The Man Who Would Be Kahn
or: Peril of Inappropriate Hue
Given today's climate, this is one that Marvel would probably prefer to forget but, the grab bag has rules: Grab a book, draw a character. I suppose I could've gone with Strange Tales 166 other feature, Dr Strange, but, fan of George Tuska that I am, his Strange just doesn't speak to me. One the other hand, Jaunty Jim Steranko is just getting into high gear with the SHIELD half of the book and the Yellow Claw (try me by Twitter and send me to hell) is one heck of a cool villain.
The Yellow Claw!
Happy Trails
Smitty
A cool villain, mostly for Steranko's design I think, but yes, one who is no longer usable. I love this drawing, and how the art style is your own but you always seem to invoke the artist known for the character.
This is a particularly stunning interpretation of one of Marvel's most controversial bad guys.
(Worth noting that when John Byrne used the character circa 2000, he referred to him merely as "The Claw." )
While the character is/was offensive I'm not sure I agree with the idea that the writers felt “everyone not white is vermin” . After all Jimmy Woo was the Claws arch foe. The Claws own daughter often fought against her father and shared none of his demonic traits. Nor were they the only heroic Chinese characters Marvel/Timely produced.
I understand your points. I never thought of Jimmy Woo acting white but rather Chinese American. Really it seemed like every hero back then came over on the Mayflower. And I suppose I didn't notice his white skin because I never thought of Chinese people as actually being yellow. In fact the bright yellow skin always seemed rather racist to me, but I must admit if you research Chinese complexion they do mention yellow tan, so maybe bright yellow was the best they could do in those days and Jimmy is actually being depicted as white as you say. At any rate, again, great drawing of the Claw and fond memories of Steranko.