The animated series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends centers on Peter Parker's friendship with his superhero friends, Iceman and Firestar, with whom he does everything. Any show with a close cast of friends usually cause fans to speculate "Are any of them crushing on the other?" Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is no exception.
The series already tends to veer toward more sexually charged interactions between characters, with tons of the cast flirting with one another, going on dates and appearing physically intimate with each other. However, there is evidence that indicates that the characters might be even closer than expected, and much of the series alludes to the idea that Spider-Man, Firestar and Iceman are in a polyamorous relationship.
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The Intimacy Between Spider-Man and Firestar
Spider-Man has no long-term romance with Gwen Stacy or Mary Jane Watson in this series. Rather, the closest woman in his life, outside of Aunt May, is Angelica Jones/Firestar. While the majority of the interactions between Peter and Angelica are platonic and friendly in nature, there are moments of physical intimacy between them that indicate that there is more burning beneath the surface.Most noticeably, during Season 3, Episode 6, "Spidey Meets the Girl from Tomorrow," Peter departs to the future temporarily at the end of the episode. When he says goodbye to his friends, possibly for the last time, Firestar kisses him full on the lips twice in the span of a few seconds. This is a little more intimate than how friends usually say good-bye, especially considering that neither Firestar nor Peter seem surprised by this, acting as though this is a regular interaction between them.
So How Does Iceman Fit into This?
Iceman is a complicated third wheel to the relationship. He seems just as close to Peter and Firestar, being a part of the Spider-Friends. However, the question remains: who is Iceman attracted to?In the modern comic book canon, Bobby Drake is an out gay mutant, having suppressed his homosexuality for years by presenting himself as a lady's man. When Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends was produced, Iceman was similarly popular with the ladies. Therefore, Iceman's actions can be read throughout the series through two lenses: as a closeted gay man or as a flirty lady's man.
If Bobby is straight in this continuity, then he would be intimate with Firestar, making Angelica the center of the polyamorous relationship. However, if he's a closeted gay man, then it might be that Firestar is his beard while he pursues Peter instead. This again begs the question: if Iceman is gay, are his feelings reciprocated by Peter, or is it a one-sided crush? If the crush is mutual, that would make Peter Parker in a bisexual man.
While Iceman does share some intimate moments with Firestar, he seems far closer to Peter, since both of Spider-Man's amazing friends identify themselves by their relationships with Spider-Man. If Firestar were the center of this polyamorous relationship, the show would probably be called Firestar and Her Amazing Friends, not the other way around. All of this indicates that, if this is indeed a true polyamorous relationship, Peter is the center of quite the harem of super-friends. Either that, or Spider-Man is surrounded by people crushing on him, while he remains blissfully unaware.
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Earned my MFA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Written for The Mary Sue, ScreenRant, The Anime Feminist, The Gamer, and Vocal. Lifelong lover of comics, anime, and weird films. Loves different varieties of coffee.
