DC and Marvel Comics will celebrate Pride Month with comics featuring their queer characters

The companies both announced that they will launch LGBTQ anthologies in June.

Here’s what we know so far.

The DC Pride comic is 80 pages long and features many of their recognizable characters that fans know and love, including Batwoman, Renee Montoya, Alan Scott, Midnighter, Apollo, Extraño, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, according to the comic book company.

“DC Pride # 1 will (also) include full-page profiles of DCTV’s LGBTQIA + characters and the actors who play them,” the press release said.

“Fans of The CW’s Supergirl will be thrilled to see the first cartoon appearance of Dreamer, a transgender superhero, in a story written by actress Nicole Maines, who plays Nia Nal / Dreamer on Supergirl.”

As part of its overall Pride plans, DC said it will also release the GLAAD Media Award-nominated comic “Suicide Squad: Bad Blood” by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo on April 27, DC’s gothic LGBTQIA + romance “Poison Ivy: Thorns “by Kody Keplinger and Sara Kipin on June 1st and a graphic novel for young adults by Mariko Tamaki and Yoshi Yoshitani called” I Am Not Starfire “on July 27th.

Marvel features the stories of many recognizable characters

“Marvel’s Voices: Pride # 1” will be released on June 23, and it will be “Marvel’s first queer-centered special focusing on Marvel’s growing tapestry of LGBTQ + characters,” according to the company.

The graphic novel will feature the stories of many recognizable characters, including Mystique and Destiny, Nico Minoru and Karolina Dean, Iceman, Daken and Karma. The book will also revisit some of Marvel’s groundbreaking moments and explore the history of LGBTQ + inclusion and storytelling at Marvel Comics, according to the company.

“It blew me away when I found out that this special was put together,” Marvel artist Luciano Vecchio said in a statement. “Something that not so long ago seemed to be a wild dream is finally happening!”

“I think this is one of the history-making test pieces for LGBTQ + representation in Marvel, one of those moments that sets the bar higher and starts a lasting paradigm shift, and I’m just grateful to be so lucky to be asked to contribute to it. ”

Marvel has also highlighted other unique characters in individual comics such as “Marvel Voices: Indigenous Voices” and “Marvel’s Voices: Legacy.”

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