Secret Six #16

[gargoylekitty]

With a two more for the 'Many Looks of Black Alice' and, as noted on Twitter...


First up, Black Alice stops Catman and Deadshot from ditching her.

Meh. Not too creative, just like your typical female version of the character with a lower/more angular dip in the front of the outfit.
Anyhow, she obviously succeeds so they head to a strip club, another attempt to ditch her.

Obviously, again, that fails.


With Scandal & co. there, they try to address the issue of 'Black Alice is definitely not joining them'(reason for her wanting to in the issue, go read!)

And they continue on the path of failing to get rid of her.

Not the biggest fan of Black Alice but it was an alright issue, only wish Scott had been on the art for it. :\

Comments

[gailsimone]

I don't even know where to start with this.

First, I'm sorry, but every new character is not going to fit a particular agenda, even one I agree with. I create a ton of characters of color and happily insert them at every available opportunity. But I certainly think creating no Caucasian characters is a poor solution to the problem. It is, in fact, no solution at all.

But beyond that, what in the world do Cass and Jaime and Renee have to do with anything? Alice isn't taking their place, far from it, they HAVE slots to appear in, Alice does not, besides which, none of those characters fit in S6 even slightly, for reasons that are absolutely color-blind. How in the world is a character who may or may not be sticking around in a team book affecting characters whose own books failed, but were STILL given a second chance as back-up strips? Are you really trying to think there's something sinister there?

But perhaps most oddly, you're angry for something that makes no sense at all. Bane isn't white. Bane is a Latin male, 100%, and has been since his first appearance, something we've alluded to in Secret Six more than once. And Scandal's most certainly not going to accept Bane's orders, either. It's Act One of that arc.

I hate to keep this kind of ping pong going. My problem with the phrase is that it's a goofy and meaningless and misused term, not that you posted it in particular or with your problems with the issue. That's all perfectly fair. I just hate that term since it's one of those things that simply don't make any sense to use any more.