Originally Posted By: Wonder Boy
 Originally Posted By: Nowhereman
So in that case comics should never portray anything in a negative light as it might upset someone.
Christian beliefs are no more important than other religious beliefs, political beliefs, sexual orientation, gender, musical taste or sock loving.


Except that the reverse conservative political POV is never given the same freedom.

The last story I can recall that was even remotely critical of gays for example, was Jim Shooter's story in HULK magazine 23.



For which in the letters section, it was clear that Marvel received a targeted backlash from gays for publishing the story. Despite, as Shooter makes clear, that there was a seed of real experience for the story.

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I don't remember the Hulk story but would agree with Shooter that it's about rape and not about gays anymore than if the two guys were trying to rape a woman that it was somehow about heterosexuality. I can also understand why writers at the time were upset though. There had been an unwritten rule that a gay character could never be portrayed in a positive manner.


Fair play!