@black_claw: Oh yes. And one thing you have to realize is that the Video Game, TV, and Movie audiences are vast in comparison to comics, where he will remain in purgatory. Coming into comics two years ago, I realized after a few months that comics are still a very, very niche medium. I think the only reason John Stewart remains in the DC universe to this day is because of the radical amount of exposure he had in the early-mid 2000's with JLU. I never ever heard of Green Lantern before (granted, I was young, and my only exposure to comics were huge, mainstream heroes at the time. Mainstream enough to have cartoons. X-Men was about the only thing I ever read. Pardon my ignorance at a young age), so naturally, when I heard of the GL movie, I was puzzled at this new guy who looked nothing like John Stewart.

Before I derail my train of thought, people are still stigmatized for reading comics, and that is part of what drives them away from them. That is why I was amazed at how low a comic like Static Shock, who's cartoon was loved by so many people back then, was selling poor enough to get canceled after a lousy eight month lifespan.

Now, it is true that most people will read what they relate to, and race does play a huge factor in deciding whether a person will read a comic or not, and to tell you the truth, how many black comic fans do you think there are? For a book like Static Shock, a character who is considered the most successful black hero ever, to have such low sales figures, regardless of quality, to get canceled ~ how many black people are going to randomly walk by a comic shop and invest month by month in character XYZ?

I don't see them. My brother thinks comics are weird. He won't be bothered to pick up the stuff, yet he'll gladly rush to a Batman movie or an episode of Young Justice. This is just the way things are. I don't know why there aren't conventions like this, but if black people want black heroes to succeed, they will have to have a stronger market presence than exists now. I am sorry to be saying this, but I don't see any upsides to this race thing anytime soon.

These are just things I would like to see, as well as things that I think would help a black character stick around. We also need more black writers. There is a meager black presence in terms of creative writing in the comic industry.

Only we can save ourselves. Lol. Sorry if you think I am coming off as harsh, but this is the way things are now.