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* Creator/GregWeisman created a new, black Aqualad named Kaldur'ahm for his ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' animated series, and the character was [[CanonImmigrant brought over into the comics]] as well (where he is Black Manta's estranged son). However, unlike most characters who exemplify this trope, Kaldur's predecessor had not gone by "Aqualad" in well over a decade. It's also worth noting that in the show's continuity Garth was never Aqualad, presumably making Kaldur the first.
** When Kaldur was reintroduced post-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' in ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', he was also established as being gay.

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* Creator/GregWeisman created a new, black Aqualad named Kaldur'ahm for his ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' animated series, and the character was [[CanonImmigrant brought over into the comics]] as well Jackson Hyde (where he is Black Manta's estranged son). However, unlike most characters who exemplify this trope, Kaldur's predecessor had not gone by "Aqualad" in well over a decade.son) following Garth's death during ''ComicBook/BlackestNight''. It's also worth noting that in the show's continuity Garth was never Aqualad, presumably making Kaldur the first.
** When Kaldur Jackson was reintroduced post-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' in ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', he was also established as being gay.

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* ''{{Series/Arrow}}''
** The mantle of Green Arrow gets passed around a lot: Oliver Queen (white man) → John Diggle (black man) → Emiko Queen (Japanese woman) → Mia Queen (white girl)
*** Applies to Earth-16 that appears in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' and ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'': Oliver Queen (white man) → Connor Hawke (black man)
** The mantle of the (Black) Canary gets passed around as well: Sara Lance (Bisexual white woman) → Laurel Lance (White woman) → Dinah Drake (Dominican woman) → Zoe Ramirez (Puerto Rican woman)
** The title of Ra's Al Ghul, previously held by a man of unknown Asian ethinicty, is succeeded by Malcolm Merlyn (a white man) before being passed on to Nyssa Raatko (Asian woman)
* ''Series/TheFlash2014''
** After Ronnie Raymond's HeroicSacrifice, both the potential successors to his role as Firestorm are black. Jefferson Jackson goes on to serve more time as Firestorm than Raymond ever did, appearing in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow.''
** Season 9's first arc, "Rogue War", gives us the new Murmur who replaces Michael Amar (white man) with Michelle Amar (mute, black woman)

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''{{Series/Arrow}}''
** *** The mantle of Green Arrow gets passed around a lot: Oliver Queen (white man) → John Diggle (black man) → Emiko Queen (Japanese woman) → Mia Queen (white girl)
*** **** Applies to Earth-16 that appears in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' and ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'': Oliver Queen (white man) → Connor Hawke (black man)
** *** The mantle of the (Black) Canary gets passed around as well: Sara Lance (Bisexual white woman) → Laurel Lance (White woman) → Dinah Drake (Dominican woman) → Zoe Ramirez (Puerto Rican woman)
** *** The title of Ra's Al Ghul, previously held by a man of unknown Asian ethinicty, is succeeded by Malcolm Merlyn (a white man) before being passed on to Nyssa Raatko (Asian woman)
* ** ''Series/TheFlash2014''
** *** After Ronnie Raymond's HeroicSacrifice, both the potential successors to his role as Firestorm are black. Jefferson Jackson goes on to serve more time as Firestorm than Raymond ever did, appearing in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow.''
** *** Season 9's first arc, "Rogue War", gives us the new Murmur who replaces Michael Amar (white man) with Michelle Amar (mute, black woman)woman)
** In season two of ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'', Ryan Wilder (black gay woman) replaces Kate Kane (white gay woman) in the title role.
*** On the villains' side in season 3, the new Poison Ivy is Mary Hamilton, an Asian woman, while the new Joker, Marquis Jet, is an African-American man.



* In season two of ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'', Ryan Wilder (black gay woman) replaces Kate Kane (white gay woman) in the title role.
** On the villains' side in season 3, the new Poison Ivy is Mary Hamilton, an Asian woman, while the new Joker, Marquis Jet, is an African-American man.
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* Happened by necessity in the {{Elseworld}}s comic ''JLA: Created Equal'', where a {{Gendercide}} kills off every male on the planet. Barbara Gordon (the aforementioned Batgirl) becomes the new Green Lantern, and a black grad student named Jill Atherton becomes the new Atom after recreating Ray Palmer's size-changing technology from the notes he left behind.

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* Happened by necessity in the {{Elseworld}}s comic ''JLA: Created Equal'', ''ComicBook/JLACreatedEqual'', where a {{Gendercide}} kills off every male on the planet. Barbara Gordon (the aforementioned Batgirl) becomes the new Green Lantern, and a black grad student named Jill Atherton becomes the new Atom after recreating Ray Palmer's size-changing technology from the notes he left behind.

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