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Latinos of the DCU
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I noticed DC has some pretty cool/legit Latino superheroes with tons of potential. This is a thread dedicated to them, however utilized or underutilized they may be. I decided to add images and a poll of what I consider DC's top Latino heroes (villains too), so I might have missed some (if so, feel free to post them).
Let me start off by saying I'm excited for Suicide Squad and El Diablo!! Here's hoping he doesn't die!!
wikipedia was a big help haha
[B][SIZE=5]HEROES[/SIZE][/B]
ACRATA [Andrea Rojas]
AGENT 33 [Santiago Vargas]
AQUAGIRL [Lorena Marquez]
AZTEK [Uno]
AZTEK [Nayeli Constant]
AZUCAR [Veronica Lopez]
BLACK CONDOR [John Trujillo]
BLACK ORCHID [Alba Garcia]
BLUE BEETLE [Jaime Reyes]
BUNKER [Miguel Barragan]
COLTON RIVERA
CRAZY JANE [Kay Challis]
DETECTIVE ALVAREZ [Carlos Alvarez]
EL CASTIGO [Fernando Juarez]
EL CASTIGO [Rodrigo Gaynor]
EL CASTIGO [Shelly Gaynor]
EL DIABLO [Rafael Sandoval]
EL DORADO [Eduardo Dorado Jr]
EL MUERTO [Pablo Valdez]
ENGINEER [Angela Spica]
EXTRAÑO [Gregorio De La Vega]
FIRE [Beatriz Da Costa]
FIREBRAND [Alex Sanchez]
FUERZA [Alexa Antigone]
GANGBUSTER [Jose Delgado]
GREEN LANTERN [Kyle Vasquez-Rayner]
GREEN LANTERN [Jessica Cruz]
HAWKGIRL [Kendra Muñoz-Saunders]
HERO CRUZ
IMAN [Diego Irigoyen]
MIGUEL MONTEZ
MIRAGE [Miriam Delgado]
MONSTER GIRL [Rita Lopez]
PANTHA [Rosabelle Mendez]
PEDRO PEÑA
P.O.W [Dominick Torrez]
RENEE MONTOYA
ROBINA [Isabella Ortiz]
SIDEWAYS [Derek James]
SUPERMAN [Hernan Guerra]
TARANTULA [Catalina Flores]
TAROT [Marguerita Arroyo]
TEEN LANTERN [Keli Quintela]
VIBE [Francisco "Paco" Ramone]
VULCAN [Miguel Devante]
WILDCAT [Yolanda Montez]
WONDER WOMAN [Maria Mendoza]
[B][SIZE=5]VILLAINS/ANTI-HEROES[/SIZE][/B]
ATOMICA [Rhonda Pineda]
BANE
BABYLON [Sofia Ramos]
CHRONOS [Walker Gabriel]
EL DIABLO [Chato Santana]
ECLIPSO [Alex Montez]
GODSPEED [August Heart]
MENAGERIE [Pamela]
MENAGERIE [Sonja]
RICHARD DRAGON [Ricardo Diaz, Jr.]
SCANDAL SAVAGE
TOUCH N GO [Amelinda Lopez]
WAVELENGTH [Eduardo Reyes]
[B][U][SIZE=5]HISPANIC/LATINO SOLO SERIES[/SIZE][/U][/B] [On-Going]
(1989) El Diablo #1-16
(1994) Kobalt #1-16
(1994) Green Lantern #51-181
(1996) Firebrand #1-9
(1996) Aztek: The Ultimate Man #1-10
(2006) Blue Beetle #1-36
(2006) Hawkgirl #50-66
(2011) Blue Beetle #0-16
(2011) Green Lantern:New Guardians #1-40
(2013) Justice League of America's VIBE #1-10
(2016) Blue Beetle Rebirth-18
(2016) Green Lanterns Rebirth- 57
(2018) Sideways #1-13
(2021) Wonder Girl #1-7
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[B][U][SIZE=5]HISPANIC/LATINO SOLO SERIES[/SIZE][/U][/B] [Maxi/Mini]
(2005) Son of Vulcan #1-6
(2006) Ion: Guardian of the Universe #1-12
(2008) El Diablo #1-6
(2016) Suicide Squad's Most Wanted: El Diablo #1-6
(2017) Bane: Conquest #1-12
[COLOR="#FF0000"](2018) Suicide Squad Black Files: El Diablo #1-6
(2019) Dial H For Hero #1-6[/COLOR]
[center][B][U][SIZE=5]SHOW SOME APPRECIATION[/SIZE][/U][/B]
[B][SIZE=3][COLOR="#0000FF"]Blue Beetle Appreciation!![/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]
[url] http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?4242-Blue-Beetle-Appreciation!![/url]
[B][SIZE=3][COLOR="#FFA500"]EL DIABLO Appreciation![/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]
[url] http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?71486-EL-DIABLO-Appreciation[/url]
[B][SIZE=3][COLOR="#008000"]Jessica Cruz Green Lantern Appreciation!![/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]
[url] http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?74317-Jessica-Cruz-Green-Lantern-Appreciation[/url]
[color="#006400"][B][SIZE=3]The Artist's Touch-Kyle Rayner Appreciation [/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]
[url]http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?1249-The-Artist-s-Touch-Kyle-Rayner-Appreciation[/url]
[B][SIZE=3][COLOR="#FF0000"]The Right Kind Of VIBE! The Cisco Kid Appreciation Thread![/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]
[url] http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?35565-The-right-kind-of-Vibe!-the-Cisco-Kid-appreciation-thread/page1 [/url]
[B][SIZE=3][COLOR="#00FF00"]Green Flames Galore! Beatriz Da Costa aka Fire Appreciation![/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]
[url] http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?81806-Green-Flames-Galore!-Beatriz-Da-Costa-aka-Fire-Appreciation![/url]
[B][SIZE=3]Hernan Guerra/Superman Appreciation![/SIZE][/B]
[url] http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?49927-Hernan-Guerra-Superman-Appreciation[/url]
[B][SIZE=3][COLOR="#00FFFF"]Lorena Marquez (Aquagirl II) Appreciation Thread!![/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]
[url]http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?95555-Lorena-Marquez-(Aquagirl-II)-Appreciation-Thread[/url]
[B][SIZE=3][COLOR="#008080"]Going Live!
Sideways Appreciation Thread! [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]
[url]http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?105672-Going******!-Sideways-Appreciation-Thread[/url]!
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Blue Beetle all the way. As Keith Giffen said "Blue Beetle was a deliberate attempt to do an ethnic character that did not traffic in his ethnicity. It wasn't about being Mexican-American. It was about being Jaime."
That's pretty revolutionary for a Hispanic character. He was just a typical kid who happened to be Mexican-American.
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There is a list here too.
Latino superheroes
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Latinos[/url]
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Characters by Nationality
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Characters_by_Nationality[/url]
Latino superheroes
[url]http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?19926-Asian-and-Latino-superheroes[/url]
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Not surprisingly my favorites are the ones actually most developed long term.
Jaime Reyes
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Rene Montoya
Sadly these two characters were given Legacy identities instead of developing and giving them their own. So later writers will and have returned to the previous version.
-Montaya, once one of their most interesting and prominently rising characters, ended up non-existent (or dead) so they could bring back the original Question.
And who could blame them.
DC's obsession with Legacy always becomes a dead end. Instead of using it as a temporary tool where a Legacy is used as an arc, where the original temporarily steps aside, the new hero inherits the mantle, but to eventually becomes their own character with her own name. They just end up the other extreme, being in the way of the previous version, and are discarded.
-Jaime similarly is struggling with the same, although DC seems genuinely trying to have him inherit the mantle, most older fans (and creators) might not embrace it, and understandably want to focus on and develop the previous version.
The potential upcoming Booster & Beetle movie will likely be Booster and Ted, who have the popular buddy dynamic everyone loves.
Both Jaime and Rene two of their most prominent Latino characters will always be seen as the usurpers to the Legacy roles they inherited, instead of their own, which is incredibly frustrating.
Vic Sage & Ted Kord are great characters with great fanbase, who I am part of.
I don't want Montoya and Reyes, characters I love, ever hated on for stepping on the toes of any previous version and ther fans.
It's horrible.
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Two or three others who are often trotted out on these lists as being Latino representative are Bane and Rayner (and sometimes Saunders) .
But if you look at their actual development and history in the book, you find they are not
So it kind of bothers me when people bring them up.
-Rayner is/was created as Irish American character from the get go, the name screams it and the character through his mom only ever identified as that.
The years later ignored retcon was never even referenced, it didn't become part of his identity, he didn't take or add the name Vazquez to his, he wasn't ever shown to connect or identify with the culture in any way, so what makes him Latino? He's white and his dad seemed maybe slightly brown, so what? Latino is not by race alone, you can be any race, it's more a what you grew up as, or identify as, cultural, ethnic identity, which he never did or had. (Maybe the simplest most obvious way would have been if he'd just taken or added the name Vazquez to his own (Rayner Vazquez) , but why would he, it's not him, it never was, which is the point).
I know Tom King recently championed him as DC's most "prominent Latino character" which is a wonderful intention, but looking at the character's actually history (see above) this notion is somewhat offensive. .
Learning some spanish, doesn't suddenly make you latino. It's a horrible joke, especially if other creators don't follow up on it.
And how do you, without adding scenes people will decry as cliches.
If Tom King or DC are serious about this, the strongest (and easiest) way to show it, is if the character simply adds his father's name to his own, it's 's clear, it's how he wants to identify, and you actually never have to mention it again because the character did it for you. Later writers don't have to (unless they want to) fumble creating "cliche identifier" scenes, I wouldn't want them to have struggle with that. Because with one strong act the character by claiming the name has already done it for them, and shown how he wants to identify.
-Bane - Some creators seem to identify him as latino, others seem to completely dismiss it, his origin story can be read either way. His mother was potentially Latina(name), his dad is ambiguous. He grew up however in the prison, that was his culture. In the end, being/identifying as Latino is not a developed/ing part of his identity.
The most telling is when it came time to represent him on film the most prominent representation, as far as casting, or any reference to it, it was completely ignored as NOT part of his identity.
If when casting to be played by a real person, it's the first thing they drop as not important to the character, then stop telling me they are Latino.
Similarly Hawkgirl (Kendra Sanders)
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Fire first and foremost for me! Then Vibe, Beetle and Bunker. I really wish DC would invest in Bea again. She can be an awesome, fun character with a really string power set.
Likewise I wish DC would continue to invest in Vibe. His too short lived series was a lot of fun and really good. If not in the proposed JL of A series, then I would love to see him in Titans!
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Wasn't there a scene in Omega Men where Kyle Rayner was praying in Spanish while clutching a rosary? If that's the writers idea of embracing his Latin background, they might as well have had him in a sombrero eating a taco.
On a more positive note, I'm pretty excited for the upcoming Blue Beetle series. Jaime's 1st series was one of my favorite comics as a teenager (his 2nd series, not so much) and the inclusion of Ted Kord will make it more accessible for older fans, and could make for an interesting mentor/protege story. Mask of Zorro comes to mind.
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Is Hawkgirl and Vibe even Latin?
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[QUOTE=MadFacedKid;1913611]Is Hawkgirl and Vibe even Latin?[/QUOTE]
Kendra Saunders has some Hispanic heritage in the comics. Though the actress on Legends of Tomorrow isn't Hispanic. She says she is part black, white, Indian, and Native American.
And Vibe is one of DC's first attempts to bring a Latino superhero into the Justice League. And yes it was a gigantic failure as the first Vibe was a walking stereotype. It's amazing how they have been able to turn the character around. The New 52 Vibe is a great character but sadly his book was short lived. Cisco on the Flash show is my favorite representation of a Hispanic character in pop culture. He doesn't have any of the tired stereotypical traits that hispanics in tv and movies usually have. He doesn't have an accent but can speak fluent spanish, he's not a former gang member, and doesn't use stereotypical phrases. like how Young Justice cartoon made Blue Beetle talk "ay dios mio hermano these vatos are tough". Facepalm.
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Kendra Saunders (New Earth) - DC Database - Wikia
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Kendra_Saunders_%28New_Earth%29[/url]
Kendra Munoz-Saunders (Earth 2)
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Kendra_Munoz-Saunders_%28Earth_2%29[/url]
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Hawkgirl[/url]
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[b][u][size=5][color="#0000ff"]HISPANIC/LATINOS IN THE DCEU[/color](AND VARIOUS OTHER DC COMICS MOVIES)[/size][/u][/b]
(1997) Batman & Robin. Robert Swenson as Antonio Diego/Bane
(2008) The Dark Knight. Monique Gabriela Curnen as Detective Anna Ramirez
(2008) The Dark Knight. Nestor Carbonell as Mayor Anthony Garcia
(2008) The Dark Knight. Nydia Rodriguez as Judge Janet Surillo
(2012) The Dark Knight Rises. Nestor Carbonell as Mayor Anthony Garcia
[COLOR="#0000FF"](2016) Suicide Squad. Jay Hernandez as Chato Santana aka El Diablo
(2019) Shazam. Jovan Armand as Pedro Peña (Kid Version)
(2019) Shazam. DJ Catrona as Pedro Peña (Adult Version)
(2020) Birds of Prey. Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya [/COLOR]
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[B][U][SIZE=5][COLOR="#0000FF"]HISPANIC/LATINOS IN THE DCTV UNIVERSE)[/COLOR](AND VARIOUS OTHER DC COMICS SHOWS)[/SIZE][/U][/B]
(2001) Smallville. Tyler Posey as Javier Ramirez
(2001) Smallville. Denise Quiñones as Andrea Rojas aka Acrata
(2001) Smallville. Brandt Bartlett as Jaime Reyes aka Blue Beetle
[COLOR="#0000FF"](2012) Arrow. JR Ramirez as Ted Grant aka Wildcat
(2012) Arrow. Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez aka Wild Dog
(2014) Constantine. Angélica Celaya as Zed [/COLOR]
(2014) Gotham. J.W. Cortes as Detective Alvarez
(2014) Gotham. Victoria Cartagena as Renee Montoya
[COLOR="#0000FF"](2014) The Flash. Nicholas Gonzalez as Dante Ramone
(2014) The Flash. Carlos Valdes as Francisco Ramone aka Vibe
(2014) The Flash. Jessica Camacho as Cynthia Renolds ala Gypsy
(2015) Supergirl. Briana Venskus as Agent Vasquez
(2015) Supergirl. Eve Torres as Maxima
(2015) Supergirl. Ian Gomez as Snapper Carr
(2015) Supergirl. Floriana Lima as Maggie Sawyer[/COLOR]
(2015) Lucifer. Kevin Alejandro as Detective Dan Espinoza
(2015) Lucifer. Scarlett Estevez as Beatriz aka Trixie
(2015) Lucifer. Aimee Garcia as Ella Lopez
[COLOR="#0000FF"](2016) Legends of Tomorrow. Ciara Renee as Kendra Saunders aka Hawkgirl[/COLOR]
(2017) Powerless. Natalie Morales as Beatriz DaCosta aka Fire
(2019) Doom Patrol Diane Guerrero as Kay Challis aka Crazy Jane
(2019) Stargirl. Yvette Monreal as Yolanda Montez aka Wildcat
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[B][U][SIZE=5][COLOR="#0000FF"]HISPANIC/LATINOS IN THE DCAU[/COLOR] ([COLOR="#000080"]TIMMVERSE,[/COLOR][COLOR="#0000FF"]NU52[/COLOR] STAND-ALONE)[/SIZE][/U][/B]
(1973) Superfriends. Fernando Escandon voices Eduardo Dorado Jr aka El Dorado
[COLOR="#000080"](1992)Batman The Animated Series. Henry Silva voices Bane
(1992) Batman The Animated Series. Ingrid Oliu voices Detective Renee Montoya
(1996) Superman The Animated Series. Henry Silva voices Bane
(2001) Justice League Unlimited. Scott Patterson voices Uno aka Aztek
(2001) Justice League Unlimited. Maria Canals Barrera voices Beatriz Da Costa aka Fire
(2001) Justice League Unlimited. Will Friedle voices Kyle Rayner aka Green Lantern[/COLOR]
(2003) Teen Titans. Freddy Rodriguez voices Màs
(2003) Teen Titans. Freddy Rodriguez voices Menos
(2003) Teen Titans. Diane Delano voices Rosabelle Mendez aka Pantha
(2004) The Batman. Jaoquim De Almeida voices Bane
(2004) The Batman. Edward James Olmos voices Chief Angel Rojas
(2008) Batman: BATB. Will Friedle voices Jaime Reyes aka Blue Beetle
(2008) Batman: BATB. Michael Dorn voices Bane
(2008) Batman: BATB. Grey Delisle voices Beatriz Da Costa aka Fire
(2010) Young Justice. Danny Trejo voices Bane
(2010) Young Justice. Eric Lopez voices Jaime Reyes aka Blue Beetle
(2010) Young Justice. Freddy Rodriguez voices Eduardo Dorado Jr. aka El Dorado
(2012) Justice League Doom. Carlos Alazraqui voices Bane
(2012) Superman vs The Elite. Melissa Disney voices Pamela aka Menagerie
(2015) DC Superhero Girls. Nika Futterman voices Kendra Saunders aka Hawkgirl
(2015) DC Superhero Girls. Cristina Miliaza voices Jessica Cruz aka Green Lantern
(2015) Justice League: God's and Monsters. Benjamin Bratt voices Hernan Guerra aka Superman
[COLOR="#0000FF"](2016) Batman Bad Blood. Vanessa Marshall voices Detective Renee Montoya
(2016) Justice League vs Teen Titans. Jake T Austin voices Jaime Reyes aka Blue Beetle[/COLOR]
(2016) Batman Unlimited: Mech vs Mutants. Carlos Alazraqui voices Bane
(2016) Justice League Action. Jake T Austin voices Jaime Reyes aka Blue Beetle
[COLOR="#0000FF"](2017) Justice League Dark. Colleen Villard voices Alba Garcia aka Black Orchid [/COLOR]
(2017) The Lego Batman Movie. Doug Benson voices Bane
[COLOR="#0000FF"](2017) Teen Titans: The Judas Contract. Jake T Austin voices Jaime Reyes aka Blue Beetle
(2017) Teen Titans: The Judas Contract. Maria Canals Barrera voices Bianca Reyes
(2017) Teen Titans: The Judas Contract. David Zayas voices Alberto Reyes
(2018) Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay. Dania Ramirez voices Scandal Savage[/COLOR]
(2019) Justice League vs The Fatal Five Diane Guerrero voices Jessica Cruz aka Green Lantern
(2019) Justice League vs The Fatal Five Phillip Anthony Rodriguez voices Mano
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Tarot is one i wish they would do more with.
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[QUOTE=MadFacedKid;1913611]Is Hawkgirl and Vibe even Latin?[/QUOTE]
Yeah they are both Latinos. Kendra is half Latina (it's not specified what she is though) while Cisco/Paco is of Puerto Rican descent. Both are really cool characters and are active on the DCU on TV.
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I would LOVE to see someone revamp Gangbuster. He was such a great character but he had a pretty terrible costume. He was kind of like if Jaime Escalante became a superhero. He was the character that Vibe should have been like. Pretty revolutionary as he was one of the first good Hispanic superheroes. Jose Delgado was intelligent and handsome and didn't speak in a stereotypical way. He even had a relationship with Lois Lane. I sure that pissed off a number of readers back then. Lois Lane almost romantically linked to a Mexican American character. Scandal!
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[QUOTE=Güicho;1913036]
-Bane - Some creators seem to identify him as latino, others seem to completely dismiss it, his origin story can be read either way. His mother was potentially Latina(name), his dad is ambiguous. [/QUOTE]Pre flashpoint his dad was revealed to be Sir Edmund Dorrance (aka King Snake), who was British.
Is Pantha really a latina? Afaik it was never revealed who she was before the Wildebeast Society transformed her.
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[QUOTE=Aahz;1915504]Pre flashpoint his dad was revealed to be Sir Edmund Dorrance (aka King Snake), who was British.
Is Pantha really a latina? Afaik it was never revealed who she was before the Wildebeast Society transformed her.[/QUOTE]
Pantha
[QUOTE]Pantha is a cat-like super-hero and a member of the Teen Titans. Originally a normal woman named Rosabelle Mendez, the Wildebeest Society mutated her into a were-beast. With no knowledge of her origins, she used the name X-24 given to her as a test subject. Much of her career was spent looking for information about her past. When she left the Titans, she formed a family with Red Star as her partner and Baby Wildebeest as her adopted child. During Infinite Crisis, she was murdered by Superboy-Prime. She has also been a member of the Black Lantern Corps. Pantha was created by Marv Wolfman and Tom Grummett, first appearing in New Titans #73. (1991) [/QUOTE]
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Pantha[/url]
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[QUOTE=Robotman;1915486]I would LOVE to see someone revamp Gangbuster. He was such a great character but he had a pretty terrible costume. He was kind of like if Jaime Escalante became a superhero. He was the character that Vibe should have been like. Pretty revolutionary as he was one of the first good Hispanic superheroes. Jose Delgado was intelligent and handsome and didn't speak in a stereotypical way. He even had a relationship with Lois Lane. I sure that pissed off a number of readers back then. Lois Lane almost romantically linked to a Mexican American character. Scandal![/QUOTE]
Better Gangbuster then Jonathan Caroll :p.
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The Vibe stuff was a bit familiar from Detroit Era the Kendra thing is new I guess the more you know.
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Blue Beetle and Renee Montoya all the way.
I didn't know Aquagirl and Kyle Rayner were Latino.
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Black Orchid
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Alba Garcia (Prime Earth)
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Alba_Garcia_%28Prime_Earth%29[/url]
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Well there is more then on Aquagirl.
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Dang that's an impressive list. In order of my favs:
Jaime Reyes
Kyle Rayner
Aztek
Jessica Cruz
Vibe
Renee Montoya
Kendra Saunders
Aquagirl
Fire
Bane
Pantha
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Richard Dragon
[IMG]http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/1/17/Richard_Dragon_Prime_Earth.png/revision/latest?cb=20140607185759[/IMG]
Ricardo Diaz, Jr. (Prime Earth)
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Constantine (TV series)
# Angélica Celaya as Zed Martin: A psychic artist who finds Constantine intriguing enough to follow him on his exorcisms.
[IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ang%C3%A9lica_Celaya_for_Constantine.jpg/480px-Ang%C3%A9lica_Celaya_for_Constantine.jpg[/IMG]
Angélica Celaya at the 2014 Comic Con presentation for the TV show Constantine.
Television
[QUOTE]Actress Angélica Celaya portrays Zed in the TV series Constantine. The female lead for the series, Zed is portrayed as a Hispanic-American character as opposed to her comics counterpart who is British. She gets visions from objects and people that she touches, and would often record these visions by sketching them. Constantine describes her as a "bitta", or someone with "a bitta everything" in her, which in her case includes powers of precognition, retrocognition, and clairtangence. Her innate abilities bring on some powerful emotional connections and often put her at odds with Constantine, who is portrayed as an aloof loner who avoids all emotional connections.[/QUOTE]
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Robin
[IMG]http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/5/53/Isabella_Ortiz_Prime_Earth_001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20151212003653[/IMG]
Isabella Ortiz (Prime Earth)
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Isabella_Ortiz_%28Prime_Earth%29[/url]
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Pedro Peña (Prime Earth)
[IMG]http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/d/d8/Pedro_Pena_Prime_Earth_0002.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150306142434[/IMG]
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Pedro_Pe%C3%B1a_%28Prime_Earth%29[/url]
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Prisoner-of-War
[IMG]http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/3/3c/Prisoner-of-War_%28New_Earth%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20120427110309[/IMG]
Dominick Torrez (Prime Earth)
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Dominick_Torrez_%28Prime_Earth%29[/url]
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El Gaucho
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Santiago Vargas
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/El_Gaucho[/url]
Detective Alvarez
[IMG]http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/e/e4/Carlos_Alvarez_001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20121020123604[/IMG]
Carlos Alvarez
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Carlos_Alvarez[/url]
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Supergirl tv show
Agent Vasquez
[IMG]http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/supergirl1545/images/2/24/Vasquez.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20160303203406[/IMG]
Vasquez is an agent of the D.E.O.
[url]http://supergirl.wikia.com/wiki/Vasquez[/url]
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I went with Jaimie, while Jessica and Renee are #2 and #3 for me.
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[QUOTE=mace11;1915761]Pantha
[QUOTE]Pantha is a cat-like super-hero and a member of the Teen Titans. Originally a normal woman named Rosabelle Mendez, the Wildebeest Society mutated her into a were-beast. With no knowledge of her origins, she used the name X-24 given to her as a test subject. Much of her career was spent looking for information about her past. When she left the Titans, she formed a family with Red Star as her partner and Baby Wildebeest as her adopted child. During Infinite Crisis, she was murdered by Superboy-Prime. She has also been a member of the Black Lantern Corps. Pantha was created by Marv Wolfman and Tom Grummett, first appearing in New Titans #73. (1991) [/QUOTE]
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Pantha[/url][/QUOTE]I just found the complete explanation [URL="http://www.titanstower.com/pantha/"]here[/URL]. Her identity as "Rosabelle Mendez" was revealed in an Alternate Universe/Timeline story, that was published [U]after her death[/U]. So it was not revealed during her time as member of the Titans.
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Definetly Renee Montoya :) with Bane as a close sacond. I grew up with The Batman TAS... and i really liked Renee in it. And She was amazing in The Gotham Central... but after that she just left The Batman Books... :/ became Question in The 52... but what i heard lately is that She is back in The latest Batman adventure SuperHeavy. (the Bunny Armor Gordon Batman...lol) i'm so happy to hear this. She is essential to Batman books as much as Gordon and Bullock if you ask me.
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[QUOTE=mace11;1916423]Black Orchid
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Alba Garcia (Prime Earth)
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Alba_Garcia_%28Prime_Earth%29[/url][/QUOTE]
She seems like a really cool superhero! I can't believe I forgot about her.
[QUOTE=JediKage;1916432]Well there is more then on Aquagirl.[/QUOTE]
I know, which is why I put Lorena Marquez in parenthesis. Tula isn't Latina, but Lorena is.
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My favorite Latino superhero is Blue Beetle, he's just super cool! Vibe and Fire are also pretty cool. I think DC has an impressive list of Latino characters, probably more impressive than Marvel.
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Here is a list i made. I'm sure i'm missing several from the Milestone/Wildstorm side of DC.
Acrata (Andrea Rojas) [Guatamala (later Mexico)]
Angel of Vengeance (Andrea Rojas) [Smallville]
Aquagirl (Lorena Marquez)
Aquaman (Ramon Raymond) [Just Imagine]
Aquamaria (Maria) [Milestone]
Atom/Atomica (Rhonda Pineda) [Prime Earth/Earth-3]
Aztek (Uno) [Mexico]
Azteka [JLA: Rock of Ages] [Mexico]
Azure
El Bagual [Argentina]
Bane [Santa Prisca]
Bat-Hombre
Big Words (Anthony Rodriguez)
Black Condor (John Trujillo)
Black Orchid (Alba Garcia) [Prime Earth]
Blackrock (Lucia) [Peru]
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
Boss Glitter (Alessandro Hummer)
Brickhouse (Marta) [Milestone]
Bunker (Miguel Jose Barragan) [Prime Earth] [Mexico]
Bushmaster (Bernal Rojas) [Venezuela]
Cachiru [Argentina]
Carcharo [Mexico]
Carmen Dillo [Static Shock cartoon]
Cheetah (Sebastian Ballesteros) [Argentina]
Chronos (Walker Tristan Gabriel)
Cimarron [Argentina]
Comet (Andrea Martinez)
Hero Cruz
Demolitia (Marita Chavez)
El Diablo (Lazarus Lane)
El Diablo (Raphael Sandoval)
El Diablo (Chato Santana)
El Dorado [Super Friends cartoon] [Mexico]
Eduardo Dorado, Jr. [Young Justice cartoon]
El Dragón (Miguel Rodriguez) [DC Super Dictionary]
Duran [Mexico]
Eclipso (Alexander Montez)
La Encantadora (Lourdes Lucero)
Engineer (Angela Spica) [Prime Earth]
Extraño (Gregorio de la Vega) [Peru]
Fade (Carlos Quinones, Jr.) [Milestone]
Fire (Beatriz Bonilla DaCosta) [Brazil]
Firebrand (Alejandro/Alexander Sanchez)
Flashback (Sara Quinones) [Milestone]
Fuego [Robin villain]
Gangbuster (Jose Delgado)
Allegra Garcia [Brazil]
La Garro [All-Star Squadron #28 (December, 1983)]
El Gaucho (Santiago Vargas) [Argentina]
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
El Gusano (Hector Alberto Hernandez Hernandez Hernandez Blanco III)
Hardline (Armando Ramone)
Hawkgirl (Kendra Shiera Saunders)
Hawkgirl (Kendra Munoz-Saunders) [PrimeEarth/Earth-2]
Iman (Diego Irigoyen) [Mexico]
Jaguar (Maria Concepcion de Guzman) [Impact] [Brazil]
Jaguar (Rafael Hardy) [NRed Circle/New Earth] [Brazil]
Jolt (Carlotta Rivera) [Spain]
Kobalt (Miguel) [Milestone] [Cuba]
El Lobizon [Argentina]
Luz [Justice League Adventures]
Mas [Guatamala]
Menagerie (Pamela) [Puerto Rico]
Menagerie (Sonja) [Puerto Rico]
Menos [Guatemala]
Mirage (Miriam Delgado) [Brazil]
Monstergirl (Rita Lopez)
El Muerto (Pablo Valdez) [Mexico]
Oro [Miguel Medina) [Miletone]
Pampero [Argentina]
Pantha (Rosabelle Mendez)
El Papagayo [Mexico]
Pedro [Ghost Patrol]
Pedro Peña [Prime Earth]
Lydia Perez-Champion [Alpha Flight]
Power Ring/Green Lantern (Jessica Cruz) [Prime Earth]
Prisoner-of-War (Dominick Torrez) [Prime Earth]
Projectile (Juben Martinez)
Question (Rene Maria Montoya)
Rima the Jungle Girl [Venezuela]
Robina (Isabella Ortiz) [Prime Earth]
Rush (Diego Zhao)
La Salamanca [Argentina]
La Sangre [Spain]
Scorpiana (Tristessa Delicias) [Argentina]
Shriek (Augusto Gutierrez) [Chile]
Sideshow (Ramon Rand) [Milestone/New Earth]
El Sombrero [Mexico]
Son of Vulcan (Miguel Devante)
Sparkler
Stranglehold [Puerto Rico]
Talon (Teresa) [Static Shock cartoon]
Tarantula (Catalina Marie Flores)
Tarot (Marguerita Arroyo Covas)
Tempest (Christopher Champion) [Atari Force]
Tezumak
Tolteca [Mexico]
Touch-n-Go (Amelinda Lopez)
"Troubador" [Green Arrows of the World] [Spain]
"Verde Flecha" [Green Arrows of the World] [Mexico]
Vibe (Paco/Cisco Ramone (Prime Earth)) [New Earth/Prime Earth]
Vizacacha [Argentina]
Wavelength (Eduardo Reyes) [Brazil]
Whip/El Castigo (Fernando Suarez)
Whip (Rodney Elwood Gaynor)
Whip (Shelly Gaynor)
Wildcat (Yolanda Montez)
Wonder Woman (Maria Mendoza) [Just Imagine] [Peru]
Xiuhtecutli [Mexico]
El Yaguarette [Argentina]
Ya'Wara [Prime Earth] [Brazil]
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Hawkgirl (Kendra Shiera Saunders) is latino?was that ever mention?
I know current earth 2 hawkgirl is.
As for some of the others,some of those are native americans,not latinos.
Tezumak (New Earth)
[QUOTE]Tezumak was a South American monk from a pre-Aztek, Mesoamerican civilization based in ancient Mexico. He took the name Tezumak and joined a group of ancient warrior led by Gamemnae. He wears large bronze armor, which honors the ancient gods who first brought science to his people. [/QUOTE]
Ya'Wara is native american,not latino.
[QUOTE]Ya'Wara is a Brazilian warrior and friend of Aquaman. Ya'Wara is a member of the Tapirape, an indigenous tribe living on the Amazon rain forest. She and Aquaman were once part of a group called the Others. They shared a telepathic connection. [/QUOTE]
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Ya%27Wara_%28Prime_Earth%29[/url]
Black Condor is native american too
Black Condor (John Trujillo)
[QUOTE]John Trujillo, alias Black Condor is the third hero to take up the mantle. John is a man of [B]Mayan [/B]descent who was given wind and earth powers by Tocotl, the Spider Goddess. He has joined Uncle Sam's Freedom Fighters to protect America. He first appears when he single handedly rescues Uncle Sam and the other Freedom Fighters who had been defeated by agents of S.H.A.D.E.. Trujillo is very serious and seems somewhat uncomfortable interacting with other people. [/QUOTE]
[url]http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/John_Trujillo_%28New_Earth%29[/url]
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"Supergirl" Adds Former WWE Diva Eve Torres As Maxima
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[url]http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/supergirl-adds-wwes-eve-torres-gracie-maxima[/url]
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[QUOTE=MadFacedKid;1913611]Is Hawkgirl and Vibe even Latin?[/QUOTE]
Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders) had been around for years in the JSA title of the late 90s/early 2000s before anyone in the comic books even [i]mentioned[/i] that her mother had been of Hispanic heritage. (Since her mom and dad were both dead and buried before Kendra ever appeared onstage in the late 1990s, readers had never gotten a good look at the late Trina Saunders, you understand.)
Which makes it similar to the Kyle Rayner thing -- as Guicho pointed out, for the first eight years or so after his debut in "Emerald Twilight," Kyle Rayner was consistently presented to us as a young Irish-American man who just happened to have black hair. And from Kyle's point of view, that's how he'd been thinking of himself for, let's say, maybe the first 24 years or so of his life, until a gratuitous retcon was sprung on us in "Green Lantern #150" when he finally came face-to-face with his long-lost father and was stunned by how [I]Mexican[/I] the man looked. (Apparently Kyle's mom had never shown him a photo, nor even given him a physical description, of what her husband had looked like?)
Kendra at least was implied to have [i]known all along[/i] that she had some Hispanic roots on her mother's side, even if she went for years at a stretch without bothering to [i]mention[/i] them . . . but Kyle simply grew up [I]not even thinking[/I] of himself as "Hispanic" or "Latino" or "Mexican-American" or anything along those lines, so it's hard to see him as a shining example of a "minority superhero" . . .
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I've been getting into Aztek recently, and I had an idea for a reboot of him for the new continuity
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I think DC has some really cool Latino characters! I wonder what their chances are of making their debut in the DCEU movies! Fingers crossed for Renee and especially Jaime!