Film studios have made it a habit of race swapping red headed comic book characters and we are going to list all of them out for you today.

So lets get into it.

The upcoming Black Adam film featuring The Rock recently announced that Maxine Hunkel aka Cyclone, who first appeared in Geoff Johns and Dale Eagleshams Justice Society of America #1, will be played by Quintessa Swindel.

Maxine Hunkel is the granddaughter of the original Red Tornado Ma Hunkel and would be recruited into the new Justice Society by Power Girl and and Mr. Terrific.

Shes extremely intelligent with an IQ of 145. Shes also a book worm having a GPA of 4.0 at Harvard.

When she was a child she was kidnapped by the villain T.O. Morrow and injected with Red Tornado nanobyte technology. While the technology did not affect Maxine right away it would manifest by the time she was in college and give her significant wind powers.

In fact, just one of her sneezes destroyed her grandmothers garage and she also was able to summon a tornado five hundred feet tall.

The CW race-swapped Hawkgirl on both Arrow and The Legends of Tomorrow. The character was played by actress Ciara Rene.

Hawkgirls alter ego Shiera Sanders was first introduced back in Flash Comics #1 by Gardner Fox and Dennis Neville. At the time of her introduction she originally had black hair.

A new Hawkgirl from the planet of Thanagar would be introduced in the Brave and the Bold #34. This new Hawkgirl was named Shayera Hol and was a Thanagarian police officer like her husband Katar Hol, the new Hawkman.

She would have red hair as seen below.

The CW race-swapped Iris West in their Flash series and the character routinely crosses over throughout their Arrowverse shows. In The CWs version, the character is portrayed by Candice Patton.

The character was also expected to get race-swapped in Zack Snyders Justice League, but in the theatrical version the character was cut. She is expected to show up again in the upcoming Snyder Cut of Justice League. In that version she will be portrayed by Kiersey Clemons.

While Iris West is typically portrayed as a brunette, in her debut appearance in Showcase #4, her hair has an auburn appearance.

This auburn hue would be showcased throughout much of the DC Animated Movie Universe films and can be seen in the screenshot below from Flashpoint: Paradox.

CBS race-swapped Supermans pal Jimmy Olsen when they cast actor Mehcad Brooks to play the role in Supergirl.

Interestingly, in Olsens first appearance in Superman #13, hes shown with blonde hair.

However, by the debut issue of Supermans Pal Jimmy Olsen, the character had his now iconic red hair.

Like Iris West, The CW also race swapped Wally West in the Flash and its Arrowverse universe. The character was portrayed by Keiynan Lonsdale.

When Wally West was first introduced all the way back in The Flash #110, he had his trademark red hair.

Starfire was race swapped in DC Universes and now HBO Maxs Titans series. The character is currently portrayed by actress Anna Diop.

Starfire first appeared in DC Comics Presents #26 and was created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez in 1980 as part of the New Titans.

In her first appearance she has orange skin and flaming red hair.

Batwoman was most recently race swapped in The CWs Batwoman series. Actress Javicia Leslie will take on the moniker Batwoman as she plays a brand new character named Ryan Wilder.

In her first appearance in 52 #11 she has her iconic red hair both as Batwoman and as Kate Kane.

It wouldnt be until Detective Comics #854 where they retconned her long red hair into a wig. Although even in that issue her hair is still red underneath the wig.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character April ONeil would be race swapped in the 2018 animated series Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She was voiced by Kat Graham.

The character originally appeared in the second issue of Kevin Eastman and Peter Lairds black and white Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series.

When the comic was reprinted with colors it showed that April was a white woman with brown hair.

While April originally had brown hair, the character has also been depicted with red hair as seen in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series as well as comic book series like the TMNT Presents April ONeil series.

Electro would be race-swapped in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The character would be played by Jamie Foxx. Foxx also claimed he would be playing Electro again in the upcoming Spider-Man 3.

In Electros first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #9 hes shown having dark red hair.

Commissioner James Gordon is getting the race-swap treatment in the upcoming Batman film from director Matt Reeves. The character will be played by Jeffrey Wright.

Gordon was introduced in the same issue as Batman in Detective Comics #27. In that issue hes older and his hair has greyed.

However, when Gordon was a young beat cop and even as his early days as Commissioner hes been shown to have red hair.

Heimdall was race swapped in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where he was portrayed by actor Idris Elba.

In Heimdalls original appearance in Marvel Comics Journey Into Mystery, his facial hair and eyebrows were most definitely black as seen below.

However, by Thor #156 when he confronts The Recorder, his facial hair had most definitely been changed to a red hue.

Bow was race swapped in the recent Netflix animated series She-Ra and The Princesses of Power. The character was voiced by Marcus Scribner.

While Bow was originally introduced in the She-Ra animated series from Filmation, the character did appear in a She-Ra comic book series published in the UK.

Interestingly, while the character had red hair in the animated series, in the comic he has black hair.

Ariel from Disneys The Little Mermaid will be race swapped in the upcoming live action version of the film. The character will be played by Halle Bailey.

Now, you might be thinking why is Ariel on this list. Well, the character has appeared in a number of comics and even in the graphic novel Ariel and the Sea Wolf.

Dark Horse Comics even published a three issue adaptation of the original Disney film.

Josie from Josie and the Pussycats was race swapped in The CWs Riverdale series. She was played by actress Ashleigh Murray.

The character first appeared in Shes Josie #1 from Archie Comics. She was created by Frank Doyle and Dan DeCarlo.

She had her fiery red hair on the front cover of the issue.

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Every Single Redheaded Comic Book Character That Has Been Race Swapped - Bounding Into Comics