Bisexual comic characters?

[Pinball]

The recent bisexuality threads got me wondering, what bisexual characters have there been in comics? Plenty of gay ones, sure, but would any of them count as bi?

[wader0069]

Cyclops, Iceman, Colossus,Cannonball, Wolverine,Spider man, Daredevil, The Hulk,..........they just never show the locker room scenes after the big battle. It' so turns into brokeback mountain in there........... ;)

[Dennis K]

I'm sure The Punisher is at least bisexual if not gay.

[The Humanist Hero]

Wow, bisexuals on CBR are having the BEST WEEK EVER!

[Perry Holley]

Jonah now wants to rename the forums 'Comic Bisexuals Resources'.

[wader0069]

Wow, bisexuals on CBR are having the BEST WEEK EVER!

OMG I love you for that.....you wanna take a ride in my coupe???

[Violently Apathetic]

The Black Cat comes to mind, but that's based on Spider-Girl and a bit of Kevin Smith throwaway dialogue more than anything

[The Humanist Hero]

OMG I love you for that.....you wanna take a ride in my coupe???
Awwww. . . :o

[Dennis K]

And am I supposed to believe that Magneto and Xavier have never been lovers? C'mon!

[wader0069]

Awwww. . . :o

;).....damn ten characters..........rrrrrrr

[wader0069]

And am I supposed to believe that Magneto and Xavier have never been lovers? C'mon!

I think your the only one sick enough to think of it..............:shivers: gross...magneto thrusting on xavier.....

[Donald M.]

Black Cat, Mystique and John Constantine are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. Not too many bisexuals in superhero comics (though it's a safe bet most of them are female).

I'm sure there are a ton more in independant comics and Vertigo titles, etc. Hell, I think the entire cast of The Invisibles was gay or bisexual.

[Donald M.]

And am I supposed to believe that Magneto and Xavier have never been lovers? C'mon!

How do you think Charlie wound up in that wheelchair? Erik's rough trade.

[Dennis K]

I think your the only one sick enough to think of it..............:shivers: gross...magneto thrusting on xavier.....


Charles Xavier having sex would redefine mindf*ck.

[Sabrinaset]

I always figured Kitty Pryde must have been after that roller-skate costume she wore awhile back. I wouldn't be surprised if 90% of the X-People were.

I'm also sure Tony Stark has seen his share of action after a few too many martinis.

[Donald M.]

I always figured Kitty Pryde must have been after that roller-skate costume she wore awhile back. I wouldn't be surprised if 90% of the X-People were.

I'm also sure Tony Stark has seen his share of action after a few too many martinis.

Yeah. I've also always figured Johnny Storm was bi, if not outright deep in the closet. He dates a lot of women, but outside of that Skrull chick has he ever been established as getting laid? Ever?

I think he's had a long-term crush on Spider-Man.

And no I'm not kidding.

[The Humanist Hero]

I always figured Kitty Pryde must have been after that roller-skate costume she wore awhile back. I wouldn't be surprised if 90% of the X-People were.
I don't think Cyclops is, he's too much of a square. :D

[wader0069]

I don't think Cyclops is, he's too much of a square. :D

Let me dream damn you................!!!!

[Dennis K]

I don't think Cyclops is, he's too much of a square. :D


Are you kidding me? The back of Cyclops head practically has a mold of Xaiver's hand on it.

[The Humanist Hero]

Let me dream damn you................!!!!
LOL ... :D

[Donald M.]

Now I think of it, wasn't Hank Mcoy estalished as bi a while back? I seem to remember him saying at one point he thouhgt he might be gay, but then that was to a girlfriend who'd spurned him because of his advancing mutation.

I also wouldn't be surprised to discover Namor plays both sides.

[The Humanist Hero]

Now I think of it, wasn't Hank Mcoy estalished as bi a while back? I seem to remember him saying at one point he thouhgt he might be gay, but then that was to a girlfriend who'd spurned him because of his advancing mutation.

I also wouldn't be surprised to discover Namor plays both sides.
God, these superhero dudes get all the action! :cool:

[Violently Apathetic]

I think your the only one sick enough to think of it..............:shivers: gross...magneto thrusting on xavier.....

You're kidding, right? I have a colourbar on my LJ with those two. It's a very popular couple with us twisted types.

[Donald M.]

I think your the only one sick enough to think of it..............:shivers: gross...magneto thrusting on xavier.....

Oh, and you think that's gross, that doesn't even begin to touch some of the grody Marvel Comics man-on-man possibilities.

Imagine some hot, sweaty, Modok on Abomination action!

[wader0069]

Oh, and you think that's gross, that doesn't even begin to touch some of the grody Marvel Comics man-on-man possibilities.

Imagine some hot, sweaty, Modok on Abomination action!

I just threw up little..........lol

No if I were to fantisize man on man action hereo's it wouldn't be mags and prof X. ore like Cyclops, and ceman, or Colossus, and Northstar. You know strapping young built smooth men..........mmm

I have to go....damn it pitched another tent....

[Donald M.]

I just threw up little..........lol

No if I were to fantisize man on man action hereo's it wouldn't be mags and prof X. ore like Cyclops, and ceman, or Colossus, and Northstar. You know strapping young built smooth men..........mmm

I have to go....damn it pitched another tent....

Speaking of Iceman, haven't they been suggesting for a while now he's gay, or at least bi?

[wader0069]

Speaking of Iceman, haven't they been suggesting for a while now he's gay, or at least bi?

yeah Marvel ruined yet another dream..........

[The Humanist Hero]

yeah Marvel ruined yet another dream..........
You dreamed of a straight Iceman?

[Donald M.]

You dreamed of a straight Iceman?

I guess he's got a thing about seducing straight superheroes.

It would explain the Cyclops crush. I think only Captain America and Superman are straighter.

[wader0069]

You dreamed of a straight Iceman?


yes the same way I dream of Josh Duhamel and Jake Gyllenhall...........

damn it..I got that funny feeling in my pants again...........

[heretic]

The recent bisexuality threads got me wondering, what bisexual characters have there been in comics? Plenty of gay ones, sure, but would any of them count as bi?
I remain convinced that the Storm storyline in UXM 172-173 was a subtle effort at coming out....

HTG

[DubipR]

Answer's all here:

http://www.gayleague.com/gay/characters/index.php

[wader0069]

You know what really urkes me as a gay man.

Colossus being straight in one universe, and possibly gay in another. If Colossus is gay in the ultimate univers ( which they have hinted it highly), then they are contridicting the nature of what gay is. Basically saying that different circumstances can change your sexuality.

Do they even know how horrific this is? If Colossus is straight in the 616 universe he should be straight in the ulitmate. Thats my opinion, it's contridicting and rude...........

[Donald M.]

You know what really urkes me as a gay man.

Colossus being straight in one universe, and possibly gay in another. If Colossus is gay in the ultimate univers ( which they have hinted it highly), then they are contridicting the nature of what gay is. Basically saying that different circumstances can change your sexuality.

Do they even know how horrific this is? If Colossus is straight in the 616 universe he should be straight in the ulitmate. Thats my opinion, it's contridicting and rude...........

One, it's a fiction character (okay, characters) so calm down.

Second, if there are alternate dimensions, how do you know there aren't some where you're straight?

I accept the idea that one is homosexual from birth (as much as anyone is in any way sexual at birth) but as we don't really know what makes one homosexual from birth, you don't know that with slightly altered circumstances you might have turned out straight and I might have turned out gay.

[DubipR]

You know what really urkes me as a gay man.

Colossus being straight in one universe, and possibly gay in another. If Colossus is gay in the ultimate univers ( which they have hinted it highly), then they are contridicting the nature of what gay is. Basically saying that different circumstances can change your sexuality.

Do they even know how horrific this is? If Colossus is straight in the 616 universe he should be straight in the ulitmate. Thats my opinion, it's contridicting and rude...........

Deary, you aren't the only one. Frankly I like the Uliti Colossus. He's been the most interesting since he was created by Cockrum. But I'm still suspecting that both Ulti and 616 Angel are still in the cloest.

And nothing says hot than the new faced lifed Zemo. Mmmm, hot Nazi conquering lovin' right there!

[Pepsigirl]

This whole specialized ad thing is really starting to get to me. I scroll down to the bottom of the thread and see an ad that says "for gay males only." For gay males only? Really? You know what I call that? Discrimination.

Is this what CBR is coming to?

[The Humanist Hero]

an ad that says "for gay males only." For gay males only? Really? You know what I call that? Discrimination.

Is this what CBR is coming to?
I know, and on a thread about bisexuals, no less.

[wader0069]

Well a different Universe, I am still me. Same parents, same genes, same soul.

So I believe I would still be gay. I do not believe that a different lifestyle would have changed my sexuality...at all. I believe you are born with your comfortaleness of which sex you prefer. No matter what your environment is growing up.

[Rae Rodriguez]

And am I supposed to believe that Magneto and Xavier have never been lovers? C'mon!
Now there's a story I'd like to see.

[Donald M.]

Well a different Universe, I am still me. Same parents, same genes, same soul.


You can't know that.


So I believe I would still be gay. I do not believe that a different lifestyle would have changed my sexuality...at all. I believe you are born with your comfortaleness of which sex you prefer. No matter what your environment is growing up.

I told you I accept that homosexuals are born that way, so what makes you think I'm talking about lifestyles or environment.

[wader0069]

You can't know that.



I told you I accept that homosexuals are born that way, so what makes you think I'm talking about lifestyles.


Neither can anyone else....but I believe and I also believe I have more of right to think this than a straight person, that we are born this way.......

I didn't say you didn't agree with it, but most people think it's your environment you grow up with that alters your sexuality. Which I don't believe. What else could change your sexuality, besides what happen to super hero guy in the "watching my mom and dad have sex on tape" thread???

[Donald M.]

Neither can anyone else....but I believe and I also believe I have more of right to think this than a straight person, that we are born this way.......

I didn't say you didn't agree with it, but most people think it's your environment you grow up with that alters your sexuality. Which I don't believe. What else could change your sexuality, besides what happen to super hero guy in the "watching my mom and dad have sex on tape" thread???

Well, you can't have it both ways, you can't say that you're born gay and then simply reject the implications until and unless we know more.

If you're born gay, if it's not a product of upbringing or environment, not a choice, then at base level gay people are different.

I'm not saying this like it's a bad thing any more than racial differences are a bad thing, but if you're gay from birth then there must be some difference, something genetic or chemical, that makes you that way, something that occurs in the womb, that could have turned out different if you'd developed in the womb just a little differently, that means you could have been straight and still been the same person. Well, not entirely, but do you see what I'm getting at?

[i_mmmchocolate]

Overdose.On.Too.Many.Bisexuality.Threads.


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[wader0069]

Well, you can't have it both ways, you can't say that you're born gay and then simply reject the implications until and unless we know more.

If you're born gay, if it's not a product of upbringing or environment, not a choice, then at base level gay people are different.

I'm not saying this like it's a bad thing any more than racial differences are a bad thing, but if you're gay from birth then there must be some difference, something genetic or chemical, that makes you that way, something that occurs in the womb, that could have turned out different if you'd developed in the womb just a little differently, that means you could have been straight and still been the same person. Well, not entirely, but do you see what I'm getting at?

I understand what your saying yes, and yes I am gay whether it is chemical born with, or (which I really can't except) influenced that way. I am different regardless.

To be honest I think everyone, and I have said this before. That eevryone falls on a bisexual scale. Depending on how attracted one can become to the same sex, and the their own comfortableness, and open minded to act upon it.

I prefer men, but I am sexually attracted to women. I just prefer the mna, their scent, their body, their attitude. Thoguh I am open to the fact I could fall in love with a girl too......I don't know if that makes sense. It seems I ahve ahard time getting my point across. I do hope I am getting better..... :D

[Donald M.]

To be honest I think everyone, and I have said this before. That eevryone falls on a bisexual scale. Depending on how attracted one can become to the same sex, and the their own comfortableness, and open minded to act upon it.


I think you're right on that, and I think that extreme homophobia/gay hate is at base level a rejection of that, someone overreacting to their personal revulsion at knowing something exists within them, however low-level it might be, that they find morally wrong or physically disgusting.

Still, being exclusively gay isn't "normal."

[wader0069]

I think you're right on that, and I think that extreme homophobia/gay hate is at base level a rejection of that, someone overreacting to their personal revulsion at knowing something exists within them, however low-level it might be, that they find morally wrong or physically disgusting.

Still, being exclusively gay isn't "normal."

I am not exclusively gay, just more attracted to men. I am open thought that women could coem along and make me think otherwise.


gay= god's birth control........... ;)

bad joke...I know..

[Rachel Grey]

There has been some Rachel/Kitty hintage of the years so maybe.

[Sabrinaset]

You know what really urkes me as a gay man.

Colossus being straight in one universe, and possibly gay in another. If Colossus is gay in the ultimate univers ( which they have hinted it highly), then they are contridicting the nature of what gay is. Basically saying that different circumstances can change your sexuality.

What can I say...

Some people are born gay, some people are made gay, and some people have gayness thrust upon them :p

I know which one *I* was. Your results may vary.

[tangentman]

Overdose.On.Too.Many.Bisexuality.Threads.


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OOPS. I misread that and thought you typed "Overdose On Too Many Bisexual Cocks." ;) j/k!

Bisexual comic characters? Kathy & Lenny from Shade The Changing Man; Arguably, Storm & Yukio; probably Mystique; DC's Anima.

[LordKaos]

Well a different Universe, I am still me. Same parents, same genes, same soul.

So I believe I would still be gay. I do not believe that a different lifestyle would have changed my sexuality...at all. I believe you are born with your comfortaleness of which sex you prefer. No matter what your environment is growing up.


That's just it. In a different Universe you could have different parents and different genes. You might have the same name or occupy the same Universal space but your counterpart might be completly different; a different you, a different soul.

[Trystenn]

I think your the only one sick enough to think of it..............:shivers: gross...magneto thrusting on xavier.....
Pffffft why do you think hes in the wheelchair?

Broken legs? Ha!

[boolean]

Do they even know how horrific this is? If Colossus is straight in the 616 universe he should be straight in the ulitmate. Thats my opinion, it's contridicting and rude...........

616 Nick Fury is white.

Ultimate Nick Fury is Black.

The differences between 616 and Ultimate are greater than a simple "What If?"

[tricksterpup]

Yeah. I've also always figured Johnny Storm was bi, if not outright deep in the closet. He dates a lot of women, but outside of that Skrull chick has he ever been established as getting laid? Ever?

I think he's had a long-term crush on Spider-Man.

And no I'm not kidding.
Dude, he had the ultimate relationship with the Skrull chick. She was able to become anything he wanted. Anything.
I heard the writers want to add this guy in the comic as a love interest.
http://z.about.com/d/animatedtv/1/0/7/K/familyGuy_Peter_stinky_72.jpg

[Gilda Dent]

Katina Choovanski and Francine Peters, though neither is really right in the center, with Katchoo closer to the gay end and Francine closer to the straight.

Gilda

[Gaz]

Dude, he had the ultimate relationship with the Skrull chick. She was able to become anything he wanted. Anything.

Same thing for Karolina Dean in Runaways.
"Oh noes, I can't go through with my arranged marriage to this Super-Skrull, because I like girls! Oh, wait, you can be a hot girl? OK, then."

Which is silly. If Skrulls don't have set genders, then why do they appear to in default form? :confused:

[Magneto_X]

The Punisher, according to Tieri's Wolverine run IIRC.

[Gaz]

The Punisher, according to Tieri's Wolverine run IIRC.
Imagine Ennis' reaction to that.

"The hell he is, you bloody ponce!" :p

[Gilda Dent]

Same thing for Karolina Dean in Runaways.
"Oh noes, I can't go through with my arranged marriage to this Super-Skrull, because I like girls! Oh, wait, you can be a hot girl? OK, then."

Which is silly. If Skrulls don't have set genders, then why do they appear to in default form? :confused:

Maybe sex for them is primarily a psychological construct, meaning that they have a female or male mind that drives their default form. Or maybe they do have a physical sex that they're born with, with the shape-shifting layered on top of that, similar to Mystique, who is female physically most of the time unless she chooses another form.

Gilda

[warspite1805]

Emma Frost is Bi last time I heard as is Batman

[The Humanist Hero]

Emma Frost is Bi last time I heard as is Batman
Where has it been established that Batman is bisexual? (Not that I care, but I don't believe DC would do it)

[warspite1805]

I thought him and Robin was common knowledge :D

[Sir Tim Drake]

Maggie and Hopey.

My reading is that Maggie is Hopey-sexual: i.e. she tends to be straight except in the case of Hopey. The majority of her romantic interests other than Hopey have been men, and she once said (in a dream) "Hopey, why don't you have a cock?" Hopey is at the opposite end of a spectrum. For most of the early Mechanics stories, Hopey seemed to be exclusively gay; the one time she was shown in bed with a man, in the original Mechanics story, they were just sleeping. Much later she had a threesome with a guy, apparently because there was nothing else to do at the time, and got pregnant.

This kind of lesbian couple-- where one of them is mostly gay, and the other one is more completely bisexual-- seems fairly common in recent comics. It could be argued that Light Lass and Shrinking Violet, and Sundra and Jil from Nexus, are both examples of this type of couple.

[Sir Tim Drake]

Maybe sex for them is primarily a psychological construct, meaning that they have a female or male mind that drives their default form. Or maybe they do have a physical sex that they're born with, with the shape-shifting layered on top of that, similar to Mystique, who is female physically most of the time unless she chooses another form.

Chameleon (Boy) is another shapeshifter who doesn't have a default gender, although in the past he's usually been considered male.

He's also one of the only Legionnaires who's never had a really serious romance. On at least two different occasions he had a fling with a one-shot character who never appeared again. His relationship with Ayla was very promising, until DnA decided to completely ignore it.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Heroic Publishing had LADY ARCANE, a bisexual heroine who starred in four issues of her own book back in the 19990s:

www.internationalhero.co.uk/a/arcane.htm


J.A.P.

[Michael P]

Same thing for Karolina Dean in Runaways.
"Oh noes, I can't go through with my arranged marriage to this Super-Skrull, because I like girls! Oh, wait, you can be a hot girl? OK, then."

Which is silly. If Skrulls don't have set genders, then why do they appear to in default form? :confused:
To make us solids feel comfortable.

Or hey, maybe Skrulls do have gender identity, and this one's a bisexual.

And it occurs to me that, just by law of averages, at least one member of the Legion has to have been bi.

[StoneGold]

Mostly just a bunch of lipstick lesbian-type characters, made with hidden veiled references for male titilation, without actually revealing anything.

[Gaz]

To make us solids feel comfortable.

Or hey, maybe Skrulls do have gender identity, and this one's a bisexual.

And it occurs to me that, just by law of averages, at least one member of the Legion has to have been bi.
My, we have been on a Trek lately, haven't we?

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

The LIGHT LASS & SHRINKING VIOLET that Sir Tim Drake was referring to was the late-1980s version that appeared near the end of the Paul Levitz run as well as in the entire Bierbaums run!


J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

If any of you like the bi-sexual beauty, Lady Arcane, pick up the latest issue (Issue #16) of "Flare Adventures". It contains an eight-page story called "Glitter" that has Lady Arcane doing a photo shoot with Flare!


You can read Tony Isabella's review of this issue at: www.worldfamouscomics.com/tony/back20060216.shtml


J.A.P.

[Forefinger]

You know what really urkes me as a gay man.

Colossus being straight in one universe, and possibly gay in another. If Colossus is gay in the ultimate univers ( which they have hinted it highly), then they are contridicting the nature of what gay is. Basically saying that different circumstances can change your sexuality.

Do they even know how horrific this is? If Colossus is straight in the 616 universe he should be straight in the ulitmate. Thats my opinion, it's contridicting and rude...........
Nick Fury is black and looks exactly like Samuel L. Jackson in the Ultimate universe. Nuff said?

[Forefinger]

Mostly just a bunch of lipstick lesbian-type characters, made with hidden veiled references for male titilation, without actually revealing anything.
With that in mind, Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose is bi-sexual.

[Bouncing Boy]

If I were writing the Legion, Bouncing Boy would probably be bi. Mainly because I am, and I identify so much with Bouncing Boy that I would probably put that aspect in him.

[Shellhead]

Yeah. I've also always figured Johnny Storm was bi, if not outright deep in the closet. He dates a lot of women, but outside of that Skrull chick has he ever been established as getting laid? Ever?

I think he's had a long-term crush on Spider-Man.

And no I'm not kidding.

Are you saying the Torch is a "flamer?"


One Marvel character who is definitely bi is the Bi-Beast. When he fought Hulk and She-Hulk in Hulk #412, he was flirting with both of them.

[Dizzy D]

Two pages in and no mention of Doop?

[Dizzy D]

OOPS. I misread that and thought you typed "Overdose On Too Many Bisexual Cocks." ;) j/k!

Bisexual comic characters? Kathy & Lenny from Shade The Changing Man; Arguably, Storm & Yukio; probably Mystique; DC's Anima.

Still only a "probably" for Mystique?

[Michael P]

Two pages in and no mention of Doop?
Doop isn't bisexual. Everyone else is Doop-sexual.

[Dizzy D]

Doop isn't bisexual. Everyone else is Doop-sexual.

Good point.

[TheDarkestHorse]

Are you kidding me? The back of Cyclops head practically has a mold of Xaiver's hand on it.
You're funny.

[Solaris]

Answer's all here:

http://www.gayleague.com/gay/characters/index.php

Thank you! I was hoping someone would provide something like this.

*goes off to browse the site*

[Alex]

Thank you! I was hoping someone would provide something like this.

*goes off to browse the site*
Apprently, Marvel's version of Satan is a bisexual.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Heroic Publishing changed the contents of the first-ever WitchGirls Annual: The reprints of Lady Arcane #2 to #4 that was originally scheduled for the book was dropped in favor of the three-part story from Rose #1 to #3. It was a real bummer, since Lady Arcane was the very first bi-sexual heroine to star in her own comic book title.

For more info, go to: www.heroicpub.com


Someone should do a Rolling Stone article on the neglect of bi-sexual comic book characters.


J.A.P.

[Dennis K]

You're funny.


You live in Florida.

[Grazzt]

Apprently, Marvel's version of Satan is a bisexual.

That's only because of that time he tried to seduce the Silver Surfer.

Although saying a being like Mephisto has an actual sexuality is kinda wrong, in my mind.