DC Reboot: the tally
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scans_dailySomebody in one of the DC reboot threads asked for a running total on the number of racially and sexually diverse characters that are being promoted to hit the stands in September. Seeing as I was avoiding studying, a tally under the cut, based on covers.
Because I'm seriously avoiding studying:
Solo titles
Male: Aquaman, Flash, Green Arrow, The Fury of Firestorm, Mr. Terrific, Captain Atom, The Savage Hawkman, Batwing, Animal Man, Static Shock, I, Vampire, Frankenstein, Ressurection Man, Swamp Thing + four different titles each for Batman and Green Lantern (22 of which 5 featuring Afro-Americans, no LGBT)
Female: Wonder Woman, Batwoman, Batgirl, Catwoman, Voodoo (5 of which 1 LGBT, no racial diversity)
EDIT: Apparently, Voodoo's black/latino. I'm not familiar with the character, but that brings it to (5 women, 1 LGBT, 1 black/latino).
Notes on solo's: Frankenstein and Swamp Thing are definitely male, but not men in the traditional sense.
Teams:
Justice League: 6/7 men, of which 1 Afro-American
Justice League International: 5/9 men, 1 Chinese man, 1 Latino woman, 1 Afro-American woman
Birds of Prey: 4 women, 1 Japanese
Red Hood and The Outlaws: 2/3 men, 1 woman alien
Justice League Dark: 3/6 men, 1 LGBT in the form of John Constantine
Legion Lost: 5/7 men, 1 black woman, 1 alien woman
Legion of Superheroes: 3/4 men, 1 woman
Teen Titans: 3/6 men
Demon Knights: 1 man
Total for teams: 28 men vs. 20 women, teams are generally 50/50 or close. I'm not hip on the sexual diversity of the Titans or Legionnaires, but as I recall they're all pretty straight. Legion naturally has some alien members. No idea yet on Demon Knights. Justice League International is easily the most diverse team on the stands.
Odd man out is Hawk & Dove, featuring a man and a woman (straight and white).
There's still twelve titles to go, of which probably three or four will go to the Superman family, including a Supergirl book (and maybe Power Girl?).
Oh and for legality, a few out-of-context panels (scans not mine) from Checkmate (1987) #1, by Paul Kupperberg and Steve Erwin.
Because I'm seriously avoiding studying:
Solo titles
Male: Aquaman, Flash, Green Arrow, The Fury of Firestorm, Mr. Terrific, Captain Atom, The Savage Hawkman, Batwing, Animal Man, Static Shock, I, Vampire, Frankenstein, Ressurection Man, Swamp Thing + four different titles each for Batman and Green Lantern (22 of which 5 featuring Afro-Americans, no LGBT)
Female: Wonder Woman, Batwoman, Batgirl, Catwoman, Voodoo (5 of which 1 LGBT, no racial diversity)
EDIT: Apparently, Voodoo's black/latino. I'm not familiar with the character, but that brings it to (5 women, 1 LGBT, 1 black/latino).
Notes on solo's: Frankenstein and Swamp Thing are definitely male, but not men in the traditional sense.
Teams:
Justice League: 6/7 men, of which 1 Afro-American
Justice League International: 5/9 men, 1 Chinese man, 1 Latino woman, 1 Afro-American woman
Birds of Prey: 4 women, 1 Japanese
Red Hood and The Outlaws: 2/3 men, 1 woman alien
Justice League Dark: 3/6 men, 1 LGBT in the form of John Constantine
Legion Lost: 5/7 men, 1 black woman, 1 alien woman
Legion of Superheroes: 3/4 men, 1 woman
Teen Titans: 3/6 men
Demon Knights: 1 man
Total for teams: 28 men vs. 20 women, teams are generally 50/50 or close. I'm not hip on the sexual diversity of the Titans or Legionnaires, but as I recall they're all pretty straight. Legion naturally has some alien members. No idea yet on Demon Knights. Justice League International is easily the most diverse team on the stands.
Odd man out is Hawk & Dove, featuring a man and a woman (straight and white).
There's still twelve titles to go, of which probably three or four will go to the Superman family, including a Supergirl book (and maybe Power Girl?).
Oh and for legality, a few out-of-context panels (scans not mine) from Checkmate (1987) #1, by Paul Kupperberg and Steve Erwin.
