Capes On The Couch - Where Comics Need Counseling

For Pride Month, we head north of the border to talk Northstar with Dr. Goku from GuardiansMH! A fascinating episode that covers impulse control, linguistic history, and how to handle trauma! Listen now! SHOW NOTES: Intro Intro Dr. Goku, talk about Guardians New patron - Angela Shoutout to FriGay the 13th - Andrew & Matty cover horror films & topics with a LGBTQ perspective - frigay13.com  Background (10:17) Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier) created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne in Uncanny X-Men #120 (April 1979) Jean-Paul Beaubier and his twin sister Jeanne-Marie are born to French Canadian parents in Montreal, but his parents die in a car crash and the twins are separated Shortly thereafter, his adoptive parents are killed Despite this tragedy, he becomes a champion skier until his mutant powers manifest in puberty - flight, durability, and super speed Later joins the Quebec separatist movement, but renounces their terrorist tactics He joins Alpha Flight, where he’s reunited with Jeanne-Ma