Comic Book News of the Day: DC Comics Introduces First Transgender Character
DC Comics broke new grounds today by introducing its first transgender character Alysia Yeoh in issue #19 ofBatgirl. Although Yeoh is technically not the first trans* character in comics, she is the first to appear in a mainstream comic and author Gail Simone says Yeoh won’t be the last one:
“It’s time for a trans hero in a mainstream comic. … I’m sure it’s controversial on some level to some people, but honest to God, I just could not care less about that. If someone gets upset, so be it; there are a thousand other comics out there for those people.”
Journey Into Mystery 650 variant cover by Daniel Acuña
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#see this is what i loved about coulsons line ‘you lack conviction’ #cause loki has all these big mighty thoughts and dreams of conquering and ruling #dreams of beating thor #and being his equal #hes a nasty #scheming piece of work and he’s proud of it #but when it comes to actually ‘winning’ #actually beating thor and ending their fight for good #loki cant do it #he cant lose his opposite #and i think it may be partly because of love #but also because (as he says himself) without thor there is no loki #he defines himself by thor #as light as thor is loki will be dark #and with no thor to beat #with no thor to win against #to compare himself to #to utterly oppose #loki is lost #he lacks independence in his conviction #since it goes hand in hand with thors own beliefs and convictions
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So that teaser from Marvel last week with Brian Wood and Oliver Copiel was indeed an all lady X-Men. That’s a nice line-up, Storm, Psylocke, Kitty, Rachel, Rogue and Jubilee. I would have added X-23 but she’s stuck in Avengers Arcade. (Wood wanted Emma Frost but she…
“It is a remarkable dichotomy. Clark is the most human of us all. Then… he shoots fire from the skies, and it is difficult not to think of him as a God. And how fortunate we all are that it does not occur to him.” -Batman on Superman, Superman/Batman #3
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Steve: Be nicer to people. Don’t be so aggressive. We’ve talked about this.
Tony: I only do that when I’m tired, hungry or frustrated. Or any combination of the three.
Steve: I know.
— From New Avengers v2 #29 by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Mike Deodatoi’ve never felt closer to Tony Stark than i do right now.
X-Marriage IRL of the Day: At this year’s Dragon*Con, Redditor GreenArrowFLnot only re-enacted one of the biggest covers in Marvel history, he married his boyfriend of 20 years in the process.
Awww.
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MARVEL PANEL OF THE DAY
From: Mighty Thor #19 (on sale now!)
As EVERYTHING BURNS, Thor and Loki have a chat.
THE AVENGERS AU → REVERSE CIVIL WAR (for pulsifers)Men are dying all around. Good men. Friends. Even some heroes.