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Actually, turning Johnny Storm into a black guy makes sense

May 11, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

The character likes fame, fast living, chicks, flashy cars, and is chronically impulsive.

Now: if Mr. Fantastic, the hyperrational, low key, soft spoken genius IQ scientist, was black — that would be a, well, a stretch.

Note: this thread has 1000+ comments.

PS to the author:

If “everybody likes comic books, not just white people,” and all these iconic characters have been white since the 1930s, then…

Why do they suddenly need to be black now?

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