African Superheroes

[Abishai100]

Comic books have become very popular in recent years, and Hollywood seems to be making countless comics-adapted films. Comic book 'superheroes' are humanoids with extra-human powers and superhuman abilities signifying a social fascination with justice and optimism.

Comic books really took shape in America, and 99% of all comic book characters (the really popular ones!) are Caucasian --- e.g., Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Green Arrow, Catwoman, Supergirl.

There are very few ethnic minority superheroes, and given that we've already had an African-American U.S. President serve as world leader (Barack Obama), we should take stock of the African-American comic books marketed in the USA today.

There is Green Lantern Jon Stewart (DC Comics), a male African-American with a special power-ring which affords him the ability to make incredible holographic weapons. There is Storm (Marvel Comics) a female African-American with the extraordinary psychic ability to manipulate weather systems to her advantage.

However, that's really it, and Green Lantern Jon Stewart and Storm are not as popular as their counter-parts --- Green Lantern Hal Jordan (Caucasian) and Dark Phoenix (Caucasian).

So what's the deal? We see in Hollywood films Caucasian comic book characters 'adapted' into ethnic minority figures --- i.e., Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan) in Daredevil and Catwoman (Halle Berry) in Catwoman and Deadshot (Will Smith) in Suicide Squad. However, these adaptations are very pedestrian and not at all reflective of the comic book storyboards and books the characters are based on (it's what comic book fans may refer to as 'convenient PR marketing').

There's no reason Green Lantern Jon Stewart (African-American) can not make a 'splash' onto this new 'cinematic scene' of experimental 'bravado storytelling.'


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Americans loved Green Lantern Jon Stewart, and even conservative rural Caucasians allied to racism-oriented groups such as the Ku Klux Klan could not help but admire how Stewart was reinvigorating democratic optimism in the USA. Green Lantern had already used his magical power-ring to destroy a nefarious nuclear fortress being built by a corrupt fascist in North Korea. President Trump called Green Lantern Jon Stewart a 'true friend to capitalism.' However, when suspicious reports of Stewart experimenting with illegal strength-enhancing steroids surfaced, Americans went into a panic and began questioning the wisdom of espousing the celebrity-status of an ethnic minority 'superhero' while African-American professional athletes such as Barry Bonds (a 'regular human') were already being severely criticized for very comparable steroids-use allegations! One CNN reporter called the whole story The Muscle Experiment.

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[Meathead]

Thug Boy? Lotsa bling and stuff?

 

[Unkotare]

Comic books have become very popular in recent years, and Hollywood seems to be making countless comics-adapted films. Comic book 'superheroes' are humanoids with extra-human powers and superhuman abilities signifying a social fascination with justice and optimism.

Comic books really took shape in America, and 99% of all comic book characters (the really popular ones!) are Caucasian --- e.g., Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Green Arrow, Catwoman, Supergirl.

There are very few ethnic minority superheroes, and given that we've already had an African-American U.S. President serve as world leader (Barack Obama), we should take stock of the African-American comic books marketed in the USA today.

There is Green Lantern Jon Stewart (DC Comics), a male African-American with a special power-ring which affords him the ability to make incredible holographic weapons. There is Storm (Marvel Comics) a female African-American with the extraordinary psychic ability to manipulate weather systems to her advantage.

However, that's really it, and Green Lantern Jon Stewart and Storm are not as popular as their counter-parts --- Green Lantern Hal Jordan (Caucasian) and Dark Phoenix (Caucasian).

So what's the deal? We see in Hollywood films Caucasian comic book characters 'adapted' into ethnic minority figures --- i.e., Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan) in Daredevil and Catwoman (Halle Berry) in Catwoman and Deadshot (Will Smith) in Suicide Squad. However, these adaptations are very pedestrian and not at all reflective of the comic book storyboards and books the characters are based on (it's what comic book fans may refer to as 'convenient PR marketing').

There's no reason Green Lantern Jon Stewart (African-American) can not make a 'splash' onto this new 'cinematic scene' of experimental 'bravado storytelling.'


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Americans loved Green Lantern Jon Stewart, and even conservative rural Caucasians allied to racism-oriented groups such as the Ku Klux Klan could not help but admire how Stewart was reinvigorating democratic optimism in the USA. Green Lantern had already used his magical power-ring to destroy a nefarious nuclear fortress being built by a corrupt fascist in North Korea. President Trump called Green Lantern Jon Stewart a 'true friend to capitalism.' However, when suspicious reports of Stewart experimenting with illegal strength-enhancing steroids surfaced, Americans went into a panic and began questioning the wisdom of espousing the celebrity-status of an ethnic minority 'superhero' while African-American professional athletes such as Barry Bonds (a 'regular human') were already being severely criticized for very comparable steroids-use allegations! One CNN reporter called the whole story The Muscle Experiment.

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Why not bother knowing what you're talking about before posting?

 

[Unkotare]

The OP makes absolutely no sense.