X-Men Set To Have Its First Gay Wedding!!!!!

[w8liftinglady]

http://perezhilton.com/2012-03-20-x-men-to-feature-same-sex-marriage-in-comic-book

YAY!!!!! We love the folks at Marvel for this one!

X-Men has taken a huge leap in equality when their new series, Astonishing X-Men, has one mutant tying the knot with his boyfriend!

Super speedster Northstar will marry his boyfriend, Kyle, and the progressive marriage marks equality and love for all on two fronts, same-sex and interracial marriage.

We are SUPER proud of Marvel for embracing all of its fans, no matter what their sexuality is.

The best part is that legally there's no loopholes on this blissful union. Northstar is Canadian so he and his hubby-to-be can wed in matrimony under Canada's embrace!

[exboyfil]

1. I thought Northstar was dead?

Wasn't he turned into some sort of Hydra killing machine?

Sigh. I guess the only character who will ever stay dead in the Marvel Universe is Gwen Stacy.

[MarianJack]

2. Also Junior Juniper!

He was killed in (I think) issue # 4 of "Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos" way back in the early 60s.

This was when Nick Fury had 2 eyes, was a WWII character and white.

WOW, doesn't that make ME look like an old fart?

PEACE!

[Prophet 451]

8. Nick Fury is still white

You're thinking of the Nick Fury from the Ultimates imprint, one of Marvel's alternate universes.

Yes, I am a complete nerd.

[MarianJack]

12. Hey, Prophet 451!

You do know that Nerd is the new cool, don't you?

I've been a nerd since before i knew the word existed.

In some of the cartoon and in the recent movies where he's being portrayed by the great Samuel L Jackson, he sure has been black.

Of course, I can't mention Samuel L Jackson without saying "I'm have had it with these Mighty Fine snakes on this Mighty Fine plane"!

PEACE!

[Prophet 451]

17. Most of the modern adaptions have been based on the Ultimate imprint

Essentially, the idea was that when Fury was first created, he was based on the coolest guy around at the time, Dean Martin. When they came to update him, around 2000, they asked themselves who the coolest guy around is now and the answer was SLJ.

[Prophet 451]

10. Gwen's been brought back at least twice

The Spider-Man mythos has at least two Gwen clones running around somewhere.

[MarianJack]

3. Bravo Marvel!

As a kid in the 60s & 70s I read both Marvel and DC, but I always liked Marvel more.

Much happiness to Northstar and Kyle. Wasn't he the first Superhero to come out?

PEACE!

[Prophet 451]

9. Not quite

The first openly gay hero was Extrano from an obscure DC series called Millenium in 1988. Northstar would have been outed the previous year but the PtB at Marvel at the time chickened out so Northstar didn't officially come out until 1992.

[MarianJack]

11. Cool, Thanx!

PEACE!

[William769]

4. Second Gay Marriage for Marvel. SWEET!

[MarianJack]

13. What was the first Gay Marriage in Marvel?

PEACE!

[William769]

14. ...

[MarianJack]

15. I didn't know that "Archie" was a part of Marvel.

A BIG to me!

BTW, one of the wedded gay couple is in the military? I love the visual of tiny bagger heads with steam shooting out of the ears.

PEACE!

[William769]

16. Me too.

I also didn't know Archie was part of marvel till recently. Given my age it's been a long time since I have seen a comic book.

[Cheap_Trick]

5. Paging One Million Morons

I mean Moms. Between this, Archie Comics' Kevin Keller and Ellen Degeneres their uptight homophobic little heads will EXPLODE!

[William769]

6. They gave up on Ellen.

They have crawled back in to their little whole for now.

[Prophet 451]

7. Surprised it's Northstar

Given his previously established character, I'm surprised it would be him getting hitched. I figured Billy and Teddy from Young Avengers would be next.