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Still haven't seen anything in stores, and that includes shelf tags. I'll check at lunch today, so we'll see.

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Originally Posted by Dylan in Oregon

I was only being sarcastic, I meant that where as Black Panther makes sense, the Black in "Black Goliath" is an unneccessary/inappropriate reference to skin color. I don't call my buddy Sean "Black Sean".

Well, if your friend Sean was a super hero and picked that as his code-name.....

And he did eventually drop the "Black" part and went by just Goliath after Pym returned to the role of Giant-Man, albeit briefly.

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Originally Posted by DrewBlank

I don't dispute that Black Goliath was a bit insensitive but I always assumed it was a byproduct of Marvel editorial policy. They used to have a policy that no two characters could have the same name and it would lead to a lot of weird stories, like people fighting over names, etc. I remember when they killed off Warlock in X-Men right before Adam Warlock came back for Infinity Gauntlet, and one time Madame Hydra shot Viper in the head, then took his name. If Black Goliath was the worst that happened, he should feel lucky.

That's actually closer to the truth. Remember Stan Lee created Black Goliath and the X-Men (which is widely considered to be an analogy of real-world racial issues in the U.S.), so it wasn't like he was insensitive to racism or discrimination.

The term "Black" just didn't have the same racial overtones back then as it does today.