tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post9032205979947346304..comments2024-02-12T15:32:07.208-05:00Comments on The Comic Book Catacombs: Jun-Gal in "The Pit of Death!" (Rural Home; 1944)Chuck Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04529750105224374839noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-33142833294422764182010-02-09T17:40:28.455-05:002010-02-09T17:40:28.455-05:00By today's standards, it's racist. But no ...By today's standards, it's racist. But no more so than most Jungle characters really. Such as Mammy is of a specific stereotype but is it racist if it's true that many African Americans had limited education and worked menial jobs as servants? In other stories, Mammy actually shows more bravery than usually allowed that particular stereotype.<br /><br />Why does Jun-Gal gain powers and the others don't? Why does Peter Parker get spider powers or Bruce Banner turn into the Hulk instead of contracting cancer (especially considering that Banner was working on a bomb and the the goal there is to kill people not to turn a bunch of the enemy survivors into super-powered p.o'ed freaks)? Why do the FF all get different powers instead of the same power? Sure, it has holes, but no moreso than many other origins and can be written off as just that something in her genetic make-up makes it so.cash_gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12071052539938367439noreply@blogger.com