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This is actually a really great point. @nightxade wrote about it for @wwacomics back in 2019, in fact. https://twitter.com/RobertSecundus/status/1359969788685148165
Here's that piece, written at the time in regards to the trouble Marvel was having coloring (and even drawing!) Storm accurately in this bold new era of X-Men. https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2019/10/the-x-mens-dissipating-storm/
Similarly, we know things like character bibles exist for other companies, such as Lion Forge/Oni, specifically to address this kind of problem: https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2019/08/desiree-rodriguez-and-the-catalyst-prime-universe-bible/
We *also* know, via an interview with @mymonsterischic, @TiniHoward, and @definitelyvita at @XPlaintheXmen, that there is a database of powersets for mutants in use at Marvel: https://www.xplainthexmen.com/2021/01/319-giant-size-special-9/
(Vita mentioned it over at @comicsxf's BotA podcast too) https://www.comicsxf.com/2021/01/18/battle-of-the-atom-mutant-self-actualization-with-vita-ayala/
If depictions of fictional super powers are important enough to deserve an actual database to ensure that they're portrayed correctly, shouldn't there be a similar database for depictions of real things, like, say, skintones?
Honestly, the stuff POC gotta put up with reading comics is ridiculous. I wanna be excited about X-Corp, but why is Monet here lighter-skinned than Dazzler was in the Outback? https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/1359964539878576130
As @dogunderwater just pointed out in the WWAC slack, Ron Wimberly's Lighten Up was published almost six years ago. https://thenib.com/lighten-up-4f7f96ca8a7e/
