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Our guest editor Lenny Henry is a big fan of comics, going so far as to include The Dark Knight Returns comic as one of his items when he appeared on Desert Island Discs.

The faces of characters in the comic book world have been changing in the past few years with more diverse heroes appearing including Miles Morales, a black Spiderman.

But what of the world behind the scenes, how many of the writers and illustrators are from diverse backgrounds. If the readers and characters are from all backgrounds, shouldn't the creators be too? Aleem Maqbool reports.

First broadcast Today programme 30 December 2014.