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At all by a lot of americans. one man who is fighting against that is edgardo miranda-rodriguez. he's created a comic book that's bringing puerto rican characters to the mainstream. ♪ finally an interview where i have to read comic books to prepare for it. there's this whole movement now of people sort of outside the mainstream of comics starting to write comics. it's been going for a while but taking over the black panther. was that bringing some authenticity to the work? >> my first comic book for marvel, it got a little bit of buzz because i introduced a black grandmother who was puerto r...

>> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> and a name that's unapologetically puerto rican. >> see, many times in america, comic books are made more diverse just by taking established white characters and changing their race, ethnicity or gender. white thor becomes white lady thor, ms. white marvel becomes miss pakistani american muslim marvel. and spider whiteman becomes spider half-white/half-latino man. and that's all cool, but comic book creators like edgardo recognize that people need heroes that are created in their image not just rebranded in their image. like when your mom gives you your brother's old cl...

Recognize that people need heroes that are created in their image not just rebranded in their image. like when your mom gives you your brother's old clothes and says, look, you got new clothes. i noticed your dude, i would say a light-skinned puerto rican, this is a black puerto rican. >> yes. >> most people make the hero in their own image. >> i make the hero that's always been in my life. the women in my life, my moms, my cousins, my mentors. in my family, we're everything, blankito, white, to negrito, black. if i have the tools and resources to finally tell a story and have a here ocean i w...

It's been going for a while but taking over the black panther. was that bringing some authenticity to the work? >> my first comic book for marvel, it got a little bit of buzz because i introduced a black grandmother who was puerto rican in the story. i was like, wait, are people getting excited over just a grandmother. how would they respond to an actual hero who has her own book, not just a hero who is in the background but a hero who is actually prominently on the cover? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> and a name that's unapologetically puerto rican. >> see, many times in america, comic books are ma...