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* ''ComicBook/AssociatedStudentBodies'': Back in the 1990s, this was the first significantly successful gay Furry comic. So much so, that later Furry Comics are a significant improvement if they can [[AvertedTrope avert]] predictable comparisons to being "''ASB'' [[RecycledWithAGimmick with X]]". Though groundbreaking at the time, it [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny has not aged well]] compared to newer even more successful gay Furry Comics, and new fanart seldom appears anymore. Nevertheless, considering how influential it has been, reading ''ASB'' is still something of a gay furry comics reading rite of passage.
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* ''ComicBook/AssociatedStudentBodies'': Back in the 1990s, this was the first significantly successful gay Furry comic. So much so, that later Furry Comics are a significant improvement if they can [[AvertedTrope avert]] predictable comparisons to being "''ASB'' [[RecycledWithAGimmick with X]]". Though groundbreaking at the time, it [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny [[OnceOriginalNowCommon has not aged well]] compared to newer even more successful gay Furry Comics, and new fanart seldom appears anymore. Nevertheless, considering how influential it has been, reading ''ASB'' is still something of a gay furry comics reading rite of passage.
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** Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{the Joker}} get so much subtext in canon material that fans don’t really need to change a ton for their substantial fanfic.
** Most of Creator/GailSimone's comics, but especially ''Comicbook/BirdsOfPrey'' due to ComicBook/BlackCanary and Oracle's PseudoRomanticFriendship and AmbiguouslyBi behavior, and ''Comicbook/SecretSix'', the latter especially due to the presence of several canonically queer characters and their relationships. (''Birds of Prey'' is notable for having had an LGBT fanbase under original writer Creator/ChuckDixon as well.)
** Most of Creator/GailSimone's comics, but especially ''Comicbook/BirdsOfPrey'' due to ComicBook/BlackCanary and Oracle's PseudoRomanticFriendship and AmbiguouslyBi behavior, and ''Comicbook/SecretSix'', the latter especially due to the presence of several canonically queer characters and their relationships. (''Birds of Prey'' is notable for having had an LGBT fanbase under original writer Creator/ChuckDixon as well.)
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** Franchise/{{Batman}} ComicBook/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{the Joker}} get so much subtext in canon material that fans don’t really need to change a ton for their substantial fanfic.
** Most of Creator/GailSimone's comics, but especially''Comicbook/BirdsOfPrey'' ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' due to ComicBook/BlackCanary and Oracle's PseudoRomanticFriendship and AmbiguouslyBi behavior, and ''Comicbook/SecretSix'', ''ComicBook/SecretSix'', the latter especially due to the presence of several canonically queer characters and their relationships. (''Birds of Prey'' is notable for having had an LGBT fanbase under original writer Creator/ChuckDixon as well.)
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** ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' put ''ComicBook/BoosterGold'' and ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' in this category. They squabbled a lot, as one might imagine in a series PlayedForLaughs.
** Franchise/WonderWoman's long been heavily implied to be bisexual; however, DC [[HideYourLesbians never made it explicit]] until the 2010s. Even before that, she was a popular LGBT icon due to the HomoeroticSubtext in her comics.
* ''Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}'' gained one of these. Probably due to his HoYay moments with Cable, or his Omnisexuality.
** Franchise/WonderWoman's long been heavily implied to be bisexual; however, DC [[HideYourLesbians never made it explicit]] until the 2010s. Even before that, she was a popular LGBT icon due to the HomoeroticSubtext in her comics.
* ''Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}'' gained one of these. Probably due to his HoYay moments with Cable, or his Omnisexuality.
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** ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' put ''ComicBook/BoosterGold'' and ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' in this category. They squabbled a lot, as one might imagine in a series PlayedForLaughs.
**Franchise/WonderWoman's ComicBook/WonderWoman's long been heavily implied to be bisexual; however, DC [[HideYourLesbians never made it explicit]] until the 2010s. Even before that, she was a popular LGBT icon due to the HomoeroticSubtext in her comics.
*''Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' gained one of these. Probably due to his HoYay moments with Cable, or his Omnisexuality.
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* ''Comicbook/ScottPilgrim'' has one. Every major character - with the exclusion of Young Neil - has had some sort of gay or homoerotic experience, including the protagonist himself.
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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' has a large gay fandom, especially when paired with ComicBook/{{Venom}}.
* ''Comicbook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', due to having a Transformer confirmed as in a homosexual (for a borderline-OneGenderRace definition) relationship with a fellow Transformer, Chromedome and Rewind, both of them from ''[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Generation 1]]'' and their relationship was a major plot for the comic and their development. The large amount of HoYay between the unconfirmed Transformers are just a bonus. By the end of its sequel series ''Lost Light'', there are several other same-gender relationships, including canonizing a couple fan-favourite ships, and introducing a pair of transgender femmes in a relationship with each other.
* ''Comicbook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', due to having a Transformer confirmed as in a homosexual (for a borderline-OneGenderRace definition) relationship with a fellow Transformer, Chromedome and Rewind, both of them from ''[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Generation 1]]'' and their relationship was a major plot for the comic and their development. The large amount of HoYay between the unconfirmed Transformers are just a bonus. By the end of its sequel series ''Lost Light'', there are several other same-gender relationships, including canonizing a couple fan-favourite ships, and introducing a pair of transgender femmes in a relationship with each other.
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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' has a large gay fandom, especially when paired with ComicBook/{{Venom}}.
*''Comicbook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', due to having a Transformer confirmed as in a homosexual (for a borderline-OneGenderRace definition) relationship with a fellow Transformer, Chromedome and Rewind, both of them from ''[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Generation 1]]'' and their relationship was a major plot for the comic and their development. The large amount of HoYay between the unconfirmed Transformers are just a bonus. By the end of its sequel series ''Lost Light'', there are several other same-gender relationships, including canonizing a couple fan-favourite ships, and introducing a pair of transgender femmes in a relationship with each other.
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* [[CastFullOfGay Considering the vast majority of the cast is queer]], and the protagonist is bi, it's not at all surprising that ''Comicbook/TheWickedAndTheDivine'' has a very large queer fanbase.
* A lot of LGBT comic book readers love ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'', thanks to canon couple Hulking and Wiccan. Though they aren't the only ones: Volume 2 made Tommy and David a couple and had lesbian America and fluid Loki join the team. Kate even mentions that she's probably the only straight member on the team - cue America's response "girl, you aren't ''that'' straight."
* A lot of LGBT comic book readers love ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'', thanks to canon couple Hulking and Wiccan. Though they aren't the only ones: Volume 2 made Tommy and David a couple and had lesbian America and fluid Loki join the team. Kate even mentions that she's probably the only straight member on the team - cue America's response "girl, you aren't ''that'' straight."
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* [[CastFullOfGay Considering the vast majority of the cast is queer]], and the protagonist is bi, it's not at all surprising that ''Comicbook/TheWickedAndTheDivine'' ''ComicBook/TheWickedAndTheDivine'' has a very large queer fanbase.
* A lot of LGBT comic book readers love''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'', ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'', thanks to canon couple Hulking and Wiccan. Though they aren't the only ones: Volume 2 made Tommy and David a couple and had lesbian America and fluid Loki join the team. Kate even mentions that she's probably the only straight member on the team - cue America's response "girl, you aren't ''that'' straight."
* A lot of LGBT comic book readers love
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** After Creator/BrianMichaelBendis outed teen Iceman, [=adult/regular timeline=] {{ComicBook/Iceman}} had two limited series focusing on his coming out, making him the oldest gay character in the X-Men, being one of the original five.
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** After Creator/BrianMichaelBendis outed teen Iceman, [=adult/regular timeline=] {{ComicBook/Iceman}} ComicBook/{{Iceman|MarvelComics}} had two limited series focusing on his coming out, making him the oldest gay character in the X-Men, being one of the original five.
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* ''ComicBook/AssociatedStudentBodies'': Back in the 1990s, this was the first significantly successful gay FurryComic. So much so, that later Furry Comics are a significant improvement if they can [[AvertedTrope avert]] predictable comparisons to being "''ASB'' [[RecycledInSpace with X]]". Though groundbreaking at the time, it [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny has not aged well]] compared to newer even more successful gay Furry Comics, and new fanart seldom appears anymore. Nevertheless, considering how influential it has been, reading ''ASB'' is still something of a gay furry comics reading rite of passage.
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* ''ComicBook/AssociatedStudentBodies'': Back in the 1990s, this was the first significantly successful gay FurryComic. Furry comic. So much so, that later Furry Comics are a significant improvement if they can [[AvertedTrope avert]] predictable comparisons to being "''ASB'' [[RecycledInSpace [[RecycledWithAGimmick with X]]". Though groundbreaking at the time, it [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny has not aged well]] compared to newer even more successful gay Furry Comics, and new fanart seldom appears anymore. Nevertheless, considering how influential it has been, reading ''ASB'' is still something of a gay furry comics reading rite of passage.
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** Most male X-Men are sufficiently buff to have a significant amount of BaraGenre-style fanart of them. While {{Wolverine}} is far and away the most popular subject of this, as mentioned below, [[NinetiesAntiHero Cable]], [[GentleGiant Colossus]], [[GeniusBruiser Beast]] and [[StandardizedLeader Cyclops]] get quite a bit as well, and even the more lithely-built ones like [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Gambit]], [[WingedHumanoid Angel]], and [[AnIcePerson Iceman]] get their share of bara-styled fanworks.
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** Most male X-Men are sufficiently buff to have a significant amount of BaraGenre-style fanart of them. While {{Wolverine}} ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is far and away the most popular subject of this, as mentioned below, [[NinetiesAntiHero Cable]], [[GentleGiant Colossus]], [[GeniusBruiser Beast]] and [[StandardizedLeader Cyclops]] get quite a bit as well, and even the more lithely-built ones like [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Gambit]], [[WingedHumanoid Angel]], and [[AnIcePerson Iceman]] get their share of bara-styled fanworks.
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*** In 2020, Kitty was confirmed to be bisexual, which also helps.
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*** In 2020, Kitty was confirmed to be bisexual, followed by Rachel in 2022 (heralded by Rachel kissing [[spoiler: Betsy]] in Otherworld, which also helps.led to the two of them being surrounded by rainbow butterflies - and got immediate LampshadeHanging).
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** PlayedForDrama in ''ComicBook/TheBoys'', where the Nightwing stand-in goes around delivering preachy tolerance messages but is secretly a homophobe, to the point of tossing a fan who'd declared his flame off a building.
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** Most of Creator/GailSimone's comics, but especially ''Comicbook/BirdsOfPrey'' due to ComicBook/BlackCanary and Oracle's RomanticTwoGirlFriendship and AmbiguouslyBi behavior, and ''Comicbook/SecretSix'', the latter especially due to the presence of several canonically queer characters and their relationships. (''Birds of Prey'' is notable for having had an LGBT fanbase under original writer Creator/ChuckDixon as well.)
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** Most of Creator/GailSimone's comics, but especially ''Comicbook/BirdsOfPrey'' due to ComicBook/BlackCanary and Oracle's RomanticTwoGirlFriendship PseudoRomanticFriendship and AmbiguouslyBi behavior, and ''Comicbook/SecretSix'', the latter especially due to the presence of several canonically queer characters and their relationships. (''Birds of Prey'' is notable for having had an LGBT fanbase under original writer Creator/ChuckDixon as well.)
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** Due to strong women being traditionally praised by the gay community, several female X-Men have huge LGBT followings as well. Storm, Jean Grey, Rogue, and Shadowcat in particular stand out the most in this regard.
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** Due to strong women being traditionally praised by the gay community, several female X-Men have huge LGBT followings as well. Storm, Jean Grey, Rogue, and Shadowcat in particular stand out the most in this regard.regard - Shadowcat in particular is a LauncherOfAThousandShips, being particularly paired with Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik (who bequeathed Kitty her Soulsword - yep, part of her literal soul) and ComicBook/RachelSummers, who was referred to by her and Kitty's creator, Creator/ChrisClaremont, as "the love of Kitty's life" and there has been a consistent LesYay streak through their interactions.
*** In 2020, Kitty was confirmed to be bisexual, which also helps.
*** In 2020, Kitty was confirmed to be bisexual, which also helps.
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* A lot of LGBT comic book readers love ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'', thanks to canon couple Hulking and Wiccan. Though they aren't the only ones: Volume 2 made Tommy and David a couple and had lesbian America and fluid Loki join the team. Kate even mentions that she's probably the only straight member on the team.
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* A lot of LGBT comic book readers love ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'', thanks to canon couple Hulking and Wiccan. Though they aren't the only ones: Volume 2 made Tommy and David a couple and had lesbian America and fluid Loki join the team. Kate even mentions that she's probably the only straight member on the team.team - cue America's response "girl, you aren't ''that'' straight."
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* As with the cartoon, ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' has a large LGBT following. Thus far three queer characters are major characters: Kimber, Stormer (who is also Kimber's girlfriend), and Blaze (who is a gay trans woman). The series keeps the same campy, fun nature of the cartoon for a newer audience.
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* As with the cartoon, ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'' has a large LGBT following. Thus far three queer characters are major characters: Kimber, Stormer (who is also Kimber's girlfriend), and Blaze (who is a gay trans woman). The series keeps the same campy, fun nature of the cartoon for a newer audience.
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* ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'', thanks to canon couple Hulking and Wiccan. Though they aren't the only ones. After all, who could resist Tommy in that skin tight suit of his? Or Patriot. At one point, the team actually had ''more'' LGBT characters than straight ones.
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* A lot of LGBT comic book readers love ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'', thanks to canon couple Hulking and Wiccan. Though they aren't the only ones. After all, who could resist ones: Volume 2 made Tommy in and David a couple and had lesbian America and fluid Loki join the team. Kate even mentions that skin tight suit of his? Or Patriot. At one point, she's probably the team actually had ''more'' LGBT characters than only straight ones.member on the team.
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* ''ComicBook/AssociatedStudentBodies'': Back in the 1990s, this was the first significantly successful gay FurryComic. So much so, that later Furry Comics are a significant improvement if they can [[AvertedTrope avert]] predictable comparisons to being "''ASB'' [[RecycledInSpace with X]]". Though groundbreaking at the time, it [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny has not aged well]] compared to newer even more successful gay Furry Comics, and new fanart seldom appears anymore. Nevertheless, considering how influential it has been, reading ''ASB'' is still something of a gay furry comics reading rite of passage.
* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'':
** Betty and Veronica have a degree of this, made more-so thanks to ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'', because they're close friends. A common joke is that they would be better off ditching Archie and dating each other.
** Jughead's traditional lack of interest in dating girls has also garnered him a lot of gay and asexual/aromantic fans over the years, him being variously interpreted in any of those ways. With the addition of Kevin as a canonical gay character in 2010, gay fans tended to focus more on him, making Jughead a clearer ace and/or aro character, and in 2015, when he was confirmed asexual in the new continuity, ace and aro fans ''leapt'' on the rare (and very well done!) representation.
** Richie and the canonically gay Kevin are popular amongst LGBT people, especially gay men.
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' has plenty of [[HomoeroticSubtext scenes where Asterix and Obelix embrace]], while several of the male characters such as Fulliautomatix are bare-chested and heavily muscular. The athletes in ''Asterix at the Olympic Games'' are practically Spartan Adonises in their depiction.
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* ''Franchise/TheDCU''
** Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{the Joker}} get so much subtext in canon material that fans don’t really need to change a ton for their substantial fanfic.
** PlayedForDrama in ''ComicBook/TheBoys'', where the Nightwing stand-in goes around delivering preachy tolerance messages but is secretly a homophobe, to the point of tossing a fan who'd declared his flame off a building.
** Most of Creator/GailSimone's comics, but especially ''Comicbook/BirdsOfPrey'' due to ComicBook/BlackCanary and Oracle's RomanticTwoGirlFriendship and AmbiguouslyBi behavior, and ''Comicbook/SecretSix'', the latter especially due to the presence of several canonically queer characters and their relationships. (''Birds of Prey'' is notable for having had an LGBT fanbase under original writer Creator/ChuckDixon as well.)
** ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'' has a lot of lesbian and bisexual characters. There's also at least one transgender character. Naturally, this has attracted a fandom.
** LGBT women love ComicBook/HarleyQuinn and ComicBook/PoisonIvy together. Their (already plentiful) subtext that had existed through numerous cartoons and comics was amped up during the ''ComicBook/New52''. It also helps that Ivy (usually) treats Harley much better than ComicBook/TheJoker does, and that their relationship was eventually made canon.
** ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' put ''ComicBook/BoosterGold'' and ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' in this category. They squabbled a lot, as one might imagine in a series PlayedForLaughs.
** Franchise/WonderWoman's long been heavily implied to be bisexual; however, DC [[HideYourLesbians never made it explicit]] until the 2010s. Even before that, she was a popular LGBT icon due to the HomoeroticSubtext in her comics.
* ''Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}'' gained one of these. Probably due to his HoYay moments with Cable, or his Omnisexuality.
%%* ''ComicBook/HeathenCity Maranatha''
%%* ''Webcomic/{{ISO}}''
* As with the cartoon, ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' has a large LGBT following. Thus far three queer characters are major characters: Kimber, Stormer (who is also Kimber's girlfriend), and Blaze (who is a gay trans woman). The series keeps the same campy, fun nature of the cartoon for a newer audience.
* ''Franchise/SamAndMax'' has gained a substantial LGBT following since the late 2010s, thanks to how AmbiguouslyGay the titular duo are. This has extended to the [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad video]] [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice games]] as well as the [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSamAndMaxFreelancePolice short-lived cartoon]].
* ''Comicbook/ScottPilgrim'' has one. Every major character - with the exclusion of Young Neil - has had some sort of gay or homoerotic experience, including the protagonist himself.
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' heavily downplays Amy's crush on Sonic (a decision brought on by ExecutiveMeddling) and introduces Tekno the canary. Tekno and Amy spend a lot of the comic going on adventures alone together. Tekno's love interest is meant to be Shorty, but many fans (especially LGBT ones) prefer her with Amy.
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' has a large gay fandom, especially when paired with ComicBook/{{Venom}}.
* ''Comicbook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', due to having a Transformer confirmed as in a homosexual (for a borderline-OneGenderRace definition) relationship with a fellow Transformer, Chromedome and Rewind, both of them from ''[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Generation 1]]'' and their relationship was a major plot for the comic and their development. The large amount of HoYay between the unconfirmed Transformers are just a bonus. By the end of its sequel series ''Lost Light'', there are several other same-gender relationships, including canonizing a couple fan-favourite ships, and introducing a pair of transgender femmes in a relationship with each other.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'' has drawn gay parallels since day one. As a result, it has the highest number of queer members and supporting characters of a mainstream comic book franchise: Iceman, Northstar, Mystique, Destiny, Karma, Anole, Rictor, Shatterstar, Daken, Bling, Greymalkin and Prodigy.
** After Creator/BrianMichaelBendis outed teen Iceman, [=adult/regular timeline=] {{ComicBook/Iceman}} had two limited series focusing on his coming out, making him the oldest gay character in the X-Men, being one of the original five.
** Most male X-Men are sufficiently buff to have a significant amount of BaraGenre-style fanart of them. While {{Wolverine}} is far and away the most popular subject of this, as mentioned below, [[NinetiesAntiHero Cable]], [[GentleGiant Colossus]], [[GeniusBruiser Beast]] and [[StandardizedLeader Cyclops]] get quite a bit as well, and even the more lithely-built ones like [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Gambit]], [[WingedHumanoid Angel]], and [[AnIcePerson Iceman]] get their share of bara-styled fanworks.
** Many of the characters mentioned above have a fair deal of {{slash fic}}tion written about them as well.
** Due to strong women being traditionally praised by the gay community, several female X-Men have huge LGBT followings as well. Storm, Jean Grey, Rogue, and Shadowcat in particular stand out the most in this regard.
** There are a lot of modern ''ComicBook/XMen'' fans who headcanon Quentin Quire as a trans boy due to his short pink hair and "feminine" figure.
* [[CastFullOfGay Considering the vast majority of the cast is queer]], and the protagonist is bi, it's not at all surprising that ''Comicbook/TheWickedAndTheDivine'' has a very large queer fanbase.
* ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'', thanks to canon couple Hulking and Wiccan. Though they aren't the only ones. After all, who could resist Tommy in that skin tight suit of his? Or Patriot. At one point, the team actually had ''more'' LGBT characters than straight ones.
* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'':
** Betty and Veronica have a degree of this, made more-so thanks to ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'', because they're close friends. A common joke is that they would be better off ditching Archie and dating each other.
** Jughead's traditional lack of interest in dating girls has also garnered him a lot of gay and asexual/aromantic fans over the years, him being variously interpreted in any of those ways. With the addition of Kevin as a canonical gay character in 2010, gay fans tended to focus more on him, making Jughead a clearer ace and/or aro character, and in 2015, when he was confirmed asexual in the new continuity, ace and aro fans ''leapt'' on the rare (and very well done!) representation.
** Richie and the canonically gay Kevin are popular amongst LGBT people, especially gay men.
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' has plenty of [[HomoeroticSubtext scenes where Asterix and Obelix embrace]], while several of the male characters such as Fulliautomatix are bare-chested and heavily muscular. The athletes in ''Asterix at the Olympic Games'' are practically Spartan Adonises in their depiction.
%%* ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}''
%%* ''ComicBook/{{Circles}}''
* ''Franchise/TheDCU''
** Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{the Joker}} get so much subtext in canon material that fans don’t really need to change a ton for their substantial fanfic.
** PlayedForDrama in ''ComicBook/TheBoys'', where the Nightwing stand-in goes around delivering preachy tolerance messages but is secretly a homophobe, to the point of tossing a fan who'd declared his flame off a building.
** Most of Creator/GailSimone's comics, but especially ''Comicbook/BirdsOfPrey'' due to ComicBook/BlackCanary and Oracle's RomanticTwoGirlFriendship and AmbiguouslyBi behavior, and ''Comicbook/SecretSix'', the latter especially due to the presence of several canonically queer characters and their relationships. (''Birds of Prey'' is notable for having had an LGBT fanbase under original writer Creator/ChuckDixon as well.)
** ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'' has a lot of lesbian and bisexual characters. There's also at least one transgender character. Naturally, this has attracted a fandom.
** LGBT women love ComicBook/HarleyQuinn and ComicBook/PoisonIvy together. Their (already plentiful) subtext that had existed through numerous cartoons and comics was amped up during the ''ComicBook/New52''. It also helps that Ivy (usually) treats Harley much better than ComicBook/TheJoker does, and that their relationship was eventually made canon.
** ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' put ''ComicBook/BoosterGold'' and ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' in this category. They squabbled a lot, as one might imagine in a series PlayedForLaughs.
** Franchise/WonderWoman's long been heavily implied to be bisexual; however, DC [[HideYourLesbians never made it explicit]] until the 2010s. Even before that, she was a popular LGBT icon due to the HomoeroticSubtext in her comics.
* ''Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}'' gained one of these. Probably due to his HoYay moments with Cable, or his Omnisexuality.
%%* ''ComicBook/HeathenCity Maranatha''
%%* ''Webcomic/{{ISO}}''
* As with the cartoon, ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' has a large LGBT following. Thus far three queer characters are major characters: Kimber, Stormer (who is also Kimber's girlfriend), and Blaze (who is a gay trans woman). The series keeps the same campy, fun nature of the cartoon for a newer audience.
* ''Franchise/SamAndMax'' has gained a substantial LGBT following since the late 2010s, thanks to how AmbiguouslyGay the titular duo are. This has extended to the [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad video]] [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice games]] as well as the [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSamAndMaxFreelancePolice short-lived cartoon]].
* ''Comicbook/ScottPilgrim'' has one. Every major character - with the exclusion of Young Neil - has had some sort of gay or homoerotic experience, including the protagonist himself.
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' heavily downplays Amy's crush on Sonic (a decision brought on by ExecutiveMeddling) and introduces Tekno the canary. Tekno and Amy spend a lot of the comic going on adventures alone together. Tekno's love interest is meant to be Shorty, but many fans (especially LGBT ones) prefer her with Amy.
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' has a large gay fandom, especially when paired with ComicBook/{{Venom}}.
* ''Comicbook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', due to having a Transformer confirmed as in a homosexual (for a borderline-OneGenderRace definition) relationship with a fellow Transformer, Chromedome and Rewind, both of them from ''[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Generation 1]]'' and their relationship was a major plot for the comic and their development. The large amount of HoYay between the unconfirmed Transformers are just a bonus. By the end of its sequel series ''Lost Light'', there are several other same-gender relationships, including canonizing a couple fan-favourite ships, and introducing a pair of transgender femmes in a relationship with each other.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'' has drawn gay parallels since day one. As a result, it has the highest number of queer members and supporting characters of a mainstream comic book franchise: Iceman, Northstar, Mystique, Destiny, Karma, Anole, Rictor, Shatterstar, Daken, Bling, Greymalkin and Prodigy.
** After Creator/BrianMichaelBendis outed teen Iceman, [=adult/regular timeline=] {{ComicBook/Iceman}} had two limited series focusing on his coming out, making him the oldest gay character in the X-Men, being one of the original five.
** Most male X-Men are sufficiently buff to have a significant amount of BaraGenre-style fanart of them. While {{Wolverine}} is far and away the most popular subject of this, as mentioned below, [[NinetiesAntiHero Cable]], [[GentleGiant Colossus]], [[GeniusBruiser Beast]] and [[StandardizedLeader Cyclops]] get quite a bit as well, and even the more lithely-built ones like [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Gambit]], [[WingedHumanoid Angel]], and [[AnIcePerson Iceman]] get their share of bara-styled fanworks.
** Many of the characters mentioned above have a fair deal of {{slash fic}}tion written about them as well.
** Due to strong women being traditionally praised by the gay community, several female X-Men have huge LGBT followings as well. Storm, Jean Grey, Rogue, and Shadowcat in particular stand out the most in this regard.
** There are a lot of modern ''ComicBook/XMen'' fans who headcanon Quentin Quire as a trans boy due to his short pink hair and "feminine" figure.
* [[CastFullOfGay Considering the vast majority of the cast is queer]], and the protagonist is bi, it's not at all surprising that ''Comicbook/TheWickedAndTheDivine'' has a very large queer fanbase.
* ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'', thanks to canon couple Hulking and Wiccan. Though they aren't the only ones. After all, who could resist Tommy in that skin tight suit of his? Or Patriot. At one point, the team actually had ''more'' LGBT characters than straight ones.
