Real-world problems are no match for this new crop of Latina superheroes
La Borinqueña and the A La Brava are new superheroes whose creators hope will influence change.
by Mandalit del Barco
Oct 08, 2022
2 minutes
In the multiverse of superheroes, some comic book and graphic novel creators are using Latina characters to challenge real-life issues.
New Yorker Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez created La Borinqueña, a Puerto Rican superhero who crusades for issues affecting the Caribbean island-- including climate change, economic displacement, renewable energy and Black Lives Matter.
In 2015, while writing stories for Marvel, Miranda learned that Puerto Rico had amassed an $80 billion
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