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Every Puerto Rican Superhero
10 min readApr 17, 2020
In this day and age, we’ve seen superheroes of all different kinds of backgrounds. However, just how many of them are from the beautiful little island of Puerto Rico? While some may not have been given the spotlight they deserve, there are quite a number of Puerto Rican superheroes that you may not have been aware of.
White Tiger (Hector Ayala)
- Publisher: Marvel Comics
- First Appearance: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #19 (Dec 1975)
- Created by: Bill Mantlo and George Pérez
- Powers: Superhuman martial arts, superhuman physical abilities due to the Jade Tiger amulet
- Bio: Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Hector could transform into the White Tiger via the Jade Tiger amulet. He teamed up with the likes of Spider-Man and Daredevil until he gave up the superhero mantle due to his addiction to the amulet. Ayala was accused and convicted of murder and was shot in the middle of an escape attempt — all before evidence emerged proving his innocence.
- In other media: Appeared in the Ultimate Spider-Man TV series
