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10 male comic book characters who broke negative stereotypes

By Mark Lynch

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: A Superman costume from the 2013 Man of Steel film worn by Henry Cavill and designed by Michael Wilkinson and James Acheson is on display at the DC Comics Exhibition: Dawn Of Super Heroes at the O2 Arena on February 22, 2018 in London, England. The exhibition, which opens on February 23rd, features 45 original costumes, models and props used in DC Comics productions including the Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman films. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: A Superman costume from the 2013 Man of Steel film worn by Henry Cavill and designed by Michael Wilkinson and James Acheson is on display at the DC Comics Exhibition: Dawn Of Super Heroes at the O2 Arena on February 22, 2018 in London, England. The exhibition, which opens on February 23rd, features 45 original costumes, models and props used in DC Comics productions including the Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman films. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) /
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2. Cable

What this comic book character showed us: Imperfect men can still be great fathers

Nathan Summers always carries a heavy weight on him – and not just the extra one hundred plus pounds of techno-organic skin on his body! He’s charged with keeping the future safe.

This job has him going back and forth through time. One time, he took the first mutant birth since M-Day and raised her to be her own person. A job that he took pride in. It was also something that he didn’t have to do. He could have left her with his father (Cyclops) and went on about his business. But Cable knew he had a responsibility to the future of mutants and to this new baby girl.

Cable was a great dad. One moment that stuck in this writer’s head was a lesson that Hope told Rogue that Cable taught her. Hope was crying over Cable being trapped in the future. She told Rogue that Cable wouldn’t want to see her crying. Not because he didn’t want her crying, but because he had told her, “Win first. Cry later.” Cable raised Hope to be a soldier, but he also taught her to maintain her humanity. It’s a lesson that helped her save the Earth during Avengers vs X-Men.

Cable told her that his priority was to her and no one else. She may not have been his blood, but he cared for her like she was his daughter nonetheless. Some people can’t do that. Cable did it and became a great parent to a girl in need of one.

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