The Stereotype game

[Crimz]

I'd put Sue on the list.

As that costume has been erased from my mind, it didn't last long all and it is universally hated as being something the character would never wear.

[skyvolt2000]

Black heroes who:

* Don't come from a ghetto.
* Don't have electrical powers
* Don't have armor/mechanical based powers
* Don't have gangs or drug dealers in their origin
* Have never been arrested
* Don't have a personality that can be described as 'gruff'
* Isn't a 'spin-off' of a white superhero

Hotspot from the 1996 Teen Titans
Vixen
Battlestar since he had to take a new name and id
Nightthrasher (maybe)
Synch
Cardiac (if you count him as a hero/villain)
Blade
Nubia (Wonder Woman)
Tyroc
Aqualad (Young Justice version and his powers were water based)
Amazing Man 2-3
Black Racer
Blue Marvel?
Wildstreak (Fantastic Four)
Blindside (Relative Heroes)
Tag (Hellions)


If we count other companies-

New Crusaders Comet at Archie
Strike from Eclipse comics
Zig Zag from Malibu Comics
The biracial Malcolm Dragon from Savage Dragon
Midnight Tiger
Miles from Miles Away (Anthony Montgomery)
Shadow Man (Valiant-one of the versions)
Quantum from Quantum & Woody fame
Ebony White (sort of)
Chuck Clayton (sort of)

[Carabas]

Women heroes

Jenny Sparks.
Sasha Bordeaux/Black Queen
Stephanie Brown: Spoiler/Robin/Batgirl
Cassandra Cain (Batgirl.Black Bat)
Maybe Mystique. Not sure what she wears on her feet (well, technically she's barefooted)

Black heroes who:
* Don't have electrical powers

Electrical Black people is a stereotype now?

Orpheus (Batman comics)
Maybe Mr. Terrific unles Batman type gadgets fall under mechanical based powers.

Latino heroes
Angela Spicca, The Engineer (The Authority)

Asian heroes
Swift (Stormwatch/The Authority)

Gay male heroes who:
* Haven't had a scene where they say goodbye to their boyfriend in a wishy-washy way

I'm tentatively going to suggest Apollo and the Midnighter, depending on what wishy-washy means, which could rule out any character ever who has been in a relationship, straight or gay.


Jewish heroes
Batwoman

[Shawn Hopkins]

Women heroes

Jenny Sparks.
Sasha Bordeaux/Black Queen
Stephanie Brown: Spoiler/Robin/Batgirl
Cassandra Cain (Batgirl.Black Bat)
Maybe Mystique. Not sure what she wears on her feet (well, technically she's barefooted)



Electrical Black people is a stereotype now?

Orpheus (Batman comics)
Maybe Mr. Terrific unles Batman type gadgets fall under mechanical based powers.

Latino heroes
Angela Spicca, The Engineer (The Authority)

Asian heroes
Swift (Stormwatch/The Authority)

Gay male heroes who:
* Haven't had a scene where they say goodbye to their boyfriend in a wishy-washy way

I'm tentatively going to suggest Apollo and the Midnighter, depending on what wishy-washy means, which could rule out any character ever who has been in a relationship, straight or gay.


Jewish heroes
Batwoman

Can't count Stephanie Brown, because she was kidnapped and tortured to "death" by Black Mask for an obvious fridging/life lesson for the male hero.

[Carabas]

Can't count Stephanie Brown, because she was kidnapped and tortured to "death" by Black Mask for an obvious fridging/life lesson for the male hero.

You really did have to remind me, did you? Just when I finally had it blocked out.

[norj]

Lesbian hero: Karma not butch has never dated a team-mate.

[Kieran_Frost]

I personally disagree about MAC; she's not "butch" but she's hardly a "lipstick lesbian" either (which in of itself is a stereotype). She's fiery, and strong (her body would be athletic not model).

Gay male heroes who:

* Don't have magenta, purple or pink in their costumes
* Aren't flamboyant
* Haven't had a scene where they say goodbye to their boyfriend in a wishy-washy way

Anole's costume is green and black, he's aggressive and headstrong... his recent date was a little "wishy-washy". Though to be clear I don't consider him a stereotype; which is why he's so popular.
Benjamin Deeds' costume is yellow and black, he has no boyfriend and he's shy (not flamboyant).
Iceman. Blue costume, not flamboyant (jokester) and has no boyfriend
Korg. Muscle bound, yellow/black costume, very tight-lipped about his lover.
the Mighty Destroyer. Costume red and blue/black, white mask; again tight-lipped about his lover, leader, stubborn, not flamboyant.
Rictor. Costume dark/muddy greens and greys, not flamboyant; can be a tad "wishy-washy", but mostly just a strong relationship.

Lesbian heroes who:

* Aren't dating another hero on the team
* Are butch

Karma. She's not butch and she's never dated.

[tombo]

I remember at school I had a black acquaintance who was excited about seeing Spawn because he liked Batman and the Crow's films and never thought there would be a similar black hero.

[Rene Narciso]

the mechanical/armor thing...no one thinks of that as a ethnic/racial trait.

The thing is, while in real life a mechanical aptitude isn't particularly associated with blacks, in superhero comics, for some reason, there are TONS of black characters that are cyborgs or have tech powers, and that before cyborgs became a cool thing in the 1990s. A disproportionate amount. I don't really know why. Perhaps because shining metal looks cooler or more contrasting against darker skin?

[Michael P]

Grace Choi has you covered on the butch lesbian front.



But not the not dating a team member thing. That'd be tough to find on any team book, though. Relationships are usually within the team because nobody wants Terry Long hanging around.

She slept with your old sidekick, Ollie, so she must like men well enough. Just not assholes like you.

[ed2962]

The thing is, while in real life a mechanical aptitude isn't particularly associated with blacks, in superhero comics, for some reason, there are TONS of black characters that are cyborgs or have tech powers, and that before cyborgs became a cool thing in the 1990s. A disproportionate amount. I don't really know why. Perhaps because shining metal looks cooler or more contrasting against darker skin?

I don't think there's an objective reason or rhyme behind it. It's a pretty common superhero shtick otherwise. Like the electricity thing, it's this sort of weird coincidence...

[dancj]

Black heroes who:

* Don't have electrical powers
* Don't have armor/mechanical based powers

Latino heroes who:

* No fire/solar powers/motifs

Asian heroes who:

* Aren't solar or fire powered

Indian heroes who:

* Are male

Arab heroes who:

* Are male

Jewish heroes who aren't

* Aren't from the X-men

These feel less like stereotypes and more like ways of ruling out the characters you can think of.

[Rene Narciso]

I don't think there's an objective reason or rhyme behind it. It's a pretty common superhero shtick otherwise. Like the electricity thing, it's this sort of weird coincidence...

Probably. But I was thinking more about it, and perhaps it's some sort of weird convergence. Black superheroes started to appear in the 1960s and 1970s. So they were seen as championing "modernity" perhaps, as contrasted to the old white superheroes of the 1940s and 1950s. And electricity and cybernetics are "modernity" too.

[Nitmo]

These feel less like stereotypes and more like ways of ruling out the characters you can think of.

regarding Japan: it may be "Land of the rising sun" type of a stereotype.