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Welcome to the seventh episode of the Queer Comics Podcast! Today Nina Kester and Jessica Vazquez talk about the lack of queer superheros in major films, primarily focusing on the Marvel cinematic universe and a few missed opportunities to have queer representation before Avengers: Endgame. (recorded on June 4th 2019). Make sure to follow QCP on twitter @QueerComicsPod and […]

Welcome to the seventh episode of the Queer Comics Podcast! Today Nina Kester and Jessica Vazquez talk about the lack of queer superheros in major films, primarily focusing on the Marvel cinematic universe and a few missed opportunities to have queer representation before Avengers: Endgame. (recorded on June 4th 2019). Make sure to follow QCP on twitter @QueerComicsPod and Instagram @queer_comics_podcast . This podcast features original music by Tyler Francis, you can checkout more of his work on his bandcamp page and follow him on Instagram @Tylerirl_

Let us know in the GT forums how you feel about queer representation in superhero movies and let us know which queer hero you think the MCU/DCU should add to their cinematic roster.

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