COMICS: 'Iceman' Finally Comes Out Of The Closet In UNCANNY X-MEN #600 Preview

COMICS: 'Iceman' Finally Comes Out Of The Closet In UNCANNY X-MEN #600 Preview

A new preview for Uncanny X-Men #600 has been released which features the young Iceman confronting his older self about his/their sexuality. As it turns out, the Bobby Drake from the past isn't the only one who's about to come out of the closet. This could be a controversial one...

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By JoshWilding - Nov 03, 2015 04:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Comics
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• The final explosive issue in Brian Michael Bendis' epic X-Men saga!
• Scott Summers - savior or destroyer? Questions will be answered!
• The Jean Grey School, the New Xavier School - it's all going to change.
• The X-Men are at a crossroads. And not everyone will make it through in one piece.
• Featuring 40 pages of a host of popular X-Men creators!


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UNCANNY X-MEN #600
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils by VARIOUS
Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
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staypuffed
staypuffed - 11/3/2015, 4:49 PM
Another preview? Damn.
Looking forward to this book. No idea why it's been delayed for so long, though.
HavocPrime
HavocPrime - 11/3/2015, 4:49 PM
MarkV
MarkV - 11/3/2015, 4:49 PM
Vaportrail
Vaportrail - 11/3/2015, 4:50 PM
That's a pretty funny circumstance, younger self telling the older self, but as a longtime fan of Iceman, my brain resists this change.

He's always been a ladies' man. What's the deal.
MarkV
MarkV - 11/3/2015, 4:50 PM
SJW to infinity and beyond!!!!
MarkV
MarkV - 11/3/2015, 4:51 PM
I can't wait till comic book characters come "out" as hetro.

MarkV
MarkV - 11/3/2015, 4:56 PM
All hetro white males will be either color washed or genderswapped of pansexualized.
Wannabe
Wannabe - 11/3/2015, 4:56 PM
Thanks for ruining the X-Men, Bendis.
bythepowercosmic
bythepowercosmic - 11/3/2015, 4:59 PM
@MarkV

I hope so.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 11/3/2015, 5:01 PM
Bendis is now terrible. Hell even Jeph Loeb is putting out better work then Bendis.

His final Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man arc was [frick]ing terrible.
Wannabe
Wannabe - 11/3/2015, 5:04 PM
Thank goodness Bendis and the awful Marvel Committee doens't exist anymore.
MrMartyMarvel
MrMartyMarvel - 11/3/2015, 5:08 PM
A time traveling, gay, retcon…

[frick]ing Christ, Marvel. Isn't Northstar gay enough for you? Do you really have to not only make Iceman gay, but also do it in the most retarded way possible?
staypuffed
staypuffed - 11/3/2015, 5:09 PM
This is probably the dumbest comment section CBM's had in a while.
Avenger32
Avenger32 - 11/3/2015, 5:09 PM
Is it okay to have a gay character? Absolutely. But why does everyone fee the need to change characters that have been around for decades? That just doesn't make sense to me. Bobby has always been a heterosexual. When he was created, that was part of who he was. Why change that just to do it? Make an awesome gay character from scratch. I guarantee they would be way more successful that way instead of changing the status quo.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 11/3/2015, 5:14 PM
Even Bryan Singer didn't make Iceman gay :p
Rpendo
Rpendo - 11/3/2015, 5:15 PM
Thanks for the [frick] i n g spoiler warning, clown.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 11/3/2015, 5:19 PM
@staypuffed

That seems like a challenge. We can go dumber.



@Rpendo

Iceman came out of the closet months ago. Not a spoiler.
pesmerga44
pesmerga44 - 11/3/2015, 5:20 PM
@MrPagBrewster

""race" is like hair color."



That comment literally makes no sense if you are born gay how is that any different then being born a certain race. If you are saying that gay people have dealt with more adversity through history then those of different colors that is terribly insulting to the adversities all minorities have gone through. When they made Johnny black in the new F4 movie it was hit with controversy the same as it would have if he was made gay.
GoogleWasMyIdea
GoogleWasMyIdea - 11/3/2015, 5:20 PM
Wow........good thing i'm not reading Bendis' work anymore!
@MrPagBrewster I for one am perfectly fine with the whole Alan Scott thing, since it IS Earth 2 and all. Then again, I never had any attachment to the character pre-new52.
Spideyinthemcu
Spideyinthemcu - 11/3/2015, 5:21 PM
Dumb can't wait till gay characters come out as straight.
Liverpool4life
Liverpool4life - 11/3/2015, 5:21 PM
Retcon BS.
adamcawa
adamcawa - 11/3/2015, 5:22 PM
The idea of a younger version of ones self forcing the older self to admit they are a closet homosexual is genius. Using a well established character to do it is foolish.

That said, I think honestly the seeds have been there for decades. He's always been a womanizer, always been incredibly insecure.

His contentious relationship with Northstar, who also had a crush on Iceman, his "sister" like relationship with Jean, the womanizing and lack of long term relationships with women; if you were a writer and were going to turn someone gay, Iceman is the one to do it.

Still, I feel like "turning" an established character gay is lazy.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 11/3/2015, 5:26 PM
I'm still mad TASM2 didn't make Electro bisexual like he is in the comics.
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/3/2015, 5:26 PM
Yup seems to me he was gay all along.
GoogleWasMyIdea
GoogleWasMyIdea - 11/3/2015, 5:27 PM
@FrozenJoy I don't think they're afraid of gays, so much as unaccepting of them.
SimpleeComplex
SimpleeComplex - 11/3/2015, 5:28 PM
I kinda stopped caring about my favorite comic characters the X-men years ago. I just check in frequently in hopes that they improve instead they continually get bastardized. I can see how Marvel can make it logical storyline wise that Bobby is gay. He held it in all these years, dated women always but with the anamoly of facing his younger self and being able to voice those same feelings, it now comes out. I just feel like this is the gay agenda striking again though. Just like diversity for the sake of diversity. Make brand new modern characters, that would be "All new, all different!". Or have one Bobby straight and the other Bobby gay, hey anything goes these days, and people will still cheer for you right? I feel like they could have also taken an already known gay character like North Star who is lesser known and give him a spotlight bringing him into the forefront as a prominent member. Last time I saw him was in the X-men book that rescued Nightcrawler from heaven, I think Amazing X-men? So Now there's 2 gay IceMen, woop dee do! The character just seemed to get stale to me anyway . It's as if Bobby never grew up, always childish. But I guess that's his character. And now we know he is gay. X-men comics have gone down the drain anyways, so this can't make it any worse so whatever.
MrMartyMarvel
MrMartyMarvel - 11/3/2015, 5:29 PM
Yeah, look at all those homophobes! Like that one guy who said…uh…or that other guy who threatened to…uh…I don't see any homophobes in this thread…like…not even a hint. To be honestly I'd be very surprised if any of the people who have commented so far are homophobes, and I like to think that I know people on this site fairly well. Dumb changes are dumb changes, doesn't matter whether it's changing a costume or even making an established character gay.
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