Showing posts with label Young Avengers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Young Avengers. Show all posts

Saturday, September 23, 2017

Bi Visibility Day: My Five Favorite Characters

It's been said many times but representation does matter and as today is Bi Visibility Day and I wanted to show support by posting about some of my favorite bisexual characters. But since I have so many favorite characters, I decided to post only five.

So here's to celebrating characters who have made a big impact through representation and being totally awesome:


Magnus Bane (Shadowhunters)


Magnus Bane is a character from The Mortal Instruments and other book series by Cassandra Clare. He is also featured on one of my favorite shows the Shadowhunters TV series where he is shown in all his amazing glory.

Magnus is not only the powerful High Warlock of Brooklyn but he's also a totally out and proud bisexual in a relationship with Shadowhunter Alexander Lightwood. I wrote a wonderful post about their relationship back in June for Pride Month, if you would like to give it a read.

I like that neither the showrunner nor Freeform tried to downplay, erase or show Magnus' bisexuality in a negative way.



Sunday, June 18, 2017

Pride Month: Day #18: Prodigy (David Alleyne)

Prodigy (David Alleyne), a former X-Men and Young Avenger, is beyond smart. His intelligence is pretty much off the charts. But that's nothing new for fans of David however during the Marvel Now Young Avengers series, it was revealed that he was bisexual. It was the first time that he ever admitted it. As he stated in issue #9 "it was like an awakening. It was like realizing something that was always true and I just couldn’t see it until now.”

He's definitely very reserve but he has his humorous side. But something I find interesting is that he may or may not be in a canon/non-canon relationship with fellow Young Avenger Tommy Shepherd (Speed). Fans took the kiss shown in the issue Secret Wars: Secret Love as confirmation but who knows.

Illustration: Young Avengers issue #9

Sunday, June 4, 2017

Pride Month: Day #4: Artwork: Wiccan and Hulkling

Wiccan (Billy Kaplan) and Hulkling (Teddy Altman) are popular characters and a fan favorite couple from Marvel's Young Avengers comic book series.


Artwork: Wiccan and Hulking by Cris-Art

Monday, October 17, 2016

Non-Canon Couples Week: Day #2: America Chavez and Kate Bishop

A relationship between Miss America and Hawkeye will probably never happen but I think America and Kate have great chemistry. With both heroes getting their own upcoming comic book series it would be interesting to see if the writers of those series include any hints of a romance between these two. I highly doubt that will be shown but hey you never know.


Artwork: AmeriKate Forehead Kiss by mjbarrosm

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Art of the Day: Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd

Artwork: Billy and Tommy by Basil Nacionales

I think it's interesting that the artist gave the brothers similar costumes to their mother Wanda and uncle Pietro's Avengers: Age of Ultron costumes.

Saturday, August 27, 2016

365 Days of Books of Interest: Day #238: Young Avengers: The Complete Collection

If you have not read the original Young Avengers series by Allan Heinberg with illustrations by Jim Cheung, you're in luck. The entire run is being republished.

Although it's been a while since I read it, I will be getting this. It will be great to read everything in one book albeit one big book. According to the book descriptions the page count is 352 pages. Yeah, that should make for a nice little read.


Book: Young Avengers: The Complete Collection (issues #1-12)  by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung

Publication: December 13, 2016

Description:

TV veteran Allan Heinberg makes his comics debut, melding his unique ear for realistic teen characters with the trademark action and adventure of the Marvel Universe. Lauded as "a great piece of entertainment" by Silver Bullet Comics, Young Avengers became the sleeper hit of 2005 and the critical darling of 2006! When the original Avengers disband, a team of teenage heroes comes together to fill the gap. Their first order of business: surviving the wrath of Kang the Conqueror and weathering the disapproval of the adult Avengers! Next, the newly formed Young Avengers take on super-powered sadist Mister Hyde, the extraterrestrial Super-Skrull and a full-scale alien invasion, juggling their parents and their private lives at the same time!