Iceman is gay

This is the latest in a feature where I just share some bit of comic book history that interests me. Here is a collection of all of the installments in the feature so far. One of the interesting aspects of young Iceman coming out in the most recent issue of All-New X-Men and from the sound of Brian Michael Bendis' discussions of the topic, it sure sounds like adult Iceman will be catching up with him, gay well is the notion that Iceman being gay is something supported in past comics.

Bendis noted to CBR:. CBR: This story isn't something that's coming out of the blue, either. Over the years there's been a lot of hints that Bobby might not be entirely honest with himself about his sexuality. Bendis: Yes! That's the funniest conversation online. We have some people going, "What on Earth are you talking about?

Where did this come from? Already on Tumblr, and I'm not going to repost them until later in the week, people have posted a road map of panels of things that Bobby has done over the last 50 years that prove the point that I thought was obvious, and many others did too. Bendis is correct that "Iceman is gay" is something that has come up a whole lot over the years with X-Men fans.

So what's this road map that Bendis is referring to? I iceman know what he's specifically referring to, but I know what what most of the signs people refer to when they argue that Bobby Drake is closeted. So let's take a look at them. First off, obviously when he was created, Iceman was not intended to be gay.

That wasn't even within the realm of possibility for someone like Stan Lee for a superhero character in Even as other writers took the book over, clearly, they were never thinking Bobby was gay, either. Bobby had a couple of girlfriends during his first stint as a member of the X-Men, but nothing serious.

Iceman then helps to form the Champions soon after leaving the X-Men inbut again, no real relationship. He seems to be getting close to Darkstar, but it fizzles, especially when she ignores him when he risks his life to save her in a iceman involving the Stranger. Bobby is more or less just a guest star character for the rest of the s Champions folded quickly and well into the s, before J.

Beast was gay public face of the team and the team leader. Still, it was pretty clear that Bobby was still considered straight by the writers.

Iceman been GAY makes no sense. HE LOVED LORNA DANE.

New writer Peter Gillis was interested in exploring some interesting ideas about sex and gender, and it sort of began with Defenderswith Bobby flirting with his new teammate, Cloud Cloud changes back and forth and Bobby has a particularly hard time when he's consoling Cloud on her bed when she changes into a man.

Bobby freaks out, and tells Cloud that he wants to help, he just can't. And as they come closer to learning Cloud's origins later on and whether she actually DID "turn" into a guy or if she is perhaps two person merged into one