's Young Avengers volume that also featured queer characters Miss Ameri, Prodigy, and Loki.