CW’s Tom Swift is the Black, Gay Tony Stark I Didn’t Know I Needed

Jennifer R. Povey
Views of Other Planes
5 min readJun 27, 2022

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I never did read any of the Tom Swift books, although I have read many things influenced by them. I have heard that the original series has not, shall we say, aged well.

When I found out that CW was doing a Tom Swift TV show I intentionally avoided information so I could go into this and appreciate it “cold.”

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Jennifer R. Povey
Views of Other Planes

I write about fantasy, science fiction and horror, LGBT issues, travel, and social issues.