Re: Stereotypes in comic books
Posted by StarChild on 2007/4/4 22:58:35
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I have to disagree with this one. Not all Black heroes have electric based powers. What about Cage, Black Panther, Falcon, Triathalon, Rage, Misty Knight, etc..
The only stereotype that Blacks have in comics is that most of them are portrayed as lame or sidekicks [which covers the ones you mentioned]. How many blacks are major players in thier own series? Or have widely popular or top selling books? The only one I think of is Spawn [and because of his appearance, you can't even tell he's black].
And just for the record. damn near ever character with electric powers at some point or another are going to be shown with his/her eyes crackling
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Gnostic85 wrote:
- Black guys in comics tend to have electricity-based powers (Coldcast, Jakeem Thunder, Black Lightning, Static, etc.), causing their eyes to crackle with electricity when they get mad (which seems to happen quite a bit with black guys in comics...)
I have to disagree with this one. Not all Black heroes have electric based powers. What about Cage, Black Panther, Falcon, Triathalon, Rage, Misty Knight, etc..
The only stereotype that Blacks have in comics is that most of them are portrayed as lame or sidekicks [which covers the ones you mentioned]. How many blacks are major players in thier own series? Or have widely popular or top selling books? The only one I think of is Spawn [and because of his appearance, you can't even tell he's black].
And just for the record. damn near ever character with electric powers at some point or another are going to be shown with his/her eyes crackling
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