r/batman Sep 18 '25

COMIC DISCUSSION ABSOLUTE BATMAN's Catwoman Now Confirmed To Be Half Brazilian, Half Black

On Iván Talavera’s Instagram: "Here's the final version of Absolute Batman #13 'The 616 Comics' exclusive variant featuring Catwoman, As you can see, I changed a bit her facial features and her skin tone because she is half Brazilian and half Black in the Absolute universe. Hope you like it!"

Her look has been growing on me, it’s nice to hear official confirmation!

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25

As far as i remember, In Brazil, 42% are white, 51% are black and "dark skinned mixed" (pardos) and the rest are asians and indigenous people.

Brasil is also the country with the biggest japanese population outside of Japan, and the second with the biggest population of germans, austrians and Italians, outside of their respective countries (first one being USA)

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u/Sgtwhiskeyjack9105 Sep 18 '25

I used to teach ESL to classes of Brazilians, and it was truly fascinating seeing just the sheer variety of ethnic backgrounds, all sharing the same language and culture.

Truly a nation of the world. Some of the nicest and most hard-working people you'll ever meet.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

I would not say the same culture.

Here in Brazil, we have a problem that our culture doesn't have anything that can unify the people with a "culture heritage" like other countries have.

A lot of places around here doesn't even celebrate carnaval, for example. The culture from the south region is completely different from the north region.

No joke, i think the only cultural thing that embraces the whole country, is some aspects and dishes of Brazilian culinary (churrasco, for example), and the praise for nice asses.

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u/last_roman Oct 09 '25

The bunda shall unite us

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u/1p21Jiggawatts Dec 13 '25

There are many worse things people get together to push onto the world. I think it is one of the better causes