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Which of these Black DC characters would you most like to see get an ongoing comic run? (Masc Edition)

Kaldur’ahm/Jackson Hyde (Aqualad)

Jace Fox (the Batman of New York)

Luke Fox (Batwing II)

Jefferson Pierce (Black Lightning)

Victor Stone (Cyborg)

John Stewart (Green Lantern)

Augustus Freeman (Icon)

Duke Thomas (The Signal)

Virgil Hawkins (Static Shock)

John Henry Irons (Steel)

Other (leave in tags)

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Voting ended onJun 8

As of today, it's been 1203 days (approximately 3 years and 3 1/2 months) since DC published an ongoing comic book centering a Black character in its mainline continuity. I'm using this poll to bring awareness to some Black characters who I think could use some love. Fem edition.

It's really nice to see the topic of abortion and teen pregnancy handled with the care and humanity that Icon '93 gives it. The writers continue to do such a good job of making their characters seem grounded and real even in a story about superheroes.

They dedicate an issue each to Raquel processing the fact that she's pregnant and then deciding what to do about it. There's a real tenderness to it, how we as the audience sit with her as she goes through the motions, it's always clear that they don't write stuff like this for the hell of it, and they don't pull their punches when it comes to topics they put in their comics (thinking about Hardware #7, oh boy).

Something I think that's interesting about this depiction is they never ascribe a morality to abortion itself, it isn't good or bad, it just is. Raquel's decision about whether to keep her pregnancy or have an abortion can only be the "right" one if it's the one she wants to do.

They put real humanity into the topic of abortion, the ways it impacts people, the reasons people get them. The doctor Raquel sees at the clinic tells her about her own decision to have an abortion to pursue her dream of being a doctor, then Icon reveals that his wife, Estelle, had been pregnant, and they had chosen to terminate the pregnancy, despite them wanting to be parents, because of the danger it posed to Estelle.

A lot of the dynamic between Icon and Rocket is built on their difference in background and political standing, Icon generally being conservative, but even then he says he will support her no matter what choice she makes, that he will gift her the money she needs for the abortion. Raquel's ultimate choice to keep the pregnancy is a morally neutral one, she makes it not because it is right or wrong, but because she wants to.

This is such a bare bones post about how Icon '93 handles Raquel's pregnancy, or all the layered themes at play in the narrative, but there's just so much I had to start somewhere.

#can't help but compare this to how abortion/pregnancy was handled with steph in robin '93 #but that's for another day #raquel ervin #rocket dc #augustus freeman #icon dc #milestone media #abortion #comics #women in comics #black characters

𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝙱𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 #𝟏 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸

One of the few characters I would honest to god give a 50/50 shot in this matchup.

Icon is strong, he's agile, he's fast. Most importantly just like Clark he's SMART and he fights HARD.

Superman The Man of Steel 36

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Milestone- ICON

To kick off my Black History Month doodles, no better place to start than Milestone. Though they never got to be in the DCAU I think I did alright with the adapting Icon and Rocket to the style.

Happy birthday Dwayne McDuffie, Rest in Peace~