Sidebar re: Indigenous Depictions @ Marvel

[dewline]

First time I'd heard of Danielle Moonstar being seen as a Problematic comics character today, but maybe I shouldn't be surprised. She was cited as such by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair at today's Canadian Comics Publishing Roundtable at Sequential's Canadian Comics Symposium. The character's been part of the Marvel roster for 40 years now, or close to that.

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[dewline]

Almost certainly, and in Dani's case, it may have been made worse in Sinclair's opinion when Chris Claremont - Dani's original writer from the New Mutants graphic novel onward - gave her additional ties to the Valkyries.

[kaffy_r]

Oh, I'd forgotten about that. It always seemed a little weird to me, but I loved the New Mutants so much (especially the early issues with Bill Sienkiewicz' art) that I was willing to forgive a lot.