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The First Person Who Says "Blaqualad" Gets A Slap

Published Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:53:14 -0500

It cannot have escaped certain people's attention that DC have had a rough ride in the blogosphere when it comes to racial sensitivity of late. From critiques of the practical effect of retrofitting legacy characters to their sixties identities, to a list of racial character crimes of late, to the appalling treatment of the Milestone line and the revival of, well, Egg-Fu, it's been pretty rocky of late.

Today, on the DC Source blog, Geoff Johns announced the new "Aqualad", marine powered partner of Justice League stalwart, Aquaman. He writes;

In the coming weeks in BRIGHTEST DAY, you'll meet a new alien killer who will become J'onn J'onzz's greatest enemy, a world where Hawkman and Hawkgirl will discover a great secret about their past, the mysterious and deadly Siren and a young hero who's about to get world wide exposure this fall beyond comics – the all-new Aqualad.

When our YOUNG JUSTICE animated series for Cartoon Network was announced a few weeks ago (who ever thought we'd see an animated Miss Martian?! AW YEAH!) a lot of people asked who the new Aqualad was. And a lot of people thought they'd have to wait for the show to start. But you won't.

Aqualad's story actually begins in a few short weeks in BRIGHTEST DAY #4. I won't tell you much yet, but I will tell you – he has no idea he's about to become Aqualad. In fact, he lives in one of the driest places in America – Silver City, New Mexico.

And Geoff talks about lots more interesting stuff to come.

Oh and he appears to be beating on the whitest man in existence. Or non-existence.