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John Byrne
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Posted: 11 April 2025 at 1:32pm \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

Nope. Aside from establishing male companions from time to time, I didn’t plan to portray Northstar differently from anybody else.

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Dave Kopperman
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Posted: 11 April 2025 at 1:42pm \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

A remarkably progressive approach, even with forty years hindsight.

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Vinny Valenti
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Posted: 11 April 2025 at 9:51pm \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

I recall you having a gay couple in TRIO/TRIPLE HELIX and it was handled just as matter-of-factly.

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Houston Mitchell
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Posted: 12 April 2025 at 2:12am \| IP Logged \| 4	post reply

I started reading Alpha Flight when I was a pre-teen, 11 or 12. Left when JB left. I remember reading much later that Northstar was gay, how JB had sort of hinted at it, etc. I was surprised. Went back and read it at 20, and it was all there. It really taught me a lesson on writing for multiple audience levels at once without insulting any of them. Really well done.

I salute you, sir.

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