🐱 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.

 

[The Final Troondown]

literally none of this is shocking at this point

put out a cover with spiderman burning a ukrainian flag, that would be shocking and provocative

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Does anyone even read Current Year American superhero comics?

 

[Random Internet Person]

Does anyone even read Current Year American superhero comics?

If you go by sales charts then yes, since they don't read 0.

Just archive all the old "good" stuff and read that if you're so devoted to capeshit. Ignore the gay away.

Aren't people already working on that through various websites?

I was just discussing this general subject with someone IRL and I feel like now is a good enough time to bring it up as a reminder: everybody knows that nobody dies in comics, because death is never permanent, but people seem to forget that all personality shifts and changes from the "base" personality aren't permanent, either. It doesn't matter how many times Captain America hands his shield away to some 'better person', because he'll always end up with it again as if it never happened. It doesn't matter how many characters fall in line with whatever fad is in comics at the time - sidekicks, abandoning their names, edgy outfits, random hookups or random sexualities or character flaws - the run will eventually bomb or get old and someone else will come along and change it back afterward.

And is Peter and MJ's marriage immune from this thread thanks to One More Day?

These kinds of people salivating over the idea that a fictional character might possibly have had sex with a different gender than usual offscreen some time are pathetic, but the people raging about how the SJW ARE RUINING COMICS FOREVER are showing their utter lack of experience with comics too. Getting worked up about it literally only gives the comics more attention, when in reality there's always been countless weird runs of comics that nobody liked, most people didn't even notice, and are quickly forgotten to history because they never picked up any traction.

I remember the Captiain America "Hail Hydra" panel. Wasn't that just part of a run that he went back to normal by the end of? And they explained that the Hydra shit was because of brainwashing?

 

[Blasterman]

Aren't people already working on that through various websites?

I would assume so, but then why do I constantly hear all this incessant caterwauling when Marvel/DC/whoeverthefuck inevitably fag up more of their dead gay comicbooks? Just ignore all that and kick back, relax, and go on a literal decades-long tour of the shit you know you like. I did the same thing with vidya nearly a decade ago. I ain't hurting for new experiences and barely noticed a difference.

 

[Random Internet Person]

I would assume so, but then why do I constantly hear all this incessant caterwauling when Marvel/DC/whoeverthefuck inevitably fag up more of their dead gay comicbooks? Just ignore all that and kick back, relax, and go on a literal decades-long tour of the shit you know you like. I did the same thing with vidya nearly a decade ago. I ain't hurting for new experiences and barely noticed a difference.

Sounds like me with music.