Former Iceman Sina Grace called out Marvel Comics' attitudes toward diversity, citing a personal anecdote that ended with him kicked off a project.

Grace posted the story on his blog, writing that, toward the end of his time at Marvel, he got "a sense that Marvel editors were lying about keeping [him] in mind for projects after Iceman."

In 2018, an editor at a different publishing house asked Grace to pitch an all-ages Spider-Man book it was licensing from Marvel to produce. Grace went through the proper channels to ensure that it was alright for him to pitch his idea. "I asked that editorial to make absolutely sure Marvel was cool with me pitching for this project," he wrote. "The editor got approval, and I wrote a damn good idea that was on the fast track to being the next arc in the series."

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Grace, who is not a household name, noted how difficult it is to pitch for a legacy character like Spider-Man. "All that being said, I felt great about the final document, and that I'd bought myself a few more months of being Marvel-adjacent so I could continue growing my reputation for being known for my writing chops, and rinse off the notion that I was ever anyone's diversity hire," he added.

However, a few weeks later, an editor informed Grace that he would not be used for the series. He said that Marvel emailed him, writing,"they'd like to keep the focus on Iceman for now" despite the fact that he had already turned in his last script for the X-Men hero's solo series. He reached out to talent management, which informed him that he was taken off the project because "Marvel only wanted people with experience in all-ages because there were different formatting rules than what goes into a standard comic script." He told the manager that he had worked on "an all-ages book for Simon and Schuster, a middle grade series for Image Comics, short stories for Boom Studios and edited an all-ages title for Robert Kirkman." Still, he was not allowed to work on the project and was not given a replacement project or payment for the work already done.

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Grace went on to say that, despite the fact that the writers who were chosen for the project are talented, none of them had legitimate experience writing all-age material.

"I hate that I'm once again in a position where I have to call out Marvel on some BS, because I don't know that anything positive will come from it, and that everything I've done in my career will once again be boiled down to: 'semi-attractive queer comic creator complains about marvel comics,'" he wrote. "Stories like what I've written need to be considered when discussing if Marvel has actually done anything to be accountable for not only hiring more diversely, but for fostering an environment where those people feel valued."

Grace's post comes after Marvel announced a commitment to diversity. The company plans to examine its culture to understand why "recruiting and fostering more BIPOC talent" is such a challenge for the comic giant. However, current and former Marvel employees are doubtful that the assessment will come of anything. The company's 18-person editorial staff has no Black employees and only two people of color, and Axel Alonso, a former employee who made a commitment to diversity, was fired in 2017.

Grace's work for Marvel includes his two Iceman series, All New X-Men AnnualSecret Wars JournalThe Merry X-Men Holiday Special and Infinity Wars: Infinity Warps. He has also done work for BOOM! Comic, IDW and Image Comics.

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