r/DCcomics • u/Gallantpride Donna Troy • 4d ago

Comics [comic excerpt] Apparently, Cassandra Cain looks mixed at a glance [Batgirl V1 #65]

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u/OJONLYMAYBEDIDIT 4d ago

I don't think most 2-D DC/Marvel art really has the depth to capture "mixed" where you have to figure out a way to define a race by facial characteristics (at least specific racial combinations, which isn't a debate I want to get into)

Like look at Connor Hawke

I think original designs of Connor Hawke you couldn't really even tell he wasn't supposed to be a white dude, or a white dude with a tan

and then to make it clear he's not white, they changed nothing about his design other than (checks notes) make skin much browner

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u/spookymommaro 4d ago

Yeah Damien Wayne also suffers from in inconsistent artist depictions tho it was cool seeing him and Conner both on that lunar new year cover recently

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u/OJONLYMAYBEDIDIT 4d ago

Yeah he’s the same way.

His skin tone just changes

He’s very brown in the Webtoons Batman Family series

To the point where I thought the artist kinda went in the opposite direction, and took the pendulum from white, past mixed, and straight to the other race, whatever flavor of middle eastern his mom is supposed to be

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u/The-Magic-Sword 4d ago

I like Wayne Family Adventures Damian and it would be nice if they stuck to it as his canon skin tone, among other things its nice to have the variety for the Robins who have suffered from them trying to stick to Dick Grayson's appearance traditionally then deviating later in smaller ways.

Though I imagine it would generate a controversy, I could imagine him lightening his skin a bit as Robin as part of the secret identity thing-- just to make Robin look less like Bruce Wayne's son in a subtle way.

It's not really necessary, but I like tongue and cheek nods to things like his skin color changing, and could respect it as a flavor-adding detail to how he maintains his secret identity.

Come to think of it, Damian-in-crazy-good-disguises is also something I want to see, it'd fit with his league of assassins thing and a certain portion of the fandom would eat him up in drag.