SuperQueeros! for April 10th, 2013

With Hippolyta coming back from the dead in the Marvel U and fighting the undead in the DCnU, Tia rescuing Batu from certain death in the Supurbia-U, and the Gordian knot that is #nowthatchersdead in the Twitter-U, this week is a life-or-death week for powerful women! And that means that it's a great week for... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!!

Supurbia #6

Woohoo, Gio gets a storyline! The dashing Nightwing-with-good-hair is investigating an illegal weapons deal without his Batman-esque boy toy and the fallout is going to have ramifications for the whole 'hood! What with Zari thinking Gio is the cat's pajamas (or at least really good at pajama parties), will a bazooka bust gone bad force her to resort to using her evil magic powerstone (courtesy of Hector Hunt) to save Agent Twilight? And will Agent T dig up something incriminating about The Superhero & Weapons Expo? Or is Alexis actually going to acquire HuntTech, and is her doing so part of some sort of convoluted trap????

Fearless Defenders #3

Hippolyta (Daughter of Ares, not the mother of a butt-kicking clay princess) joins the cast! Hippolyta is so strongly Wonder Woman's mother in my mind that it's odd to me that she is some sort of maiden superhero in the Marvel U. Ditto with the actual Greek stories, too. Every time I see her in an alternate universe I think, "When does she have time for all this queen-ing? Diana must be taking up so much of her time at that age!" Anyway, the awesome Misty Knight-and-Valkyrie recap pages continue in this issue, so this book is perfect even before page one!

Kevin Keller #8

Kevin Keller has his own love triangle now! This is kind of one of the coolest things to ever happen in comics, you guys. #IMO #DanParentIsASuperQueero

X-treme X-men #13

Final Issue!!!!!!!!!! This has been my favorite X-book for the past year-ish ("Wolver-queers before Weddings", as they say!), so it's hard to see it go so soon... The best I can hope for is that Howlett survives and Dazzler remains totes bad-as. But in terms of what is actually happening this issue: 

Kid!Nightcrawler makes "the ultimate sacrifice", which I assume means he kills the anti-Celestial with his Spidey lunch box. Either way, I'm still P.O.'d about Howlett's loss... On the LGBT-upside, though, it looks like it's up to Karma and Northstar to save the day! Go remaining 'queeros!

Demon Knights #19

The Demon Knights take on the vampire army invading Themescyria! (It's like totes Hippolyta week, eh?)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9: Freefall #20

Xander tumbles into a possible solution to save the fading Dawn!

SuperQueeros! for April 3rd, 2013

The theme this week is jumping between dimensions or across the universe. That is, it's just another Wednesday in the office for... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!!

Age of Apocalypse #14

X-termination continues in this, the final issue of Age of Apocalypse! I kind of love that Northstar, Howlett, and Herc are all on one team with Wolverine. With that character dynamic in play I'm hoping that they'll stop all the "smash and slash" long enough to have some squee sexuality moments!

Earth 2 #11

This is the best cover of the week, IMO. The solicit says that ANOTHER new character (SPOILERS) is going to show up, so the chances of some Green Lantern development seem slim... I am hoping, though, that Sam's death being a conspiracy leads to some sort of rebirth for the dead dude!

All New X-Men #10

Mystique and Sabretooth continue to plot! The Uncanny X-Men show up at the school to recruit some older students. It would be nice to see some more of the students... Maybe Anole will get some page time? 

Archie #642

Archie Meets Glee Part 2! I wasn't sure how I would feel about this crossover, but Dilton's analysis of the parallels of Archie and Glee were nerd-tastic, Veronica getting slushied was sweet, sweet karma, and the prospect of Rachel and Archie in a Battle of the Bands against Josie and the Pussycats???? I'm pretty sure that moments like that is why I started reading comics. But what about Kevin and Blaine?????????

Fashion Beast #8

"...no one can anticipate the fate of Celestine from inside his citadel of fashion." Aaaaaaand my job is done here!

Locke and Key: Omega #4

The battle gets taken underground as the prom takes a nasty(er) turn and Dodge's plan starts to come to fruition.

Stormwatch #19

So I guess Apollo and Midnighter are getting Voyager'd across space so they can crossover with Lobo and have space-adventures getting home? This sounds a lot like when Kurt moved to New York, except that Lobo is way less cute than Dean Geyer...

SuperQueeros! for March 27th, 2013

Have you guys seen the MOOC on Gender Through Comics on comixology???? Its course materials are totes on sale now! I mean, you probs own 'em all already, but if you don't, CHECK IT OUT. Also, we've got some AMAZING books this week in... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!!

Young Avengers #3

FIGHT SCENES. The team knows that there are weirdo putty monsters taking over the "adults" and they are starting to realize that they are a team. Kinda. So that means that everyone needs to be pushed onto the same side, which means: FIGHT SCENES. Also, if this book has "plentiful feels," as the solicit promises, does that mean that we'll get some Sterek???? (J/k! But if we don't get some hot Wiccling I'mma be huntin' that solicit writer DOWN.)

Morning Glories #25

It's the end of season 1 for this AWESOME, mind-eff of a comic! And it's 8:13!!!! (For readers of this book, I'm TOTES hoping that means that it will finally be 8:14 the next time Hunter looks at a clock...) Who will change sides? Who will die? And who will come back to life as an older, meaner Layla Miller???? #prediction

Life with Archie #28

Kevin's campaign for Senate continues, with 'Ronnie at the helm as campaign manager! but what happens when there aren't enough hours in the day and Fred Mirth is actively working to ruin each one of those 24 hours???

Astonishing X-men #60

X-Termination continues! Wolvie fights Weapon Omega (a.k.a. Apocalypse!Wolvie)! Here's hoping that Karma finds the time to get post-apocalypse'd into getting butt-kicking-er!

Teen Titans #18

So, as I'm sure we've all read, post"Death of the Family" Tim Drake is problematic and evil now, as is the writing in this book. Will Bunker's queerness protect him from being a victim of the weird and disingenuous approach to sexuality, or make him victim number three???? (Also, what with all the women throwing themselves at TD, is it too much to ask for him to hook up with EVERYONE he runs into? Cap'n Jack-esque? #Kon-el/Tim)

Justice League Dark #18

It's the conclusion of the "Death of Magic" storyline, and it promises to "shift the status quo" of the team. What with Constantine getting his own series, does this mean that team will see him leave and a new leader take his place? Fingers crossed for Madame Xanadu!

Hack/Slash #25

It's the conclusion of the "Final" finale (and the series)! Cassie fights Samhain to the DEATH!

SuperQueeros! for March 20th, 2013

Are we going to get our first lesbian wedding in comics???? Batwoman is certainly making an effort! And what is going to happen to the Marvel Multiverse when the Astonishing and X-treme X-men get their hands on it? A new New 52???? Find out this week in... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!!

X-termination #1

This comic gets our number one spot this week not because it is a confluence of three of today's most critically acclaimed X-books, but because it is the largest meeting of queer characters since the Young Avengers teamed up with the Runaways! (Ah, the good ol' days...) This issue has Karma, Northstar, Howlett, AND his bf, Herc! I know that we already have Daken (Meh, he's dead NOW. But he'll get better.), but my fingers are crossed that this series dumps my fav queer-verine, Howlett, in the 616.

Batwoman #18
Wonder Woman is heading back to her solo series, but Bette's back in action! Plus, Kate is marrying Maggie?!?!??? A new story starts here, and it looks like Batwoman and Hawkfire are up against classic batvillain Mr. Freeze!

X-Factor #253
The Hell-on-Earth War continues! Now that Tier has offed one of the Hell Lords, will his mom let him loose on the other demons who want his head? Especially since her teammates are pressuring her to do just that?

Artifacts #26
No one's plans are going as they'd hoped! Next time we should have the Darkness rebuild the world around the Angelus having lots of cute girlfriend time!

Chew #32
It looks like Chew is coming out this week, not February 20, as I had previously reported.

Invincible #101
Who survived into "The Aftermath"?

Wonder Woman #18
Ares has plans for Diana!

SuperQueeros: Addendum

Dangit! It looks like Anachronism wasn't into cute mystical punks, but instead likes those mean fish-girls. Which means zero queers in Avengers Arena again...

BUT:
Batman #18
This issue definitely tips the hand of the writers: Harper Rowe is on her way to be
the next (and first no-takesies-backsies, present-day, female) Robin! Which means we get a big dose of her awesome queer brother this issue! You win one, you lose one, I guess.

SuperQueeros! for March 13th, 2013

For perhaps the first time EVER in the history of this column, there are only AMAZING comics this week! No schlock, just seven awesome titles for... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, and queer in comics today!!
Supurbia #5
Have you read the preview??? Did you see the Easter egg on Zari's shirt?? And I had no idea Tia was such an awesome superhero! Plus Eve gets some storyline! (I feel like she's been relegated to playing an extra to the rest of the team ever since the mini, which I guess is fair turnabout since they were all JLA archetypes to her heroic ingenue for this four issues...) Oh, and Sara and Zari look so awesome in the cold open! I almost want Hector to succeed just to see that Thelma & Louise biz every month!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9: Freefall #19
Buffy heads back to San Fran, only to find out that a world without magic may soon be a world without anthropomorphized mystical artifacts, specifically Buffy's sister! Will Willow swing in with a solution? Will Billy's research save the day? Or is it curtains for everyone's favorite inter-dimensional Key??? (File that under "Ways Buffy Summers is like Scott Summers") #DawnIsInTrouble #MustBeAWednesday

Demon Knights #18
No Etrigan and Vandal Savage on the tail of the DK for stealing away Jason Blood... With no villains in the fold, how will the Knights fight evil, vampiric fire with evil, demonic fire?

Avengers Arena #6
Woohoo! Anachronism makes the cover! Hopefully that's not the last thing he does on this mortal coil!!!
EDIT: looks like Anachronism is into the ladies, not the dudes. But I did miss that Batman #18, guest starring Cullen Rowe, came out today!

Fearless Defenders #2
Moonstar joins the team! But will it be as an archer or as a Valkyrie???

Ultimate Comics X-Men #24
Fingers crossed that we get some Ultimate Colossus again this issue!

X-treme X-Men #12
So now that Xavier-in-a-bottle is an unholy Nazi sorcerer trinity, what the most kick-as team of X-men going to do to save the universe? (Hint: it plays into X-termination) [Also, point of trivia: this team is one Nocturne away from being perfect.]

Scarlet Betch Episode 73

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Hi folks! We're back this week with a new podcast! We have a lot to dish on this week with SO many good books coming out in the last month. We talk about Harbinger, Young Avengers 1 & 2, Astonishing X-men (and Jen Walters dubious future as an immigration attorney), Uncanny X-men (and how the costumes are OUT! auf weidersen!), Lesbian Awesomesauce in Fearless Defenders, and much much more! Subscribe to our podcast over at the iTunes site, or download it directly HERE!

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