Marvel Announces Landmark X-Men Marriage [Spoilers]

Christ....
 
Its like who can exploit homosexuality first...Marve or DC...
 
the race is on....

What the hell is wrong with these comic book companies? This is DISGUSTING. Way to ruin a character.

I NOW officially stop buying comics! Thanks to you Morons!

Yeah, it would mean more if they had just done it, instead of waiting till it was 'cool' and announcing it with fanfair... 'Look how progressive and cool we are!!!'

At least with marvel, this has been in the works as a natural progression - the public announcements were unnecessary - but DC is just changing someone gay ... because .... ... ?

Now if they made Clark Kent gay ...THAT ...might be a story.

I mean what is this world coming to - next thing you know Wonder woman will wear pants ...

Oh Ok well good for them hope fully marvel will also let Flatman and Living Lighting find someone as well

What's up with Marvel trying to copy Archie Comics?

...Umm okay. Does anyone really care that much??

Seriously?! DC and Marvel are competing now over who is more gay? I never thought I'd see the day.

Now Archie comics are laughing at Marvel for the wedding

@cattlebattle: lol, FTW!

WTF

I don't really think that there's anything wrong with this. Its just part of the story. I haven't read many comics with him, but hasn't Northstar been an openly gay character for awhile? This just seems like part of the characters story.

It's a hot topic, I get it.....and excuse me, but how about celebrating Marvel AND DC's support of the gay community instead of pointing fingers acting like it's all about exploitation? As Marvel's first openly gay character, I think it's a natural step for Northstar to propose to his bf in the wake of a handful of states legalizing and the President of the United States voicing support for equal rights for all.

@1fearless1 said:

What the hell is wrong with these comic book companies? This is DISGUSTING. Way to ruin a character.

I NOW officially stop buying comics! Thanks to you Morons!

And thank YOU for letting everyone know just how ignorant you are. :) Have fun living in the dark ages where there is segregation, women have no right to vote, and there's a king yelling at you about which religion to practice. I hope you're happy there :)

@Thunderscream: ::slowclap:: to you, sir. To you.

I don't have any problem with homosexual characters in comics, and I think they're important, but it does feel a bit exploitative to release press releases about two gay characters getting married.

Oh well, take the good with the bad I guess.

Yay!!!

(Wow, so many ignorant homophobes here.)

Good for them, i know its all about image and i know its probably not the deep and meaningfull version of events gay readers are craving, but its a start right? Im happy to see DC and Marvel embrace a bigger world and hope they will continue to make their characters more diverse as they go on.

Northstar is just taking the next logical step...not sure why everyone is so upset about it.

@Thunderscream and @jemckinn214

No one is upset about the gay marriage (at least not here) its that they ARE making such a big deal -basically having press conferences, and DC jumping on the bandwagon after specifically stating they would NOT change anyone's sexual orientation , then right after Marvel hints at a gay marriage (Children's crusade) and the President coming out in favor of gay marriage, they jumped on the bandwagon. Just seems like a 'hey look at us, we're cool too right guys??" - moment

@Thunderscream said:

It's a hot topic, I get it.....and excuse me, but how about celebrating Marvel AND DC's support of the gay community instead of pointing fingers acting like it's all about exploitation? As Marvel's first openly gay character, I think it's a natural step for Northstar to propose to his bf in the wake of a handful of states legalizing and the President of the United States voicing support for equal rights for all.

Yes, this.

So Marvel is having one of their gay X-Men get married, and DC has announced that one of their major characters will reveal he or she is gay.

WHOA, Homophobia in the house...

I'm glad Northstar is finally getting married. :)

Oh, I also want to point out something, I'm pretty sure not ALL of those characters in that variant cover would attend a homosexual wedding. I don't think Wolverine just accepts it, he's probably as disgusted with homosexual behavior as any other biker or rough neck....then again though....he is Canadian.

This is going to be very interesting for sure. :) I hope Marvel can do Jean-Paul and Kyle's wedding very well, considering many writers have handled Jean-Paul's sexuality very well without making it seem like a gimmick or anything. So congrats around!

What is Storm doing in NY? And why aren't there the Utopian X-Men?? Do they hate Northstar??

I'm I the only person that is more disturbed by Gambit trying to put moves on 2 ladies(I use the term loosely) at 1 time then the actual marriage? He and Rogue are no longer an item and.....Trance? At least she seems excited.

@Thunderscream said:

It's a hot topic, I get it.....and excuse me, but how about celebrating Marvel AND DC's support of the gay community instead of pointing fingers acting like it's all about exploitation? As Marvel's first openly gay character, I think it's a natural step for Northstar to propose to his bf in the wake of a handful of states legalizing and the President of the United States voicing support for equal rights for all.

Bravo to you, sir.

@1fearless1 said:

What the hell is wrong with these comic book companies? This is DISGUSTING. Way to ruin a character.

omg... this whole gay stuff is so sick, is Marvel out of their minds?!

Did anyone notice that Ernst and Martha Johansson are together in the #51 cover? I'm glad they are together finally :)

So.......does Aurora get two invitations to the wedding or what.......

@TwistedGamer said:

Northstar is just taking the next logical step...not sure why everyone is so upset about it.

This.

@Webjaker said:

Yeah, it would mean more if they had just done it, instead of waiting till it was 'cool' and announcing it with fanfair... 'Look how progressive and cool we are!!!'

This is true, but at the same time, who really cares,

I don't even know what to say. This is so screwed up. I'm sure Kirby, Simon and many of the others we've lost are rolling in their graves. Way to take something as simple and pure as a comic book and make a political, publicity stunt out of it. If Cap goes to that wedding, I will be cancelling all my comics.

@Webjaker said:

@Thunderscream and @jemckinn214

No one is upset about the gay marriage (at least not here) its that they ARE making such a big deal -basically having press conferences, and DC jumping on the bandwagon after specifically stating they would NOT change anyone's sexual orientation , then right after Marvel hints at a gay marriage (Children's crusade) and the President coming out in favor of gay marriage, they jumped on the bandwagon. Just seems like a 'hey look at us, we're cool too right guys??" - moment

What Webjaker said so well. This wasn't even a blip on my "Give a crap" meter. Just write the stories. We, the fans, will read. Be gay. Be straight. Whatever. Just write a good story. You want to impress me? Have Wolverine marry Jean Grey. Now that's a story!

i don't care i'm not reading x-men anyway.

Admittedly this is a bit of a publicity stunt but at least comic book companies like Marvel and DC are not showing the same neglect and ignorance some Americans show towards gay marriage and openly embrace the concept of it. Plus it makes sense storywise for the characters to be getting married.

You know what really bothers me, is that there is no homophobic characters out there just a bunch of faces overjoyed to hear these two are getting married. Many of these characters are old and from a different time, era, world?, etc. it will be really weird if no one in this story doesn't have a difference of opinion.

Good to see that things are going well for Northstar

And when did Midnighter and Apollo get married? lol

I doubt Wolverine would care his philosophy is basically as long and they aren't causing trouble for him or anyone else and just doing what makes them happy he doesn't care

Seriously this kind of thing is the one i don't care. It put nothing more to the title and Northstar...does anyone really care about him ?

THis is only something created to yell "Look at me (marvel), i am open minded !".

Okay...

Is it just me or is homosexuality suddenly the big thing for both companies? Gay marriages here and DC outing an 'iconic' character.

I suppose such things are very important to portray as actually happening in comics as well as the real world...but come on, could we at least avoid making it look like a reinvention of the wheel...as in just being one guy marrying another guy?

Uh, i really  don't get what so many people are complaining about, open your mind before you open your mouth more like ? (or in this case, before you type.)
 
On a better note, the cover looks stunning.

What the hell is this preposterous garbage?!?

Muties shouldn't be allowed to marry!!!

Hold up.

So, as an openly gay comic book fan (one of far too few), I find myself only half-heartedly into this. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for equal representation in the 616, and I love seeing this happen, but how about we have characters actually kissing on-panel before we get to gay marriage? I loved the entire run of Heinberg's Avengers: The Children's Crusade, and in issue #9, when Wiccan and Hulkling first kiss on-panel it was a great moment for fans. What was more, there were allusions to the two getting hitched at some point in the future. But these are characters who have been together literally since their creation (well, for the most part for Billy with that whole reincarnation thing). Since Young Avengers #1, (which came out in 2005 for those of you counting), the two have been a couple (though it wasn't explicitly stated until Young Avengers Presents sometime later).

Kyle, the one marrying Northstar, his first appearance was less than three years ago. I get that for a playboy like Northstar (because seriously, he has always been portrayed that way), this is a long relationship, but Northstar's "long-term boyfriend" is by no means a long-term anything. He's a character who was introduced to try and dissuade readers from seeing Northstar as a stereotypical gay man hooking up with other gay men for the fun of it. While I understand the urge to give their relationship some credence, this is just sloppy. Look at the great love stories of Marvel. Look at how long they've taken to unfold. Reed and Sue, Peter and MJ, Scott and Jean. The last two there didn't get married until the 90's! Throwing characters into marriages isn't giving them more humanity, it's tokenism and it's cheap.

While that's it for my rant, I must also add that despite the bad taste the story leaves in my mouth, I'll be buying it. Because comic book publishers still need to get the hint that they have gay fans who love that they are receiving representation in comics. Because until I don't have to cheer every time I see two guys kissing on-panel, I will. It's news until it starts being the norm. Hopefully that day's coming.

~Nick

@AgeofHurricane said:

Uh, i really don't get what so many people are complaining about, open your mind before you open your mouth more like ? (or in this case, before you type.) On a better note, the cover looks stunning.

Totally agree.

@IronAngelX said:

Oh, I also want to point out something, I'm pretty sure not ALL of those characters in that variant cover would attend a homosexual wedding. I don't think Wolverine just accepts it, he's probably as disgusted with homosexual behavior as any other biker or rough neck....then again though....he is Canadian.

Uh, yeah. Let's not forget Idie, who still refers to herself as a sinner and as one of the damned because she's a mutant. She's hyper-religious and has constantly been reminding the students at the Jean Grey School that they're all inappropriate sinners. If they write her in and don't have her object to the whole thing, ugh.

I don't know about Logan though. He's been around a good long while and seen plenty. Northstar's pretty badass, and I think Wolverine would judge him on that more so than being gay. Besides, he hardly fits most biker stereotypes... (remember the whole also-a-samurai thing?)

Double U E.R.kay