Hearing-impaired New Hampshire boy inspires new Marvel Comics superhero - Polidicks

[table="width: 1500, align: left"] [tr] [td][img]http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/228106/slide_228106_1008559_free.jpg[/img][/td] [td][quote]A hearing-impaired New Hampshire boy is now a superhero. Marvel Comics has created a superhero called "Blue Ear" in honor of Anthony Smith, a 4-year-old boy from Salem, N.H., who was born with a chromosomal disorder that left him with severe hearing loss. The boy, who has no right ear and only partial hearing in his left, wears a blue hearing aid that has enabled him to speak and attend school. But Anthony -- a devoted comic book fan -- told his mother three weeks ago that he was no longer wearing the device because "superheroes don't wear blue ears," Fox affiliate WFXT reported. Alarmed by the boy's refusal, his mother, Christina D'Allesandro, emailed Marvel Comics in New York City, asking for assistance. The comic book publisher sent D'Allesandro a picture the next day of "Hawkeye," a superhero who lost 80 percent of his hearing and wears aids. The company then sent an image of its newest creation, a character called "Blue Ear," who it said was named after the boy, according to the station. "It's amazing," D'Allesandro said of the company's response. She said her son brought the comic book pictures to his pre-school, which prompted teachers to hold a superhero week. [/quote] [url]http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/23/hearing-impaired-new-hampshire-boy-inspires-new-marvel-comics-super-hero/[/url] [quote] Anthony Smith, a 4-year-old hearing-impaired New Hampshire boy, was confident superheroes didn't wear hearing aids. So when his mother, Christina D'Allesandro, asked him to put in his "blue ear" one day, he put up a fight. Flummoxed by her son's reaction, D'Allesandro emailed Marvel Comics to see if there were any superheroes who might be able to help, WCVB reports. And as it turned out, there was. Editors at the company sent Anthony an image of a 1984 comic book cover featuring Hawkeye, a superhero whose hearing was temporarily destroyed by a sonic arrow. In the image, the character is wearing a small hearing device in his ear. "We wanted to give [Anthony] a concrete example," Marvel editor Bill Rosemann told The Huffington Post in a telephone interview. But it didn't stop there. D'Allesandro's letter made its way around the Marvel office, inspiring at least two artists to create superheros based on Anthony, who was diagnosed with mosaic trisomy 22, a rare genetic disorder that has left him hearing impaired. Production artist Manny Mederos began working on a sketch of a character named The Blue Ear. But during the creative process, Mederos had a revelation: "Why not have the superhero be a young kid himself?" Mederos told HuffPost. That way, he explained, he could grow up and work alongside Hawkeye and The Avengers one day. Mederos eventually sent the family the completely original artwork. Anthony received three separate pictures from workers at Marvel Comics, and since then, he's worn his blue ear without much complaint, the Concord Monitor reports. Rosemann said D'Allesandro's letter was simply a call to action for a team who believes in using their talents and abilities to do something good. "With great power, comes great responsibility," Rosemann said, citing the famous line from Spider-Man.[/quote] [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/22/marvel-comics-artists-create-blue-ear-hearing-impaired-boy_n_1537300.html[/url][/td] [/tr] [/table] Sorry about the wierd layout, wanted to fit the picture on the page too.

That is awesome in a way words can't quite comprehend.

Imo the superhero is really lame.

As much as I fucking love superheroes, this sucks lol

[QUOTE=Medevilae;36067789]It was just a one-off picture to make a kid happy. Lighten up.[/QUOTE] I have nothing against it. If the kid is happy that's cool by me. The superhero is still lame though.

[QUOTE=Medevilae;36067839]Yeah. Blue-ear sounds like a name for a bluetooth headset or something.[/QUOTE]Blue ear, blue tooth, what's the difference :v:

[QUOTE=Medevilae;36067839]Yeah. Blue-ear sounds like a name for a bluetooth headset or something.[/QUOTE] [quote]Anthony Smith, a 4-year-old hearing-impaired New Hampshire boy, was confident superheroes didn't wear hearing aids. So when his mother, Christina D'Allesandro, asked him to put in his "blue ear" one day, he put up a fight.[/quote] with great source reading comes great responsibility

As long as this makes people for aware of people having difficultys being deaf its cool, its good they done it.

Well I guess we found our Marvel LGBT hero, now to figure out which one DC plans to change.

this sounds awesome until you actually see the superhero

Surprisingly, this actually made me tear up a little. The fact that a large company like marvel would go this far to make a little boy's day is amazing to me.

[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;36067885]Blue ear, blue tooth, what's the difference :v:[/QUOTE] They should make that a line of Bluetooth headsets and then donate proceeds to charity.

For some reason it reminds me of shriek from batman beyond. [url]http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Shriek[/url]

[img]http://www.mgelectronics.com/productimages/megaphone.jpg[/img] Well, if it isn't my arch-nemesis, [i][b]Sound Waiver[/b][/i]!

Reminds me of Earboy from All That.

-snip- Snipped because it made me sound like a dick.

[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;36067885]Blue ear, blue tooth, what's the difference :v:[/QUOTE] Bam! Redneck toothless hero born!