By Alamin Yohannes
It’s Superhero Day, so we’re celebrating the new Captain America, America Chavez, and others making the world of heroes a more inclusive place.
The late Chadwick Boseman brought the iconic hero, along with Wakanda, to the masses creating one of the biggest pop culture moments.
As Kate Kane, Batwoman gave TV a new LGBTQ hero, but when Javicia Leslie took over for Ruby Rose as a whole new character the series entered exciting, uncharted waters.
We loved him as Falcon, but taking the mantle of Captain American from Steve Rogers is a huge boon for representation within the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the larger genre.
Riri Williams is known for being the brilliant young woman who upgrades Tony Stark’s Iron Man armor. We cannot wait to see what she brings to her live-action series. It’s a whole new era.
Ms. Marvel is coming! Iman Vellani is bringing the new superhero to life on screen. First in her own series, then joining Captain Marvel herself in The Marvels.
Black Lightning brought some new energy to the Arrowverse, but it was Anissa Pierce’s journey to Thunder that gave us a Black lesbian hero and an LGBTQ love story, all while the Pierce family and friends fought crime.
The MCU’s first LGBTQ hero (though the scene confirming her bisexuality in Thor: Ragnarok was eventually cut). Tessa Thompson. Need we say more?
The film’s whole vibe was new for the MCU, but most importantly it had a diverse main cast, the likes of which the cinematic universe hadn’t seen before.
Simu Liu and the cast made history as the first Asian-led superhero movie in the MCU!
Miss America is coming to our universe with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The Latinx hero is part of Marvel’s new wave of diverse, young superheroes, and America will be the one we meet next!