Hispanic Superheroes

Originally posted by jalek moye
what? what does the way he acts have to do with him being half mexican

My point is that the retcon really made no difference to the character, based on what I've seen. He's the same character, who started out white, and the retcon really had no impact on the character. So why bother with the retcon at all?

I'm not going to get preachy about how there's a lack of A-list minority characters and there's an abundance of white characters. I understand why that is, and it's all about demographics-- the United States' population is about 66% White, 15% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% Asian, and 1% Native American. From a revenue perspective, it made sense for these companies at the time to create characters their largest fan base could relate to.

It would be cool having Hispanic superheroes, i haven't come across one i find interesting other than blue beetle, but even so he's not one of my favorites. I do however, like the idea of kyle being half Mexican, but it would be even better if he was full so then i could relate to him 😄
but whatever, if in the future they make a Mexican superman lol
i hope they don't screw it up, and are very stereotypical

I always assumed that Tony Stark was either hispanic or italian. I dont think they ever really stated it

I've always thought the same about Tony Stark.

On a related note, I've always liked characters that just act like people, with little or no reference to their ethnicity's culture.

Tony Stark is definitely Italian.

Jamie Reyes Blue Beetle is the perfect example of how to create a character that isn't white without showboating about it. He seems way more natural than say, Silver Claw, or whatever her name is.

at this point id be happy if kyle Rayner just blurted something spanish when he got pissed or surprised lol.

im glad blue bettle worked out so well, im sad his series ended and i hope while a member of the teen titans the writer does him justice. id hate for someone to come and screw him up.

is the kid at the end of blue bettle who gets the other scarab hispanic also?

Originally posted by SevenShackles
at this point id be happy if kyle Rayner just blurted something spanish when he got pissed or surprised lol.

im glad blue bettle worked out so well, im sad his series ended and i hope while a member of the teen titans the writer does him justice. id hate for someone to come and screw him up.

is the kid at the end of blue bettle who gets the other scarab hispanic also?

I think Aramadillo is hispanic his slang was cool he was coming out with shit like essay.

Im not sure if essay means hes hispanic.

Originally posted by tjcoady
Tony Stark is definitely Italian.

Hes mixed race then 😈

Originally posted by tjcoady

Jamie Reyes Blue Beetle is the perfect example of how to create a character that isn't white without showboating about it. He seems way more natural than say, Silver Claw, or whatever her name is.

I liked that about the first Night Thrasher.

Jamie Reyes is awesome.

That is all.

Originally posted by Eternal Idol

I'm not going to get preachy about how there's a lack of A-list minority characters and there's an abundance of white characters. I understand why that is, and it's all about demographics-- the United States' population is about 66% White, 15% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% Asian, and 1% Native American. From a revenue perspective, it made sense for these companies at the time to create characters their largest fan base could relate to.

I dont know about DC but I calculated the amount of black mutants to white and there were something like 2 percent, hispanics were even less from what I can remember. Its not proportional...well not in marvel.

I recently pick up the Teen Titans and Aquagirl is my new favorite superhero!! She's beautiful, has an attitude and can kick ass. I hope she plays an important role in the future!!!

eddie guerro was the #1 mexican superhero

The Number One super hero in the world was asian-american Bruce Lee. But seriously, most comic books were created way back in the day when black people, asian people, mexican people and everyone else weren't allowed to do fun things like save the world. I'd imagine theres a better percentage of racial diversity in newer branded comics.

Chesty Sanchez.

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