Hello Mr. Buziek. Thanks for taking the time to post here. Let me clarify, why I started this thread.
I created this thread, to vent my outrage at the retcon that replaced Tony Stark's Latin mother with a white woman. Because, this is a reticon that I consider to be racist. And, it's something that affects me personally, for objective reasons.
As a Latin American woman, born in Brazil, married to an American, I went through several extremely embarrassing situations in the six years that we lived in the United States, since, according to the standards of your country, we are considered a mixed race couple, and because of that, not deserving of equal treatment. Things got so offensive over time, that we packed up and went back to Brazil.
Well, we have a nine year old son, who has been a huge fan of Iron Man, practically, since he was a little baby. In my process of researching the character, I eventually read Iron Man Volume 3 issue # 30, where Tony's mother's maiden name is stated as Carbonnel, which, is a surname of Spanish origin. Even though as a Brazilian, IÂ’m not from a Spanish-speaking country, since here we speak Portuguese, we are still, all latinos, and my son was delighted to know, that he is like Tony Stark. half-Latino, half-American. Well, not anymore.
I know that this happened a few years ago, and I was outraged by it at that time as well. If IÂ’m outraged again now, itÂ’s because, reading the article found at the link below, made this feeling of indignation hit me again in spades.
https://www.cbr.com/marvel-10-ways-i...ver-the-years/
Of course, I shouldn't take this kind of thing so personally, but I did anyway, and complained about it, here on this forum.
I have received on this thread since then, a variety of responses, ranging from those made by the inevitable trolls, accusing me of ignorance or intellectual dishonesty, to those who were quite enlightening, which I must say, are among the majority.
One of these responses showed me that, possibly, the first time Tony's mother's maiden name appeared in the comics, was during Terry Kavanagh's run, which precedes Joe QuesadaÂ’s run. I was aware of this, but I read these stories out of order, as I was advised to avoid reading Kavanagh's run, because the writer made a complete mess with the character's continuity. So, I simply assumed that this was another one of his mistakes.
Well, I have no problem with being corrected, and I believe that itÂ’s essential, to always be accurately informed. So, I ask you, who has a huge knowledge of comics, was Terry Kavanagh really the first writer to give Tony's mother a maiden name?