Our signature silver-haired newscasting fox Anderson Cooper is soon to be inducted into the Marvel Universe in the upcoming Black Widow #12 due in November.
Cooper’s TV show will play a prominent role in the plot, acting as a catalyst for a “major event in Black Widow’s story.”
Comic writer Nathon Edmonson added:
“We imagine that in Black Widow’s world, as would be the case with many other Avengers, things she does can’t be ignored by the media and all it takes is somebody who knows how to ask the right questions to make her world very uncomfortable for her but in a way that is perhaps not unjust.”
According to the online Marvel wiki Marvel Database, there are currently 98 gay-identified characters that have graced the glossy pages of Marvel comics.
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Sorry, Anderson — so close to being the big 100.
Here is the full list of 98 to come before him:
Aimee (Clint Barton’s neighbor)
Alana Jobson
America Chavez
Amy Chen
Annabelle Riggs
Arnie Roth
Arnold Astrovik
Arthur Centino
Arthur Swift
Aundray Phelps
Batwing
Benjamin Deeds
Brandon Sharpe
Brian Falsworth
Catastrophe Jen
Chili Storm
Christian Frost
Cullen Bloodstone
Curtis Doyle
Dante Ortega
David Castiglione
Deidre Wentworth
Diana
Donald Meland
Dorrek VIII
Edith Freiberg
Edwin Jarvis
Elektra
Felicia Hardy
Finch (Kate Bishop’s neighbor)
Frank Cortez
David Castiglione (no photo available)
Hector (Pantheon)
Hector Baez
Heidi Sladkin
Henry McCoy (yep, in one version of X-Men Beast is gay)
Hercules
Irene Adler
Ja Kyee Lrurt
Jack Casey
Jack Storm
James Howlett
Jazinda Kl’rt-Spawn
Jean-Paul Beaubier
Jean-Paul Duchamp
Jessica Drew
Jonas Graymalkin
Jonathan Clay
Josie Hart
Julio Richter
Jumbo Carnation
Justin Hammer
Karolina Dean
Katerina van Horn
Kyle Jinadu
Luna DePaula
Marcus (Kate Bishop’s neighbor)
Marcus Roston
Mariko Yashida
Mary Jane Watson
Max Modell
Michael Hardaway
Mickey Tork
Miguel Santos
Mindmeld
Molly von Richthofen
Mulholland Black
Myles Alfred
Ned Campbell
Nicolas Cavella
Perry Webb
Peter Boyer
Phyla-Vell
Piotr Rasputin
Quentin Glass (we could only find the live-action version from The Punisher)
Raven Darkholme
Raymonde Belmonde (no photo available)
Reed Richards
Ren Kimura
Renata Da Lima
Rhodney
Rob
Rococo
Roger Aubrey
Roxanne Washington
Simon Williams
Theodore Altman
Timothy Caaba
Val Ventura
Victor Borkowski
Victoria Hand
Victoria Montesi
Wally Layton
Werner
William Kaplan
William Robert Reilly
Xi’an Coy Manh
Yvette Diamonde
jogproof
This is actually 97 Dorrek VIII is Theodore Altman. I only realized because i was confused on why the Hulkling pic was of him as Capt. Marvel.
KamQueer
@jogproof: He’s right. Dorrek VIII is Teddy Altman, aka Hulkling. The picture for Dorrek VIII is the future Teddy in a proposed future universe.
jogproof
@KamQueer: eup and i find it funny that the pic is if i recall correctly one of the like 3 shots of him in that book. but if they want 98 then add Loki to the list and you can even have this picture to use. its from Agent of Asgard =P https://fireden.net/4chan/images.4chan.org//co/src/1404179451299.jpg
Pistolo
A lot of these characters are VERSIONS of the mainstream continuity characters so there are some like Elektra and Colossus who aren’t actually gay. What I wonder is why Shatterstar isn’t included? Him and Rictor had the first gay kiss! He’s actually bi though much like Mystique.
jogproof
@Pistolo: oh bugger i forgot about Shatterstar. But i will say although he is only gay in the ultimate comics it is the best version of Colossus and i like his romance with Northstar.
hamoboy
This whole list is badly done. Half these characters are minor one-shots, and even some pretty famous main characters are listed wrongly, like Teddy Altman. Why doesn’t the author link to whatever sources portray each character as being LGBT? There should be fewer characters, and more time and attention spent on them, like what issues of what comics they appear in, whether they’re in relationships or not, whether they’re popular. I know for sure Hulkling and Wiccan and really popular with comics fans my age when we were teenagers.
pewpew
@hamoboy agreed. I don’t think minor characters or alternate versions of mainstream characters should count. A big list like this undermines the fact that there’s still very few lgbt characters in comics.
With that said, when did Miss America come out? I thought she just had lesbian moms and wasn’t lesbian herself.
Nuttypea
I guess you don’t count as gay until after you come out, my pastor will be pleased… :^)
newfoundma
@pewpew: Miss America was revealed as gay during the last issue of the most recent Young Avengers series. She commented that she felt like being a cliche for kissing one boy and realizing she was a lesbian. I’m surprised David Alleyane (Prodigy) from the Young Avengers was left off this list. He’s declaratively bisexual.