Marvel's Black & Minority Characters: Roundtable Discussion

[comic book girl]

Is there a Native American mutant besides Forge ?

 

[OutcryX]

Is there a Native American mutant besides Forge ?

There are a few...quite literally..a few. James Proudstar...formerly Thunderbird II and Warpath...Danielle Moonstar...i think her code name is Karma...Gloria Munoz...aka Risque(she is half seminole/half cuban) and then there is Forge...other than that I cannot think of any others.

 

[Crowley9]

And John Proudstar for his brief career.

 

[SuperVenom]

Warpath

 

[OutcryX]

Warpath

John Proudstar was Thunderbird. Died at the hands of Count Nefaria

Warpath is James Proudstar. His younger brother and only surviving member of their tribe.

 

[SuperVenom]

John Proudstar was Thunderbird. Died at the hands of Count Nefaria

Warpath is James Proudstar. His younger brother and only surviving member of their tribe.

Ah ok thanks. I get confused with their real names, thanks.

 

[Zoken]

Danielle Moonstar was actually Mirage, Karma is X'an Mihn Coy, or Shan for short.

 

[FieryBalrog]

*sigh*

not unexpectedly, this thread has become a bit of a "oppressed minority" discussion... I thought this was going to be about black superheroes? For the record, I am mildly annoyed by the fact that a nation that forms 1/6 of the world's population is represented by 1 whole superhero that I know of, an incredibly obscure and rather dim one at that.

But again, I dont see the need to put on the "badge" of minority status and talk about how marginalized the community is...as some might be doing...

 

[SuperVenom]

*sigh*

not unexpectedly, this thread has become a bit of a "oppressed minority" discussion... I thought this was going to be about black superheroes? For the record, I am mildly annoyed by the fact that a nation that forms 1/6 of the world's population is represented by 1 whole superhero that I know of, an incredibly obscure and rather dim one at that.

But again, I dont see the need to put on the "badge" of minority status and talk about how marginalized the community is...as some might be doing...

Bishop, Amazon, Storm, Steel, Spike, John Stewart, Blade, etc., theres a lot more than 1.

I tried bringing up others, but no one wants to talk about them. After talking about Bishop for awhile, theres not nothing much to talk about.

 

[FieryBalrog]

Bishop, Amazon, Storm, Steel, Spike, John Stewart, Blade, etc., theres a lot more than 1.

I tried bringing up others, but no one wants to talk about them. After talking about Bishop for awhile, theres not nothing much to talk about.

I meant India. I'm of Indian ethnicity.

 

[SuperVenom]

Heres one for ya Fiery:

http://xoomer.virgilio.it/amasoni2002/shl/dc/the_indian_superman_(1987).htm

 

[FieryBalrog]

Heres one for ya Fiery:

http://xoomer.virgilio.it/amasoni2002/shl/dc/the_indian_superman_(1987).htm

that really made me laugh, thanks. I shouldn't be totally surprised, they often take popular American movies and remake them in Bollywood.

 

[comic book girl]

Big thanks to those who answered my question.

 

[OutcryX]

*sigh*

not unexpectedly, this thread has become a bit of a "oppressed minority" discussion... I thought this was going to be about black superheroes? For the record, I am mildly annoyed by the fact that a nation that forms 1/6 of the world's population is represented by 1 whole superhero that I know of, an incredibly obscure and rather dim one at that.

But again, I dont see the need to put on the "badge" of minority status and talk about how marginalized the community is...as some might be doing...

are u referring to Thunderbird III?

 

[FieryBalrog]

are u referring to Thunderbird III?

yea.

 

[Arach Knight]

For some reason, when you said 1/6 of the world population, I instantly thought China, even though India has nearly the same number of people. Anyways, Indians shoudn't feel that bad. One of mainstream comics most recognizable faces, has been reimagined as an Indian, rather than a caucasian New Yorker.

http://www.gothamcomics.com/spiderman_india/

That right there good sir, is Spider-Man India. The graphic novel for the first five or so issues, came out just a couple of months ago. Check it out if you care to see what it is all about.

 

[OutcryX]

I don't like how they keep creating cool new characters then either drop them or relegate them to....for lack of a better word...token status.

Maggot, Marrow, Cecila Reyes, Proudstar, Caliban, Bedlam, Random, Sabra(the isreali mutant) Dust, ThungerBirdIII, Lifeguard, Red Lotus, Generation X.....where are they now?

 

[The Storm]

Don't let this thread die again!!

 

[Zoken]

lets talk about the real minority among Marvel's heroes: severly non-humanoid ones. (I'm a Beak fan-boy). we don't really know what ethnicity he was before due to his new look. plus, you've got him with Angel Salvadore and their... was it five or six kids?

 

[terry78]

This thread lost its main focus pages ago.

 

[The Storm]

I think Lightning needs to write another great essay, asking more questions.

 

[New Mutant]

We shouldn't let this thread stray so far from the original point. I simply brought up Apocalypse because he is one of the few black super villains in comic books today. I think the point has been made that Egyptians are black. So we should move on from there and return to the main discussion. Not that this hasn't been enlightening...

Up until this thread, I have never thought as Apocalypse (or Black Adam for that matter) as black guys, and now I can't think of them as anything else. (Although I feel almost positive that Black Adam wasn't named that the way they named "Black Lightning", after his ethnicity. Was he???)

Cool.

 

[Arach Knight]

Well I was really grasping at straws when I listed Black Adam. Sometimes he appears African American (like in a Shazam comic I have) but other times he looks caucasian (like in Infinite Crisis #1). Apocalypse though, I have believed to be "black" ever since his Egyptian heritage was made clear.

 

[terry78]

It's obvious he's not white, just by his facial structure alone, and his skin is gray due to his mutation, but looking at the area he grew up in, it's pretty obvious.

 

[Arach Knight]

I don't really follow Shazam, much less DC comics. I bought my first DC book in 7 years, as of last month's release of Supergirl #1. I also picked up JSA Classified, and WildCAts Nemesis (well Wildstorm...but an imprint of DC). So I am not as savy on DC. I just have that one Shazam book...and he looks pretty darn black. Then I saw the preview of Infinite Crisis in last months Wizard...and he didn't look so black. Maybe it was the inker, or maybe his ethnicinty isn't clear. But with a name like Black Adam, one can be hopeful....