Marvel Astonishes
While perusing the selection at our local comic book store today, I noticed these cards laid out on the counter. They are save the date invitations. Quite a clever marketing schtick.
Maybe I am the last to get the news but Marvel is having a m/m wedding in the June edition of Astonishing X-Men (#51). Its fabulous and incredible and amazing.
Though Northstar has been openly gay for a while now (he proposed to his boyfriend Kyle in issue #50), I’m a little surprised there haven’t been more reveals. There are over 6000 Marvel Heroes. If even %0.5 of the entire selection was gay, that would still be over 30 superheroes. Granted that not all of them might feel comfortable coming out.
Whatever the case, its nice that one brave (aren’t they all supposed to be brave?) superhero has decided to declare his love.
Bravo Marvel. Bravo to writer by Marjorie Liu and artist Mike Perkins. Even superheroes should get the chance to be happy. I hope they dont pull a World War Hulk ending on the newly weds.
May 27th, 2012 at 6:23 am
I didn’t make it to the comic store this week. I’ll have to see if I can go this weekend.
May 27th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
Marvel wasn’t the first to do the gay wedding, in main stream comics anyway. Archie had a gay wedding a while ago and the Gay character also has his own comic books now.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/25/kevin-keller-gay-archie-comic-wedding_n_1113035.html
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