Marvel Comics Creates ‘Social Justice’ Superheroes Called Snowflake and Safespace

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Patrick London

Marvel Comics has recruited one of Stephen Colbert’s writers to create new millennial superheroes. The results are so bad, you’ll think it’s a joke.

Marvel is looking to create a modern take on classic superhero teams like the X-Men and Fantastic Four. The New Warriors, a superhero team first introduced by Marvel in 1989, is getting a new roster of heroes, which feature what many consider a “diverse” identity.

Among the new heroes are Snowflake and Safespace, psychic twins who have super powers – with a social justice twist.

Daniel Kibblesmith, a former writer for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, co-created the characters with artist Luciano Vecchio. Besides writing for Marvel, he seemingly spends much of his time tweeting and retweeting criticism of President Donald Trump.

The character names Snowflake and Safespace are attempts to take terms used to mock millennial social justice activists and make them “a badge of honor,” Kibblesmith says.

Safespace is an African-American male who wears a pink outfit. Snowflake is a non-binary character and, according to Kibblesmith, uses the terms they/them to identify their own gender.

This is the description of the characters as provided by Marvel Comics. We promise you, this is what they actually released, and they are totally serious about it.

Snowflake, a cryokinetic, can materialize snowflake-shaped shuriken projectiles for throwing. The connotations of the word ‘snowflake’ in our culture right now are something fragile, and this is a character who is turning it into something sharp.
Safespace can materialize pink forcefields, but he can’t inhabit them himself, the reflex only works if he’s protecting others.
They’re hyper aware of modern culture and optics, and they see their Super Heroics as a post-ironic meditation on using violence to combat bullying.

Besides Snowflake and Safespace, another new character joining the New Warriors is Trailblazer, an overweight girl who is a foster kid and becomes a superhero while volunteering at a senior center.