This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Batwing, a DC Comics superhero. To date, two individuals have held the Batwing identity. Supposedly, the concept of
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Minorities in cartoons: Jacques Foccart (Invisible Kid)
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Jacques Foccart, a DC Comics superhero and the second Invisible Kid. A member of the 30th/31st century superhero
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Minorities in cartoons: Doctor Mist
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Doctor Mist, a DC Comics superhero. Doctor Mist first appeared in “Super Friends” #12 (June 1978), and was
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Minorities in cartoons: Danielle Foccart
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Danielle Foccart, a DC Comics character. Danielle first appeared in “Legion of Super-Heroes Annual” #2 (1982). She was
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Minorities in cartoons: Black Panther
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Black Panther (real name: T’Challa), a Marvel superhero. Black Panther (no relation to the African-American political movement of
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RIP Nelson Mandela
On Thursday came news of the death of Nelson Mandela. One of the great modern civil rights leaders, Mandela’s famed for his fight against the
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Minorities in cartoons: Lothar
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Lothar, a character from the long-running newspaper adventure strip “Mandrake the Magician.” Lothar was created by “Mandrake”‘s creator,
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Minorities in cartoons: “Captain Planet and the Planeteers”
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is “Captain Planet and the Planeteers.” Debuting in 1990 on TBS, the series ran for six seasons. Background The
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Minorities in cartoons: Vixen
This week’s entry is DC superheroine Vixen. Vixen (real name: Mari Jiwe McCabe) first appeared in “Action Comics” #521 in 1981. Gerry Conway and Bob
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Minorities in cartoons: Storm
This week’s entry is probably the most well-known Black superheroine, Storm. Introduced in “Giant Size X-Men” #1 in 1975, Storm (real name: Ororo Munroe) has
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