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Astonishing X-Men #51 pg 12 (Liu story, Perkins pencils, Hennessy inks) - Northstar wedding - Warbird pt1

Artists: Mike Perkins (Penciller) , Andrew Hennessy (Inker) , Marjorie Liu (Writer)

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Astonishing X-Men #51 pg 12 (Liu story, Perkins pencils, Hennessy inks) - Northstar wedding - Warbird pt1 Comic Art

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Title:	Astonishing X-Men #51 pg 12 (Liu story, Perkins pencils, Hennessy inks) - Northstar wedding - Warbird pt1
Artist:	Mike Perkins (Penciller)
Artist:	Andrew Hennessy (Inker)
Artist:	Marjorie Liu (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	137
Likes on CAF:	7 8
Comments:	8
Added to Site:	10/31/2024
Comic Art Archive:	Astonishing X-Men Issue: 51 Page: 12 View

Description

From the 1st Same Sex Marvel Marriage issue, comes a page from Astonishing X-Men #51, the historic X-Men comic that features the wedding of Jean-Paul Beaubier (Northstar) and Kyle Jinadu.

When Northstar first came out in Alpha Flight #106 (March of 1992) it made some shockwaves of finally revealing a mainstream character to be gay. A little over twenty years later, August 2012, the character of Northstar finally married his love interest, Kyle Jinadu in Astonishing X-Men #51, which also seemed to make news on-air and in print. This issue was also a San Diego Comic Con Marvel mainstream exclusive in 2012, when it came out it came out big.

This page, pt 1 of a two page sequence between Northstar and Warbird, was a test of all sorts. Throughout this issue you see characters from all over the X universe come together for this marriage. It was a mixed bag of characters accepting this Union of two people as a Marriage and others not comfortable with it or unable to understand it. It’s a great example of where we were even as a culture just 12 years ago. In some ways, Marvel came out big with this issue, but also with this storyline a bit reserved and cautious just in case it tanked. Not an issue like we see today that is fully loud and proud. And for me and my taste, I loved it. Made it feel more real and a proper sign of the times.

This page, #12 (along with #13), features Warbird telling Northstar that she will not attend her fellow teammates wedding, if she did, it would be a lie. It’s harsh, but real, something I’ve always enjoyed from Marjorie Liu. It’s beautiful character art and inking by the pair Mike Perkins (penciller) and Andrew Hennessy (inker), raw with mixed emotions. This book also has lots of fun exchanges between random sets of characters like Jubilee and X23, Havok and Puck to name a few. I love getting the top panel of Kitty and Lockheed together with Kyle’s parents. I definitely have an affinity to Kitty and her “marriage” pages, so this one fits in well with that collection as this is another marriage book. Very happy to have a page (or two) from this monumental issue (especially having a same sex partner in my life), that really hit it out of the central park. It’s history, great art and X-Men characters at a wedding, so much to love here.

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James S
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 10/31/2024

Nice, I forgot Mike Perkins drew some X-Men!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 11/1/2024

A very significant issue and it shows that there were even divisions within mutant kind and this umbrella categorization was not a monolith. You can see it in these great faces from Perkins how there would be sadness and hurt.

André .
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 11/1/2024

I stopped reading Astonishing by this issue... I'll have to go back and check it out. Cool page!

John C
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 11/1/2024

The roller derby after party was awesome.

Kavi H
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 11/1/2024

beautifully illustrated and poignant page from a historic issue that represents the complexity of feelings during a progressive time for society, captured in an X-Men story but meaning much more. congrats on adding a page from a very important issue!

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 11/14/2024

Nice! I can't believe it has already been a dozen years since this issue came out. It was very progressive and risky at the time, and I'm glad that Liu wrote it to show that while some characters approved, others didn't. It just wouldn't have rang true had all the characters been written as being on the same side of the fence, whichever side that would be. I have a page myself, the one where Marjorie Liu, Mike Perkins and their editor are shown as guests, of course!

James Dornoff
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 11/14/2024

Ruben DaCollector wrote:

That's such a fun page, congrats, glad to share a pages with you from this book!

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 11/14/2024

James Dornoff wrote:

That's such a fun page, congrats, glad to share a pages with you from this book!

Thanks! Silly me, I had forgotten that you already knew about the page I have, as you were the only person to comment on it! 😂

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