Asians of the DCU

[Lonewolf36]

So if DC's using Tai Pham for the special, are they adding him to the main universe?

He has already made a cameo in Green Lantern Season Two #11 so i would say he is probably going to be main universe.

[Lucas 35]

“Special Delivery” – Master of None writer Aniz Ansari makes his comic book debut with artist Sami Basri in this story featuring Robin (Damian Wayne). As Robin ponders about his heritage, he slowly discovers that something about this pizza place seems off…

Is anyone else nervous about this story? The people know that Damian is not arab or muslim, right? Ra's is descended from Chinese nomads ((or is he from Central Asia or Japan? but not arab) and Talia's mother is white (or mixed race)

[OopsIdiditagain]

Is anyone else nervous about this story? The people know that Damian is not arab or muslim, right? Ra's is descended from Chinese nomads ((or is he from Central Asia or Japan? but not arab) and Talia's mother is white (or mixed race)

Why would he be from Japan? I'm not sure if Central Asians are Arab but there are still a lot of historical ties to Islam there. Talia's mother is not white, she's Arab and Chinese.

[CosmiComic]

Why would he be from Japan? I'm not sure if Central Asians are Arab but there are still a lot of historical ties to Islam there. Talia's mother is not white, she's Arab and Chinese.

Isn't Ra's' dad Japanese?

[OopsIdiditagain]

Isn't Ra's' dad Japanese?

Isn't he just like a mentor figure? Why would Ra's be from ancient Chinese nomads but also Japanese?

[CosmiComic]

Isn't he just like a mentor figure? Why would Ra's be from ancient Chinese nomads but also Japanese?

Idk. I don't exactly remember his history

[Robotman]

I think The Monkey Prince needs to be a regular in the DCU after this. Obviously he’s not gonna be able to support a monthly but maybe on a team book. Being a god maybe he could appear in Justice League Dark. Though if he has Monkey King traits I don’t know if he’ll be a team player.

[Lonewolf36]

I think The Monkey Prince needs to be a regular in the DCU after this. Obviously he’s not gonna be able to support a monthly but maybe on a team book. Being a god maybe he could appear in Justice League Dark. Though if he has Monkey King traits I don’t know if he’ll be a team player.

Maybe DC's answer to Marvel Asian Agents of Atlas.

[J. D. Guy]

I think The Monkey Prince needs to be a regular in the DCU after this. Obviously he’s not gonna be able to support a monthly but maybe on a team book. Being a god maybe he could appear in Justice League Dark. Though if he has Monkey King traits I don’t know if he’ll be a team player.

I wouldn't want the young hero to be in anything too outfacingly dark, personally. From what can be gleamed, Marcus is a teen hero after all.

He does need to be in some kind of on-going capacity from here on out, though.

Marcus can be on a team, especially if they play up the apparent duality between Marcus in both human and Monkey Prince forms. Plus, Sun Wukong's journey is about his growth done within a team setting, so that alone shouldn't be a problem.

[Agent Z]

It occurs to me that Masks will be the first time Cheshire is written by a writer of Asian descent. Hopefully, this means a less stereotypical take on the character.

[mace11]

Grace Choi is an Amazon?

In comics? yes.
In the live action black lightning show? no.


By the way i don't remember if this was posted in this thread but here is some past news.
Black Lightning Season 4 Promotes Chantal Thuy to Series Regular
After having a recurring role on Black Lightning since Season 1, it was announced that Chantal Thuy will become a series regular in Season 4.
https://www.cbr.com/black-lightning-...eries-regular/


Grace Choi
https://arrow.fandom.com/wiki/Grace_Choi
https://black-lightning-tv-series.fa...iki/Grace_Choi

[John Venus]

Isn't Ra's' dad Japanese?

Isn't he just like a mentor figure? Why would Ra's be from ancient Chinese nomads but also Japanese?

You're thinking of O'Sensei who was a martial arts master in the League of Assassins who was later 'revealed' to be Ras father in a middling mid-aughts Batman cross over, namely 'Resurrection of Ras Al Ghul'. Prior to that, Ras parentage were never specified.

In Birth of the Demon*, written by his creator, Denny O'Neil, Ras is born to desert nomads somewhere in the Middle East. Neither O'Neil nor Adams specified Ras race in order to keep him ambiguous. However, we now accept that Ras is Arab for obvious reasons. Talia has always been specified as Chinese/Arab from her mother's side.

*Don't care if it's in continuity or not, it's a damn good read regardless.

[OopsIdiditagain]

You're thinking of O'Sensei who was a martial arts master in the League of Assassins who was later 'revealed' to be Ras father in a middling mid-aughts Batman cross over, namely 'Resurrection of Ras Al Ghul'. Prior to that, Ras parentage were never specified.

In Birth of the Demon*, written by his creator, Denny O'Neil, Ras is born to desert nomads somewhere in the Middle East. Neither O'Neil nor Adams specified Ras race in order to keep him ambiguous. However, we now accept that Ras is Arab for obvious reasons. Talia has always been specified as Chinese/Arab from her mother's side.

*Don't care if it's in continuity or not, it's a damn good read regardless.

thanks for the info

[CosmiComic]

You're thinking of O'Sensei who was a martial arts master in the League of Assassins who was later 'revealed' to be Ras father in a middling mid-aughts Batman cross over, namely 'Resurrection of Ras Al Ghul'. Prior to that, Ras parentage were never specified.

In Birth of the Demon*, written by his creator, Denny O'Neil, Ras is born to desert nomads somewhere in the Middle East. Neither O'Neil nor Adams specified Ras race in order to keep him ambiguous. However, we now accept that Ras is Arab for obvious reasons. Talia has always been specified as Chinese/Arab from her mother's side.

*Don't care if it's in continuity or not, it's a damn good read regardless.

Thanks. That clears things up

[Jabare]

Grace Choi is an Amazon?

Dude you are super late to the party