(Grood help the non-white, gay nerds out there.) Amazing Spider-Man #79
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Believe me, nerds of all types have faced and continue to face many of the similar barriers that our friends in the LGBT community endure and we often have to keep our lifestyles a secret. When, as a white nerd, I tell casual acquaintances that I read comics or attend pop culture conventions, I very often get “ the look,” like I’m suddenly standing there in my long-underwear and there were many years where you simply did not make that admission in public. (I realize you can compound that persecution if you are of color and/or gay.) Not to make light of the very real struggles endured by people of color or those of non-heterosexual persuasion, but white, nerdy, comic-book readers have had to deal with oppression of their own over the past several decades, and it’s only in the last few years that ‘our kind’ have been somewhat accepted into mainstream society. Anything else is just another “ What If?” story. I get it that a masked Spidey could be anybody, and that’s all cool but has anyone ever read the Spider-Man comics just for the Spidey parts? For better or worse, nerdy, white, straight, male Peter Parker is Spider-Man – always has been and always will be. Why not focus all that positive ‘change-the-world’ energy on creating something new (I’d love to read it!) and leave the old school characters alone? Let’s face it, when you make iconic characters completely unrecognizable, are they really that character or are they something else just using the same name? Can changing an icon really be a satisfying exercise for any of the stake holders?
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British actor, Tom Holland, has been cast as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s new Peter Parker/Spider-Man leaked Sony emails say cinema’s Peter Parker must be Caucasian and heterosexual Marvel announces that the ‘official’ comic book Spidey is soon to be the Ultimate universe’s Miles Morales (who is half-Latino and half-African-American) meanwhile Stan Lee says to leave his Spidey alone and instead create new, more diverse heroes.ĭespite the volatile world we currently live in, where very real and ugly racial issues are in the forefront of our daily headlines, I have to agree with Uncle Stan (and Michelle Rodriguez) and side against the current trend of tweaking long existing comic characters simply to appease an audience that is demanding more diversity in their superhero entertainment. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in Spider-News. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Email Amazing Spider-Man #68