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always late to the trend but this meme is perfect for nomad steve!

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I did not have canon bisexual 616 Steve Rogers on my 2024 bingo card yet here we are

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In honor of Pride Month, I'd like to make a post about Marvel's first gay character, Arnie Roth. Arnie Roth first appeared in Captain America (1968) #268 [Apr 1982] and was created by writer J.M. DeMatteis and artist Mike Zeck. He is Steve Rogers's childhood best friend who Steve reconnects with after a chance encounter on the street.

No explicit reference is made to his sexuality, but the subtext is pretty blatant. Marriage "never seemed like [...] the right thing for [him]." When he reconnects with Steve, Arnie is rooming with his best friend Michael. He asks Steve for help after Arnie's gambling debts lead to Michael's kidnapping.

Cap is able to help rescue Michael, but a few issues later, Baron Zemo and Arnim Zola kidnap both Arnie and Michael and transfer their brains into artificial mutate bodies under Zemo's control (yes, I know, these are still comic books after all). Cap is forced to battle Arnie and Michael's mutate bodies, and while he is able to save Arnie, Michael is fatally wounded in the battle.

In Captain America (1968) #279 [Mar 1983], Steve and Arnie visit Michael's grave together and the nature of Arnie's relationship to Michael is made pretty obvious, although use of any specific labels is still avoided.

Later, in issue #290, Nomad (Jack Monroe) is about to ask Cap about Arnie's sexuality before they are interrupted by that issue's villain.

This is as far as I've read for Arnie Roth appearances, but I will make a follow-up post if there is more to add.

Screenshots from Captain America (1968) #270, 279, & 290

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NOOO he's a goober

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Captain America #750 - "Nothing But a Fight" (2023)

written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly art by Carmen Carnero & Nolan Woodard

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Captain America going through a teensy weensy nervous breakdown

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CAN WE TALK ABOUT ULT STEVE PROTECTING 616 TONY?

Ultimate End #3

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OH MY FUCKING GOD

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any truth to the rumors of romance she asks, of the man who’s wearing a giant star-spangled flashing neon sign that says he’s hot for president cap

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A short ode to Ultimate Steve Rogers

What with Ultimate End coming out starting Wednesday and the Ultimate Universe ending as we know it, I have decided that this is a good time to rhapsodize about my love for Ults Steve. (I mean, he’s been dead for a bit, but he’s on the covers! Maybe we’ll see him again! I have hope!)

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A short ode to Ultimate Steve Rogers

What with Ultimate End coming out starting Wednesday and the Ultimate Universe ending as we know it, I have decided that this is a good time to rhapsodize about my love for Ults Steve. (I mean, he’s been dead for a bit, but he’s on the covers! Maybe we’ll see him again! I have hope!)

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WHO ARE YOU TO TALK, STEVE?

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people like to say that superhero movies “aren’t realistic” but what about that time Steve Rogers hurled himself out of a plane without a parachute rather than deal with a friend’s questions about his love life

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Best break-up exit ever.

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Ultimate End #4 by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley

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In my experience, when in doubt…don’t be afraid to be obnoxious.

Ultimate Captain America

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“…nothing I saw out there on any tour of duty shakes me up like Tony Stark does, Cap. You ever see a man conduct a multilingual business deal, satisfy a girlfriend over the phone, and memorize a six hundred page military briefing all at the same time?” —The Ultimates #10

“Who can say? He’s smart, relentless and learns new skills faster than a damn computer…we have to assume Cap knows everything” —Ultimate Avengers #2

In conclusion: their babies would be SMART and BEAUTIFUL