DOMA vs X-Men

The Astonishing X-men does it again with a deeper look at the marriage between Northstar and his hubby, Kyle.

In this scene, we see the effects of DOMA in the Marvel Universe.

Now for those who don't know. The Black guy is Kyle Jinadu, Northstar's husband. They had a huge wedding earlier this year. Northstar is Canadian and technically, he's not suppose to be here.

Looking forward to this story.

Marvel Comics takes their Gay Marriage News to The View

More gay comics news! Today on The View, Marvel Comics will announce big wedding news about Northstar and his partner.

From Bleeding Cool:

Tune into ABC at 11a/10a E/C tomorrow as the hosts of ABC’s The View exclusively reveal a major Marvel announcement! This is your first chance to get a look at the moment in Astonishing X-Men #50 that will have everyone talking!

Well, we will see. I will post the info later, but I hope it's about Northstar.

UPDATE it is about Northstar

Whoopi Goldberg introduced the news to co-hosts Joy Behar, Barbara Walters and Elizabeth Hasselbeck in the midst of the "Hot Topics" segment that included stories like a caucasian child wearing blackface for a Martin Luther King Jr. report at school, Mark Zuckerberg's wedding photo, and the latest on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars."

"In Astonishing X-Men #50, gay X-Man Northstar will propose to his boyfriend Kyle, with a marriage in an upcoming issue," said Goldberg. Behar said "X-Men is cutting edge" about the issue, and Hasselbeck, an outspoken conservative on the show, said "It's good!" Walters echoed the statement, appreciative of the move.

The wedding front-and-back cover spread for Astonishing X-Men #51 was debuted on the show as well (we'll have that for you soon), showing Jean-Paul (Northstar's real name) and Kyle at the altar with the huge and varried cast of mutants assembled to view the happy event.

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The X-Men Gay Wedding Hype is Boosting Orders

The hype over the possible gay wedding in the Astonishing X-Men is clearly paying off. The orders for their 50th issue is booming big time.

Bleeding Cool reports:

This week, Marvel’s new incentives to retailers to increase their orders of Astonishing X-Men #50, with an eye to selling it a day early, with a large media presence for the presumed gay wedding issue, has seen advance reorders of the book rocket to the top of the chart, with the Create Your Own cover for issue 51 also getting traction.

Remember, this is often the only way retailers can order second and third prints of a book, so their prescence on the chart is exaggerated, as is Hit Girl, hich was missed off the original order form and can also only be ordered in this fashion.

This is great! It's always nice to know that the Gay geeks are becoming a strong force.