Asians of the DCU

[Rich Johnston]

This Gotham High is a complete mess nothing more then replacing the original lore of Batman. Not to mention adding creating a backlash.
Yeah i am not digging that nonsense.

Like the Tim Burton Batman movie. Or the Christian Bale Batman movie. Or Gotham. Or Pennyworth. Or any Batman thing that has tried to seek out a different audience.

[WillieMorgan]

This Gotham High is a complete mess nothing more then replacing the original lore of Batman. Not to mention adding creating a backlash.
Yeah i am not digging that nonsense.

Oh please. I have zero interest in this project also but it's not doing anything of the sort. This is a standalone YA graphic novel with a different take on things that's aimed at a completely separate audience.

This will have no bearing on the mainstream Bat continuity in the slightest. You've been listening to the wrong people on Youtube. I take it that you also feel that the version of Jessica Cruz in DC Super Hero Girls is also 'nonsense' and an affront to the main DCU version? I can assure you that she too, and that entire franchise for that matter, was created for the exact same purpose. To appeal to a different demographic. Enough with the hyperbole.

[WillieMorgan]

Oh, and keeping with the spirit of the thread, I voted for Cassandra Cain in the poll. She's a big favourite of mine.

[ironman2978]

Oh please. I have zero interest in this project also but it's not doing anything of the sort. This is a standalone YA graphic novel with a different take on things that's aimed at a completely separate audience.

This will have no bearing on the mainstream Bat continuity in the slightest. You've been listening to the wrong people on Youtube. I take it that you also feel that the version of Jessica Cruz in DC Super Hero Girls is also 'nonsense' and an affront to the main DCU version? I can assure you that she too, and that entire franchise for that matter, was created for the exact same purpose. To appeal to a different demographic. Enough with the hyperbole.

Yeah, the only reason I feel like people rain down on this YA novel...is because it's Batman. It's an out of continuity take of Batman, no different from his mom being an Arkham, or a child care worker, or Batman being a vampire. I am interested in this novel for two reasons:

1.) Using the historical lens of but also modern cultural perspective of today's culture for a younger audience
2.) Exploring Batman through the light of a Crazy, Rich Asians/Gossip Girls perspective. This
3.) Having someone who isn't familiar with Batman writing the character and his lore.

I had trouble voting between Ryan Choi and Cassandra but ultimately I had to vote for Batgirl

[draco_dracul]

Cassandra Cain. I really loved the Shadow of the Batgirl OGN and would love a sequel. Probably going to grab her solo series from 2000 when I get the chance

[Agent Z]

If there was an Asian character in the DCU that you would like to "rescue from the scrappy heap" so to speak, who would it be?

[Bat-Meal]

My pick is Cass, but the Orphan mantle has to go, she needs something better because that name is no good IMO.

[Will Evans]

Why is Ravager not an option?

[Cyborguy]

My favorite is Kong Kenan.

[j9ac9k]

If there was an Asian character in the DCU that you would like to "rescue from the scrappy heap" so to speak, who would it be?

There are a few who are still hanging in there by their fingernails, but in terms of someone who's been nowhere for years and firmly in that scrap heap:
John Chan, the Man Called CLAW

[Agent Z]

Meet Bao Pham aka Clownhunter



https://www.cbr.com/batman-clownhunt...tity-bao-pham/

[Agent Z]

Shiva will be in Batman: Soul of the Dragon along with what appears to be a racebent Richard Dragon.

[Robotman]

Shiva will be in Batman: Soul of the Dragon along with what appears to be a racebent Richard Dragon.

I’m totally fine with Richard Dragon being portrayed as Asian. It’s always bugged me that the supposed greatest martial artist in the DCU was a white American guy. Maybe with Marvel’s Shang Chi on the way, WB/AT&T finally realize that have a huge lack of prominent Asian characters in the DCU.

Dragon looks like he’s a Bruce Lee doppelgänger (he even did the one inch punch), but I really hope they change his ethnicity in the comics of make the next person to take up the mantle of Asian decent.

[j9ac9k]

Cool. Shiva with the fishhook though - you know she fights dirty. (although since this is already rated R, they should have had her just rip the guy's lip off )

[Vordan]

My favorite is Kong Kenan.

This. I wish he was the main Superman of Future State, or at least one of the Supermen alongside Jon, Clark, and Kon.