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04-07-2013, 04:31 AM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
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Hes asian in the original Marvel comic/toyline continuity, African in the IDW comic universe, white in Sigma 6/Retaliation universe.
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04-07-2013, 05:42 AM | #2 |
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Is he Asian in the original comic? I never picked up on that....
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04-07-2013, 05:51 AM | #3 |
Iron Grenadier
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Wasnt he French at one point?
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04-07-2013, 05:57 AM | #4 |
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04-07-2013, 06:47 AM | #5 |
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he's white in Marvel comics. when he unmasks as the leader of the Red Ninjas, before donning his V2 figure's outfit, he's white.
French from Vietnam he may be, but he's for damn sure white. |
04-07-2013, 09:02 AM | #6 |
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The leader of the Koga ninja clan owed his father a life debt. When he died, the young Firefly was taken into the clan and trained as their own. Later, Cobra Commander hired Firefly to kill Snake Eyes while he was training with the Arashikage clan. He eventually became the Faceless Master in that clan and deferred the hit on Snake Eyes to Zartan, who trained under the sword-maker Onihashi. There wasn't any real indication to his race, but I thought his mother (who was never mentioned to my knowledge) was Asian, while his father was white.
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04-07-2013, 09:05 AM | #7 |
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I think he was later revealed to be a mix in the marvel/DDP run.
The reason he changes race in various publishers is simple. It's a guy in a balaclava. They can do what they want with him. Especially when they keep rebooting the series. The ethnicity doesn't really change the essence of his character at least not in relation to the story. He's a saboteur, race doesn't measure into that. |
04-07-2013, 11:43 AM | #8 |
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He mentions that his father was a plantation owner in French Indochina(modern day Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos) in the Marvel run.
When he unmasked to put on the v.2 outfit: "My blurred visage is unsettling to most-- Here, let me assume a more standard image!" So that wasn't really his face. As far as his unmasked look in DDP, *raspberries* Edit: Actually, looking back at the comics(Marvel and DDP), I can see the Asian side in him, so maybe it really was his face. Misdirected misdirection, as it were... Last edited by bitetheasp; 04-07-2013 at 11:51 AM.. |
04-07-2013, 12:15 PM | #9 |
Iron Grenadier
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In many ways he's more of a code name, costume, and skill set than a character who can never change. If someone really wanted to they could have some other evil character kill him and take over the mantel of Firefly.
The creative freedom isn't a bad thing so he can go all ninja in the Marvel comics run because everyone was going ninja back then but you could have a new Firefly now with no connections to ninjas if that's what a creative team wanted. |
04-07-2013, 12:53 PM | #10 |
Crimson Guard
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Quote:
The reason he changes race in various publishers is simple. It's a guy in a balaclava. They can do what they want with him. Especially when they keep rebooting the series. The ethnicity doesn't really change the essence of his character at least not in relation to the story.
He's a saboteur, race doesn't measure into that.
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