Blue Beetle W: Tony Bedard P: Ig Guara I: Ruy Jose
Is
this racist? I can't tell. If a Puerto Rican guy writes a comic book
character who is Puerto Rican for non-Hispanics (as we must assume this
is to a degree - something I will touch further on when I get to Red
Hood) as a ridiculous stereotype, what does that make him, an Uncle Tom
of sorts? Oh and it's not just Hispanic, there's some comedy writing of
French and German speakers too in a sub-Batroc style.
Anyway,
this is plotted in the Johns Universe as follows: The Reach are foes of
the GLC from since BEFORE TIME and massively powerful -
planet-wiping-out powerful. But the GLC are too stupid to find, control
or destroy them.
The
great and mighty Abin Sur didn't find that then, did he. So, this is
going to become yet another Green Lantern book, of sorts. On the second
last page our hero gets turned into Blue Beetle and it's impossible to
read the dialogue on the final splash as anything more than a triumphant
"TA-DA!" (except we know it's not from earlier).
ETHNICS
gets would back (this isn't, and never will be, Love & Rockets) but
I miss Ted Kord. I want him back. BACK, DO YOU HEAR ME?
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