"One of the things we have to deal with first are the icons. If we don’t do those first, other characters regardless of race or ethnicity, will fail."

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Marvel chief creative officer Joe Quesada at ComicCon 2011, in response to a fan’s request for a Luke Cage movie.

Because Ant Man and talking raccoons are soooo iconic.

(via racebending)

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