# So that happened... Whedon's “history of creating toxic and hostile work environments”

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**Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-happened-whedons-history-of-creating-toxic-and-hostile-work-environments/932735/391 "2021-04-09T19:18:51Z")

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> [@Stanislaus](#):
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> …This is interesting on how the character of Cyborg was developed:
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> > I wasn’t invited to the set, but obviously I know Ben, and I got to know Ray Fisher. We developed Cyborg together. Ray came to my apartment in the East Village, and he and I just would take long walks and talk about Cyborg and the responsibility of putting the first Black DC superhero in a movie onscreen. T…

wiki:

_The character was created by writer [Marv Wolfman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv_Wolfman) and artist [George Pérez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P%C3%A9rez)_

Taking credit for a character someone else developed loses any respect I have for them.

And no, this wasnt the first Black DC superhero in a movie onscreen. Cyborg had appeared in several animated films. Not to mention _Steel_ in his very own live action film in 1997. Steel is DC.

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