#201: “The Origin of Iceman” (with Dr. Christopher Roman)

Our amazing friends have joined us for this three-episode season of Amazing Friends origin stories! Dr. Christopher Roman, author of Queering Wolverine in Comics and Fan Fiction: A Fastball Special, brings his background as a professor specializing in comics studies and queer theory to analyze this depiction of one of the gayest X-Men – Iceman! And while there’s plenty of queerness to pull from Bobby’s coming out story (told through a futuristic mind probe…for some reason) it’s also split with a Videoman return that doesn’t quite give Iceman his due.

We’re watching Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: Season 2, Episode 1: “The Origin of Iceman”.

More from Chris:

Buy Queering Wolverine from Routledge

Find Chris on Bluesky and Instagram: @profwolvie   —

Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠

Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective

Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, and ⁠Instagram⁠

Email: ⁠wallopingwebsnapperspodcast@gmail.com⁠

Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠