Originally Posted by
Vampire Savior
One thing I can certainly agree with iron chimp on is the talent issue. I don't think DC has much talent to actually create a new black character totally from scratch and successfully get them over. Getting them anywhere near the trinity is almost unimaginable. This is why I go back to Naomi. Bendis is probably the only guy there with the ability, interest, and influence to do this. Fortunately, he's actually doing it and this isn't just a hypothetical!
I cannot see anybody doing anything substantive with John Stewart, Vixen, or Black Lightning in this landscape, though the guy on that Outsiders book isn't terrible from what I've seen. The talent isn't there, the interest isn't there, the incentive isn't there. I saw DC's collective "effort" to try to get a black character over with Cyborg, and it was laughable. Thus, even when the COMPANY is trying to do this, and not just a creator taking the initiative, it is still unsuccessful
About Naomi, though, the whole thing is completely contingent on Bendis. If his relationship with DC changes, or anything like that, that character is totally up a creek.