Rainbow cover DC Pride 2022

Here’s Every DC and Marvel Comic Releasing for Pride Month 2022

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Comics books have been a welcome home for LGBTQ+ fans for a while now. Back in 1988, DC had their first openly gay character, Extraño. A few years later, in 1992, Marvel published an emotional issue of Alpha Flight. In the comic, Northstar revealed he was gay. Later, Northstar would have the first gay wedding in Marvel history. But although they had LGBTQ+ characters, it wasn’t until the past few years that the major comic publishers fully embraced their pride. Recently, both publishers announced all the titles commemorating Pride 2022.

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Both Marvel and DC will put out a new Pride anthology. Each issue will be around 100 pages of new content. DC Pride 2022 lists at least seven new mini-stories featuring Aquaman/Jackson Hyde, Superman, Tim Drake, and everyone’s favorite chaotic couple—Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn.

Following the same theme, Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1 will also have about seven different mini-stories. The Young Avengers team reunites in this special issue. Other stories feature Moondragon, Somnus (introduced in last year’s Pride issue), and Hercules.

Officially, LGBTQ+ Pride month is June, so many of the comics don’t release until then. However, some titles are kicking off new series starring LGBTQ+ characters. And Marvel will release eight Pride variant covers of current titles featuring some of the more famous LGBTQ+ characters as well. Here is a complete list of DC and Marvel’s Pride-related releases.

DC Comics

Poison Ivy Harley Quinn variant cover for DC Pride Anthology

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Crush & Lobo #10 (May 17th)

Galaxy: The Prettiest Star (May 17th) – Graphic Novel

Aquaman: The Becoming #7 (May 24th)

Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 2 (May 24th) – Trade Paperback

Midnighter: The Complete Collection (May 24th) – Trade Paperback

DC Pride 2021 #1 (May 31st) – Annual One-Shot

Superman: Son of Kal-El Vol. 1: The Truth (May 31st) – Trade Paperback

Poison Ivy #1 (June 7th) – New Series

Nubia: Queen of the Amazons #1 (June 7th) – New Series

Multiversity: Teen Justice #1 (6/7) – New Series

DC Pride: Tim Drake Special #1 (June 14th) – One-Shot

Doom Patrol by Rachel Pollack Omnibus (July 5th) – Trade Paperback

Harley Quinn: The Animated Series–The Eat. Bang! Kill Tour Vol. 1 (August 30th) – Trade Paperback

Marvel Comics

Valkyrie Marvel Pride 2022

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Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #1 (June 1st) – New Series/Pride Variant Cover of Aaron Fischer

X-Men #12 (June 1st) – Pride Variant Cover of Daken

Thor #26 (June 8th) – Pride Variant Cover of Valkyrie/RÅ«na

Avengers Forever #7 (June 15th) – Pride Variant Cover of Somnus

Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1 (June 15th) – Annual One-Shot

Marauders #4 (June 22nd) – Pride Variant Cover of Iceman

Immortal X-Men #4 (June 29th) – Pride Variant Cover of Destiny

New Mutants #27 (June 29th) – Pride Variant Cover of Karma

Thunderbolts #2 (June 29th) – Pride Variant Cover of America Chavez

I’m counting down the days until I can get my hands on all the new Poison Ivy issues. Leave a comment to let us know the comic you’re most excited about!

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