07-16-2017, 05:29 PM
^ Oh, I read Wilson Fisk say himself that he was only 4% body fat in a comic short. TV Tropes states that he once said 2%, which is impossible.
As for the Ben Urich being played by an African American, I like the diversity. I mean, too, too many fictional characters are white. I know we have Cyborg and Luke Cage, who was the first "black" comic book protagonist in the Blaxploitation era, and some others, but not enough. I want a black James Bond; Dr. Who is finally getting a female Dr (I've not watched the show); I've only seen Lex Luthor as being white in live action DC films and black in the Superman animated series and it does not change who he is as a villain; Miles Morales is Spiderman now in the comics.
Ben Urich is a supporting character and I do not know of anything that makes his skin have to be white. That makes a change like that easier.
I'm not saying we need to go crazy with changing as many characters as possible, but as new characters come along, change in story lines, etc, different ethnicities should be included.
As for the Ben Urich being played by an African American, I like the diversity. I mean, too, too many fictional characters are white. I know we have Cyborg and Luke Cage, who was the first "black" comic book protagonist in the Blaxploitation era, and some others, but not enough. I want a black James Bond; Dr. Who is finally getting a female Dr (I've not watched the show); I've only seen Lex Luthor as being white in live action DC films and black in the Superman animated series and it does not change who he is as a villain; Miles Morales is Spiderman now in the comics.
Ben Urich is a supporting character and I do not know of anything that makes his skin have to be white. That makes a change like that easier.
I'm not saying we need to go crazy with changing as many characters as possible, but as new characters come along, change in story lines, etc, different ethnicities should be included.