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Uncanny X-Men #392 and homosexuality

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Ken Dreger

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Mar 23, 2001, 8:12:19 PM3/23/01
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 00:10:03 GMT, carl.he...@airmail.net (Carl
Henderson) wrote:

>In article <216nbts46mauj4k4k...@4ax.com>, Ken Dreger <kend...@canoemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Northstar (Alpha Flight) is in the upcoming Uncanny X-Men #392. If
>>you don't know Northstar was one of the first Superhero's to publicly
>>announce his homosexuality. As far as I remember, it wasn't done very
>>well in the comic and it appears that, based on the preview of Uncanny
>>X-Men #392 at Comics Continuum, Northstar's sexuality is at least part
>>of why he was used (before him being gay he was generally a B-grade
>>hero and ignored). This begs the question: Can Northstar appear in a
>>comic without his sexuality being an issue?
>
>All together now--rec.arts.comics.xbooks

heheheh doh! Well is sort of interesting in a sort of universal sort
of way... sort of.

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