A lot of IPs already have their own black characters that are original but the problem is they always flop.
Icon was to be the black Superman. He was created by DC and to be fair they carried him for a while before dumping him quietly. He was 100% for the blacks to have an original contender in the DCU along with top tier heavy hitters like Superman and Batman.
The problem was, the black community wasn't interested. They tried this again with Steel. Then they were pushing for a Michael B Jordan superman casting.
They only get interested when it's an established IP that gets color swapped and gifted to them. Build them anything else and they reject it. It's not about them having something to be proud of, it's about being proud of having taken it away from you.
I was going to go there too. Black characters are mostly horribly written. They're not just unrealistic, they're anti-realistic, even when written by the current SJW Marvel writers who claim to understand them.
Hancock was the most realistic black superhero ever written, a violent alcoholic hobo who is more of a nuisance than a savior. Played by Will Smith, the only Oscar winner/nominee to ever assault someone at the Oscars.
Yea the whole “taking something away” is such an immature thing. You see that with feminists when they gender swap. I have some Icon and Steel comics and I like those characters but they weren’t all that popular. I like Hal Jordan and Jon Stewart Lanterns and the Justice League helped make him more popular. I got into Steel because of his connection to Superman which is my favorite superhero along with Spidey as well as his backstory
Some also believe that you should support a character simply because they are black which is idiotic. There have been a lot of bad white characters. Supporting a terrible character because of skin color is moronic and it’s a terrible reason to create a character. Look here I’d a black character now go buy comics based on that alone. Superman, Batman, Spider-Man have stood the test of time for a reason. I wouldn’t say simply because they are white. Talented writing is key.
A lot of IPs already have their own black characters that are original but the problem is they always flop.
Icon was to be the black Superman. He was created by DC and to be fair they carried him for a while before dumping him quietly. He was 100% for the blacks to have an original contender in the DCU along with top tier heavy hitters like Superman and Batman.
The problem was, the black community wasn't interested. They tried this again with Steel. Then they were pushing for a Michael B Jordan superman casting.
They only get interested when it's an established IP that gets color swapped and gifted to them. Build them anything else and they reject it. It's not about them having something to be proud of, it's about being proud of having taken it away from you.
These black characters pander to white audiences white values by blacks,
Anyone who’s lived around blacks know they don’t even remotely share these values.
I was going to go there too. Black characters are mostly horribly written. They're not just unrealistic, they're anti-realistic, even when written by the current SJW Marvel writers who claim to understand them.
Hancock was the most realistic black superhero ever written, a violent alcoholic hobo who is more of a nuisance than a savior. Played by Will Smith, the only Oscar winner/nominee to ever assault someone at the Oscars.
Not a coincidence.
Yea the whole “taking something away” is such an immature thing. You see that with feminists when they gender swap. I have some Icon and Steel comics and I like those characters but they weren’t all that popular. I like Hal Jordan and Jon Stewart Lanterns and the Justice League helped make him more popular. I got into Steel because of his connection to Superman which is my favorite superhero along with Spidey as well as his backstory
Some also believe that you should support a character simply because they are black which is idiotic. There have been a lot of bad white characters. Supporting a terrible character because of skin color is moronic and it’s a terrible reason to create a character. Look here I’d a black character now go buy comics based on that alone. Superman, Batman, Spider-Man have stood the test of time for a reason. I wouldn’t say simply because they are white. Talented writing is key.