Welcome to I Am Your Target Demographic.
Welcome to Heroes Like Us, our series where we look at a certain identity and then talk
about comic book characters that have that identity.
Today we are doing our second video on Mexican characters.
So we already did one, if you haven't seen it, there's a link in the description below.
Or we can just dive right into this because it's not a sequel, you don't need to know anything.
So let's talk about some Mexican comic book characters.
We're going to start with a character by the name of Victor Mancha from Marvel Comics.
Now Victor is an interesting case.
There's a robot by the name of Ultron, which featured heavily in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Ultron was defeated by the Avengers and he was basically brought back by a woman by the
name of Marianella Mancha and she kind of scrapped parts for him and was able to help
him rebuild.
Throughout this time, they became close and he realized she was not able to have children
so he made a deal with her and he used some of her genetic material to create a son for
her, hence: Victor.
So Victor basically kind of thinks he's a normal kid, he has all of these implanted memories.
He thinks he's just normal.
But Ultron is a bad guy, so there's some built-in safeguards that when he comes around superpowered
people, he starts to kind of shoot off electricity and he has these weapon systems that engage.
He eventually is able to suppress those and joined the team known as the Runaways.
Now the Runaways heard a prophecy that said Victor Mancha was going to grow up to become
a supervillain by the name of Victorious.
So they did everything in their power to help change his ways to that future would never happen.
Now Victor has a half-brother by the name of Vision,
because Vision was also created by Ultron.
So Victor goes, lives with the Vision, who at this point has a family.
But Victor accidentally overdoes it and kills one of Vision's kids.
Now Vision doesn't retaliate but Vision's wife rips the artificial heart right out of
Victor Mancha's chest.
Now, you'd think he'd be sad about dying but he was actually fairly happy because he was
never going to grow up to become the villain that he was supposed to become.
Up next, we've got another Marvel character by the name of Masacre.
Now Masacre is a version of Deadpool.
When I say this...
Deadpool visited Mexico and he went to a Catholic church and he gave his confession and this
confession was so traumatizing that the priest realized "there's no good in this world and
I must help to punish the wicked."
Basically.
So he created a suit similar to Deadpool, it looks just like Deadpool except a little
more raggedy, like everything doesn't quite fit, things are stitched together weird...
And he goes on this spree to right the wrongs of the world.
He eventually ends up working with Deadpool in a group called Mercs for Money but this
group eventually disbands when they realize that Deadpool wasn't giving them their fair
share and he was skimming some money off the top.
So where Masacre has gone since then...
No idea.
Up next from DC Comics, we've got a character by the name of El Diablo.
Now El Diablo... there's a couple versions and the Pre-52 and the New 52 versions are
very different but the basic gist is that he is able to control fire.
So you may recognize him from the Suicide Squad movie, where he was played by Jay Hernandez.
The actual character of El Diablo in the comics isn't very fleshed out and there's some inconsistencies.
In Pre-52 continuity, he's basically this kind of Ghost Rider character that sought
vengeance and basically killed people that had done wrong.
But in the New 52, he's a straight up criminal.
He ends up getting caught and now serves with the Suicide Squad, hoping to redeem himself
or get some sort of freedom.
Up next from Marvel Comics, we've got a character by the name of Skin.
Angelo Espinosa.
Now Skin wasn't around for a very long time.
The basic gist is he grew up in LA, kind of involved in some gang stuff, wanted to get
out of that scenario, and so he eventually manifested these mutant abilities that gave
him extra skin.
It didn't do anything to his bone structure, but his skin became elastic and he could use
this to grab onto people, to protect himself, and it also made him very hard to hurt because
his skin was so flexible.
He served in the group Generation X for a time and then later, after Generation X was
disbanded, he was actually killed by a militant anti-mutant group that basically crucified
him on the lawn of the Xavier mansion.
So his stories were painfully cut short but this is a character that had a rich story
for the time he was with us.
Up next from DC Comics, we've got the character by the name of Aztek.
A long time ago, the god Quetzalcoatl created a mask and whoever wore this mask got all
of these supernatural abilities to fight crime, so this mask was passed from generation to
generation and one of its wearers was sent to the United States to stop crime in the
city called Vanity City.
This guy, Emilio, fell in love with a girl while he was there and they ended up having a baby.
Unfortunately that is against the rules.
So a group of assassins was sent by this... sect.
And they killed Emilio and took the kid and raised the kid to replace him.
So Aztek, the current one we know now, his name is Uno and he's the son of Emilio.
So Aztek eventually came back to the United States and fought alongside the Justice League,
he was a member of the Justice League for a time.
His powers... it gave him flight, blasts, he was very durable.
A basic array of superhuman skills.
The mask also allows him to recollect any memories of the other people that have worn
the mask, so he has this sense of wisdom.
And the mask also let's him see in x-ray, he can turn invisible, there are a lot of
interesting little dynamics to this suit.
But unfortunately...
Aztek gave his life fighting this end of the world scenario that he was destined to do,
that basically all these people wearing the Aztek mask were destined to fight this big
evil and he gave his life to stop that evil from destroying the Earth.
So there you go.
There are five more Mexican comic book characters, all relatively minor, a lot of them aren't
with us anymore, but they have interesting stories and that is the point of this series.
If there are other Mexican comic book characters you want us to talk about,
let me know in the comments.
We'll likely do a part 3, a part 4...
There's a lot of other heroes we haven't talked about.
If you haven't watched the other Heroes Like Us series, go watch those other videos.
There's like 20-something now, they're all super fascinating.
It's cool to learn about heroes that aren't like you.
So thanks for watching, we'll see you next time on Heroes Like Us.