Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Marvel Comics First Gay Wedding?


The first gay character in a major label may be getting married. Northstar, from Alpha Flight and X-Men, could be getting married to his gay partner, Kyle.


Newsarama reports:
 Last week, Marvel teased a wedding coming up in June's Astonishing X-Men #51, and though it was left vague as to who would be walking down the aisle, prevalent speculation has targeted Northstar and his boyfriend, Kyle.

It makes sense — new Astonishing X-Men writer Marjorie Liu has established that Northstar will be part of the book's cast, and a same-sex marriage would show that Marvel is willing to take the same progressive step that Archie took recently, in marrying off Kevin Keller in their alternate future title Life with Archie.
This would be cute if Jean-Paul takes his man down the aisle.

2 comments:

Glenn Ingersoll said...

Speedster North Star seemed to have inherited total crankiness from his (unrelated?) speedster ancestor Quicksilver, then he died. So I didn't expect him to marry.

WilsonW said...

Northstar is getting married. Only relevant if they make him a full time roster member. I'd also like for Anole to not be the only gay mutant teenager around (aside from the two in young avangers). Can we get him some actiop too?

Let's just hope the marriage isn't Cyclops and Emma.

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