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In the time of BlackLivesMatter, Batwoman shows her African-American pride

2020-10-27T15:39:27.799Z


Javicia Leslie takes on the costume of the masked vigilante for the second season of the CW show.Batwoman is dead. Long live Batwoman. After the surprise departure of Ruby Rose at the end of season 1, the series anchored in the Arrowverse, the DC Comics universe of the CW channel, found itself orphaned by any bat in the city of Gotham. A few weeks later, it is the actress Javicia Leslie who is chosen to in turn wear the black and red costume of the masked vigilante. The character of Ryan Wild


Batwoman is dead.

Long live Batwoman.

After the surprise departure of Ruby Rose at the end of season 1, the series anchored in the Arrowverse, the DC Comics universe of the CW channel, found itself orphaned by any bat in the city of Gotham.

A few weeks later, it is the actress Javicia Leslie who is chosen to in turn wear the black and red costume of the masked vigilante.

The character of Ryan Wilder therefore replaces that of Kate Kane.

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Fans will have to wait for episode 3 of this season 2 to finally catch a glimpse of the new costume in the

Batwoman

series

.

Javicia Leslie, the first black woman to play this superheroine, is satisfied with the result.

I love the fact that Ryan becomes his own Batwoman.

It's her style, her swag and her moment

, the actress said in a statement.

I thought it was important for viewers to be able to tell that Batwoman was a black girl just by her figure.

With the tight suit and the beautiful afro cut, we really succeeded!

"

In the middle of Black Lives Matter, the choice of the American channel for a black actress is a decision far from trivial.

The CW offers its audience a character proud of its ethnic as well as sexual diversity.

Indeed, like Kate Kane and her interpreter Ruby Rose in season 1, Ryan Wilder and Javicia Leslie are part of the LGBT community.

The two Batwoman costumes from the show.

CW

Among the differences between the two costumes, we notice a finer and better worked logo in this new version.

The protections on the forearms are also more accomplished just like the belt, with the added bonus of the apparent Batwoman symbol.

Along with a new heroine,

Batwoman

Season 2 will

introduce the Batmobile with a more questionable design.

The vigilante's car looks like it came straight out of a tuning show when fans were hoping for a gleaming armored dragster.

Read also: Ruby Rose, from "victim" to super-heroine

The character of Ryan Wilder, created only for the television series, will also make his debut in the fiftieth and next issue of the comic book

Batgirl

.

History of closing the loop.

You will have to expect a less polite character than Kate Kane.

DC Comics

Source: lefigaro

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