Readers hope upcoming comic book anthology improves Native American representation


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Red Planet Books & Comics in the United States has assembled a gallery of Native artists and scribes for 'Marvel Voices: Indigenous Voices #1, ' an anthology that will revisit some of its Native characters. Photo: AP

Past portrayals of Native American or Indigenous comic book superheroes would often follow the same checklist - mystical powers, an ability to talk to animals and a costume of either a headdress or a loincloth.

"Poor research was done. They were just going off of TV and film, ” said artist Jeffrey Veregge of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe in Washington state.

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