“In issue #239, a two-page map showed that Kryptonians Of Color had an island all to themselves, which is pretty embarrassing,” says Mark Waid, Boom! Studios Editor-in-Chief, occasional DC Comics writer, and pretty much expert in all things Superman. “I cringe to tell you this, but the Kryptonians of Color were all on ‘Vathlo Island, Home of a Highly Advanced Black Race.’ It wasn't until the mid-70s, when more ‘World of Krypton’ back-up stories ran more regularly, that we really saw any ethnicity whatsoever on the planet.”

Newsarama considers the historic invisibility of Kryptonians of color. Via NeilAlien.

Vanity Fair has the long, sad-then-happy-then-sad-again story of the people behind the famous Little Rock Central High photograph, Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan.