Alfredo "Apple" De La Fuente has loved comic books since he was a kid, working at several San Diego Comic-Cons before launching Alamo City Comic Con in 2013. So, like many fans of sequential art, especially Latino fans, he was seeing red when he first laid eyes on the controversial Green Lantern cover pegged to Hispanic Heritage Month.⁠ ⁠ The cover features DC Comics' Mexican-American character Kyle Rayner in his signature Green Lantern uniform, chest puffed out as he holds a large emerald flag that reads "Viva Mexico!!" and a shopping bag full of tamales.⁠ ⁠ "My first thought was wow, that’s what you think of Hispanics? Just tamales and tacos?" De La Fuente said. "If you’re going to represent or celebrate our heritage, that's not a way to do it."⁠ ⁠ Read about the other controversial covers from DC's Hispanic Heritage Month collection at the link in our bio.