Founding X-Men Member Revealed As Having A Personal Life In All New X-Men #40
Rumors have been swirling online recently concerning the personal history of a founding member of the X-Men. It all began after a leaked issue of Wednesday’s All-New X-Men #40. In the issue, a conversation is shown between two teammates where it’s revealed that the character in question has a personal life that they’ve kept a secret this whole time.
I see that the internet is being the internet and falsely spoiling this week’s issue of All New X-men. read it yourself, not skewed spoilers
— BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (@BRIANMBENDIS) April 20, 2015
i swear on my dogs, i wanted the issue to come out and just be. no press. no sensational headlines. no leaks. oh, well.
— BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (@BRIANMBENDIS) April 21, 2015
***Spoilers ahead***
However it now seems that rumors surrounding this week’s All-New X-Men #40 are true. Founding X-Man Bobby Drake/Iceman (at least the past version of himself brought forward in time in All-New X-Men‘s launch) – is revealed to be gay.
The pages in question (of which one is pictured) show Jean Grey taking a minute with Bobby to call him out on comments made earlier. Grey then reveals she used her telepathy to read his mind and learned that Drake may have been overcompensating to hide his sexuality. After initially denying it by pointing out that interestingly enough, his older self isn’t gay, Drake and Grey come to their own conclusions.
All-New X-Men #40 hits shelves tomorrow 22nd April, 2015.
