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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

Coates has shared insights on American culture that position him extremely well to scribe a story for the Blue Marvel. He’s an exceedingly thoughtful individual who possesses scholarly levels of historical knowledge and unique perspectives on American culture. All of which make him a great candidate for Adam Brashear’s backstory of being cajoled into removing himself from the field because the country wasn’t ready (circa the civil rights era) for a black super-hero with the power of a god. I think he’ll do a great job on the Black Panther (or any book for that matter), but I’d love to see him make the Blue Marvel into a flagship character….and yes, I’m bias to BM.

You raise some excellent points BM, and I agree that Coates has the capacity to write a tremendous Blue Marvel run! However, there is an interesting debate at play within the current comic climate regarding demographics writing characters of their own demographic, and after careful deliberation I reckon Coates will craft some superb Black Panther stories due to the fact that he is not African. He possess a vast amount of knowledge on race relations and selfhood within contemporary America, but I'd love to see him take that knowledge and attempt to tackle a fictional African nation like Wakanda.
As for my earlier mention of demographics, it's a thin line between writing characters that only reflect yourself (a female writing a female-lead comic, a Muslim person writing a Muslim character, etc), and writers using those characters because there's a reason to write about them. Are writers merely cherry picked to write characters that resemble them, or is it due to the writer/character fitting? To me, I don't think some work out (G. Willow Wilson didn't have anything at all to add to the all-female X-Men title, IMO), and there are characters written by writers which work wonderfully (the white, English Al Ewing weaving a wonderful black, American Adam Brashear), and perhaps Coates would write a defining run of Captain Marvel, a white woman, if given the chance?

Then again, at times you need a writer who relates exactly to the character at hand in order to birth a truly personal, stimulating story, but is it a prerequisite?

I believe I'm partaking in this discussion as the devil's advocate, for healthy debate's sake, so do indeed take this with a large bag of salt.

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Originally Posted by jmurray90720

Added the NOW! Iron Man to my collection

Beautiful display! A very nice assortment of figures and dynamic poses are always welcome.