Although Hispanic Heritage Month doesn’t begin until Sept. 15, DC Comics got an early start by revealing several special covers in their attempt to celebrate the upcoming month.
The covers, which were revealed in June, feature several of DC’s superheroes surrounded by, holding, or eating a variety of Latin American foods such as tacos, flan, tamales and platanos fritos. Comic book fans on Twitter, specifically Latino fans, aren’t too happy with this interpretation of DC’s heroes.
Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, who is the creator of his own comic book series “La Borinqueña” and has collaborated with DC Comics in the past, told NPR that he believes these covers are “tasteless.”
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