Masks Are Fashion, Masks Are Heroic - Isis

This is the 10th entry that I've posted in the series featuring "red carpet" takes on superheroes in costume with masks to promote the pro-social & pro-health practice of mask wearing during a pandemic.

There are very few Muslim heroes in the DC Universe, and even fewer of them appear on any sort of regular basis. One of my favorites, is Isis, Adrianna Tomaz, whom I really enjoyed in the 52 series. She had strength, flight, speed, toughness, and could control the weather, the earth, and nature. Pretty powerful, yet she still mangaed to get fridged in that story, and then it was terrible story after terrible story about her coming back to life and being a corrupted version of herself. I am willing to bet that if her stories were written by women of color, they wouldn't have gone that way. Fortunately, the TV series Legends of Tomorrow, gave us a new version of Isis in Zari Tomaz, who commanded wind powers via an amulet that looked like the one Isis wears. Zari was vocal and proud about her Muslim faith and a really great character. I liked that her powers were divorced of Black Adam's involvement, and that she was able to stand on her own without his character. My ideal Isis is a combination of the two.

For her depiction, I wanted to visually honor Muslim beliefs. Whether Adriana Tomaz is Muslim or not (I think it's pretty darn likely that she was), it's hard to think that her character would travel throughout the Middle East helping others dressed like she was in the 52 series with the bare midriff and short skirt, especially while Black Adam is fully clothed below the neck. It's a very unequal visual pairing. It's rumored that Sarah Shahi will be playing Isis in the upcoming Black Adam movie, and if that's they case, I'd love to see her costumed to something more like this design, you know, minus the face mask. Visually, she is one of my favorites in this series.
 
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"Masks Are Fashion, Masks Are Heroic - Isis" by Kevenn T. Smith
Pencil, Ink, Photoshop
©2021 Kevenn T. Smith
Isis ©DC Comics