And he hasn't done much better with his latest output from DC Comics, which is irksome for several reasons, the beginning one being that a character whom he featured briefly in his take on Aquaman named Kahina the Seer, was apparently a Muslim woman from Iran. And if he hadn't made her a follower of the Religion of Rape, the character in itself could've been something to appreciate, but lo.
Now according to the info given here:
Ivan and Joe designed the most elegant and stunning member of the Others when they tackled Kahina the Seer. Originally from Tehran, the Seer was once the conscience of the Others. Named after her prophetic vision, the Seer often uses in in conjunction with her skills with a sword. The Seer has been inactive for the last few years, her whereabouts and activities unknown to Aquaman. Until now.Gee, I do have to wonder what's so elegant about a woman who basically self-ostracizes?
Now you'll note that this character has since been killed off, and what makes it troubling? Well...it's got something to do with Aquaman nemesis Black Manta:
So you see, Black Manta offs Kahina in an unsurprisingly vicious manner for a story written by a writer as contemptuous as Johns. And what easily makes this story an intellect-insulter is that - depending on how you view it - it technically makes the black man look like the real threat here (he even threatens to terminate her family), and the Islamist the one to be sorry for. In other words, Johns came up with a really clever piece of subtle propaganda, whether he was conscious of it or not.
Not that it's impressed anyone even on the side of Islam, and if you look at the 2nd result from the bottom on this list of Tumblr tag entries, there's one person there, possibly Muslim, who didn't like it, partly because they showed the chador being ripped away. And just today, the leftist British website Bleeding Cool went and published a letter from an Iranian who wasn't happy the character was offed, but didn't say he was bothered by the religion written onto the character.
It's interesting that 2 years ago, Johns was actually accused of racism by at least a few leftists for writing up a story featuring a possible allusion to the Somali
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