Earlier today I pointed out how Wright bemoans the upcoming new Avengers for going all PC and not having any white Christian men on the team.
If Marvel had made up an entire new team out of the blue to get the white male-free lineup, I might have a slight sympathy for Wright’s criticism (slight because it’s not like the new lineup will last forever or like there’s a massive shortage of white male heroes). But that’s not what they did.
•Falcon’s been around since the 1960s (though his donning Captain America’s uniform is new) and so has the Vision (cover by Gene Colan, all rights with current holder)
•Pepper Potts has been wearing her rescue armor for seven years.
•Miles Morales has been the Ultimate Spiderman for four years.
•Ms. Marvel is new, but she’s extremely popular (and contrary to Wright’s post, not just with Muslims).
In short, Marvel has lots and lots of nonwhite, nonmale characters, so it’s not that surprising we’d wind up with a team that’s composed of them. Statistically it’s probably closer to the makeup of the MU than the Kooky Quartet era of the Avengers (Cap, Hawkeye and two Roma mutants).
I’m not a fan of the latest Nova, but overall the lineup doesn’t look any worse than countless incarnations of the team that preceded it.
