WRITER EXCLUSIVE
Rainbow Warriors
New LGBTQ+ heroes Somnus and the Captain America of the Railways are standing proud in the Marvel Universe
► SCI-FACT!
Despite a ban on such characters, JM DeMatteis introduced Steve Rogers’s gay friend Arnie Roth in 1982’s Captain America #270.
WHILE LGBTQ+ CHARACTERS have long been a vital part of the Marvel Universe, two new ones are now being added to those rainbow ranks. While merry mutant Somnus debuted in the recent Marvel Voices: Pride anthology, queer teen Aaron Fischer is one of several new Captain Americas from different social backgrounds who debut in The United States Of Captain America.