Dallas teacher creates comic hero to fight wrongs against immigrants

By Tawnell D. Hobbs, Dallas Morining News

He has super strength and a big heart. A protector of immigrants, he’s ready to take down drug cartels and corrupt cops.

He’s El Peso Hero, a comic book superhero to right wrongs along the Texas-Mexico border.

Created by Dallas ISD teacher Hector Rodriguez about two years ago, El Peso Hero is growing in popularity. It has attracted the attention of Spiderman and Venom artist Sam de la Rosa, who is drawing a comic book cover for the hero for free.

Rodriguez uses the comic book to inspire students in his second-grade dual-language class at DISD’s Junkins Elementary School in Carrollton. It offers teachable moments in writing, he said, with some students creating their own stories.

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