When "Marvel Voices: Pride #1" is released next month, two new mutant transgender superheroes, and their flying turtle, will be taking their first steps into the Marvel Universe.

Shela Sexton, also known as Escapade, and her best friend and fellow transgender mutant hero Morgan Red will embark on a "high-flying, yet intensely personal mission," Marvel Comics announced this week. The duo will be accompanied by a genetically modified flying turtle named Hibbert, who they "liberated" from a laboratory.

Speaking with Marvel, Escapade co-creator Charlie Jane Anders described Shela as "a cool weirdo," who's "a total goofball," with a "profound loyalty to her friends."

Where and when will this ridiculousness end,

tugboat wrote:

^^ not even a film version as of yet. Good old fashioned 100% illustrated comic book. Though your point remains. Parents are the reason I didn't have a massive stash of Playboys as a teenager

Sunoverbeach wrote:

When I was a youngin', my comic books were all toxically masculine as God intended. 🦸‍♂️

RayR wrote:

Who remembers the ambiguously gay duo ?

Gary & Ace

Those guys were ahead of their time.

Dg west deptford wrote:

I remember the ads for that movie, I think it was Men in Tights.

bgz wrote:

Ghey!

clintCigar wrote:

^^ not even a film version as of yet. Good old fashioned 100% illustrated comic book. Though your point remains. Parents are the reason I didn't have a massive stash of Playboys as a teenager

Sunoverbeach wrote: