During his time in this staff he became a mentor to homosexual teenage mutant Anole, who afterwards became a Young X-Men member alongside with a different gay teenager, Graymalkin. Northstar ultimately grew to become a member of the X-Men. In the "All-New X-Men" comic book storyline, the head-looking through mutant Jean Grey asks Bobby why he calls girls "scorching," when she understands he is gay.