Editing Iceman (Marvel Comics) (section)

==Publication history==
Created by writer [[Stan Lee]] and artist/co-writer [[Jack Kirby]], the character first appeared in ''[[Uncanny X-Men|X-Men]]'' #1 ([[1963 in comics#September|September 1963]]). Lee later admitted that Iceman was created essentially as a copy of the [[Human Torch]], only using the opposite element for his power.<ref>{{cite news | last1 = O'Neill | first1 = Patrick Daniel | last2 = Lee | first2 = Stan | author-link2 = Stan Lee | date = August 1993 | title = X Marks the Spot | work = [[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]]: X-Men Turn Thirty | pages = 8–9 | quote = Then I wanted a character sort of like the Torch. What's opposite of fire? Ice. Water might have been the opposite, but I couldn't think of anything to do visually with water. I felt a little guilty because Iceman was such a copy of the Human Torch in an opposite way.}}</ref>

Iceman was featured in two self-titled limited comic book miniseries, one in 1984–85 written by [[J. M. DeMatteis]] and another in the 2000s by Andy Lanning and Dan Abnett, with art by [[Karl Kerschl]]. DeMatteis said of the first series, "It was my idea, so there was no one to blame but myself. I'll just say that it was a mistake and if the series made any sense whatsoever it was due to [editor] [[Bob Budiansky]]. That was a case where the editor's input was really needed—and Bob was a big help."<ref>{{cite news | first1 = Jim | last1 = Salicrup | first2 = Mike | last2 = Higgins | author-link1 = Jim Salicrup | date = October 1986 | title = J. Marc DeMatteis (part 2) | work = [[Comics Interview]] | issue = #39 | pages = 7–19 | publisher = [[Fictioneer Books]]}}</ref>

A mainstay in most X-Men titles, Iceman has been a main character in both ''Uncanny X-Men'' and the second volume of ''X-Men'' and was also featured in ''[[Champions (1975 team)|The Champions]]'' from 1975 to 1978<ref>{{cite journal|last=Walker|first=Karen |title='We'll Keep on Fighting 'Til the End': The Story of the Champions|journal=[[Back Issue!]] |issue=65|pages=17–23|publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date=July 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> and ''[[Defenders (comics)|The New Defenders]]'' from 1983 to 1986 as a member. He was a main character in the first volume of ''X-Factor'', and a star in flashback stories when he was a teenager in ''X-Men: The Hidden Years'' and ''X-Men: First Class''.

In April 2015, in issue 40 of ''All-New X-Men'', a time-displaced version of the teenaged Iceman was revealed as [[gay]] by his teammate, [[Jean Grey]], who discerned this with her telepathic ability.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hanks|first=Henry|date=2015-04-21|title='X-Men' character Iceman outed as gay|url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/21/entertainment/ice-man-gay-feat-xmen/index.html|access-date=2023-01-28|website=CNN|language=en}}</ref> This raised questions, because the character's adult, present-day counterpart had previously been portrayed dating women. In ''Uncanny X-Men'' #600, which was published in November that year, the young Iceman confronts his older self, who confirms that he is gay as well but repressed his true self, not wanting to be both gay and a mutant.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Wong, Curtis M.|date=2015-11-04|title=Original 'X-Men' Character Iceman Confirms He's Gay|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/iceman-comes-out-gay_n_563a2830e4b0307f2cab652a|access-date=2023-01-28|website=[[The Huffington Post]]|language=en}}</ref> In 2017, Iceman received his first ongoing solo series, which focused on the adult Bobby Drake coming to terms with life as an out gay man, his status as an [[Omega-level mutant]], his legacy as a hero and fighting some of the biggest villains in the Marvel Universe.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nerdist.com/article/iceman-creative-team-talks-the-x-men-heros-first-ongoing-series-and-coming-out/|title=ICEMAN Creative Team Talks the X-MEN Hero's First Ongoing Series and Coming Out|website=Nerdist}}</ref> The book had been cancelled, with its last issue being in early 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.newsarama.com/37878-hawkeye-iceman-join-wave-of-marvel-titles-canceled.html|title= HAWKEYE & ICEMAN Join Wave of MARVEL Titles Canceled|last=  Arrant|first= Chris|date= 20 December 2017|website= Newsarama|access-date= 28 December 2017}}</ref> However, Marvel later reversed the decision and announced that a new book written by original writer Sina Grace as a part of their Fresh Start initiative and was released in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/wasp-iceman-comic-books-coming-back-form-marvel-1119896|title=Marvel Revives 'Wasp,' 'Iceman' Comic Book Series|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=13 June 2018}}</ref>