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** After an article by USA Today about the new ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' featured the quote "Maybe sooner or later a black or gay — or both — hero will be considered something absolutely normal," several news organizations such as the Daily Mail and the Drudge Report automatically assumed that ComicBook/MilesMorales "could be gay".

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** After an article by USA Today about the new ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' featured the quote "Maybe sooner or later a black or gay — or both — hero will be considered something absolutely normal," several news organizations such as the Daily Mail and the Drudge Report automatically assumed that ComicBook/MilesMorales [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]] "could be gay".
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* Microsoft posted this [[http://cheezburger.com/7682072576 photo]] of ComicBook/SpiderMan in his black suit posing in front of an UsefulNotes/XboxOne poster at Comic-Con. The message accompanying the photo?

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* Microsoft posted this [[http://cheezburger.com/7682072576 photo]] of ComicBook/SpiderMan in his black suit posing in front of an UsefulNotes/XboxOne Platform/XboxOne poster at Comic-Con. The message accompanying the photo?
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* The ''{{Series/Castle}}'' episode "Heroes & Villains" has a wall of heroes, including ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, and says they're all motivated by the murder of a parent. Except Deadpool is an insane mercenary with severe cancer who's kept alive by an implanted healing factor who isn't at all motivated by a parent's murder.

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* The ''{{Series/Castle}}'' ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' episode "Heroes & Villains" has a wall of heroes, including ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, and says they're all motivated by the murder of a parent. Except Deadpool is an insane mercenary with severe cancer who's kept alive by an implanted healing factor who isn't at all motivated by a parent's murder.
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* The media brouhaha surrounding the fact that in-real-life beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown appeared in the [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel Comic]] ''Captain Britain and MI:13'' had several papers calling him [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1023597/Have-fear-Brown-help-save-world--new-comic-book-Captain-Britain.html SuperGordon]] and/or saying he " leads a counterattack" on the invading Skrulls, making him sound like [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent Prime Minister Action]]. In the comic itself, he shows competence and resolve, but doesn't do much; he does give commands, but seems to be a little bit out of the loop when it comes to the world of magic and superheroics.

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* The media brouhaha surrounding the fact that in-real-life beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown appeared in the [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel Comic]] Creator/{{Marvel Comic|s}} ''Captain Britain and MI:13'' had several papers calling him [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1023597/Have-fear-Brown-help-save-world--new-comic-book-Captain-Britain.html SuperGordon]] and/or saying he " leads a counterattack" on the invading Skrulls, making him sound like [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent Prime Minister Action]]. In the comic itself, he shows competence and resolve, but doesn't do much; he does give commands, but seems to be a little bit out of the loop when it comes to the world of magic and superheroics.



* An Australian newspaper condemned the depiction of women in comic books. They cited one of the earliest examples of poor treatment being Comicbook/SpiderMan's girlfriend Gwen Stacy. So far, correct. Then they wrote about her terrible demise by being [[BodyInABreadbox killed and stuffed in Spider-Man's fridge]], mixing up the memorable moment from ''Spider-Man'' with one from ''ComicBook/GreenLantern''.

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* An Australian newspaper condemned the depiction of women in comic books. They cited one of the earliest examples of poor treatment being Comicbook/SpiderMan's ComicBook/SpiderMan's girlfriend Gwen Stacy. So far, correct. Then they wrote about her terrible demise by being [[BodyInABreadbox killed and stuffed in Spider-Man's fridge]], mixing up the memorable moment from ''Spider-Man'' with one from ''ComicBook/GreenLantern''.



** In an article about a local black comic book artist/writer, a paper claimed that there were only five black superheroes, which the article proceeded to list. Aside from the fact that there are far more than five black superheroes, the list didn't mention ComicBook/{{Storm}} (who, due to the at-the-time fairly recent first ''Film/XMen1'' movie, was arguably the best-known black superhero in America) but did include Comicbook/IronFist. Who is white.
** After an article by USA Today about the new ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan'' featured the quote "Maybe sooner or later a black or gay — or both — hero will be considered something absolutely normal," several news organizations such as the Daily Mail and the Drudge Report automatically assumed that Comicbook/MilesMorales "could be gay".

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** In an article about a local black comic book artist/writer, a paper claimed that there were only five black superheroes, which the article proceeded to list. Aside from the fact that there are far more than five black superheroes, the list didn't mention ComicBook/{{Storm}} (who, due to the at-the-time fairly recent first ''Film/XMen1'' movie, was arguably the best-known black superhero in America) but did include Comicbook/IronFist.ComicBook/IronFist. Who is white.
** After an article by USA Today about the new ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan'' ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' featured the quote "Maybe sooner or later a black or gay — or both — hero will be considered something absolutely normal," several news organizations such as the Daily Mail and the Drudge Report automatically assumed that Comicbook/MilesMorales ComicBook/MilesMorales "could be gay".



** After Marvel announced that they were introducing a Pakistani-American teenager as the new ComicBook/{{Ms Marvel|2014}}, a number of outlets cited her as the first Muslim superhero. This is despite the fact that, at Marvel alone, Ms. Marvel is predated by Dust, Josiah X, and Faiza Hussain, and made even more ridiculous by the fact that DC got mainstream coverage only ''a year'' prior for introducing a Muslim Comicbook/GreenLantern.
*** The media's habit of referring to the new Ms. Marvel as a "[[ContinuityReboot reboot]]" of the original also led some people to believe Kamala was a YoungerAndHipper RaceLift of Carol Danvers, the ''original'' Ms. Marvel.
** When it came out that ComicBook/TheFalcon would be introduced in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', several mainstream sites either referred to him as Marvel's earliest black superhero or the first black member of Comicbook/TheAvengers. In both of those roles, he's predated by the ComicBook/BlackPanther. (Although there is some room for confusion, as he was Marvel's first ''African-American'' hero)

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** After Marvel announced that they were introducing a Pakistani-American teenager as the new ComicBook/{{Ms Marvel|2014}}, a number of outlets cited her as the first Muslim superhero. This is despite the fact that, at Marvel alone, Ms. Marvel is predated by Dust, Josiah X, and Faiza Hussain, and made even more ridiculous by the fact that DC got mainstream coverage only ''a year'' prior for introducing a Muslim Comicbook/GreenLantern.
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*** The media's habit of referring to the new Ms. Marvel as a "[[ContinuityReboot reboot]]" of the original also led some people to believe Kamala was a YoungerAndHipper RaceLift of Carol Danvers, the ''original'' Ms. Marvel.
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** When it came out that ComicBook/TheFalcon would be introduced in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', several mainstream sites either referred to him as Marvel's earliest black superhero or the first black member of Comicbook/TheAvengers.ComicBook/TheAvengers. In both of those roles, he's predated by the ComicBook/BlackPanther. (Although there is some room for confusion, as he was Marvel's first ''African-American'' hero)



** When ''Comicbook/{{Silk}}'' first launched, MSNBC ran a report that cited the character as Marvel's first Asian-American superhero. Keith Chow corrected them by pointing out that characters like [[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala Khan]] predated Silk, and that DC's [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl 2000}} Cassandra Cain]] was technically the first Asian-American superhero to have her own series. And if we expand the umbrella to cover Asian superheroes rather than specifically Asian-American ones, Marvel's Comicbook/ShangChi predates both Silk and Cassandra Cain by a great deal, having debuted in 1973 before receiving his own solo series the following year.

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** When ''Comicbook/{{Silk}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Silk}}'' first launched, MSNBC ran a report that cited the character as Marvel's first Asian-American superhero. Keith Chow corrected them by pointing out that characters like [[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala Khan]] predated Silk, and that DC's [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl 2000}} [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra Cain]] was technically the first Asian-American superhero to have her own series. And if we expand the umbrella to cover Asian superheroes rather than specifically Asian-American ones, Marvel's Comicbook/ShangChi ComicBook/ShangChi predates both Silk and Cassandra Cain by a great deal, having debuted in 1973 before receiving his own solo series the following year.



* And actually you can include any mainstream news pieces which focused on the deaths of beloved superhero staples like Franchise/{{Superman}} back in the 90s, and ComicBook/{{Captain America}} and Franchise/{{Batman}} in the 00s. They rarely mentioned that superhero deaths are a cyclical process and that their resurrections were inevitable the moment they were killed off (or, in the case of Batman, not pointing out that he was shown to actually not be dead at the end of the very story where he was presumed to have been killed). These news pieces were usually substantiated by the publicity and hype machine departments of Marvel/DC who also avoided downplaying the overall significance of those deaths lest they damper the sudden interest they were receiving.
* An issue of ''Latina'' had immigrant workers (showing that they were true heroes, performing thankless tasks) dressed in various costumes. Two were dressed as the ComicBook/FantasticFour, according to the caption. They were ''really'' dressed as the Comicbook/WonderTwins.

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* And actually you can include any mainstream news pieces which focused on the deaths of beloved superhero staples like Franchise/{{Superman}} back in the 90s, and ComicBook/{{Captain America}} ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and Franchise/{{Batman}} in the 00s. They rarely mentioned that superhero deaths are a cyclical process and that their resurrections were inevitable the moment they were killed off (or, in the case of Batman, not pointing out that he was shown to actually not be dead at the end of the very story where he was presumed to have been killed). These news pieces were usually substantiated by the publicity and hype machine departments of Marvel/DC who also avoided downplaying the overall significance of those deaths lest they damper the sudden interest they were receiving.
* An issue of ''Latina'' had immigrant workers (showing that they were true heroes, performing thankless tasks) dressed in various costumes. Two were dressed as the ComicBook/FantasticFour, according to the caption. They were ''really'' dressed as the Comicbook/WonderTwins.ComicBook/WonderTwins.



* Inverted when the school board in Mc[==]Minn County, Tennessee voted to ban the ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}'' graphic novels from its middle school library. One of the reasons cited was nudity. Since the book is about the Holocaust and portrays Jews as mice, this led to people on social media (including George Takei) mocking the board for being offended at "naked cartoon mice." But anyone who has actually read the books will know that ''Maus Vol. 1'' includes the 1972 short comic strip "Prisoner on Hell Planet," which is about cartoonist Art Spiegelman's mother committing suicide. Her very-human body is shown in a bathtub after slitting her wrists, and her nipples are plainly visible. The fact that the school board's reaction to that scene was to focus on her breasts [[NippleAndDimed is a problem by itself]], but ''that'' was the nudity they were referring to, not the mice.

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* Inverted when the school board in Mc[==]Minn [=McMinn=] County, Tennessee voted to ban the ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}'' graphic novels from its middle school library. One of the reasons cited was nudity. Since the book is about the Holocaust and portrays Jews as mice, this led to people on social media (including George Takei) mocking the board for being offended at "naked cartoon mice." But anyone who has actually read the books will know that ''Maus Vol. 1'' includes the 1972 short comic strip "Prisoner on Hell Planet," which is about cartoonist Art Spiegelman's mother committing suicide. Her very-human body is shown in a bathtub after slitting her wrists, and her nipples are plainly visible. The fact that the school board's reaction to that scene was to focus on her breasts [[NippleAndDimed is a problem by itself]], but ''that'' was the nudity they were referring to, not the mice.
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*[[https://www.primevice.com/blog/comic-draw-proper-proportions3145500 an article about drawing body proportions in comics]] states that the average body is 6 and half heads stalls for males and females, the average adult body is from 7 heads to 7 and half heads for men and women, pre-teens are 6.5 heads tall depending on how they grow and they are petite adults that have the 1:6 1/2 head to body ratio as well.
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* The media brouhaha surrounding the fact that in-real-life beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown appeared in the [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel Comic]] ''Captain Britain and MI:13'' had several papers calling him [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1023597/Have-fear-Brown-help-save-world--new-comic-book-Captain-Britain.html SuperGordon]] and/or saying he "[[http://www.financialexpress.com/news/SuperGordon-to-help-save-world-in-Captain-Britain-fantasy/318214/ leads a counterattack]]" on the invading Skrulls, making him sound like [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent Prime Minister Action]]. In the comic itself, he shows competence and resolve, but doesn't do much; he does give commands, but seems to be a little bit out of the loop when it comes to the world of magic and superheroics.

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* The media brouhaha surrounding the fact that in-real-life beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown appeared in the [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel Comic]] ''Captain Britain and MI:13'' had several papers calling him [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1023597/Have-fear-Brown-help-save-world--new-comic-book-Captain-Britain.html SuperGordon]] and/or saying he "[[http://www.financialexpress.com/news/SuperGordon-to-help-save-world-in-Captain-Britain-fantasy/318214/ " leads a counterattack]]" counterattack" on the invading Skrulls, making him sound like [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent Prime Minister Action]]. In the comic itself, he shows competence and resolve, but doesn't do much; he does give commands, but seems to be a little bit out of the loop when it comes to the world of magic and superheroics.

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* An Australian newspaper condemned the depiction of women in comic books. They cited one of the earliest examples of poor treatment being Comicbook/SpiderMan's girlfriend Gwen Stacy. So far, correct. Then they wrote about her terrible demise by being [[BodyInABreadbox killed and stuffed in Spider-Man's fridge]], mixing up the memorable moment from ''Spider-Man'' with one from ''ComicBook/GreenLantern''.


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* An Australian newspaper condemned the depiction of women in comic books. They cited one of the earliest examples of poor treatment being Comicbook/SpiderMan's girlfriend Gwen Stacy. So far, correct. Then they wrote about her terrible demise by being [[BodyInABreadbox killed and stuffed in Spider-Man's fridge]], mixing up the memorable moment from ''Spider-Man'' with one from ''ComicBook/GreenLantern''.
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** More of a deliberate [[MetaphoricallyTrue lie of omission]] than a mistake, but some people describe Batman as some kind of fascist because "he beats up criminals". While this is true, they make it sound like he's beating up shoplifters or pot smokers or people who commit some other minor crime, as opposed to supervillains, SerialKillers, evil robots etc. Not to mention ''almost all'' superheroes "beat up criminals" at some point (indeed, it seems customary to have a superhero who just got his powers encounter a robber or similar bad guy as a StarterVillain.)

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** More of a deliberate [[MetaphoricallyTrue lie of omission]] than a mistake, but some people describe Batman as some kind of fascist because "he beats up criminals". While this is true, they make it sound like he's beating up shoplifters or pot smokers or people who commit some other minor crime, as opposed to supervillains, SerialKillers, serial killers, evil robots etc. Not to mention ''almost all'' superheroes "beat up criminals" at some point (indeed, it seems customary to have a superhero who just got his powers encounter a robber or similar bad guy as a StarterVillain.)

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