DC Characters If They Had Been Created Today

[Agent Z]

I once made a thread asking what if Wonder Woman was created today and then this got me thinking about how DC's characters would have been like if they were created today. For the purposes of this thread, the characters discussed would not be characters created in the 2000s and onwards so it only DC characters created from the 1930s to the 1990s would be discussed.

[Restingvoice]

Superman - Either black or Mexican - Raised by an immigrant family too - Wait, actually, White Kents can still work if they wanna set an example

Batman - More middle-upper class than billionaire - More focus on proper mental health and class warfare - They already started with ACAB except for Gordon's men since the 80s so I expect that to continue - Gordon's men will probably not reach Commissioner rank but perpetually blocked by the corrupt chiefs and their backers

Robin - Dancer, Ice Skater, Olympic Gymnasts or Diver instead of a circus boy - Wait I don't know about the age limit - Basically celebrity level entertainer that's available to 8 to 12-year-old - So by dancer I mean like junior J-Pop or K-Pop trainee - I don't know if that kind of program exists in the US - But I don't know about the stereotype of Sexy Romani Dancer once he grows up - I'll come back to this later

Selina Kyle - We're going with the half Italian half Cuban and she's more visibly dark

Wonder Woman - Pretty much unchanged since sexism is still around

Hawkman - Egyptian every time he's reincarnated

Dr. Fate - Egyptian - Basically just adult Khalid

Alan Scott - They already change it to gay - I'm going with bi - Now what to do with Daniel - they're just boyfriends not fiancee - He doesn't die - They broke up

Artemis - Egyptian

Tim Drake - Crazy Rich Asian - I don't know why but I do like the recent headcanons that he's East Asian - Ryan Potter or not

[Killerbee911]

Lets see.

Batman- would probably be the same
Superman- wouldn't have his personality, They are just aren't any pure white knight style characters any more
Wonder Woman- She wouldn't have peace aspect about her so emphasize, You would probably get something close to Xena
Aquaman- Would probably have Mera powers and have more connections to surfer stuff with lots of tattoos. I could see him being a different race
Green Lantern- Hal and John get rings at same time, Green Lantern is a buddy cop series like Lethal Weapon
Martian Manhunter- would also have different personality something more aggressive, He wouldn't have the superman powerset
Hawkgirl- Would be more important
Wally- would be the flash with Barry being his Uncle Ben for his story

[Riv86672]

They’d be pretty awful, really, as DC tried desperately to pander to and appease everyone they possibly could.

[Midnight_v]

They’d be pretty awful, really, as DC tried desperately to pander to and appease everyone they possibly could.

^This guy gets it^
If they'd been made today Dc would manage to strip the aspirational and iconic aspects away from them. As it is they don't seem to remember aside from a few sporadic writers
here and there.
Literally, I think i'd be pretty laughable trying gut everything that made the characters who they were in the first place. Then wonder why they flounder.

[SuperX]

God they would be terrible, let's see how much we can pander, kiss thst ass DC, be woke until your blue in the face ugh.

The originals, as in how they are now, are good ppl, good quality characters, there is nothing wrong with them(atleast not like this), so let them be the characters they are

[DrNewGod]

Robin - Dancer, Ice Skater, Olympic Gymnasts or Diver instead of a circus boy - Wait I don't know about the age limit - Basically celebrity level entertainer that's available to 8 to 12-year-old - So by dancer I mean like junior J-Pop or K-Pop trainee - I don't know if that kind of program exists in the US - But I don't know about the stereotype of Sexy Romani Dancer once he grows up - I'll come back to this later

I always thought the easiest way to update Nightwing's roots would be to replace Haley's Circus with some traveling theatrical analog to Cirque du Soleil.

Superman- wouldn't have his personality, They are just aren't any pure white knight style characters any more

Agree-ish. Superman would have his personality, but it would be closer to the one S&S gave him in his first Action Comics appearances. They might dial his powers back a bit to throw some tension into his conflicts.

[CPSparkles]

Robin - We Are Robin. A group of young independent heroes not sidekicks fighting injustice.

Damian Wayne - More Artemis Fowl less sidekick and zero Al Ghul =Terrorist.

[Gaius]

Batman and Gotham would probably be more cyberpunk-ish than it’s more current gothic urban decay or pulp image.

[Alpha]

Wonder Woman and themyscira would definitely be portrayed as straight up bisexual, or even gay. The only reason why they haven't gone there is because people would complain about "changing the character" even though it makes perfect sense. I think she might be of another ethnicity, probably like Yara Flor.

[Goldrake]

Wonder Woman and themyscira would definitely be portrayed as straight up bisexual, or even gay. The only reason why they haven't gone there is because people would complain about "changing the character" even though it makes perfect sense. I think she might be of another ethnicity, probably like Yara Flor.

that would go against the fact that Wonder Woman descends from the ancient Greek Gods and amazons are probably Greek.

[Agent Z]

that would go against the fact that Wonder Woman descends from the ancient Greek Gods and amazons are probably Greek.

The Amazons have been racially diverse since Perez and the Amazons of Greek mythology were actually not from Greece. Also, being descended from ancient Greek gods (which wasn't her original backstory) does not mean being white.

[Goldrake]

The Amazons have been racially diverse since Perez and the Amazons of Greek mythology were actually not from Greece. Also, being descended from ancient Greek gods (which wasn't her original backstory) does not mean being white.

ancient Greeks and Romans showed the Gods as white. The Amazons of Ancient Greek mythology belonged to the Caucasian race with the black sea as their homeland. They also took part in the Homeric Trojan War that means they had Greek connection including their names.

[Alpha]

that would go against the fact that Wonder Woman descends from the ancient Greek Gods and amazons are probably Greek.

The amazons are not Greek according to greek mythology
They are most likely middle eastern. They weren't part of Greek culture nor geography

[Alpha]

ancient Greeks and Romans showed the Gods as white. The Amazons of Ancient Greek mythology belonged to the Caucasian race with the black sea as their homeland. They also took part in the Homeric Trojan War that means they had Greek connection including their names.

They had Greek names because they were filtered through greek culture. But they were described as a distant society.