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DC:   Flash #31, 32
         Justice League International Annual #3
         Significance:  Introduces Tasmanian Devil's
lover Joshua Barbazon

         New Guardians #7-12
         Secret Origins #41 (June)
         Significance:  Pied Piper featurette in
"Rogues" issue
         Superman books (incl Maggie/Toby), 
         Wonder Woman Annual #1
         Significance:  
          Hellblazer #19
          Significance:  Simon Hughes (see CBDB.com)
and more Fear Machine stuff
          Sandman #1, 6, 11     


Marvel:      Solo Avengers #20
                 Significance:  This would be the last
appearance ever of the Defender known as Cloud, so we
would never again see a hint of her lesbian attraction
towards Moondragon.
                 Uncanny X-Men #254, 255


Aardvark-Vanaheim:  Cerebus #120 (Mar),
                                 Significance:  This
Jaka's Story installment introduces creator Dave's Sim
homage to our world's "first modern homosexual".  The
character named Oscar is named after
none other than the famous British philosopher and
playwrite(sp??), Oscar Wilde.
                                  121 (Apr) - 125
(Aug),
                                  127 (Oct) - 129
(Dec; definitely appears here 'cording to CBDB.com)


Dark Horse:  DHP #35 (Dec according to both
Darkhorse.com and CBDB.com; Sep according to
comics.org) 

                 
Fantagraphics:                 Love & Rockets #30
                                       Significance: 
Ninety-three Million Miles from the Sun

                                       Notes (to
expand further):  Part 2 of Poison River
                                      
Relevance/Notes:  This issue begins the sequence of
issues of the Hernandez work that features without a
doubt the most collective gay and lesbian content show
throughout the entire run.  It begins with the reunion
between lesbian lovers Maggie and Hopey in this
issue's Ninety-three Million Miles from the Sun.  It
continues through the end of the "Wigwam Bam"
storyline as well as the introduction of Luba's
husband Peter Rio in Gilbert Hernandez's "Poison
River" and "Love and Rockets" storyline, which both
begin next issue.
                                       Follows up on: 
The last time both brothers featured this much gay
content in their collective storylines was in those
issues that were reprinted in TCLaR book 
Duck Feet, issues #17-19, along with one story from
the Love & Rockets special Bonanza.
                                       Collective
relevance rating (not average) for issues #30-39:  8.5
                                       31
                                       Significance: 
Introduction of gay/bi characters Blas and Salas, Mike
and Kristen Niznick, and Maya.  Continuation of the
story of runaway lovers Maricela and Riri, who left
Palomar because of the homophobia of Maricela's mother
Luba.
                                       Notes (to
expand further): Part 3 of Poison River
                                       32
                                      Love & Rockets
Bonanza 1 (Mar)
                                      Significance: 
Contains a 6 page story which shows us a glimpse at
the childhood of Israel Diaz, one of the many Palomar
characters, but definitely the only bisexual male
character.

First:  Sable #14 (Apr)
         Significance:  Grey appears in an X-mas tale;
 he mentions that although he was lucky enough to have
his parents accept his sexuality, friends of his
weren't, and so he
will spend the holidays with them, celebrating their
own makeshift family.
         Sable #20 (Oct), 21 (Nov)
         Significance:  Grey returns, and in style. 
There is a major gay themed storyline in issue #21 in
which a gay espionage agent (or something) tricks Grey
into falling in love with him in order to get a head
up on Jon Sable.  
         

HMI:       Tales of the Closet #4



Thoughts and Images:    The Desert Peach #2 (Feb)
                                     Significance: 
This issue is where we first find out that Pfirsich is
engaged, though we don't find out his name till a
later issue.
                                     3 (Aug)



Important Note:  ATDNSIN and Northstar, two gay-themed
comic book APA's (Amateur Press Association) are both
founded this year.


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