NRAMA: "VinnyPic" - "Northstar, when will we know what's up with him, and where should we look?
"Also, as a caveat to that, and this is meant as a compliment to you Joe - do you think that Ultimate Northstar being shown in a relationship months after his debut as opposed to “616” Northstar never being shown in one after all these years shows the open-mindedness of the current Marvel editorial crew as compared to years gone by?"
JQ: VinnyPic, you’ll have to wait and see on Northstar. As for Ultimates and this current regime vs. old, I don’t think it has anything to do with that. To be honest, and admittedly not being a comic’s historian, I had no idea that Northstar was never in a relationship before Ultimates. That’s complete news to me.
To be honest, one could pose and argument that in today’s post “nipple-gate” culture, it’s actually become harder for entertainment companies to approach certain subject matter. So, I guess the bottom line is that I really don’t have an answer for you one way or another.