( Astonishing X-Men #51).Īfter being confronted by his time-displaced younger self, founding X-Men member Bobby Drake finally admitted (in Uncanny X-Men #600) what many readers had suspected for years – he is gay. The character was the first gay superhero to come out in a mainstream comic book (1992’s Alpha Flight #106) and he made history again 20 years later when he tied the knot with his husband, Kyle, in first same-sex wedding to take place in the Marvel Universe. Jean-Paul Beaubier may have the power to produce concussive blasts and light bursts as well as move at superhuman speeds, but it’s his ability to break down social barriers that has been the most impressive.
