In 2025, the world is craving representation, and not for its own sake. For almost a century, the template for a superhero was a white male or a white person in general. That was not a happy accident; that template was the result of race politics. (More on that later.) The point is that after the success of Black Panther and the diversification of the superhero genre, Black comic characters are becoming more common and more popular.
It is easy to cry reverse racism or pretend that this is the result of some conspiracy, but that would be disingenuous. Times change, comic book fan expectations change, and nothing stays the same forever.
