DC getting more diverse

[BrianWilly]

I'm totally fine with this influx of diverse heroes.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

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[TheCorpulent1]

Wolverine is Canadian.

I realize that. Of the heroes I listed, Superman's Kryptonian, Wonder Woman's Themysciran, Wolverine's Canadian, and Thor's Asgardian. 4 non-Americans, 2 on each side.

that's true, but i meant it more in the sense that marvel explored diversity first. like with the international x-men and gay characters like northstar. diversity was just never a part of say, superman comics. he's the naive, WASP from smallville.

And Spider-Man's still the naive WASP from New York. Green Lantern introduced John Stewart around the same time the X-Men switched to the international team. There were other international characters at DC, too. It may have been your impression that Marvel was more diverse, but I don't really think that was the case. I think they've both been gaining diversity slowly but surely. They're also both kicking their diversification into overdrive now, it seems.

 

[SuGarRush]

well i think diversity is very important. I'd like to maintain roughly the same percentages as are represented in America today in our American based books. So lets see... that's one in ten people are black, 2 out of ten are asian or latino and that leaves 70% of the superheroes to be white anglosaxxons.
Now lets assume that superheroes maintain similar levels population wise as do other celebrities in the United States, that brings Minority numbers down to one in ten while Anglo's (I.E. whites) maintain the other 90%.

So if we use actual reality numbers, I think we need to add a couple more ethnic characters, cause right now, only 95% of DC's hero's are white, and we need to reduce that number to 90%.

 

[yenaled]

Maybe we can have some British heroes?

I mean I know we have Constantine, but the movies stole him and Jason Blood got an ass raping from John Byrne.

But they arn't superheroes we aren't all mystical druids, immortals, iron age druids, Medieval Knights, etc...

And well... the Beefeater he could do with either being forgotton or getting beefed up. Global Guardians?

 

[marcofthebeast]

I think its odd that people say that the diversity is being cramed down there throat. When you look outside you see diversity everywhere, real life is diverse so does that mean diversity is being crammed down your throat everywhere? I just think people should open there minds good things can come of it. By the way The Great Ten designs looks awesome!

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I think people are mostly just upset that established heroes are being bumped off to facilitate the diversification of DC's world. A shrinking Asian hero or a lesbian Bat family member is well and good, but do we really need to ditch great characters like Ray Palmer and Cassandra Cain to get them?

 

[marcofthebeast]

I agree with the Ray Palmer one, but I don't think they intend to completley replace Cassandra Cain.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

No, they just decided to throw 70+ issues of character development out the window and make her a Shiva clone while some other woman steps into the Bat-femme role.

 

[Darthphere]

No, they just decided to throw 70+ issues of character development out the window and make her a Shiva clone while some other woman steps into the Bat-femme role.

Its quite obvious its Cassie's sister acting like her.

 

[SonOfCthulhu]

I think people are mostly just upset that established heroes are being bumped off to facilitate the diversification of DC's world. A shrinking Asian hero or a lesbian Bat family member is well and good, but do we really need to ditch great characters like Ray Palmer and Cassandra Cain to get them?

or Ted Kord?

 

[Varient]

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[The Question]

But they arn't superheroes we aren't all mystical druids, immortals, iron age druids, Medieval Knights, etc...

Well, that ruins my vacation to Europe.

 

[Harlekin]

That's just England though. The rest of us still are.

 

[The Question]

Awesome. Silly England, with they're not being populated entirely by supernatural beings.

 

[Phantom Lantern]

those new heroes are lacking in the spandex area

they need a drastic overhaul

maybe something like this ?

 

[Harlekin]

Awesome. Silly England, with they're not being populated entirely by supernatural beings.

Yeah, imagine my disappointment when I first went there...

 

[Varient]

link


Sunday’s Arts & Leisure piece in the New York Times regarding diversity in American comic books not only included the first look at DC’s new Batwoman character, accompanying the piece was a slideshow gallery featuring character designs of the highly-touted “The Great Ten” – the Grant Morrison-conceived, Chinese government controlled superteam making their debut in a June issue of 52.

Here is a look at the images and the text descriptions of each character as described by the Times and/or the character sketch itself. Click on the images to open larger versions


click the link to look at the pics. im getting fairly irritated over this whole diverse thing, its like their pushing it in my face. isnt the new asian atom enough, damn!

You have issues,.. deal with them please.

The scary part here is you don't see this.

Based on your threads here:

You don't like minorities or too much diversity in comics.

You prefer that any color other than white not be showcased/examined/improved/CHANGED/ in a manner that could be seen as taking away from white heroes.

The changes YOU suggest for minorities have TO DATE involve reducing power levels, killing characters and replacing them, and neutering current superhero bi-racial relations so their kids won't have super powers.

You say that you have no issues,.. just tired of having diversity shoved down your throat?

Your alternatives read as your being quite happy with a world circa 1954 or so where minorities "knew their place" where it was unthinkable that someone could do it better than a "white person".

U R Truly a trip.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Its quite obvious its Cassie's sister acting like her.

Didn't we see Cassie's sister get killed in #149?

 

[Harlekin]

Aren't you black, GAH? I figured you'd like to see more diversity.

 

[Varient]

Aren't you black, GAH? I figured you'd like to see more diversity.

he tried to defuse a heated response that didn't materialize by stating he was black.


But not too many believe him because his spin on blacks in comics is about 90 degrees off what EVERY OTHER admitted black person on SHH has stated,.. on almost all subjects.]

I'm not saying we are all clones,...

I'm saying that he's the only one who preaches that blk heroes not get better treatment or be put on a level playing field because that shakes the apple cart.

He's the only one who has heartburn at ANYTHING that changes the status quo,.. where the rest of us have some issues on some subjects,.. but we in GENERAL BELIEVE CHANGE IS OVERDUE and regardless of how "gently" diversity is introduced folk "like him" will see it as "ramming it down his throat".

Tsk.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Isn't that kind of a stereotype in itself, though? I'm mostly Indian by ethnicity, but I don't really feel the need to see a greater number of Indian characters. The color of the characters' skin or their ethnic background has never stopped me from relating to them.

 

[Darthphere]

Didn't we see Cassie's sister get killed in #149?

Superboy punched a wall. Duh!

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Superboy Prime's locked away by the time that happened, stupid-face.

 

[Darthphere]

Superboy Prime's locked away by the time that happened, stupid-face.

I dont remember her getting killed in #149 though. Ill have to look it up, was if off panel?