The Pride Season One

by Joe Glass, Gavin Mitchell (Artist), Dan Harris (Artist)

FabMan is sick of being seen as a joke. Tired of the LGBTQ+ community being seen as inferior to straight heroes, he thinks it's about damn time he did something about it. Bringing together some of the world's greatest LGBTQ+ superheroes, The Pride is born to protect the world and fight prejudice, misrepresentation and injustice - not to mention a pesky supervillain or two.

Join The Pride as they work to change the world and show just what they can do!

Collecting The Pride #1-6 and bonus behind-the-scenes content!

Part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive digital content only available on comiXology and Kindle. This title is available as part of comiXology Unlimited, Kindle Unlimited and Prime Reading.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, LGBT, Queer, Fantasy, Superheroes, Fiction

168 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 5, 2019

About the author

Joe is a GLAAD Award winning writer from the deepest, darkest South Wales Valleys in the UK. He is mostly known for his ComiXology Originals, LGBTQ+ superhero series, The Pride (now published in print by Dark Horse Comics as The Pride Omnibus). He’s also the writer behind various self-published and crowdfunded comics work such as Acceptable Losses, Glitter Vipers and The Miracles. He won his GLAAD Award for the m/m romance anthology he co-edited for A Wave Blue World, Young Men in Love.

Joe has worked in the past a comics news reporter and critic and has previously worked with Bleeding Cool, Gay Times, WhatCulture and more. Joe remains a staunch advocate of LGBTQ+ representation in media.

He lives in Wales to do his writing, and is a very soft boi.

Reviews

[Lara · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really hate when I can't leave a positive review on an LGBT read but this one majorly underdelivered.

For an LGBT group of heroes called The Pride you'd expect some more diversity and empowerment. All this gave me was 6 white men (one straight), one black drag queen, and two women (one black, one white). As for empowerment? The book is filled with slurs and how hard it is to be gay and shows so much gay hate crime with promises of "it gets better" but that's never shown.

The "big bad" of the first arc is a religious fanatic and the comic treats it as the religion is the greatest evil, and it was so badly executed. (I'm a religious Christian lesbian, religions aren't homophobic, people are.) The "adventures" show so many teen suicide attempts (and implied successes) because of being gay. But it gets even more amusing when we get to the "we just treat homophobes fairly because if we fight back were just as bad as them" part.

And I don't even want to get started on how only gay men are shown to suffer hate crime and how male characters get so much more backstory and content, how 1 of the only 2 female characters is a blatant rip off of Wonder Woman (not in a fun way either), how there's an attempt at humor at the expense of the drag queen (or trans women) and how we got a whole issue dedicated to one drag queen insulting the appearance (makeup, wig, general looks) of the "evil" drag queen in order to defeat her.

I'm too tired to do research on whether the authors are LGBT or not but I've read things straight people wrote with more respect towards the community.

A group of LGBT superheroes is something we desperately need, but it's not what this tried to deliver.

[Carrie-Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75

This was a fun comic, I'd never heard of it before but I found it for free on Prime Reading

The art style changes between each issue in this volume, and I definitely preferred some to others, but I didn't dislike any of them

Along with all the fun things we always see in super hero comics, we also get quite a bit of info sharing about the lgbt+ community without it sounding preachy or shoehorned in. One of the heroes is HIV+, another got kicked out of a different group for being gay

Overall a fun, quick read

[Erica · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly I really, really, really wanted to like this more but I found the switches between art styles confusing (especially since the cast has literally three buff white dudes who ended up looking kind of interchangeable). And really that's my major complaint-there were three cis white gay dudes in the team. Meanwhile their women had to do like, triple duty to keep some level of diversity? Kind of whack. Still it had some of the feel good moments you'd want from a queer superhero comic.

[Eric Starker · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really want more queer superhero comics so happy to support this. But it didn’t blow me away. The writing and characters were pretty stereotypical or obvious (every scenario had to involve a bashing?) and the women characters felt like afterthoughts. The art was a bit distracting when the art style switched, sometimes jarringly, between issues. I still like it for the intent and creating a very readable, light LGBT story but just a mild recommendation for me.

[Edward Vanbuskirk · Rating 2 out of 5]

Every gay PSA

I thoroughly enjoyed "The Pride" season one. "The Pride Adventures" was an unfortunate excursion. Super preachy, flat, bereft of subtlety, and severely condescending. For a book that tries to dispel stereotypes, there are sure a lot of stereotypical villains.

[Thibaut Nicodème · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute book, a bit "Queer Activism 101" at times but overall pretty fun. Not a fan of the highly inconsistent art styles, but, well, kickstarter comic with many different artists; it's bound to happen.

[K G]

Way too heavy handed for me. It’s giving Safe Space and Snowflake vibes

[Siobhan Hawthorne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Encore un comics issu d’un Kickstarter (oui je rattrape mon retard) ! J’étais bien entendue intéressée par l’idée de supers-héros LGBTQ*, mais en plus j’avais vu que Maxime Garbarini faisait parti des artistes qui avaient travaillé sur la série, et c’est toujours cool de soutenir nos artistes préférés !

Tandis que certains supers-héros gays ou lesbiennes continuent d’être opprimés, soit par les médias, soit par les commentaires désobligeants des personnes qu’ils croisent, l’un d’eux, FabMan, décide qu’il faut changer les mentalités. Pour ça, il entend réunir des supers-héros LGBT afin de créer un groupe, « The Pride » qui se battrait pour plus de visibilité, pour défendre les personnes de leurs communautés et les autres. Et non, ce n’est pas une faute de frappe, ce sont bien des supers-héros LGBT et pas LGBTQ*. Il y a bien une discussion intéressante entre Fabman, qui pense au début appeler le Syndicat LGB, mais heureusement Angel lui rappelle qu’il y a des personnes trans aussi et qu’elles doivent être représentées, pas seulement de façon implicite. Je suis complètement d’accord avec ce genre de discours et j’étais à la fois enjouée de lire ce passage… et déçue qu’il n’aille pas plus loin pour représenter les personnes intersexes et ace par exemple. Angel déclare d’ailleurs par la suite être pansexuelle mais pareil, ce n’est pas mentionné ailleurs. Enfin, j’imagine qu’il faut compter les victoires qu’on peut…

Je ne sais pas pourquoi je m’attendais à un « petit » comics, ou un volume standard de 150 pages et quelques, mais je me suis trompée de beaucoup ! C’est 279 pages de comics et sketches de préparation qu’on nous présente, et quel bonheur. La première partie contient des chapitres qui vont ensemble avec l’intrigue qui progresse : FabMan propose son idée à ses supers-héros préférés, ils s’entraînent ensemble, commencent à affronter des supers-vilains, découvrent le plan machiavélique du Révérend qui pourrait mettre à mal tous les supers-héros, etc. Ensuite, ce sont beaucoup d’épisodes qui tiennent tout seul pour nous présenter les origines des différents personnages ou tout simplement d’autres petites histoires bien sympathiques.

J’ai bien aimé ma lecture, mais deux points m’ont fait tiquer. Tout d’abord, le fait que la plupart de ces supers-héros sont des « copies » de personnages qui existent déjà. Certes, Muscle Mary est noire et LGBT, mais elle reste la Reine des Amazones venue en aide aux autres Terriens, avec une tenue qui ressemble terriblement à celle de Wonder Woman… Wolf n’a pas de pouvoir mais est milliardaire, à la tête d’une entreprise très connue, il entraîne les autres supers-héros… Même des personnages comme Bear, qui a subit une transformation en ours à cause de son pouvoir, et qui est de ce fait une référence directe aux « bears » et « furys » de la communauté gay… il faut pas se leurrer, c’est la Chose. Bref, je pense que je commence à saturer des comics qui entendent créer de nouveaux supers-héros en reprenant ceux qui existent déjà. C’est merveilleux de présenter des personnages LGBTQ* et on en a terriblement besoin, mais je ne vois pas l’intérêt de faire des copies.

Autre point : le dessin. Il y a beaucoup, beaucoup d’artistes différents sur ce comics, ce qui est toujours bienvenue et bien entendu certains traits me plaisent plus que d’autres, ce qui est normal. Ce que je trouve plus étrange, c’est que les dessinateurs changent parfois d’une page à l’autre… Je comprends le principe du « un chapitre : un dessinateur » mais là on a parfois deux pages d’une personne, deux pages d’un autre artiste, etc. Non seulement ça paraît chaotique, mais en plus il y a très peu de cohérence d’un artiste à l’autre. Je parle pas au niveau style, qu’ils soient très différents me gênent pas plus que ça (enfin, tant que ça change pas d’une page à l’autre encore une fois), mais au niveau design des personnages. Sérieusement, il est parfois difficile de comprendre qui est qui au changement de dessinateur. Une fois un personnage a une crête, une fois pas. Une fois l’un est grand et musclé, sur l’autre page il est petit et gros (ou alors le dessin est vraiment raté, mais vous voyez l’idée).

C’est rare que le dessin me fasse tiquer dans ma lecture, mais là c’était vraiment trop étrange et confus pour que je ne le remarque pas. Autrement les histoires sont sympathiques, abordent des problématiques liées aux communautés LGBTQ*, comme le coming out, les discriminations, la séropositivité ; tout cela est bienvenue. Une bonne lecture, qui me donne envie de suivre la série si jamais une suite se profile, mais en espérant qu’elle soit plus cohérente au niveau des illustrations…

[Donald E · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great comic

I am not a member of the LGBTQ community and would not go so far to classify myself as an ally… just a typical comics fan who tries to be accepting to everyone, but does not get wrapped up in social causes. I loved The Pride and the characters, and want to see more. Though it has a message, it is woven into the pages so artfully and in a realistic and heartfelt manner that it is part of the story, not the purpose of it. The quality of the work is up there with most anything DC and Marvel produces, and actually does a much better job with LGBTQ characters. Would have loved to see a consistent art style throughout the series - I think I liked the first issue’s art best.

[Andre · Rating 1 out of 5]

I gave this comic a chance to know what it was about and oh boy, well I would say this: I had very low expectations and I was still dissappointed.
Don't get me wrong, it started well, I was into the whole not so serious tone, so names like crabman, lobster boy IV or even fabman is fine, but then coming with stuff like fagman and queers and not choosing to be different doesn't fit. And of course a villain has a Bible, so brave and original right? Make it a Quran next time and it might actually be considered brave.
And those superheroes we see here are just dumb. And why is it no big deal that this "White Trash" (what name is that?) character is bulletproof? Did the gangmembers know that? If yes, why even try shooting him? If they know he is a "Faggot", surely they know his superpowers, or not? The british Frost lady is fine, I guess, even if her colonies comment is cringe.
And even though I expected that homophobia would come up here, no surprise with these dumb designs, but come on, did it have to be that many? I was at page 12 and it must have been the 3rd or 4th time a scene starts with homophobia. And as for the costume designs: that lady in violet is fine, but that big man-bear literally has a fetish harnet on. If this comic were pure comedy I would be fine but it tries to be serious apparently.
And the drag artist superhero is also trans and directly complains about not being represented in the acronym. That could have been done better, not that confrontational. And that bear guy is called Harvey Castro... hm. And the author has one of the characters claim that the only gay people on TV were desexualized joke machines?! This comic came out in 2014, I was there, if these were the only gay people you saw on TV back then, that was your own damn fault. At that point I hoped that I could make it through the first issue. Towards the end we get two more characters: a new guy with the last name Mercury who changes into metal, I guess, and the other is a gruffy, bearded, kind of Wolverine looking guy who is alone in a bar and called Wolf. At this point in the comic, I started to think that the author just isn't any good. And when I saw that the muscular metal guy is called Twink, I was done. The author should have made up his mind whether he wants this to be silly or somber, because he doesn't seem to have the skill to do both. Again, either make it parody or keep it serious, you can't have both.

[Cale · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted to like this more than I actually did. The idea of an LGBTQ superhero team seems timely, and there's a lot of material to mine. There are pieces of it I do like - some of the heroes are stereotypical, but most have an extra depth to them that read well, and there are some moments (especially with Bear) that are very good. But the book is hampered by its long production time (per the afterword, something like 7 years); the story moves in fits and starts, and suddenly pulls out themes that were not prevalent in the earlier issues (the whole X-Cel genetic aspect, especially, which also leans WAY too hard on X-Men symbology). And the art is... not good. Some of it is okay, but the number of different artists involved (eight in six issues) means the character's look is wildly divergent - this is especially bad in issue five, where there are six different artists, and no rhyme or reason for why the styles change from page to page. It was very distracting, and it didn't do the story any favors. The story itself has some good twists and turns, but the climactic finale is a bit harried, and ultimately the characters don't get a chance to stand out. And some of the non-team characters are borderline insulting - some of it perhaps intentional but some of it is just bad writing.
Ultimately, I think there's something here that could be special, but it needs a fair bit of editing, and I'd even suggest having a single artist redraw the entire series (or be more consistent for the second season). I understand this is very much an indie title, and considering the time it took to put it together I can understand some of the rough edges. My hope is it gets a chance to flourish in a more structured environment and grow into something that truly does justice to the concept.

[Thaisa Meyka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quando FabMan percebe que os super-heróis LGBTQIA+ são subestimados e excluídos quando o assunto é salvar o mundo, ele decide montar uma nova equipe, The Pride, junto de seus amigos Wolf, Twink, Bear, Angel, Frost, Muscle Mary e White Trash, afim de mostrar que a diversidade importa e que a representatividade é capaz de salvar vidas.
Eu queria muito amar essa hq: estava extremamente empolgada por finalmente encontrar uma série em quadrinhos que tivesse, como base, a representatividade.
É importante dizer que o que eu mais gosto nessa história são os temas que ela aborda: não apenas a diversidade de orientação sexual, gênero, raça e ideologia, mas também assuntos que ainda são vistos como tabus, como pessoas de determinadas siglas não se sentirem aceitas na própria comunidade, como a religião pode ser opressora (mencionando até terapias de conversão), toda a questão acerca do HIV...
Ainda assim, ao mesmo tempo que acho interessante explorar diversos tipos de pessoas, também me incomoda como alguns dos personagens acabam sendo quase uma caricatura do real, elevando os estereótipos ao máximo.
O conceito aqui apresentado é incrível, mas o enredo, em si, não é bem formulado: não é um arco bem desenvolvido, tem soluções simples demais, possui diversas incoerências entre um capítulo e outro, os personagens só serão mais explorados no final da hq, com histórias individuais, e a mudança extrema de artistas de maneira súbita deixa a narrativa ainda mais truncada.
Essa versão lgbtqia+ da Liga da Justiça tinha tudo para se tornar o que eu mais desejava encontrar - o que faltou mesmo foi um bom editor para reorganizar a trama, tornar essa história bem mais fluida e dar aos leitores um enredo mais elaborado.

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[Ashleigh (ash_and_books)]

TW: microaggressions, homophobia, transphobia, homophobic F slur (used a lot), death

I'm not going to give this one I rating because it's LGBTQIA+ and it doesn't seem right. (For reference I am a bi woman). Reading the synopsis I thought okay this will be a read for me because it's a bunch of queer superheroes getting together. And in a way it is that. But it is mostly white cis gay men. So much for queer rep.

There was a scene early on where Fabman is talking about the title of the group - the S.L.G.B (Super Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual) Union and left off the T for trans. Fabman made the excuse that the T was implied and that Angel was making a "big deal" over a letter and that the straight allies don't have a letter. My problems with this is that here in the UK there is the LGB Alliance which are group of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual people that are transphobic and this kind of reminded me of it. Cisallohet people/allies don't get a letter in the LGBTQIA+ community because they are not part of said community.

Religion isn't homophobic, people who use religion to "justify" their bigotry are.

[Dorie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Pride: Season One
by Joe Glass
2016
comiXology Originals
4.0 / 5.0

In the introduction to this graphic novel, the writer, DAX, says ¨...no matter who or what you are, you can always find your pride¨ Joe Glass has given us a series of all gay Supers that prove that premise, and it is a fun, informative series. I totally enjoyed it.

The club, Fabulosa, is located in NYs The Village, and is the headquarters for the group, SLGBT, ( Super Lesbians Gays Bisexuals Trans) a group of Super Heroes with super powers that are all LGBT identified. This includes 6 issues of The Pride, each issue centers on real life events that effect the gay community, set in comic frames.

I enjoyed the stories of friendship and loyalty between the club members. The stories of adversity are well represented. I love the colors, and how the Super heroes always fly powered by a rainbow.

I will look for more of The Pride.

[Rocky Sunico · Rating 4 out of 5]

I figured this was going to be a pretty silly campy comic given the whole LGBT archetypes as superheroes. And while we never quite shake off that aspect of the comic, there does seem to be a serious effort to tell a decent character-driven story. This origin book for the team doesn't quite have enough space to give all of the Pride enough room to shine and be more than the stereotypes their concepts are based on, but we work with what we have.

I kind of wish they didn't go for the character rehash based on popular heroes like how the Wolf is really a Batman equivalent down to the millionaire alter-ego, but I guess relying on familiar archetypes might somehow help accelerate the character adoption period? I'll need to see how the comic progresses to get a better feel for how this is will go.

[Baylee · Rating 3 out of 5]

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A quanto pare, Joe Glass era stufo di leggere fumetti dove c’erano solo velati riferimenti alla comunità queer: voleva leggere di supereroi e supereroine apertamente LGBTQIA+ e così ha scritto un fumetto con i personaggi dei suoi sogni. Così è nata l’idea per The Pride.

Partendo dal presupposto che io non sono granché appassionata di supereroi&co, mi è parso un fumetto godibile. Un sacco di personaggi assomigliano a supereroi e supereroine già esistenti (tipo Superman e Wonder Woman) e ci sono diverse pagine spese a sottolineare questioni LGBTQIA+ invece di lasciarle fluire con più armonia con la storia, ma nel complesso è stata una lettura carina.

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, I finished it. And… I'm willing to give it another try. I know, this isn't a ringing endorsement. Let's start with the part that couldn't be changed: it's the first volume. And I find first volumes challenging to like: they set up the world (which I like), but then there isn't room for much plot. And, that's not anybody's fault, that's just starting a story out with a somewhat limited page count.

The other part is… I'm still not sure about this group of superheroes. For me, the problem is that it attempts to be an LGBTQ+ group… but it feels dominated by gay male preoccupations to me. Since a couple of other letters in that set describe me, I felt… less included than I'd hoped to be. At this point, I'm not writing the series off: there were a lot of characters to introduce and a world to set up and not much time for things to happen. But… I'll be hoping it gets better

[a Matos le gusta leer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Está bueno, pero no termina de cuajar. Rating: 3.5 stars
Tal vez sea que cada entrega tiene ilustradores diferentes o que algunos personajes están demasiado cerca a superhéroes famosos y una no puede evitar levantar la ceja.
Además la exploración de los temas queer es demasiado evidente, le hace falta integrarlo mejor y que sea una historia más orgánica. Pero, aquí puede que yo sea el problema al ser una cishet, y la necesidad de representarlo de manera tan directa sea necesaria y yo simplemente no me doy cuenta.

Ahora, lo disfruté, la representación me gustó y el que tocaran temas como el VIH y los campamentos para “curarlos” me parece relevante. Si sale un segundo tomo, lo patrocinaré como lo hice con éste.

[Caesar · Rating 1 out of 5]

What is this?

Did we ask a random guy from the 90s to write about a gay superhero with today’s social issues? It felt so superficial and surface level.

The amount of F-slurs i read in one issue, like censor words like fuck and shit but F*g is completely fine to be said 7 times on one page… The bitchiness over the trans character wanting to be included in the acronym… i’m sorry “it’s implied, don’t make a big deal over a letter” like what the fuck is that?

The Main Superhero is called “FabMan”… the underage hero was given the name The Twink by an adult team… like gross… the enemy is literally called The Reverend

everything else was fine, if one dimensional, but jeez, who are you writing for…

and why did this feel like homophobia packaged in a “comiXology Original”

[Savi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really appreciate that the creator wants the world of superheroes to include more LGBT+ characters but the execution could have been a lot better. There wasn't all that much diversity in the main or supporting cast for a comic book about inclusivity. The changing illustrators for each issue added to a lot of confusion and sometimes it took a few panels to get back into the flow of things. It would have also been nice if some of the heroes and their origin stories were a bit more original instead of being so heavily inspired by existing mainstream superheroes. I'm hopeful for future issues if there are to be any as the superheroes genre can definitely do with some more diversity.

[Sana Burton · Rating 3 out of 5]

(I got very confused trying to figure out how to mark this book as read, because Comixology originals mean that sometimes what is in which collected edition for GR purposes gets confusing).

I really liked this at the start, it made me actually laugh out loud a couple times, but ultimatley it fell a little flat. It wasn't bad, just... a bit generic? I feel like I'm not sure how seriously The Pride wanted me to take it, and the characters weren't fleshed out enough for some plot points to be as emotionally impactful as they should have been. I did enjoy it though, and I hope that its a series that gets better as it goes on.

[B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally ! LGBTQ Superheros!

I have never read a comic with LGBT characters as the center of attention and portrayed as heros before, Its about time I found this! Im so glad that I read it, It was exactly what I was waiting for. I love the plot the character design and even the story. The only thing I didnt care for was the inconsistent art style, it was fun, but distracting from the story. Still though, all in all it was a really great read and I reccommended to many freinds and coworkers.

[Stephen Quinn · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I loved most about this, and what I believe many people will also love, is the different artist styles that are used throughout this wonderful first volume. Each issue representing a different take on the characters but all within the same overarching storyline. I did find it a touch preachy - for want of a better word - but you can’t argue that the underlying message is an important one and this has been achieved brilliantly. I look forward to the next volume of adventures with this colourful group of superheroes!

[Rocky Sunico · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I wasn't overwhelmingly impressed with the main Season One book for The Pride, this volume of the Pride Adventures turned out to be a lot more fulfilling. There's something about the group that does well in an anthology format versus a larger story arc so far and they're great vehicles for telling important stories about representation, fighting for LGBT rights and even mental health issues. In this regard there's a lot of good that comics like The Pride can accomplish and the diversity of writing and even art lend a nice community feel to the title.

[Rick · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this, but in the end there were too many problems to overlook. The change in art from issue to issue, and even from page to page in some issues, was distracting, and several of the artists were just not good. The overall concept of an LGBTQ+ team is awesome, but the characters felt stereotypical and one dimensional. It would have been great to get more depth. Even the character stories at the end were short one page stories without much detail or heart. It is cool to see this kind of representation in comics, I just wish it had been executed a lot better.

[The Sapphic Nerd · Rating 4 out of 5]

I backed the Kickstarter for this book and somehow didn't get around to fully reading it until now, but gosh it sure is a lot of fun! I'm proud to see my name in the back of the book!

Yes, The Pride deals with a lot of important social issues that I care strongly about, but it's also a really good comic that has fun, friendship, romance, and action. The heroes are familiar callbacks to other superheroes in the mainstream, but they're different enough that you can love them for who they are.

Looking forward to more!

[Zogguz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this comic although there were lots of basic grammar mistakes (you're instead of your, etc.) which were very distracting. If it had been written better, I would have given four stars instead of three because I really liked the artwork and the stories but the grammar was too distracting for me.
My favourite character is Wolf. I like that the comics cover a lot of different topics like HIV, and family.

[Holly · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I enjoyed it, something about this just didn't click for me. The variant art was a little disorienting, and some of these characters are complete ripoffs of pop culture superheroes. I did like the exploration of queer issues, but sometimes it became Too Much, and the story was lost to the messages that the anthology was trying to give. (If they'd been done in a more organic way, I don't think I would've minded). It has good in it, though.

[Danni · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have various thoughts about this book. It wasn't bad and I will be reading the following volumes, but I did not like that the art style changed throughout the book. It was cool to see how different artists draw the same characters in different ways, but I generally found that to be more distracting than interesting as I needed to reorient myself to what I was reading with each issue. I like my LGBTQ superheroes tho.

[Léon Othenin-Girard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Being queer means a lot of different things to a lot of different people, and while no comic can cover every angle, this one takes as many as it can, and tells it in the queer superhero story we need. There *are* some rep issues that the writer has already addressed, but other than those nagging me, I really, really enjoyed this.