The announcement of Northstar’s June wedding was formally made late Tuesday morning on ABC’s chat show “The View” Disney is the parent company of both ABC and Marvel. Among fans, the mutant Canadian crimefighter’s trip to the altar had been anticipated for weeks. Northstar, Marvel’s first gay superhero, will marry his beloved Kyle in next month’s “Astonishing X-Men #51,” the publisher announced. MARVEL COMICS today has just confirmed the wedding that was as publicly rumored in geek circles as Mark Zuckerberg’s nuptials were secret: Today, three comics figures vitally engaged in this topic offer their insights. NOTE: In the wake of President Obama’s recent endorsement of same-sex marriage, some readers have asked whether mainstream comics will ”evolve” in their depictions of gay couples (to invoke Obama's word).

A panel from the current monthlong storyline in the strip “Funky Winkerbean.” (FUNKY WINKERBEAN / Tom Batiuk & King Features )ĮD.