The most racist retcon in all of Marvel Comics history.

[Maria Stark]

Bendis' retcon on Stark's parents, is extremely racist and offensive against the half Latin people.

Tony Stark's parents have always been a Latin woman and a man of probable Jewish origin who helped defeat the Nazis, which is not just a movie thing, it's true in the comics as well.

But, thanks to this racist retcon, Tony Stark is not the oldest and most prominent Marvel's mixed race super hero anymore, because now he is the son of an white woman with an actual Nazi! Why did Marvel decided to cancel Tony Stark's Latin heritage, replacing it with the most racist they could think of? This is totally unacceptable!

Am I the only person who is against this atrocious retcon? Tell me that I'm not alone in this.

[U.N. Owen]

Clearly, you have never heard of Snap Wilson.

[Panic]

Clearly, you have never heard of Snap Wilson.

First thing I thought of.

[Spiderfang]

Sunspot would like a word

[Maria Stark]

And clearly, you don't know that Snap Wilson was not a racist retcon, but a racist origin that was eventually retconed.

Snap Wilson is the exact reverse of the All-White Tony Stark, who, as I have explained in detail, is the replacement of an openly progressive origin, with an offensive racist one.

But, as is typical of men, when a woman complains about something, her arguments are deconstructed and labeled as a result of ignorance about what she is talking about.

[Iron Maiden]

What about Psylocke?

[Beetle]

Maria Stark was latin? First I've heard of this

[pageturner]

me as well. not that I ever gave it much thought.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

Maria Stark was latin? First I've heard of this

According to Wikipedia she isn't.

[Will Evans]

Maria Stark was latin? First I've heard of this

I thought she was Italian-American

[Iron Maiden]

Maria Stark was latin? First I've heard of this

Quite honestly neither have I. Maria isn't used exclusively by Latinas. I've seen it for other nationalities. If you want to get technical, Maria is the female equivalent for the Roman name Marius. So you will see it used for Italian women, Greek women, Polish women, etc.

Her bio doesn't mention her heritage as being Spanish She was born into a wealthy family in the Southamptons and her maiden name is Maria Collins.

[Agent Z]

What about Psylocke?

That wasn't a retcon but it was still racist.

[Tony Stark]

"Tony Stark isn't a Stark!"

God, what a dumb retcon...

Quoted for truth.

It does absolutely nothing for Iron Man as a character. Its just pointless.

Agree with both of you. It added nothing substantive to the character. They should have just left things they way they were. I think Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Larry Lieber and Don Heck knew what they were doing when they created Tony Stark/Iron Man. Once you start messing with a characters origin, it’s like messing with the foundation of a house.

[U.N. Owen]

And clearly, you don't know that Snap Wilson was not a racist retcon, but a racist origin that was eventually retconed.

It was a racist retcon. Turning a black social worker into a racketeer is so obviously a retcon that it's insane to think of it as anything else. One, racketeers can't become social workers. It would take an act of God or some really clever and convoluted politicking in order to make it no sense.

But, as is typical of men, when a woman complains about something, her arguments are deconstructed and labeled as a result of ignorance about what she is talking about.

Poisoning the well will do you no good. It means you've run out of ammunition.

Quite honestly neither have I. Maria isn't used exclusively by Latinas. I've seen it for other nationalities. If you want to get technical, Maria is the female equivalent for the Roman name Marius. So you will see it used for Italian women, Greek women, Polish women, etc.

Not to mention, most usages of the name refers to the Maria, the Greek form of the name of the Virgin Mary.

[Blind Wedjat]

When was Tony ever not completely white?