Characters from Independent superhero stories (GAY COMIX/GAY COMICS only):

Gay:

Pride; Conlin, Trent; The Mask; Major Power; and Spunky

Lesbian:

Cerebral Girl, Gravity Babe, IronWoman, and Foxfire

Characters from comic/cartoon strips:

Gay:

Chris, Brian, and Li (All in TOUGH LOVE)
Billy; Arden, Yves; De Lafayette, Andre'; Cartier, Roman (All in POPPERS)
ETHAN GREEN
LEONARD & LARRY
JAYSON
LIVING WITH ADAM
Craig, Kevin, Benjy, Bo, Vance, Jay, and Robb (All in 881 MIDTOWN COURT)
HARRY CHESS, THAT MAN FROM A.U.N.T.I.E.
Akbar and Jeff (From LIFE IS HELL)
LITTLE ANNIE FANNY
MISS THING
Eric, Joey, David, Miguel, Matisse, and Lou (All in A COUPLE OF GUYS)
Lawrence (From FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE)
David and Theo (Both in
HONESTLY ETHEL)

Lesbian:

Mo, Harriet, Lois, Ginger, Sparrow, Sydney, Thea, Jezanna, Toni, and Clarice (All in DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR)
SEE JANE
Marti (From 881 MIDTOWN COURT)
Sue and Simone (Both in A COUPLE OF GUYS)

Characters from "original" Image titles:

Gay/bisexual:

Phil Dirt (SAVAGE DRAGON #10)
Ira (FRIENDS OF MAXX #2)
Apollo and Midnighter (STORMWATCH [second series] #4)

Lesbian/bisexual:

Rainmaker (GEN 13 [second series] #2) and Daphne (GEN 13 [second series] #5)
Gladys the Badass (HELLCOP #2)
"Megan" (MAXX #31)
Claudia, the Angelus Queen (THE DARKNESS #5)

Characters from "imported" Image titles:

Gay/bisexual:

Rieken and D'mer (Both in A DISTANT SOIL story in ELFQUEST [first series] #16)

Lesbian/bisexual:

Katchoo (STRANGERS IN PARADISE [first series] #1), Darcy Parker (STRANGERS IN PARADISE [second series] #1), and Emma (STRANGERS IN PARADISE [second series] #3)
Shane, Amanda (CYBERZONE #1), and Chela (CYBERZONE #1)

Characters from Malibu superhero titles:

Gay/bisexual:

TurboCharge (PRIME (first series) #24)
Spectral (STRANGERS #5)

Lesbian/bisexual:

Electrocute (MANTRA #12) and Pinnacle (MANTRA #20)
Pressure (FREEX #16)

"Ozmagendered" and "Ranmagendered: (Ranmagendered = when characters change gender using magic, alien science, or other metaphysical means back and forth from male to female, but only when they have flirtations or sexual encounters with another character while they are in that state; otherwise they are listed as transgendered):

Mantra, from the first series of the same name

Characters from Slave Labor titles:

Gay:

Pall Blighter (BREAKNECK BLVD. [first series] #2); Cole, Wallace (BREAKNECK BLVD. #0); and Lawson, Martin (BREAKNECK BLVD. #5);
Laine, Mike; Kelly, Paris (Both in THE COPYBOOK TALES #3)
Randall, Steven (THE WAITING PLACE #3)

Lesbian:

Bridges, Kiki; and Star (Both in BREAKNECK BLVD [first series] #2)

Characters from miscellaneous independent superhero stories:

Gay:

Midnight Mink (BRAT PACK #1) and Chippy (BRAT PACK #4)
George (ZOT! #34)
Fast Forward (TRAGIC HEROES #2)
Rhesus (REIKI WARRIORS #1)
Go-Go Boy (GO-GO BOY #1)
Devlin Waugh (JUDGE DREDD MAGAZINE [second series] #1)

Bisexual:

Miracleman (MIRACLEMAN #24) (male)
Ghost (
GHOST #19) (female)

Lesbian:

Immola (OH... #1), Diabolique (Immola story in GAY COMICS #20), Cuffs, Sphynx, Kovis, and Black Friday (All from OH...)
Terry; and Singer, Pamela (Both in ZOT! #33)
Lady Arcane (CHAMPIONS [first series] #3), Flare (CHAMPIONS [first series] #3), Black Enchantress, and Tigress (Both in CHAMPIONS [second series])
Fremont, Tara (FEMFORCE #15)
Invisible Lesbian (GO-GO BOY #3)
Browning, Ruth (MIRACLEMAN #21)
Sorenson, Professor Therese, Queenie, and Strand (All three in
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #35)

Characters from independent fantasy stories:

Gay:

Robbie (OMAHA THE CAT DANCER #2) and Rik (OMAHA THE CAT DANCER #7)
Suu (From HOTSPUR)
Oscar Wilde (CEREBUS #120)
Marcus, Alex, and Ricky (All in ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODIES)

Bisexual:

Omaha the Cat Dancer (female); Follette, JoAnne (female; both in OMAHA THE CAT DANCER #1), and the woman in the wheelchair (also from OMAHA THE CAT DANCER [first series]) (female duh!)
Dart (male), Kimo (male; both in ELFQUEST: NEW BLOOD #22), Skot (male), Krim (female), Pike (male), Cutter (male), and Skywise (male; all from ELFQUEST)
Shanda (female; from SHANDA THE PANDA)
Purgatori (female; PURGATORI: THE VAMPIRE MYTH PREVIEW)
Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose (female; from #6 of the title of the same name)
Daniel King (male; from ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODIES)

Lesbian:

Terri Snow the Cricket and Pandora (Both from SHANDA THE PANDA)
Licorice Dust and Boo Cat (both in TAROT: WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #6)



Miscellaneous GLBTOR-oriented Independents or Independents with Recurring GLBTOR Characters:

QUEER BOYS (Todd, Steve, and Hope Garlick)
KRONIKLE KOMIX (Addison)
LOVE & ROCKETS

Major: Hopey Glass,
Maggie Chascarillo,
Terry Downe, #2
Maya, #30
Israel, (Mechanics)
Maricela, #23
Riri, #23
Steve (X)

Minor: Pam,
Nan Tucker (mother) & Jewel (daughter),
Marcos,
Santiago,
Kristen,
Mrs. Watkins and Jenny,
Alphonso,
Rosa

HOTHEAD PAISAN, featuring the character of the same name
TAROT: WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE (Boo Cat, Licorice Dust, and Tarot, the last of which is bi)
NAUGHTY BITS (Bitchy Butch)
SAVAGE LOVE (Dan Savage)
TALES OF THE CLOSET (Vega, Tony; Ryan, Mary; Karras, Ben; Scotland; Hooks, Kyle; Mancini, Shorty; Chin, Jenny; Sinclair, Ramona; Joey; Anna; Imelda; Wilson; and Pagan, Paradisio, the last of which, is bisexual)
STEVEN'S COMICS (Fitzpatrick, Steven; Kanakis, Christopher; Reece, Kit)
HARDTHROB, featuring Cochran, Coley, who is bi, btw (Also featuring LaRue, Harry; Jerry; Ortega, Joey; O'Hara, Douglas; Valdosta; Stewart, Ashley; Brady, Jack; Steve; and Cameron, Kit, the last of which is bi)
WHITE LIKE SHE (Albert, Luther; and Scwartz, Louella)
WENDEL, featuring the character of the same name (Also featuring Ollie, Sterno, Deb, Tina, Glenn, Cyril, Sawyer, Ramon, Duncan, Murph, and Shirl)
LEATHERBOY, featuring the character of the same name
THE DESERT PEACH (Pfirsch Rommel and Rosen Kavalier)
GO-GO BOY, featuring the character of the same name
JON SABLE, FREELANCE (Adler, Grey; Forrest; Benu, Ahmed)
THE MASKED MAN (McAllister, Barney)
DOC & RAIDER
STEWART THE RAT (The Dope Fairy and Feminox)
SCOUT (Carver, Laura; Winter, Rosa; and Glansman, Avner)
GRIMJACK (Gregory, Leon)
PHAZE (Artemis John)
THE ASSASSIN AND THE WHINER (Carrie)
FROM EROICA WITH LOVE (Dorian Red Gloria)
LILIANE
CHOSEN FAMILY by Noreen Stevens
BRADY'S CORNER by David Brady

Single Independent issues with GLBT storylines:

ACTION GIRL COMICS #13 (Bunny the Good L'il Witch)
GLOOM COOKIE #10
NEXUS #10 (Peale, Sundra and DeSmoot, Jilquoix)

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