🐱 Marvel Raises Doubts on Spider-Man’s Sexuality with Shocking Cover

https://insidethemagic.net/2022/04/marvel-pride-black-cat-spider-man-bisexual-cover-ct1/

Pride Month is nearly upon comic book fans. And while Marvel fans have been left disappointed compared to some of the offerings from DC Comics, the announcements are still coming. Marvel has announced a series of comic book runs and variant covers featuring LGBTQ+ characters and queer creators from the Marvel Universe. And one recent announcement had some Marvel fans confused as to whether Peter Parker/Spider-Man might be bisexual.

Peter Parker/Spider-Man has been brought to live-action three times, played by Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire. Peter Parker’s onscreen romances include Mary Jane Watson (Kristen Dunst), Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), and Michelle Jones (Zendaya). Each character was based on one of Peter Parker’s comic book relationships.

However, one of his primary love interests that he has not interacted with much yet on the big screen is Felicia Hardy/Black Cat. Felicity Jones brought Black Cat to live-action in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) with Andrew Garfield, but she was not given much to do in the film, which was poorly received y fans. Luckily, Garfield was able to reprise his variant of Spider-Man in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).

Black Cat first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #194 (1979) by Marv Wolfman and Keith Pollard. Felicia Hardy has a complicated romantic history with Spider-Man and has finally been confirmed as bisexual. That is why she got her very own Pride Variant Cover. But laying beside her was Peter Parker, which some Marvel fans took to mean that their favorite web-crawler was also coming out of the closet.

Questions quickly began pouring in under Marvel Comics’ official announcement of the cover, drawn by Jen Bartel, on Twitter. One user asked:

“spiderman is gay?”

To which other users jokingly responded with

“Yes, he’s in a relationship with Johnny storm and sometimes Deadpool also.”

Yes he’s in a relationship with Johnny storm and sometimes Deadpool also
— (@TeddysManTits) April 14, 2022

Peter Parker was only included as Black Cat’s love interest on the variant cover of Marvel Voices: Pride #1 written by Charlie Jane Anders, Christopher Cantwell, Andrew Wheeler, Alyssa Wong, Grace Freud, Ira Madison III, and Danny Lore. However, many Marvel fans have long suspected Peter could be secretly bisexual, and they jumped on the chance to point out other male Marvel superheroes he could have been in a relationship with.

Johnny Storm/Human Torch of the Fantastic Four has long been one of Spider-Man’s best friends. Some fans have pointed out they can be pretty flirty with each other, including the Human Torch inviting Peter over to watch a very special DVD with him in Amazing Spider-Man Digital #17 (2009) by Brian Reed.

Wade Wilson/Deadpool has never been shy about being attracted to both Peter Parker and Spider-Man (when he does not know they are the same person). The Merc with a Mouth is pansexual and actually has a “daughter” with Peter named Itsy Bitsy, who is a genetic combination introduced in Spider-Man/Deadpool #8 (2016) by Joe Kelly.

And in Moon Knight #4 (2019) by Brian Michael Bendis, Peter admitted having dated Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Moon Knight “a little bit.” It is not clear if he was joking, but Marvel has been poking around the idea of Peter Parker being bisexual for a while. But for now, he is still officially straight.

 

[Krokodil Overdose]

To a faggot, 2+ males doing anything together is automatically homoerotic.

That's fujos.

To the article: one, pride month is not nearly upon us, it's not even May. Second, did they make Black Cat into a rug-muncher or just some NB/ other genderspecial so as to not gut her previous characterization (lol.)

Also I can't see that character without remembering the absolutely savage beat down she got from Venom during Todd McFarlane's run. Can't see that coming out of [current year] Marvel.

 

[Fomo Hoire]

More likely it's "gay by association". Like when a straight person shows up at a Pride Parade to give solidarity, must actually be gay.

Sounds pretty rapey and entitled and in line with so called homophobic stereotypes.

Gay boys like converting straight boys so much that anyone willing to hang out with them is gay by default. They just don't know they want it yet.

 

[Alter Ego]

one of Marvel's most iconic LGBTQI+ heroes, Black Cat AKA Felicia Hardy!

Most iconic? This Spider-man side character, a lady who's known almost entirely for the allure of her having sexual relations with a man?

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

Cover Art has Spider-Man with two women...

Having a MFF threesome isn't special, it's called two-chicks at once.

I mean, that's pretty normal for Spider-Man


For a nerdy guy, Peter Parker gets laid like tile more often than not.

 

[Dr. Pasquale]

My god, no one gives a shit if you're gay or not, go find a personality or something for fuck's sake

 

[Kermit Jizz]

NO HECKIN WAY <GIANT CORPORATION> JUST CONFIRMED <WELL KNOWN CHARACTER> IS GAY!

 

[Random Internet Person]

I mean, that's pretty normal for Spider-Man
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For a nerdy guy, Peter Parker gets laid like tile more often than not.

Being Spider-Man has its perks. How many chicks has Spider-Man actually been with anyway? All I know is Gwen Stacy and MJ (who most want him to stay with, but then One More Day happened).

 

[God of Nothing]

Being Spider-Man has its perks. How many chicks has Spider-Man actually been with anyway? All I know is Gwen Stacy and MJ (who most want him to stay with, but then One More Day happened).

Black Cat, Carol Danvers before the trannification, Silver Sable made a move on him one time, and I think the rest are either too deep in there or meh for me.

 

[Troonologist PhD]

Maybe one of them is a troon?

Where's the horrifying rating when you need it?

 

[Random Internet Person]

Black Cat, Carol Danvers before the trannification, Silver Sable made a move on him one time, and I think the rest are either too deep in there or meh for me.

The Rule 34 people are going to have a field day. Them and Axel Braun.

 

[Dysnomia]

Dipshits see male shaking hands with another male.

DEY BE GAY! REEEEEEE! DEY BE HOLSUM CINNUMUM BUN GAY!

For fuck's sake.

These degenerate fujos want everything gay.

 

[God of Nothing]

The Rule 34 people are going to have a field day. Them and Axel Braun.

i mean, there was this one scene but it's cap being kind of a dick in a non-sexual way a fujo would consider to be sexual

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

Being Spider-Man has its perks. How many chicks has Spider-Man actually been with anyway? All I know is Gwen Stacy and MJ (who most want him to stay with, but then One More Day happened).

Black Cat, Carol Danvers before the trannification, Silver Sable made a move on him one time, and I think the rest are either too deep in there or meh for me.

That covers the ones I remember. He and MJ were together for a long time, because when you're married to a hot redhead model/actress who's into your smart-ass self, why go elsewhere? Same thing with Cyclops when Jean's not being dead for tax purposes, the first time she "died" he dealt with his grief in proper alpha chad ways, drinking heavily and banging hotties. The second time, Jean used her mind powers to hook him and Emma Frost up because she didn't want him to be lonely while she was doing Phoenix shit. How do you upgrade from a woman like that?

 

[Fomo Hoire]

Where's the horrifying rating when you need it?

I like to use the fetal position emoji for that purpose

i mean, there was this one scene but it's cap being kind of a dick in a non-sexual way a fujo would consider to be sexual

I don't get it, they're just... Standing together? Really close together sure, but page limits people. They aren't even touching. There's more space between that nose and that skull than in the Joe sniffs Joe meme.

Is that supposed to be what stare raping a male looks like?

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Peter Parker is wearing socks. This is not gay.

 

[God of Nothing]

I like to use the fetal position emoji for that purpose


I don't get it, they're just... Standing together? Really close together sure, but page limits people. They aren't even touching. There's more space between that nose and that skull than in the Joe sniffs Joe meme.

Is that supposed to be what stare raping a male looks like?

just pete's ass i guess
and it always looks like that

 

[Random Internet Person]

The second time, Jean used her mind powers to hook him and Emma Frost up because she didn't want him to be lonely while she was doing Phoenix shit. How do you upgrade from a woman like that?

It's comics. A way will be found.

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

It's comics. A way will be found.

Not modern comics, they hate the Alpha Chad archetypes and the female characters that were created to be their complimentary equals. 90s X-Factor Havok and Polaris is more their speed, but significantly less interesting.

 

[Shiversblood]

What if spider man is not really gay and is being forced into this? What if spider man is actually being raped by a man?

 

[TheRedChair]

And you wonder why Manga is crushing Mainstream comics.