No history of comics could fairly rank the milestones without first acknowledging the millstones. Who knew that iconic artists such as Jack Kirby Bill Ward and writer Otto Binder once conjured racist and sexist depictions of Wonder Woman Liampampamprsquol Abner Captain Marvel and Luke Cage Back then stereotypes were dynamo tropes.Since their invention comics tried to reflect on life but today some refract into laughs. The Unattractive relics from the past now demonstrate a record of bigoted and chauvinistic ideas with embarrassing and bizarre characters that included females tagged as ampampampldquobeautiful and dumbampampamprdquo and Blacks pictured as semiliterate jivetalkinampampamprsquo street people.ampampampnbspCarson Demmansampampamprsquo funny and thoughtprovoking book showcases sections about Blacks Women Native Americans Asians Hispanics and a final section that contains stories so offensive that they are unclassifiable.