More Whitewashing from DC in First Contact, Teen Titans (SPOILERS)
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![]() Do we need to stage an intervention, DC? Do you need some help? Source: various, linked below Earlier this week, we received a tip following up on our Has DC Done Something Stupid Today counter reset for the company publishing the fourth and final issue of their First Contact crossover before the delayed third issue. The tip was about the whitewashing of another character, Kaizen Gamorra, a villain from Wildstorm's The Authority. I'll let the tipster, who asked to remain anonymous, tell you all about it:
So yeah, that happened. And it's certainly not the first offense, even in recent memory. We reset the counter in February when DC celebrated Black History Month by whitewashing characters, that time both Connor Hawke and Onyx. Are you noticing a pattern here? There was a rumor in 2013 that Josh Fialkov left Green Lantern during one of DC's "really stupid weeks" because they wanted to kill off Green Lantern John Stewart. And though they ended up not doing that, that doesn't mean they didn't intend to. Whatever the case, it's clear that DC has a problem, and those are only a few examples of it. Still, we try to keep this job fun, and the last thing we want is for our lives to revolve around waiting for DC to screw up and jumping all over them for it. The reason the counter exists is that DC does stupid things too much, not that they do stupid things (as everyone does once in a while). They had been kind of quiet on the stupid front for a while. We thought that was a good thing. The Onyx issue turned out to be a "coloring error," and hey, people (and corporations) make mistakes. But then today, DC Women Kicking Ass (images from there too) reported on ANOTHER whitewashing! This time, it's Solstice of the Teen Titans, who we're pretty sure from the storylines, is actually still supposed to be from India. From Wikipedia:
And yet, in Teen Titans #29... Just to be clear, we go from this: To this: Another coloring error? Could be. Then again, it might be on purpose too. This is DC, after all. They are exceptionally stupid. But even if it is a coloring error, isn't that something an editor should catch, especially in light of the bad publicity DC gets for this over and over again? And so, we have no choice but to reset the counter. Honestly though, we'd rather DC just got it right for once, fer chrissakes. No need to keep being stupid about this on our account. We'll find other ways to make fun of you. So go ahead and, you know, stop doing this. We're here to help, DC. Let us know what we can do. In the meantime, it has been 0 days (well, as of tomorrow - we're not gonna let them get away with having the 0 day start at 10PM). Written or Contributed by Jude Terror READ THIS ARTICLE ON THE FRONT PAGE, HUMANS! |
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![]() Now she looks like this: ![]() Need I also say that for a character established even in Nightwing as the "most deadly" assassin in the world she was two-shotted cleanly by Jason Todd in a recent issue of RHaTO? Then just discarded completely for the "shounen-like" fight Jason has with Ra's. I want to say there's another example, but then I'd be crossing into my fandom and it be a broken horse. But I just wanted to point out the Shiva example. |
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But wasn't Kaizen Gamorra first seen in Team 7? Or is that someone else in that 2nd 4 part arc where he gets Pandora's Box? I thought he looked close to his original Wildstorm look then. |
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Since when does continuity matter in the Nu52? And if it is a coloring error (as acknowledged as a possibility in the article), it's still something an editor should be paying attention to. |
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^ this. XD |
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Here's an Earth 2 story using a villain who's from the previous continuity (and from an ambiguous side pocket of it) where he was an Authority villain. No previous appearances in the New 52 (presumably), no history to call back to, and then they change his appearance so much that he may as well be a different character. So why isn't he? In a continuity where everything hasn't been officially wiped out and replaced, it's fun to see some old half-forgotten villain pop up again to fight some new heroes. I remember being amused when Moses Magnum would turn up, and he'd have all this backstory (like being the guy who caused Banshee to lose his powers) but he'd be involved in some fresh scheme. What is really the point of borrowing just the name of an old character when you've jettisoned everything else about him? New readers aren't going to get it, and old readers are just going to be frustrated. |
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Yea and Lobdell has been so honest and accurate when it comes to his books right? That guy is full of shit and just trying to deflect blame. Fuck him. |
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I demand that phrase be used as "white wash" is racist as only albino's are actually white. |
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Plus, in Batman/Superman when drawn by Jae Lee, Gamorra is still clearly Asian, so this is probably just poor artwork and a colouring mistake. |
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It's just like all the times white DC characters are accidentally portrayed as not white due to coloring errors... oh wait... |
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