Peter David’s X-Factor, 45 – a best-selling X-Men related title – goes where no D.C. or Marvel Comic has gone before: the issue features mainstream comics’ first same-sex kiss between Rictor and Shatterstar.
Though their relationship has been hinted at throughout the series, the panel confirms their deeper feelings, and David is quick to reassure that “no, it├óΓé¼Γäós not a fake out. A number of people seem to be concerned that Star is still under Cortex├óΓé¼Γäós control. Or that Rictor is going to freak out the next panel and say, ‘Dude, what the hell?’ That would be cheap. I don├óΓé¼Γäót do cheap. Okay, sometimes I do, but not this time. I├óΓé¼Γäóm not interested in having people say, ‘Peter David introduced this and then chickened out.'”
Good for him!
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