So with that in mind, why has it taken so long for a Marvel title to feature a same sex wedding? I'm talking, of course, about the marriage between Northstar and his partner Kyle Jinadu (Astonishing X-Men issue 51, true believer!)
Northstar has been 'out' since way back in 1992 - it's fairly safe to say DC (or at least their Wildstorm imprint) beat them well and truly to the punch here when Authority team members Apollo and Midnighter got hitched way back in 2002...
DC aren't very well known for sticking their collective necks out when it comes to the issues although the 'will they, won't they?' storyline between Batman and Robin was pretty racey back in the day I guess... Although DC did have Vertigo which was an awesome collection of mature titles whilst Marvel fannyed about with the MAX line which seemed exist solely as a reason for Nick Fury to say 'cunt'...
Oh and for a shit computer generated War Machine title too. It was a shiny shiny sack of balls.
Anyways, the wedding storyline - awesome in parts. Oddly rushed in favour of mutants fucking each other up (for a change) but a nice do all the same. It's always nice to see superheroes doing normal stuff like attend weddings. There's a bunch of variants out too including a blank photo one for those lucky enough to encounter a Marvel artist wandering the streets and hawking his talent for change. If you don't get it doodled on though, it looks pretty shit.
I bought it, it was another cultural landmark from the house of ideas... Unlike Hulk which is pretty well paced, nicely drawn and a great read but for the love of all things sacred will Hulk PLEASE STOP SHAGGING?
So yeah, that's about all I have to say about that.
Exsel... Excel.. Exell... Sod it, it doesn't make sense anyway.
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