Save the date, kids! The engagement fans have suspected for months now was confirmed today on ABC's The View -- Marvel's first openly gay character, Northstar, is engaged to be married to his boyfriend Kyle. The two have a well-established relationship in the Marvel Universe, and it is currently a focal point in Marjorie Liu and Mike Perkins' Astonishing X-Men run. The proposal will occur in this week's issue #50, with the actual wedding to happen in issue #51.
Marvel originally teased a wedding way back in March with a "Save the Date" image, causing fans to (correctly) speculate about who the happy couple would be. The publisher isn't the first to tackle gay marriage however, with Archie Comics marrying gay Riverdale resident Kevin Keller to much fanfare some months back.
Northstar became the first openly gay character at Marvel in 1992, despite having first appeared in the comics in 1979. The issue in which his coming out occurred, Alpha Flight #106, sold like hot cakes. We'll see if Astonishing X-Men #50 and #51 can replicate that kind of success. You can check out images from the books below.
Obviously, gay marriage is a very hot topic in the U.S. at the moment with an election impending. To add to the Northstar announcement, DC Comics stated at Kapow last weekend that an established character of theirs would soon be coming out of the closet, and though they said it's a "major" character, it's also a character that hasn't yet been seen since the relaunch.
Stuff like this makes my cold, dead heart beat once more.
Source : http://www.ign.com
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