Cyborg

>>90974873
He was popular in a cartoon

>>90974873
You can't have John Stewart and Geoff Johns' husbando in the same original JL lineup. From that point on it was all about marketability. Cyborg was in a number of cartoons and basically the most high profile black character they had, even if he was a poor fit in the Justice League.

Reminder that DC already made Bumblebee more popular than him among children so it's not even just blackness or ease of popularity

>>90974873
He's one of the two black superheroes from DC normalfags remember. John Stewart has to share his spotlight with like four or five other guys.

>>90974909
It's too bad he doesn't have the personality from that cartoon that people liked. Victor was a gregarious jock, it's okay for him to act like it and be overwhelmed by being plugged into the wealth of all human knowledge.

>>90974873
>>>/reddit/

>>90974909
So was black electric Spider Man. Why didn't they push Virgil down our throat instead of this humorless golem?

>>90975349
DC and Milestone don't along.

>>90974873
Real talk: Why is this costume gone?

>>90974873
Harley Quinn is shoved down our throats far more than him.

>>90975305
>It's too bad he doesn't have the personality from that cartoon that people liked.
That's probably a good thing considering he is not a teen. They did that to Starfire and it turned her retarded.

>>90975400
They do get along but DC doesn't own them outright, it's just a publishing rights thing.

>>90974873
they dont want to look racist so feel like they have to shove someone down our throat because they cant be bothered to not actually be racist and develop black character equally along with white characters

or female characters along with male characters, which is why wonderwoman gets shove down our throat

>>90974873
this exact fucking thread is made every other day. Get fucked disney shill

>>90974873
He's not a legacy character and they own the rights.

Also his current series has been great.

>>90975305
He has his moments in the ongoing.

>>90974873
Some suit from the animation division probably mandated it because they wanted a minority in the team but they didn't want to race swap an established member to do it. Cyborg was the most well known one at the time. If this was the 90s, it probably would have been Static.

>>90975448
No, they really don't get along.

>>90974873
They should have just had Martian Manhunter make his human alias a black lesbian woman. It would be funny to see who would get triggered at that point.

>>90974873
better to just shove the character everywhere rather than tell us how amazing and better than everyone else they are

>>90974873
Because he is a human that possesses a large amount of melanin under his thick epidermis.

>>90977447
but the last time he was a black chick he wanted to fuck Aquaman

>>90974873
Man he's been on the JLA since 2011 and was on a hit DC show before that. You're just out of touch.

>>90975413
The editor liked the previous one better and it had a logo. I could pull up the tweet.

It's funny because he doesn't have a penis

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>>90977633


Kek


shut up johnsfag

>>90975001
this

>>90974873
He's black, and they needed a black character to push. The only other real choice was Vixen, but Cyborg had TT and TTG on his side.

Black Lightning - lol black electric powers meme
John Stewart - not while Johns is around
Static - Too young, not fully owned by DC
Steel - Tied to Superman, poor man's Iron Man
Bumblebee - A possibility, but would lose out to...
Vixen - The only alternative. Female, power set unique from the rest of the league.

>>90974873
hes a popular character?

Whats the problem?

>>90979347
He's black, he's a Teen Titan that shouldn't be on the Justice League and he isn't Steel or Static or any other cool black character I care little about.

Oh, and he is forced diversity pandering

/sarcastic rant