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Marvel Universe

Entertainment: Why Blockbusters Lack Queer Characters

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Deadpool

Ryan Reynolds has hinted that major US film studios avoid putting gay characters in blockbusters due to fears of alienating overseas audiences. The actor last year made his debut as pansexual superhero Deadpool, smashing box office records for an adult-rated film with the comedic take on superhero movies. Deadpool was the first non-heterosexual superhero to get his own standalone film, and was shown flirting indistinctly with both men and women. The comic book character is said to “do anything with a pulse”, while Tim Miller and Reynolds have described their version of the character as “pansexual”. By Nick Duffy – … Read more

Trailer: Spider-Man Homecoming

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Spider-man Homecoming trailer

In the first trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming, the web-slinging superhero makes his first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The clip also gives a first look at the movie’s winged villain, Vulture, played by Michael Keaton. Homecoming brings Peter Parker back to high school. The early Spidey suit he wears features web wings, a design only seen in the earliest of Spider-Man comic book appearances. Spider-Man, played by British actor Tom Holland, is shown scaling the Washington Monument, holding a sliced-in-half ferry boat together with his webbing and dealing with basic high school stuff like staring too long at a … Read more

“ResurrXion” X-Men Arc to Begin With Solo Gay Iceman Series

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Iceman

Marvel has big plans for the X-Men. The “Death of X” storyline, which began in October, will reveal exactly what happens before everything explodes in “Inhumans vs. X-Men.” But what about after the dust settles? Apparently an Iceman solo comic will narrate the fallout in the first installment of the revival series, titled “ResurrXion.” The X-Men’s current status is shaky at best. Currently under threat by the spread of Terrigen Mist, the mutant population is slowly shrinking in size. To add insult to injury, the mist also sterilizes them, preventing any future mutants from being born. Iceman, aka Bobby Drake, … Read more

Asta’s Annotations: The Path to LGBT Fiction

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Today I thought it might be interesting to discuss how we all came to LGBT fiction, whether as readers or writers.   For me, it all started with the film Van Helsing in 2004. Meeting fellow fans through the LiveJournal account I had at the time led me to discover fan fiction, and slash in particular. One of my earliest serious attempts at writing was a fan fiction with a Dracula/Van Helsing back story. I’ve written the occasional piece since—Rimmer/Lister (Red Dwarf), Hannibal/Will (Hannibal), Ragnar/Athelstan (Vikings), Sherlock/John (Sherlock), Steve/Loki (Avengers) etc.—and I still read a story or two when a … Read more

Marvel Greenlights Solo Series for Lesbian Superhero

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america-chavez

Marvel just announced at New York Comic-Con that America Chavez, a character who debuted in Young Avengers, will receive a solo comic book series in 2017. That series, called America, will be Marvel’s first solo run about a lesbian superhero. America, in the Young Avengers comics, was born on the planet Utopia (from another dimension) to her two mothers, who gave her the superpowers that she uses on Earth. Her powers include flight, bulletproof skin, super strength, and inter-dimensional travel. Because her first name is America, she chose Marvel’s moniker “Miss America” as a crime-fighting identity, and has worked with … Read more

LGBT Superheroes We Want to Save the World in Film

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Wonder Woman Supergirl

As Wonder Woman’s writers finally confirm the Warrior Princess is bisexaul, we take a look at the queer superheroes we’d most like to see kick ass onscreen… Wonder Woman Although the Amazon princes is already headed to the big screen, it’s yet to be confirmed whether or not Gal Gadot’s version of Diana will be playing it straight or as queer as her comic book incarnation – although we won’t hold our breaths. By Joe Williams – Full Story at Pink News

Iceman Goes Into a Gay Bar

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Will a same-sex romance come to bridge the gap between two warring factions of the X-Men universe? Iceman, aka Bobby Drake, looks like he could be getting his first boyfriend after coming out as gay last year. Joining teammates Oya and Genesis to a gay bar in the new issue of All-New X-Men 13, Drake screws up at first when he ices up and runners the bar out of shame. By Joe Morgan – Full Story at Gay Star News

Captain America and Bucky Get Together – in Porn

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Captain America and Bucky Barnes are finally going to have gay sex, but it won’t exactly be canon. Following the excitement over gay porn versions of X-Men: Apocalypse and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it was only a matter of time we would have an XXX version of Captain America: Civil War. Instead of those long glances and meaningful stares in the Marvel film, we’ll likely find out who tops and bottoms in the Men.com version between the two superheroes. By Joe Morgan – Full Story at Gay Star News

Review: X-Men: Apocalypse

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X-Men: Apocalypse

Bryan Singer directed the first two movies based on Marvel Comics’ mutant superhero team the X-Men. Brett Ratner directed the third film, The Last Stand, which is loathed by fans and critics alike. The franchise was then rebooted with Matthew Vaughn’s First Class, and Bryan Singer returned for the second film in this cycle, Days of Future Past, arguably the best of all of the X-Men movies. And now there’s X-Men: Apocalypse, which opens May 27. About a third of the way through Apocalypse, which takes place in 1983, Jean Gray (Sophie Turner), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and … Read more