It's strange to me that the Marvel Universe has no superheros of Indian origin.

[jackolover]

Captain Nemo has been used by Marvel http://marvel.wikia.com/Captain_Nemo_(Earth-616)

Captain Nemo didn't look particularly Indian, and it wasn't really well established that the body in the Nautilus was Nemo.

[Lonewolf36]

Captain Nemo didn't look particularly Indian, and it wasn't really well established that the body in the Nautilus was Nemo.

He was also part of Prince Of Orphans team with Leonard MacKenzie, Fen, Ivar, Orissa Kravinov, Farraday Bobbs, Musidora and Judex but i agree he didn't particularly look Indian.

[Hypestyle]

there should definitely be some hot women that get created and become popular.

[Andy]

Marvel has a character of virtually every color and creed. If they want to create one, then by all means do so, but I don't think it's necessary to "validate" how "tolerant" they are or whatever it is you're insinuating.

[dzub]

do they have to ?
china has a billion people but there's less than a hundred chinese characters in comics.

[mace11]

do they have to ?
china has a billion people but there's less than a hundred chinese characters in comics.

Most of the stories in marvel and dc takes place in america so china will not the be the main focus for most stories and the Chinese population in america is a small minority.

If they show china in the comics then there are are alot of chinese folks shown of course and there are asian people in the background sometimes in comics like civilians,cops etc..
I guess when you mean characters you mean chinese superheroes/heroes.

Of course in shield they show asian agents at times,and they are heroes.

[mace11]

It is unreasonable to expect greater representation in a medium that is primarily American.

That was a point i was making.
American comics will focus the most on average on those that live in america,are in america and americans of all colors just like indian and east asian comics will focus on thier populations the most on average and anything related to thier culture, history etc..on average first.

[Jdsm24]

From an economic standpoint, it is odd that Marvel has not pushed harder to penetrate the south Asian pop culture market regarding comics. Spider-Man India came and went, at least in the USA. With the Marvel UK publishing ranks, were there ever any south asian protagonists?

Mostly mutants:

Marvel UK's Genetix's Vesper and Krista Marwan

http://marvunapp.com/Appendix/genetx.htm#vesp

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/marwan.htm

The mutant Black Box

http://marvel.com/universe/Black_Box

Jaime Braddock's mutant ex-girlfriend Amina Synge (may just be an alias, and her actual name is Amina Singh)

http://marvel.wikia.com/Amina_Synge_%28Earth-616%29

The deceased mutant Haven

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haven_%28comics%29

Her depowered mutant brother Monsoon

http://www.comicvine.com/monsoon/4005-26461/

the mutant Crawler

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/mu...ng.htm#Crawler

the mutant overkill

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/oforcexs.htm#Overkill

the mutant Fixx

http://www.comicvine.com/fixx/4005-15128/

the mutant Kali

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/kalixmen.htm


BTW Senyaka was Sri-Lankan.

Non-mutants:

The Gypsy (North Indian) witch Topaz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topaz_%28Marvel_Comics%29

Avengers villains, the Tremont brothers (alias, they're obviously ethnically Indian), who were major foes during Kurt Busiek's run:

Lord Templar

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/lordtemp.htm

Pagan

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/pagan.htm

"Jonathan Tremont"

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/lordtemp.htm#Tremont

[dzub]

Most of the stories in marvel and dc takes place in america so china will not the be the main focus for most stories and the Chinese population in america is a small minority.

If they show china in the comics then there are are alot of chinese folks shown of course and there are asian people in the background sometimes in comics like civilians,cops etc..
I guess when you mean characters you mean chinese superheroes/heroes.

Of course in shield they show asian agents at times,and they are heroes.

which is exactly the point i was trying to get across
you don't go to an american diner and expect them to serve you sushi right?

[mace11]

which is exactly the point i was trying to get across
you don't go to an american diner and expect them to serve you sushi right?

Right.
That's another good point.

[Iron Maiden]

Recent genetic testing has proved that the Romani, or gypsies as comics usually call them, share the same DNA as the people of the northern part of India. Their language also has words also found in Sanskrit. So very distantly you could say Wanda and Pietro are at least part Indian until the issue about the parents gets resolved. Victor Von Doom is a Romani so he would have genetic ties to India also.

[insert90]

I understand where a lot of these arguments about why there aren't many Indians in Marvel are coming from, but as an Indian-American, it'd be nice to feel represented beyond obscure X-Men. We're not that small of a minority in America. There are almost as many of us as there are Chinese. Also Marvel could take advantage of the 200 million+ English speakers in India.

[Heisennerd]

I understand where a lot of these arguments about why there aren't many Indians in Marvel are coming from, but as an Indian-American, it'd be nice to feel represented beyond obscure X-Men. We're not that small of a minority in America. There are almost as many of us as there are Chinese. Also Marvel could take advantage of the 200 million+ English speakers in India.

Man, if some fans had their way, every character ever would be a brown haired white guy. And they would still whine about "forced diversity"

[Ravin' Ray]

Going to the point of the OP, Marvel is not obliged to create Indian or Indian-ancestry superheroes just to pander to diversity, but it would be a nice gesture if one was created, especially if, all other factors set aside, the global population correlates to superhuman ethnicity demographics. India, just as the USA. provides many means for superpowers to manifest: mystical, psionic, technologic, and of course genetic.

Most Marvel storylines are set in the USA, so it's not surprising that for the most part, Caucasian, and then African-American heroes feature most prominently, with a sprinkling of other ethnic groups here and there. It took more than 50 issues of the Fantastic Four before Marvel's first black superhero, Black Panther, made his debut. In the 53 years since the launch of FF #1, Marvel has added more nationalities and races to its roster of superheroes, so I can't really blame supporters of Indian superheroes if they feel left out. America itself already hosts enclaves of ethnic groups with Chinatowns and Little (insert your ancestral country's or city's name here) dotting the landscape, so it's no longer totally unexpected to see other groups represented. Meanwhile, other largely ignored countries now get visits from US-bases heroes (as part of the plot and not just an Easter Egg thrown in by artists, such as fellow Filipino countryman Leinil Francis Yu is known to do), like how Iron Man and Thor visited the Philippines in Invincible Iron Man way back and met our own superhero team.

[Songbird/Diamondback]

All I can think of is Omega Sentinel, who I liked and is now depowered, and Apex, who was a maniac and a psychopath.

And I asked continually why aren't there more Indian heroes.