#batman? and detective montez

[renytherat]

laughing so hard rn. booted up my old phone to play a game ik is on there still. see a reeeaaalllyy old version of the fanfiction.net... super curious. so i opened it and i cannot believe i read these stories and ENJOYED THEM

[darkspellmaster]

What are your thoughts on the whole Tim Drake story so far?

I'm mixed honestly.

On the one hand, I'm fine with Tim being bi, nothing wrong with that and it can cover a lot of ground if you have the right writer to work with it. However, I feel like, on the other hand, the choice of writer right now for him in regard to YJ and for his Solo series might not be the best.

My issue mostly stems from the same problem I have with the break up of Peter and MJ. Steph and Tim have been connected so long that it's very hard to see him dating others. This holds true for when the two of them broke up before and he ended up engaged to another woman. While I'm okay with them splitting, same with Dick and Babs, I personally am not liking the way it's being handled due to how OOC Steph is. She's kind of jealous, and has shown that in the past with the situation where Tim was with another girl. So why she's excited and shit is beyond me.

I need to see more of what she's going to do to figure out where this is going. Tim has such a long history and connection to so many characters that it feels like DC made a huge goof when they didn't transition the YJ gen into more solid roles before bringing in Damian and co. Don't get me wrong I love my young teams, it's just that it feels like a lot of the issue with Tim's story needs to be expanded.

I'm happy so far with him in Batman and Detective, and the focus there on building back his past to define him more against Jason and Dick. Looks like they're giving Damian Magic to make him different as well, so I'm all for that. I just want Tim to be treated as fairly as Dick is and how Jason is being given a fair shake now.

Part of the issue too is that there were also WAY better male characters to hook Tim up with, and ones that made WAY more sense.

Danny Temple, for example, aka Kid Kobra, was his room mate and Tim went to hell and back to rescue him. There was more chemistry between them than him and Bernard, and Danny had a way more interesting back story that could have played more into Tim learning about himself.

There was also Harper's younger brother, who said he had a crush on Tim. I mean, right there. You can bring in Blue Jay more and Cullen could play a larger role than he is right now. Which is just dating a member of the Royal Flush Gang apparently? Maybe? I'm not sure what they're doing with him.

I would say even Duke, but I don't know if DC would let that happen. So then you look outside of the Batfamily and you have one hell of a list if the Editors will allow the use of them.

Airwave -Aka Hal Jordan Jr. Hal 'Green Lantern' Jordan's nephew who basically admitted to liking guys to his uncle. And Hal told him to go get help learning to be a hero from, of all people, Batman.

Hartley Rathway -Aka the Pied Piper. I'm not sure how old he is in earth Prime, but assuming early 20s, it could be a fun look at how Tim could deal with someone like that, if they let the cross over happen.

Francisco Gracia -Son of Stefano Gracia. He's a classmate of Steph and has ties to Roulette.

Hero Cruz -one of the Dial H for hero characters. He knows Conner and the titans.

Joel Weinberg -aka Huston, a young hero who was trying to keep his family together after his parents died.

Kid Apollo -Hey look it's from Gen 13 and could be a fun ride if someone wanted to take it.

Miguel Montez -current owner of the dial H for Hero device. Also friends with the Titans.

Miguel Barragan -aka Bunker. Of all the characters to not use for this, why not use Bunker! He and Tim already have a friendship, he's not doing anything recently outside of the Teen Titans thing, and if anyone can help Tim navigate all of this it would be Miguel because he's been through a lot.

Raymond Terrill  -aka The Ray. Ray worked with Tim when he was in YJ so I would say old friends could rekindle something.

Rich Foley -You want to bring the Dakotaverse more into DC, you have Tim date Virgil's best friend.

Terrence Berg -Bring back Terry from Green Lantern. He's the same age as Tim, and is blonde too. He's already an established character and again would connect the bats and the Lanterns.

There are so many characters out there. I mean, you really want to throw people for a loop, have him date Jon.

Like I said I feel mixed. I'm happy that Tim's moving forward with stories and that his character is being explored more. But I just wish that some of it would be with a writer that I feel more confident about, and with a partner that was more in line with what we know about Tim as a character.

Again no hate for Bernard, I just don't find him interesting.

[westofwonder]

Pull List (08/11/2021)

America Chavez: Made in the USA #5 Children of the Atom #6 Daredevil #33 Detective Comics #1041 Fantastic Four: Life Story #3 Hardware: Season One #1 Infinite Frontier #4 Miles Morales: Spider-Man #29 Wonder Woman #777 X-Men Legends #6

America Chavez: Made in the USA - Bit of a disappointment really. I don’t think America Chavez’s origin needing changing. I don’t like secret sibling plots either. I wouldn’t really recommend this to new of this character.

Children of the Atom - Hey, be nice to Gimmick! Still a fun look at mutants in the Marvel universe.

Daredevil - 😬 I am behind still.

Detective Comics - Mora still on art yay!. Not sure how I feel about ‘Task Force Z.’

Fantastic Four: Life Story - Had to drop this book because this is not the book for me. I can see it working in other ways, but I feel like I wouldn’t really enjoy the next three issues. Bad showing from Marvel for their First Family in an anniversary year, all around.

Hardware - I don’t know that much about Hardware, but I am looking forward to get an idea about what this character is about.

Infinite Frontier - Jade! Power Girl! Yolanda Montez Wildcat! Grant Emerson Damage! Al Rothstein Nuklon Atom Smasher! Flaspoint Batman get out of the way for the real heroes. Gosh do I not care about Flashpoint Batman.

Miles Morales: Spider-Man - I hope Miles is okay. Need to catch up a bit.

Wonder Woman - Seeing Diana’s Golden Age costume should fill me with joy, but here it feels me with a lot of skepticism and a feeling this run has not earned that right. Just saying.

X-Men Legends - A looksy at this issue wouldn’t hurt.

The usual Wednesday warriors don’t like that Tim Drake is Bi now! Good! Cry harder! There are reasons the big companies don’t listen to y’all anymore.

But anyway a lot of good stuff coming out this week.

Happy readings!

[tsunamirains]

TO LATIN@S: STOP THROWING BLACK PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS!!!

I’m tired of hearing about this. Black people fought tooth and nail to be on the screen as something positive and powerful, ya’ll can too. GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND! This is a list of JUST DC Latinx superhero and villains, their ethnicity and nationalities and their first appearances:

Acrata, Andrea Rojas (Mexican/Mexico) Hero, Superman Annual Vol. 2 #12 (August 2000) Aquagirl II, Lorena Marquez( Unknown Ethnicity, United States) Hero, Aquaman #16 (2004) Atomica, Rhonda Pineda (Unknown Ethnicity and Nationality) Villain, Aquaman Vol 7 #16 (2013) Azucar, Veronica Lopez (Mexican-American) Hero, Suicide Squad Most Wanted: El Diablo & Killer Croc #3 (2016) Aztek Uno, (Aztec, Mexico) Hero, Champion of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl Aztek, The Ultimate Man #1 (August 1996) El Bagual, (Unknown,Argentina) Hero, Flash Annual #13 (2000) Bane, (Unknown,Caribbean Republic of Santa Prisca/Cuba) Villain, Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (January 1993) El Twat (The Bastard), Hector De La Cruz IV (Mexico City, Mexico) Villain, El Salvador: Running of the Bulls II Bat Hombre (Unknown Ethnicity and Unknown Nationality) Hero/Outlaw, Batman #56 Big Words, Anthony Rodriguez (Unknown Ethnicity and Unknown Nationality)  Hero, Star Spangled Comics #7 (April 1942) Black Orchid, Alba Garcia (Unknown Ethnicity and Unknown Nationality)  Hero, Justice League Dark #9 (2012) Blue Beetle, Jaime Reyes (Mexican, United States) Hero, Infinite Crisis #3 (February 2006) Bunker, Miguel Jose Barragan (Mexican) Hero, Teen Titans (vol. 4) #1 (September 2011) Bushmaster, Bernal Rojas (Unknown, Venezuela) Hero, Super Friends #45 (June 1981) Cachiru, (Unknown, Argentina) Hero, Flash Annual #13 (2000) Carli Quinn, Carlita Alvarez (Unknown Ethnicity and Nationality) Anti-Hero, Harley Quinn Vol 2 #15 (2015) Catwoman, Selina Kyle (Half-Cuban, American) Anti-Hero, Catwoman #81 (2000) Cimarron, (Unknown,Argentina) Hero, Flash Annual #13 (2000) El Castigo (The Whip), Don Fernando Suarez (Mexican, Mexico) Hero, Flash Annual #13 (2000) El Castigo (The Whip), Rodrigo Elwood Gaynor (Mexican, United States) Hero, Flash Comics #1 El Castigo (The Whip), Shelly Gaynor Gaynor (Mexican, United States) Hero, Seven Soldiers #0 Crackerjack, (Honduran) Hero, Thriller #1 (November 1993) Chronos, Walker Gabriel (Mexican/Chinese) Hero/Anti-Hero, Chronos #1 (March 1998) El Diablo, Rafael Sandoval (Mexican, United States) Hero, El Diablo vol. 2 #1 (August 1989) El Diablo, Chato Santana ( Mexican, United States) Hero, El Diablo vol. 3 #1 (September 2008) El Dorado, Eduardo (Mexican, Mexico) Hero, Super Friends TV Show Eclipso, Alex Montez (Mexican, United States) Anti-Hero, JSA #46 (2005) El Espada (The Sword), Billy-Bobb Rodriguez (El Paso, Mexico) Taco Salesman by Day Security Guard by Night Empress, Anita Fite, (Haitian, United States) Hero, Young Justice #16 (2000) Extraño, Gregorio De La Vega (Trujillo, Peru) Hero, Millennium #2 (January 1988) Fire, Beatriz da Costa (Brazilian) Hero. Super Friends #25 (October 1979) Firebrand, Alejandro 'Alex' Sanchez (Unknown, United States) Hero, Firebrand #1 (February 1996) El Fuego (The Fire) (Unknown Ethnicity and Nationality) Hero, Unknown Gangbuster, Jose Delgado (Unknown, United States) Hero, Adventures of Superman #428 (May 1987), Adventures of Superman #434 (November 1987) Gaucho, (Unknown, Argentina) Hero, Detective Comics #215 Hardline, AKA Reverb Armando Ramone (Puerto Rican) Hero, Conglomerate #1 Kendra Saunders (Half-Latina) Hero, JSA Secret Files #1 (August 1999) Iman, Diego Irigoyen (Mexican, Mexico) Hero, Superman Annual Volume 2 #12 (August 2000) Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner (Half-Mexican, United States) Hero, Green Lantern vol. 3, #48 (1994) Green Lantern, Jessica Cruz (Mexican American) Hero, Green Lantern #20 (July 2013) El Lobizon, (Unknown, Argentina) Hero, Flash Annual #13 (2000) Más y Menos, (Unknown, Guatemala) Heroes, Teen Titans #38 (September 2006) Menagerie, Pamela (Last Name unknown) (Puerto Rican) Anti-Hero, Action Comics #775, (March 2001) Menagerie, Sonja (Last Name unknown) (Puerto Rican) Anti-Hero, JLA #100 (August 2004) El Muerto, Pablo Valdez (Mexican, Mexico) Hero, Superman Annual Volume 2 #12 (August 2000) Pampero (Unknown, Argentina) Hero, Flash Annual #13 (2000) PanthaRosabelle MendezUnknownHeroNew Titans #73 (February 1991) El Papagayo (The Parrot)UnknownMexican, MexicoVillain/OutlawJonah Hex vol. 1, #2 (May 1977) The Question, Renee Montoya (Dominican) Hero/Anti-Hero, 52 (comics) Robina, Isabella Ortiz (Unknown Ethnicity and Nationality) Hero, We Are Robin #1 (June 2015) La Salamanca (Unknown, Argentina) Hero, Flash Annual #13 (2000) TarantulaCatalina FloresUnknown, United StatesAnti-HeroNightwing #71 (September 2002) Touch-n-GoAmelinda LopezUnknown, United StatesVillainNew Teen Titans Vol. 2 #24 (October 1986) Flecha Verde (Green Arrows of the World) (Unknown, Mexican) Hero, Adventure Comics #250 (July 1958) Vibe, Paco Ramone, (Puerto Rican) Hero, Justice League of America Annual #2 (October 1984) Vizacacha (Unknown, Argentina) Hero, Flash Annual #13 (2000) Vulcan, Miguel Devante (Unknown Ethnicity and Nationality) Hero, Son of Vulcan vol. 2 #1 (August 2005) Wonder Woman, Maria Mendoza (Peruvian) Hero, Just Imagine: Wonder Woman #1 (2002) Xiuhtecutli, (Unknown, Aztec/Mexican) Hero, Justice League of America #235 February (1985) Yaguarette, (Unknown, Argentina) Hero, Flash Annual #13 (2000) Ya'Wara, Ya'Wara [Brazilian (Tapirape tribe)] Hero, Aquaman #7 (May 2012) Wildcat, Yolanda Montez [Mexican, United States (born in Mexico)] Hero, Infinity Inc. #12 (March 1985)

Ya’ll want a fucking movie? Take your fuckin pick!!

[pocsuperheroes]

Hi can you tell me some Latona superhero’s from DC Thanks :)

I assume you mean Latina so all go off that but if I’m wrong I’m sorry. And sorry this took so long! 

The Question (Renee Montoya): Originally made to be a cop on Batman: The Animated Series but she migrated to the comics where she eventually became a superhero. She is also one of the most prominent lesbian superheroes in comics which has caused her family to disown her and caused trouble in her job. But she is nothing if not a survivor and BA. Victor Sage, the original Question, picked her to be his successor as he was dying of lung cancer. Renee has also had a romance with Batwoman.

I’d recommend reading

Gotham Central mainly Volume 3 Half a Life ( issues #6–10) where she is outed to the whole police station. 

52 (the series not the relaunch) where she becomes the Question

DC Comics: Bombshells (2015-2017) #45  onward. It’s an alternative universe but its a fun one. I mean Renee gets to fight Nazi’s what not to love.

I haven’t read but I’ve heard is good

The Question # 37

Question: The Five Books of Blood

Question: Pipeline

Detective Comics Annual # 11, 12

Batman Annual 27, 28

The Question # 37

Birds of Prey # 11,12

Convergence :The Question # 1, 2 

More under the cut

Green Lantern (Jessica Cruz): She is a Mexican American who was traumatized after her friends were murdered. This left Jessica Cruz with anxiety issues which would make her role as a Green Lantern hard. Especially since she was forced to accept the ring, unlike most Green Lanterns who accepted it willingly. Even with such hardships she had grown into her role as protector of earth and has formed a strong connection with her fellow Green Lantern, Simon Baz.

Haven’t read but heard is good

Justice League Vol 6-8. (Forever Evil and JL Vol 5 for more context)

DC Super Hero Girls: Spaced Out this is definitely 

Green Lanterns: Rebirth She and Simon Baz team up to.

Aquagirl (Lorena Marquez): She is from San Diego and found herself was submerged with the city after an Earthquake. Instead of dying she found that she could breathe underwater. Lorena then proceeded to help Aquaman locate other survivors and take down the man responsible for this a Scientist named Geist. Eventually, she became the second Aquagirl.

I’d recommend reading

Aquaman #15-20 [2004] This storyline is the first appearance of Lorena (specifically issue #16) and it has been collected in Aquaman (2003-2006): Sub-Diego 

52: #35-40 [2007] these issues are mainly about Steel (Henry Irons) but she helps.

Haven’t read but heard is good

Teen Titans #17-19 [2004]

Aquaman #26-28 [2005]

Teen Titans #34 [2006]

World War III: The Valiant [2007]

Teen Titans #69 and Teen Titans Annual 2009 where she officially joins the Teen Titans.

Teen Titans  #99-100 [2011]

Fire (Beatriz da Costa): She has two main origins that I know of

#1 Her parents were surveyors of the Amazon River Basin. Due to this, she was born among a tribe of people known as the Ge and it was foretold that she would be given powers from the Sky Spirit. Her family was skeptical of this but when she turned 15 she got superpowers which she used to fight crime. She eventually became the head of the Brazilian branch of Wayne Enterprises. 

#2 She started as an amateur model in Brazil before becoming a showgirl, stage performer, and an undercover secret agent for the Brazilian government. An unusual career path to be sure. While working as a secret agent she was caught in a pyroplasmic explosion which gave her fire-based super-human powers

Regardless of the version, she is known for her long stint in the Justice League (mainly the Justice League International) along with her friendships/partnerships with fellow league members Tora (Ice) and Sigrid (Ice Maiden).

I’d recommend reading

Justice League International (1987-1989) #14 onward or Justice League International Vol. 2 and Justice League International Vol. 3 onward

Formerly Known as the Justice League (2003)

Haven’t read but heard is good

Justice League International (2011-2012) Vol. 1: The Signal Masters 

Super Friends #25

Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders/ Kendra Munoz-Saunders): Okay there have been several Hawkgirls who tend to be reincarnations of the first one so it can be a little confusing. Kendra Saunders is the semi-reincarnation of Shiera Hall. Kendra was her Grandniece but when she committed suicide Shiera’s soul walked in but she retained no memory of her previous lives and refused to believe that she was Shiera. Then three years in one line of dialogue in “Hawkman #1” that Kendra’s mom had been a “beautiful Hispanic woman.” While Kendra Munoz-Saunders is from an alternative universe where she a treasure hunter has wings permanently grafted to her back. And she is definitely latina.

Many different kinds of media have embraced Kendra as Latina even though it was a rocky start. Such as DC Superhero Girls and the CW superhero shows.

I’d recommend reading

JSA Secret Files and Origins #1 

DC Comics: Bombshells (2015-2017) #58 onward. In this version, she was raised in a Mexican orphanage.

She makes several appearances in Birds of Prey my favorite is #104. It’s barely any screen time I just find it funny that after dealing with the Secret Six, Oracle gives her with a car a for her troubles.

Haven’t read but heard is good

Earth 2 #2 onward 

Empress (Anita Fite): She is the daughter of Donald Fite, of the All Purpose Enforcement Squad (APES.), and his wife Oshi. Oshi was the daughter of a powerful Voodou priestess. Anita’s grandmother preformed a ritual where she asked the Oya, goddess of the wind, fire, and thunderbolts, to “sponsor” Anita and serve as her “Gros Bon Ange” (Big Guardian Angel).  Anita Fite grew up displaying considerable athletic abilities and learning Vodou from her mother and grandmother. Her mother was killed when she was young by the villain Agua Sin Gaaz. Anita would join the Young Justice team. However, she was written out when her father was killed and her parents reincarnated as babies that she would end up raising. Which isn’t weird at all…

I’d recommend reading

Young Justice #16 onward even if she ends up raising her own parents

Haven’t read but heard is good

She apparently made several minor appearances in the Wonder Girl miniseries in 2007-2008

Wildcat II (Yolanda Montez): Yolanda Montez was born with meta-human powers due to the genetic manipulation and had retractable claws. Yolanda became the god-daughter of Ted Gran (Wildcat I), a close boxing friend of her father, “Mauler” Montez. She died but has made a come back on Earth 2.

Haven’t read but heard is good

Infinity Inc. #12 onward

she makes appearances in Earth 2

Black Orchid (Alba Garcia): A former army private whose arms had been amputated during her time in a magical alternate dimension which gave her powers as Black Orchid. Currently, she is a member of both A.R.G.U.S. and Justice League Dark.

Haven’t read but heard is good

Justice League Dark (2011-2015) Vol. 2: The Books of Magic 

Catwoman (Selina Kyle): Pretty I don’t have to give a backstory on this one. She is half Cuban (as confirmed by Catwoman #81), however, that regularly ignored. But I’m bitter and you can pry her being Cuban from my cold dead hands

I’d recommend reading

Catwoman (1993-2001) #81 

Catwoman (2002-2008) Vol. 1: Trail of the Catwoman onward. There is no mention of her being Latina but it is a good series (would have been better if she was confirmed, Latina)

Wonder Woman (Maria Mendoza): The daughter of a local judge in Peru, she was an activist protesting against the brutal excavation of an ancient holy site.  The man in charge, Armando Guitez, wanted the power of the runes within the site to gain enough strength to rule the world. When he kills Maria’s father is she sneaks onto the site to get revenge but stumbles upon two runes. The second rune, one of light spirits, is accidentally shattered and she is whisked away by the Sun God of the Incan people. She was gifted with magical powers which she uses to defeat Guitez.

She came from a story written by Stan Lee and it’s not that good to be honest (you can watch Linkara’s review here: X) but I’m a sucker for her design and the idea of a Hispanic magical girl Wonder Woman.

I’d recommend reading

Just Imagine: Wonder Woman

Ya'Wara: When she was a child her plane crashed in the Amazon Rainforest but she was saved by the Forest Mother who would then give her special powers so she could protect the forest. She became a member of the Tapirape tribe. She would later go on to join The Others, who wanted to gather the Seven Artefacts of Atlantis to keep them from falling into evil hands. They would split up the relics with Ya'Wara who took the Globe of Transportation.

I’d recommend reading

Aquaman #7 - The Others, Chapter One onward

Aquaman and The Others

These are the one that comes to my mind and there are probably great (or better) ones that didn’t make it to the list. And a few of these characters I’m not super familiar with so there may be mistakes. Also, some of these are or have poor representation (‘big surprise’). Even so, I hope these helped you.