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Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney

14 reviews

megnut's review

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I loved seeing her become more than a hero, but an inspiration to others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Sexism, Misogyny, and Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Violence, Body shaming, Classism, and Lesbophobia

e_liz's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This is for the super hero and haters alike! Even though Nubia is a super, she’s also just a teenage girl and in that is she incredibly relatable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Bullying, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Blood, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Medical content, Death, Homophobia, and Child death

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Sexual violence

marijuanerareads's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Racism

knockoffrainbow's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Racism, Blood, Sexism, Child death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body shaming, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

rubybastille's review

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I’m glad the character of Nubia is getting a modern, relevant reboot like this. It doesn’t shy away from the struggles real teens deal with, and while it gets really intense really quickly (a shooting at a protest followed almost immediately by a school shooting), it serves to help Nubia decide who she’s giving to be as a person and as a superhero.

There were some things about the ending I didn’t love though. Wayland’s  

jump from rich asshole racist to school shooter felt unrealistic given the profiles of typical school shooters (three words I can’t believe exist to write).

 I would have preferred seeing Wayland representing the evils embedded in our institutions along with a character representing a more 4chan-ish racist to illustrate the scope of the problem and all its facets. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, and Racism

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Alcohol

readingsofaslinky's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Racism, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Gun violence, Classism, Violence, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Racial slurs

littlecat's review

emotional tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Art: The art took a bit to get used to for me, the colours are nice, the paneling okay, and I always like it when flashbacks are shown in different styles (bonus D.s and Nubias flashbacks are also different from eachother).
Story: I went in blind and the heavy themes kind of hit me by suprise at first, that said it is handled well and I like how the story never forgets that they are just kids/teens.
Her moms are great (also how cool is it that at this age people in media are allowed to be queer casually? I actaully read "moms" and first through I was misreading something)) and I love the relationship between the kids. 
Also reading the words "Stop Murdering Black Trans Woman" and "Trans Lives Matter" was great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Death, Blood, Sexism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Bullying, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault and Medical content

robinks's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

What a great addition to the superhero genre! This story tackles SO many important topics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Violence, Homophobia, Blood, Body shaming, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, and Transphobia

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Hate crime and Murder

bronsonmh's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I thought this was such a great graphic novel. I love the story of Wonder Woman's twin sister. Nubia is such a great main character and I love how this story takes place in current society and how L.L MckInney used it so that many people of color can be heard. To show the struggles, but also the love everyone can have for each other. How having this magical ability Nubia should be proud of who she is and how much of a big heart she has to do good in the world. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Homophobia, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Transphobia

destdest's review

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I love when superheroes/powers meet morality, in this case a Black superhero trying to save the world but still having to deal with racism. Like, yeah, she just saved you, but you’re trying to call the cops on her? I could definitely see even with superhero-villain realities, that racism would still be thriving. *nasally racist’s voice* “I don’t want her, one of the bLaCkS, to save me. I want Superman.” Lemme stop lol.

While I love how adorable Nubia looked, her awkwardness, and her struggles of being a hero in the U.S, I couldn’t always mesh with the storyline. The narrative is not subtle. at. all, but I understand it’s to reach a wider audience. Some scenes just don’t feel like they flow naturally. While there are certainly entitled individuals like Wayland, he felt a bit cartoonish at times. I would certainly believe him typing his garbage on social media, but he would probably do more gaslighting in person.

In the background of the story, a young black boy had recently been murdered, so Nubia’s friend, Quisha organizes a protest.

The peaceful protest gets sabotaged as you would expect by Wayland and his white, entitled diet-frat boy hooligans who think they own the world, and the cops escalate things as you would expect. In addition, another black teen gets shot by the cops

Y’know, this can get very draining (or potentially triggering, I guess) to read, so I’m glad the book acknowledges this in its content warnings. This can be a tender reading experience for some. 

Still, I liked reading this. These new DC comics are really exploring how to make things relevant for today. I hope Nubia gets another book now that we have her origin out of the way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual assault