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Back in the '70s, it was hard to find a good man--let alone a woman--of color in the comics. Black Panther, you were gone so fast we barely knew you. Luke Cage too. Iron Fist? Blonde. Conan? Brunette, but a barbarian.
There was Shang-Chi the Master of Kung Fu--revived by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy from Sax Rohmer's World War I-era Fu Manchu pulps. Shang-Chi joined London's MI-6 and struggled (mostly non-verbally) with the legacy of his dad's villainous nails while kicking much ass.
Then the '80s came and, per Tina Turner, we didn't need another hero. By the end of the decade Frank Miller had pumped Batman the Dark Knight full of fascist steroids, and ...
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