El Espace is a column dedicated to news and culture relevant to Latinx communities. Expect politics, arts, analysis, personal essays and more. ¿Lo mejor? It’ll be in Spanish and English, so you can forward it to your tía, your primo Lalo or anyone else (read: everyone). When we were growing up in Chicago, my older brother Gabriel often spent hours reading manga and graphic novels, narrating detailed accounts of their plots to me after school. But obsessed as Gabriel was with this world, there weren’t many mainstream stories featuring kids like him, a second-generation Dominican, in comic books back in the ’90s. Today, the landscape looks a little different. Publishers and artists have started to create characters that resonate with all kinds of communities, putting folks generally relegated to the sidekick role in the spotlight. Sometimes, that has meant dreaming up new superheroes, but it has also meant reimagining and diversifying well-known stories. There is still much work to be done when it comes to representing Latinx identities in comics, but as New York Comic Con kicks off, here are five superheroes who have made it to the fore. Consider this a guide to your cosplay this weekend. White Tiger,…