phanpycross
God-king
But they arent tryng to appease SJWs since basically none of hem read comics, they are doing it so the hero can have a triumphant return in time for their movies. it happening to be Caps longest standing sidekick makes complete sense, but no, lets blame it on SJWs.Replacing heroes for the sake of it is controversial no matter how you look at it (you also listed a controversial change with the Flash one, so...), because you're replacing somebody. You are not honoring anything. You are replacing the person.
Marvel and DC both have a longstanding problem with replacing characters or changing them entirely either for shock value or to appease SJWs. Falcon as Cap is one example. Miles as Spider-Man is another. The abomination called "Thorina" and its subsequently stupid story is another. Iceman being a "closeted" homosexual despite the fact that only one or two men in the Marvel universe have probably had as many girlfriend's as him is another.
DC fans: Look up "pink kryptonite". It's not a joke, sadly...
PSA: "Assuming the mantle" is a convoluted way of saying "replacing". Pretending to be someone you are not is not honoring a person.
Miles as spider-man could easily have been color-swapped as well, since literally none of his stories has anything to do with race(same goes for the female thor).
I also wonder if you actually know anything about the iceman story, given it's the younger version of iceman, who hasnt had all these girlfriends yet, and might just be in a phase for all we know.