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A review by monitaroymohan
Iceman by Sina Grace
5.0
Oh my gawd, I loved this book sooooo much. I’ve always had a soft spot for Iceman - that might have been my sister’s fault, because she’s always been a big fan of him - but this book really made him relevant and relatable.
When I’d read about young Iceman finding out about his homosexuality it made me wonder how older Bobby would feel and whether the Marvel creators would go down the route of adult Bobby exploring this part of his identity. Sina Grace does such a splendid job of exploring the life of an adult man with a conservative upbringing dealing with his sexuality. It’s really all warm and fuzzy and so cute.
I just love Bobby in this series, and I think he’s helped by the enormous group of friends that are always around him. It’s especially great that Grace kept a few interactions between Bobby and Angel - because those two were always close in the original X-Men comics and readers deserved to see how their friendship has evolved. It’s also funny that little Warren knows that the two Bobbys think older Warren is cute - who the hell wouldn’t? Blue or not, he’s Angel.
I kind of miss how Bobby’s parents were wonderfully supportive of his superhero gig in earlier comics, but there are central conflicts required in this book so it made sense to make them antagonists. But they come around, and that’s the important part.
Also, this Bobby and Daken thing - those two have something going on and as much as I don’t like Daken, I want to see these two in action again.
All in all, we need more comics like this. What we also need is more comics that explore and engage with diverse audiences. It’s great and such an important message to everybody that being different is normal, and being yourself is the best.
When I’d read about young Iceman finding out about his homosexuality it made me wonder how older Bobby would feel and whether the Marvel creators would go down the route of adult Bobby exploring this part of his identity. Sina Grace does such a splendid job of exploring the life of an adult man with a conservative upbringing dealing with his sexuality. It’s really all warm and fuzzy and so cute.
I just love Bobby in this series, and I think he’s helped by the enormous group of friends that are always around him. It’s especially great that Grace kept a few interactions between Bobby and Angel - because those two were always close in the original X-Men comics and readers deserved to see how their friendship has evolved. It’s also funny that little Warren knows that the two Bobbys think older Warren is cute - who the hell wouldn’t? Blue or not, he’s Angel.
I kind of miss how Bobby’s parents were wonderfully supportive of his superhero gig in earlier comics, but there are central conflicts required in this book so it made sense to make them antagonists. But they come around, and that’s the important part.
Also, this Bobby and Daken thing - those two have something going on and as much as I don’t like Daken, I want to see these two in action again.
All in all, we need more comics like this. What we also need is more comics that explore and engage with diverse audiences. It’s great and such an important message to everybody that being different is normal, and being yourself is the best.