Canuto, a longtime fan of the franchise, recreated the famous comic book cover as a tribute to Avengers' creator Jack Kirby on his 99th birthday. Many black people from Brazil said they want to see the Orishas in a comic book. Born in the northeast state of Bahia, the main center of the early Brazilian slave trade, Canuto has had a longstanding interest in Afro-Brazilian culture. "Salvador was the biggest slave trade port. "We have monuments of the Orishas, buildings in Orishas' names, restaurants in Orishas' names...The Orishas survived in people's minds through enslavement.

Source: CNN May 31, 2017 13:07 UTC