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10 Marvel Comics With Healthy LGBT Representation
LGBTQ representation has finally started to bleed through into mainstream pop culture. People who never got to see positive representations of themselves are finally getting to and it's changing pop culture for the better. In the comic world, Marvel has often been ahead of the curve on this sort of thing but in this particular case, they were beaten by DC, who had started featuring positive LGBTQ characters throughout the '80s and '90s.
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However, in recent years, Marvel has made up for it, populating their line with more LGBTQ characters than ever— a huge step forward for a publisher not known for playing catch-up on social issues.
10 America Chavez's Two Solo Series Star The Womxn loving womxn Teen In Her Own Series
America Chavez would debut in Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's Young Avengers and in got her first solo series from writer Gabby Rivera. The teen from another dimension would contain some amazing adventures, both on her own and with her Young Avenger
LGBT History of Superheroes: Wiccan
Kicking off my list is my favourite LGBT superhero, Billy Kaplan aka Wiccan.
Being openly gay from a young age, Billy was regularly bullied and ridiculed at school for his homosexuality. One day he unknowingly came into contact with his biological mother Scarlet Witch who seemingly activated his mutant powers of reality warping also known as magic which he demonstrated by nearly killing his bullies.
Billy is an adopted child created by Scarlet Witch from two fragments of the demon Mephisto’s soul as one of twin sons for her and then husband Vision. However Mephisto managed to reabsorb the fragments but destroyed himself in the process due to the power Scarlet Witch embued in them which in turn created Billy and twin brother Tommy aka Speed.
Billy discovered his true parentage after joining the Young Avengers, who are essentially fanboys, girl and proteges of the Avengers. The mystery was unravelled in the crossover story Avengers: The Children’s Crusade, which saw Billy reunite with his mother after she regained her memory.
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Even though I&#;m a big fan of Wiccan and Hulkling (they are one of my main One True Pairings), reading New Avengers #1 made me remember the great old days of Young Avengers. The post-Secret Wars offering by Marvel needs to improve a lot, even if it has my favorite gay superhero couple in it. I won’t receive anything less!
The first weird thing I noticed about the issue was the line-up of A.I.M. Al Ewing seems to be taking a risk creating a team that has Squirrel Teen in it. Writing Doreen Green and doing her ethics justice is tough as it is, and making her part of a team needs a very different accept . If you take place to be reading her solo-series, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, you would know that she doesn&#;t demand a team to take down any bad guy. She shines best when going solo, and Ewing failed to deliver the Squirrel Girl I treasure in the second major Avengers title from Marvel.
Also, the eight-month post-Secret Wars gap doesn’t aid with comfortably introducing readers to the new team. The team members did mention why they joined A.I.M, but it only hinted at their
Northstar: Marvel’s First Openly Same-sex attracted Hero
It’s the last week of Pride Month and we feel like celebrating some queer comics history. Today, we’re talking about a super-key issue from a historical (if not monetary) standpoint. That issue is Alpha Flight #, the first time a mainstream comic hero “came out” as gay! Specifically, it was Alpha Flight founder and sometime X-Men member Northstar.
Marvel’s “Don’t Speak Gay” Policy
Ever since Superman captured crooked congressmen in Action Comics #1 and Captain America punched out Hitler, superheroes have sent political messages. Due to the nature of artistic work, many of these messages tended to be socially progressive. The 60s and 70s featured stories tackling drug use, racial inequality, women’s liberation, and the complexities of the Vietnam War. In the 80s, a number of creators wanted to tackle the emerging realities of “Homosexual Liberation”. Two authorities stood in their way.
The first was the Comics Code Authority, though they ultimately don’t play a very active role in this story. No, more active was Marvel Ed