Comments on: Batman #675 http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/04/24/batman-675/ A new comic review EVERY weekday! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:52:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Carl http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/04/24/batman-675/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Carl Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:15:21 +0000 http://comicsdaily.wordpress.com/?p=331#comment-495 I dunno, I like Jezebel as a love interest for Batman. Partly because I started reading him around the time of the "Bruce Wayne is nothing but a mask! Batman is a dick!" stage of his character (which started around 10 years ago) but it's refreshing to see Bruce hookup with a non-superhero, non-supervillain who isn't a floozy or a reporter. She's just a competent mundane who, for bonus points, happens to be black. Which brings me to another of my problems with the DCU - it's so fricking white. (Warning: Going off-tangent here) DC has yet to bring a non-Caucasian appearing hero to the level that, Storm, Black Panther, Jubilee, and Bishop have gotten to in the Marvel Universe. If they were to cast the Justice League movie tomorrow, how many of those would be non-white? And how many, aside from Wonder Woman, would be female? I dunno, I like Jezebel as a love interest for Batman. Partly because I started reading him around the time of the “Bruce Wayne is nothing but a mask! Batman is a dick!” stage of his character (which started around 10 years ago) but it’s refreshing to see Bruce hookup with a non-superhero, non-supervillain who isn’t a floozy or a reporter. She’s just a competent mundane who, for bonus points, happens to be black.

Which brings me to another of my problems with the DCU – it’s so fricking white. (Warning: Going off-tangent here) DC has yet to bring a non-Caucasian appearing hero to the level that, Storm, Black Panther, Jubilee, and Bishop have gotten to in the Marvel Universe. If they were to cast the Justice League movie tomorrow, how many of those would be non-white? And how many, aside from Wonder Woman, would be female?

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