LGBT+ Marvel Characters Discussion

[Dermie]

The Week In Gay:

14 new books this week.

Guardians Of The Galaxy #2 - Star-Lord is in the team.

X-Force #40 - Deadpool is on the team

Fantastic Four #7/700 - non-speaking cameo of Hercules in a time-travel flashback

For the digital comics....

Love Unlimited Infinity Comic #50 - Aaron Fischer's arc continues

Looks like that's it. Wow, slim pickings this week!

[Dermie]

Did anyone else read this one? It was great to see cameos by so many LGBT heroes--some of whom haven't shown up in far too long (hey, Striker)--and I loved seeing Roger Aubrey's legacy being honoured.

It was also really fun to see Aaron trying to hook up with some of the other heroes...but I was surprised with the reveal that apparently Aaron and Jake Oh already hooked up off-panel at some point! For one thing, last I knew Oh was married. Granted, his husband could have died, or they could have split up, have an open marriage, or Jake could have cheated....but I would have thought Aaron would be a bit too young for him. Aaron was only 19 in his first appearance (so at the most he might be 20 now, depending on where his birthday falls) and Jake Oh is a former SHIELD agent. Granted, SHIELD has recruited some pretty young agents before, so maybe the gap isn't that bad--but it still, it just seemed an odd choice to pick the married ex-SHIELD agent to be the guy present that Aaron had already slept with. Maybe Striker would have been a better choice for that beat?

My bad -- I misremembered about Jake being married! When Jake told his friends about the guy he was dating in TOTALLY AWESOME HULK it was in the context of a conversation where Jake mentioned the type of woman that his parents were wanting him to marry, so my memory blurred that with the reveal of his boyfriend. Whoops!

So THAT criticism of the Jake/Aaron hook-up is retracted.

[Dermie]

The Week In Gay:

12 new books from Marvel this week.

Bishop: War College #4 of 5 - several LGBT characters in this mini, including Tempo, Cam Long and Aura.

Extreme Venomverse #2 of 5 - one of the stories in this anthology has an alternate Felicia Hardy become a Venom host.

Hellcat #3 of 5 - Daimon Hellstrom makes an appearance (still trapped in the form of a plush bunny)

New Mutants: Lethal Legion #3 of 5 - Karma, Galura and Escapade are on the team in this story.

Storm #1 of 5 - Flashback mini by Ann Nocenti to Storm's original mohawk days. Mystique makes an appearance.

Thor #34 - Loki and Runa have small appearances

The X-Cellent #3 of 5 - Vivisector and Girl Joe make appearances

And for the digital comics....

Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic #47 - Star-Lord appears in the story

Love Unlimited Infinity Comic #51 - Aaron Fischer's arc continues.

X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #88 - the "X-Men Green" story continues and Iceman has a cameo alongside the X-Men.

[Dermie]

The Week In Gay

14 new books this week.

Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #4 - Betsy introduces Rachel to the media as her girlfriend at a red carpet event.

Deadpool #7 - Deadpool and Valentine are targeted by assassins.

Doctor Strange #3 - the back-up story for AAPI Heritage Month featured Nico Minoru teaming up with Doctor Strange.

X-23: Deadly Regensis #3 of 5 - Haymaker is non-binary

And for the digital comics...

Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic #48 - Star-Lord appears in this issue

Love Unlimited Infinity Comic #52 - Aaron Fischer's arc continues.

X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #89 - "X-Men Green" continues, and Iceman appears alongside the X-Men.

[Dermie]

The Week In Gay:

We have 14 new books on the first full week of Pride Month!

Bishop: War College #5 of 5 - Tempo, Cam Long and Aura Charles are all featured here, and the end of the story has Bishop recruiting his new squad--which also includes some LGBT members.

Deadpool: Badder Blood #1 of 5 - the start of another Deadpool miniseries by Rob Liefeld.

Immortal X-Men #12 - Colossus is the p.o.v. character for this issue, but the LGBT members of the Quiet Council (Destiny, Mystique, Kate Pryde, etc) all appear as well.

Loki #1 of 4 - the start of a new Loki miniseries!

X-Men #23 - Iceman is on the roster

Mutant First Strike #1 - The first of the "Before The Fall" one-shots features fun cameos by several LGBT characters! I won't list them all here to preserve the joy of surprise for those who haven't read the issue yet, but Tempo and Iceman are the ones featured most prominently.

For the digital comics....

Love Unlimited Infinity Comic #53 - Aaron Fischer's arc continues

X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #90 - Iceman appears along with the other X-Men as the latest "X-Men Green" arc continues.

Happy Pride Month everybody!

[The Invincible Beawulf]

Marvel Preview: Marvel’s Voices: Pride 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/06/09/ma...es-pride-2023/

[Holt]

Moondragon is finally getting a figure in Marvel Legends.

Marvel Boy is getting a figure in the wave for The Marvels.

[Dipter]

So now that Spider-verse has been out for a while, what do y'all think about the speculation that the film is hinting at trans Gwen Stacy? It is interesting and the theory definitely has some legs, but I don't think Sony has the guts to allow the filmmakers to outright confirm that, so it will remain sub-textual and open to interpretation.

[Will Evans]

So now that Spider-verse has been out for a while, what do y'all think about the speculation that the film is hinting at trans Gwen Stacy? It is interesting and the theory definitely has some legs, but I don't think Sony has the guts to allow the filmmakers to outright confirm that, so it will remain sub-textual and open to interpretation.

She’s not. They would have gotten a trans actress for her instead of Hailee Steinfeld.
Just like they got Danielle Perez, a handicap queer actress, to voice Sun-Spider.

Spider-Gwen is an ally because a background artist thought it would be cool to add the flag to her room. That’s cool.
But there was no creative think tank from the movie creators to make Gwen trans. So she isn’t.
But people are free to choose their own head canon.

[Dermie]

The Week In Gay:

19 new books this week...including the annual Pride one-shot!

Amazing Spider-Man #27 - Black Cat appears in the issue.

Captain Marvel #50 - the final issue of Kelly Thompson's landmark run on Carol's book! America Chavez is one of the many cameos in the issue, but she doesn't have any dialogue.

Marvel's Voices: Pride 2023 - featured characters include Gwenpool, Black Cat, Web-Weaver and Jumbo Carnation; multiple new queer characters are introduced here, plus Nadia Van Dyne's asexuality is finally confirmed on-panel.

X-23: Deadly Regenesis #4 of 5 - Haymaker is non-binary

The X-Cellent #4 of 5 - Vivisector and Girl Joe appear.

And for the digital comics....

Love Unlimited Infinity Comic #54 - Aaron Fischer's arc concludes...with a significant status quo change for Aaron!

Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic #57 - Ayo and Aneka (the Midnight Angels) are the stars of this issue

[Rift]

What's the statis quo change for Aaron?

[Rzerox21xx]

The Week In Gay:

19 new books this week...including the annual Pride one-shot!

Amazing Spider-Man #27 - Black Cat appears in the issue.

Captain Marvel #50 - the final issue of Kelly Thompson's landmark run on Carol's book! America Chavez is one of the many cameos in the issue, but she doesn't have any dialogue.

Marvel's Voices: Pride 2023 - featured characters include Gwenpool, Black Cat, Web-Weaver and Jumbo Carnation; multiple new queer characters are introduced here, plus Nadia Van Dyne's asexuality is finally confirmed on-panel.

X-23: Deadly Regenesis #4 of 5 - Haymaker is non-binary

The X-Cellent #4 of 5 - Vivisector and Girl Joe appear.

And for the digital comics....

Love Unlimited Infinity Comic #54 - Aaron Fischer's arc concludes...with a significant status quo change for Aaron!

Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic #57 - Ayo and Aneka (the Midnight Angels) are the stars of this issue

you forgot to mention that mutant External Candra been shown bi, with her date with Felicia.?

[Dermie]

What's the statis quo change for Aaron?

He spoilers:

has super powers now.

end of spoilers

you forgot to mention that mutant External Candra been shown bi, with her date with Felicia.?

Its implied anyway -- although the story did leave it somewhat ambiguous. But yeah, Candra is another character who was apparently outed there. Gimmick's story also outed an established character and introduced a new X-couple. I just didn't want to go into detail about every character who appeared and/or got outed in case some people haven't had a chance to read the issue yet and wanted a few surprises.

[Rzerox21xx]

He spoilers:

has super powers now.

end of spoilers



Its implied anyway -- although the story did leave it somewhat ambiguous. But yeah, Candra is another character who was apparently outed there. Gimmick's story also outed an established character and introduced a new X-couple. I just didn't want to go into detail about every character who appeared and/or got outed in case some people haven't had a chance to read the issue yet and wanted a few surprises.

Which established character was that and which became a couple.

[Dermie]

Which established character was that and which became a couple.

It was spoilers:

Specter who got outed and he and Graymalkin are the new couple.

end of spoilers