I've been reading through the excellent 80's Green Arrow series by Mike Grell, Dan Jurgens, and others, and while I like the character of Shado and the stories involving her, I'm really put off that her skin is colored the same sickly yellow/golden as Shang Chi was in the 70s Master of Kung Fu.
Shouldn't they have been a little past that by the 80s? It's especially striking in the Black Arrow Saga issues where Shado and Dinah share many scenes...it really comes off like a racist caricature.
I understand maybe Marvel didn't have as many color options from the printer in the 70s with Shang Chi, but surely by the 80s they would've either used more appropriate colors or the same skin tone as the caucasian characters.