Post by Icefanatic on Aug 12, 2018 19:31:28 GMT -5
www.cbr.com/marvel-controversial-character-changes/
25 Controversial Character Changes That Shook Marvel Comics (And Fans)
It's worth checking out the other storylines at the link if only to see the difference in how the Iceman one is covered.
First that him and Northstar are grouped together, as if because they both came out as gay, it is essentially the same thing.
Northstar was created as gay by John Byrne. All Scott Lobdell did was reveal that hidden truth.
Iceman(the adult original) was created as straight and written as straight for fifty years, a half-century, before being seemingly retconned...ostensibly because people trolling the writer(Bendis) on social media convinced him the young, time-dispalced version of the character(rather clearly from an alternate-reality) is gay.
Second, almost all of the other 'controversial character changes' covered in that article also comment on the criticism and fan backslash. There was plenty of that with Iceman(on par with Hydra-Cap and Spidey's OMD) and it continues to this day, yet it doesn't get even a mention.
25 Controversial Character Changes That Shook Marvel Comics (And Fans)
7. NORTHSTAR AND ICEMAN BIG REVEALS
Two of Marvel’s mutants made international headlines when they came out of the closet over two decades apart from each other. The super-fast Northstar, Jean-Paul Beaubier, came out in 1992’s Alpha Flight #106, by Scott Lobdell and Mark Pacella. After the ensuing media frenzy died down, that Canadian super-team disbanded in 1994, and Northstar joined the X-Men in 2001. Since then, the speedster has had a highly-publicized marriage and an occasionally prominent role on the team.
Encouraged by a teenage Jean Grey, a teenage Iceman, Bobby Drake, also came out in 2015’s All-New X-Men #40, by Brian Michael Bendis and Mahmud Asrar. After his older self followed suit, Bobby’s romantic life became a big part of his X-Men adventures and his critically-acclaimed solo series, Iceman.
Two of Marvel’s mutants made international headlines when they came out of the closet over two decades apart from each other. The super-fast Northstar, Jean-Paul Beaubier, came out in 1992’s Alpha Flight #106, by Scott Lobdell and Mark Pacella. After the ensuing media frenzy died down, that Canadian super-team disbanded in 1994, and Northstar joined the X-Men in 2001. Since then, the speedster has had a highly-publicized marriage and an occasionally prominent role on the team.
Encouraged by a teenage Jean Grey, a teenage Iceman, Bobby Drake, also came out in 2015’s All-New X-Men #40, by Brian Michael Bendis and Mahmud Asrar. After his older self followed suit, Bobby’s romantic life became a big part of his X-Men adventures and his critically-acclaimed solo series, Iceman.
It's worth checking out the other storylines at the link if only to see the difference in how the Iceman one is covered.
First that him and Northstar are grouped together, as if because they both came out as gay, it is essentially the same thing.
Northstar was created as gay by John Byrne. All Scott Lobdell did was reveal that hidden truth.
Iceman(the adult original) was created as straight and written as straight for fifty years, a half-century, before being seemingly retconned...ostensibly because people trolling the writer(Bendis) on social media convinced him the young, time-dispalced version of the character(rather clearly from an alternate-reality) is gay.
Second, almost all of the other 'controversial character changes' covered in that article also comment on the criticism and fan backslash. There was plenty of that with Iceman(on par with Hydra-Cap and Spidey's OMD) and it continues to this day, yet it doesn't get even a mention.
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