A Superhero that I Created Myself

 I was thinking of fusing my two theme ideas, "autism" and "superhero", together because I thought it would be a great idea to inspire autistic people like myself and even other disabled people. I do not see very much comics that introduce autistic characters in comics like DC and Marvel such as Black Manta, Legion, Johnny Do, M-Twins, Dummy, Pathway, Xaos, Goblyn, Nuklo, Agent Deems, Mark Shiffron, and, most surprisingly and recently, Mister Fantastic, and other autistic comic book characters. I decided to create a superhero vigilante named Khalifa Rose, also known as “TelepathSage”. The name Khalifa means “leader” in Arabic and could foreshadow her character development as a hero. Khalifa Rose has been a name that stuck on me for quite a long time, but I never used it. I wanted her to have mind powers because autism always happens in the mind no matter what kind of autistic disability that an individual has. She is an autistic teenaged girl who starts out having trouble making friends because of her social distance and unusual behavior such as her mind powers. But when her city is in danger, she wants to prove that anyone can become a hero no matter their disability.

The sketch model on the left is her normal look. Black hair, blue eyes, light skin, a t-shirt with a heart on it, shorts, and sneakers. The sketch model on the right is the superhero look that I thought about. The outfit has puzzle pieces designs on the suit and hoodie because the puzzle piece in autism represents the complexity of the spectrum and it can have different colors that will represent the diversity of the people who live with that condition. These designs are just ideas so they may or may not change over time.