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Marvel: The 20 Fastest Speedsters, Ranked

The Marvel Universe is filled with fast-moving speedsters, but which character would win in a race for bragging rights?

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X-Men: 10 Queer and Awesome Mutants

From classic X-Men to offbeat side characters, there are more and more queer mutants every day.

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Marvel's First Major Gay Character Deserves a Stand-Alone Comic

Marvel's first major gay hero has an awesome power set and has been a member of the X-Men, although he has never had his own title.

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10 Most Unlikely Relationships In Marvel Comics

While many Marvel relationships became extremely well known and beloved by fans, that doesn't change just how bizarre some of them really are.

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10 Strongest Marvel Heroes Wally West Would Beat

Wally's power and experience make him more than a match for just about any hero out there, and he'd run right through some of Marvel's strongest.

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One X-Man Wants to Vote in a New Leader - Do They Have a Point?

X-Men #5 reveals that one of the members of the team already has an idea of who would make the perfect new leader for Marvel's premier mutant team.

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Marvel: 5 Characters Who Unwittingly Became Political Figureheads

Whether on purpose or by accident, these Marvel characters made political statements that changed the way audiences saw them forever.

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X-Men: Northstar Had a Long Road to Krakoa's Healthiest Marriage

The struggle of mutants on Krakoa has been both public and private, even for someone as publicly successful and fabulous as Northstar.

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X-Men Reveals Marvel's Fastest Mutant Could DESTROY the World

In X-Factor, an X-Men speedster just revealed how fast they really are, and how they could shake the world with their awesome power.

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X-Factor: 10 Things Fans Should Know About Northstar

Northstar might not be one of the biggest names in X comics, but he's a pioneering and important character that deserves to be more well-known.

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Marvel's Greatest Ships: How Northstar Fell for His Human Husband

When X-Men's Northstar married his husband Kyle Jinadu in 2013, it made a huge impact on comics. Here's how they met and fell in love.

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WC14: Marjorie Liu on her Career, "Astonishing X-Men" and "X-23"

Acclaimed writer Marjorie Liu makes her WonderCon debut, speaking about her "astonishing" career so far.

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Five All-New Ongoing Solo Series We Need From Marvel, NOW!

With Magneto getting his first monthly series decades after his debut, we turn our attention to five other classic characters worthy of ongoing attention.

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CCI: Northstar - Coming Out To Get Married

Marjorie Liu, Phil Jimenez and Scott Lobdell headlined a discussion the evolution of Marvel's pre-emminent gay character, Northstar, and the current state of gay characters, relationships and more in comics.

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Marvel & Mayor Michael Bloomberg Promote NYC's Marriage Opportunities

Marvel's much discussed same-sex wedding in "Astonishing X-Men" crossed paths with NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week, both on and off the page as the politician and publisher promoted marriage equality.

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LGBT Characters, Themes Throughout Comics History

CBR contributor Alan Kistler brings a detailed history of LGBT characters and concepts in superhero comics from Tijuana Bibles to the creation of Northstar and Alan Scott's reimagining as a gay man.

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