tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360996933412955386.post7743336939610659537..comments2024-03-05T22:38:08.486-05:00Comments on Beta is Dead: Black Superheroes: Triathlon/3D-Man IIBeta Magnushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12090196394955870455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360996933412955386.post-5239802499892056642014-03-30T11:57:33.836-04:002014-03-30T11:57:33.836-04:00That's an awesome point.That's an awesome point.Beta Magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090196394955870455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360996933412955386.post-66615639732744171192014-03-29T23:11:30.592-04:002014-03-29T23:11:30.592-04:00Triathlon's look, abilities and background wer...Triathlon's look, abilities and background were dated. More particularly, he looked and acted like a black superhero created in the early 1970s and dusted off some 25 years later. It was like Kurt Busiek created this superhero inspired by Black Goliath, Black Lightning and the Luke Cage who struggled fighting a vending machine for a soda. I honestly thought Triathlon was intended to be created a 1970s-era anachronism, since his first appearance was fighting a supervillain who had not been seen since the late '70s. When I found out Triathlon was not created to be a light parody of Icon's Buck Wild and instead was a serious attempt of creating a superhero, I cringed. He looked especially dated compared to other black characters created in the 1990s, such as Bishop (when he originally was cast as black), Spawn and Michael Holt Mr. Terrific.Najee12https://www.blogger.com/profile/09384487860309141860noreply@blogger.com