"Big Barda, a white female character and the only one of the New Gods who has an active series, who is probably the main New God after Darkseid and Scott Free in terms of popularity, recognition, and people who give a shit about her existence, was killed off-panel."
Lulz. If Barda is tops in New God popularity, no wonder DC wants to kill them.
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Bring back Highfather!
Obviously nobody cares about that other guy. The one with the flaming head and the stick. Whatshisname.
Plus, has this guy seen Orion's real face? White he is not. And I'm not talking about the one in DOTNG. I'm talking about the one after he fought DS H2H awhile ago.
I love how Kalibak gets ignored, again. Kalibak: "KALIBAK IS STAR! WHY DOES DC SCREW KALIBAK OVER AGAIN!?"
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Black Racer Was taken out first or so it seems becuz he could mess up the plans. obviously showing that he was a real threat. Also, one of the forever people, is black. The other is a woman. They are very important to the story. I see no racism.
having Barda killed in her kitchen and having her death exist as nothing else but a spur towards her husband's actions is pretty much a text book case of misogyny. And if you disagree or don't recognize that, then it's obvious that you don't entirely understand what the concept means.
It is true that his heart was not ripped off in the same way. It would be a good twist, even if the scenes previous to the attack are not consistent at all.
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I been holding judgement on these events. But I'm just going to relase some steam....The entire Death of the New Gods is just a big "whodunnit?" plot from cheesy murder mystery movie. Great way to take some of the most unique and well crafted characters created by Kirby to turn them into a murder mystery victims. Jim Starlin better start coming out with something really good in the next three books. Or Kirby's ghost will haunt him forever.
All we need now is for Granny Goodness to turn into Agatha Kristy and she solves the crime. (sarcasm intented)
And people get their shorts in a knot when John Stewart becomes the main Green Lantern over Hal Jordan in the JL - both comics & on TV.
We still have a ways to go to have comics reflect multiculturalism in North America & the World. Some of that strain of white/male preferred favouritism still exists in the industry; Starlin is one of many old dogs out there.
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It's not because Jordan is the Lantern. Nobody gets upset when Kyle is chosen for something over Hal. Plus, everybody is always screaming for more Alan exposure.
However, it has nothing to do with race. Rayner himself is half mexican. It's because John just flat out isn't that interesting.
From a personality standpoint, Jordan is the least interesting one. Just like Barry Allen was much less interesting compared to Wally West. Having a roster too populated by bland white guys from the 1950's gets stagnant. Firestorm is now black, the new Atom is Asian - I wouldn't mind at all if John Stewart was the Number One Lantern.
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