Who Gets To Be A Superhero? Race And Identity In Comics

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2. I think the industry is moving toward diversity

Which is a great thing to see. When comics became a "thing" it was before the civil rights movement, before 2nd wave feminism, in other words it was created for little white boys. It's evolved since then.

I'm re-reading "Preacher" right now, while the protagonist is white, a Texan good ol' boy even-(chasing down God-- also white) I like that the issues of race and gender are met head on, even though they're not "the point" of the story

And I agree with the multicolored heroes, you have to wonder if it was one way to inject something besides straight white males.