Random Best Queer Comic Book Characters (20 items)

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  (#12) Apollo

  Not the Greek god, but close to it, Andrew Pulaski is one of the more powerful members of Stormwatch and The Authority. Husband to Midnighter, Apollo's powers, as his name might suggest, are tied to his ability to absorb solar energy and convert it into super strength, speed, flight, and energy blasts. He's basically Superman, with the major difference being his wildly disparate moral compass.
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  (#14) Alan Scott

  Alan Scott, the first Green Lantern in comics and the resident Green Lantern of Earth 2, came out as gay in 2012. While this came with the New 52 wave of storyline consolidations and changes across the brand, it can be argued that Scott's revelation was among the largest.

  Not only was this a major change to a character who's been around since 1940, but the Green Lantern titles also just came off of one of their most successful runs prior to the New 52's launch. The publicity surrounding headlines reading "The Green Lantern is Gay" created a much needed buzz for some of the less main stream titles released with the New 52, namely Earth 2. 
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  (#17) Cassandra

  Cassandra is one of the main characters in The Wicked and The Divine – a series about spoiled deities – and a critical human journalist who also happens to be a trans-woman. Oh, and later on she becomes a god because comics are awesome. So she's a trans-woman, trans-god who's phenomenally well-written and rendered with gorgeous artwork. Have you bought this yet? If not, you're missing out. 
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  (#10) Karolina Dean

  • Runaways

  Once operating under the name Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, our first time meeting Karolina Dean is in The Runaways, an amazing book by Brian K. Vaughn, Adrian Alphona, and Takeshi Miyazawa.

  Karolina, unbeknownst to her, is an alien who was brought to Earth when her parents were exiled from their home planet for criminal activities. They're also actors on General Hospital. With powers that allow her to manipulate solar radiation, light, and the ability to fly, Karolina is a force to be reckoned with.  
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  (#4) Wonder Woman

  After decades of speculation, Greg Rucka finally confirmed in an interview with Comicosity that Wonder Woman, Diana Prince, is what most would identify as bisexual. Diana's potential bisexuality has been a subject for speculation for as long as queer people have read comics, dating back to the 1940s with William Moulton Marston's first iterations of the character.

  Rucka's take (and Grant Morrison's in Earth One for that matter) on Diana and the rest of the Amazons is logical. A paradise island society inhabited by women for thousands of years, in essence, is fueled by same-sex relationships. And not because of perceived necessity which is often represented in media, where women are forced into mono-gender living situations like prisons, but because of the genuine love and affection that developed between the characters.
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  (#5) Wiccan

  Billy Kaplan, AKA Wiccan, is the son of Scarlet Witch and Vision who almost didn't exist. Way back in Avengers: West Coast #52, it's revealed that Wanda Maximoff was so desperate to have children, she unknowingly warped reality. She created her twin sons with two fragments of a shattered demon's soul, causing them to vanish when the demon reassembled itself.

  Billy was adopted by the Kaplans, and was a victim of bullying in his youth because of his orientation. This led to a confrontation with another student, revealing his mutant powers. He becomes a member of the Young Avengers where he meets Teddy Altman, AKA Hulkling, AKA the love of his young life.

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