Hero Ingredients

This year's Marvel Voices: Pride more new mutants, and heroes introduces symbioses PAPPE

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AFTER 2021’S inaugural Marvel Voices: Pride, described by editor Sarah Brunstad as “pure celebration and joy”, and a 2022 edition dedicated to debuting new gay heroes, next month’s third annual one-shot is aimed at solidifying the anthology’s status as “an essential read”, bringing in even more new characters and tying into other recent storylines, including the likes of Love Unlimited: Gwenpool.

“I really try to represent a range of queer identities, both with the casting and the character choices,” Brunstad tells Red Alert. “And importantly, I want folks who love comics, who actively want to be in this space in particular.”

Brunstad has also hired several creators better known outside comics, such as author Sarah Gailey (Hugo nominated for 2017’s River Of Teeth), who with artist Bailie Rosenlund sends the Black Cat to New Orleans; The Sandman showrunner Shadi Petosky, who takes on Wiccan and Hulkling; and