For the Books

The South Asians breaking bones and stereotypes in comics

ARUNA DC’s Aruna is a shapeshifting, genderfluid, nononsense crime fighter. Born in Chennai, Aruna found a home in Bollywood as a stunt double. Last we read, the superhero was assisting Batgirl.

CELSIUS Created by DC in 1977, Celsius commands fire, ice and her own team of superheroes, Doom Patrol. Before she turned caped crusader, family and friends knew her only as Arani Desai.

OMEGA SENTINEL Had fate and villainy not transformed Karima Shapandar, a Kolkata police officer, into a sentinel, this superhero would have lived happily with her now-mutant boyfriend Neal.