Question

when edgardo miranda-rodriguez was a young boy, he couldnt get enough of comic books. he loved following the adventures of superheroes. he loved how they used their amazing powers to save the world. but he always had a question. where were the heroes who looked like him? there were no superheroes who came from puerto rico. as a comic book creator, miranda-rodriguez is on a mission to change that. what is the gist of the part of the passage in the box? young edgardo miranda-rodriguez dropdown comics, but he dropdown them to have puerto rican superheroes.

Explanation:

1. For the first blank: From the passage "he couldn't get enough of comic books" and "He loved following the adventures of superheroes", we can infer that he liked comic books. So the first blank should be filled with a verb that means "liked" or "loved". A suitable word is "loved" (or "liked").
2. For the second blank: The passage says "As a comic book creator, Miranda - Rodriguez is on a mission to change that" (where "that" refers to the lack of Puerto Rican superheroes). So he wanted to change the situation, so a suitable word is "wanted" (or "sought" or "tried") to make the sentence "Young Edgardo Miranda - Rodriguez loved comics, but he wanted them to have Puerto Rican superheroes."

Answer:

First blank: loved (or liked)
Second blank: wanted (or sought, tried)

(If we consider the common collocations and the context, a more precise answer for the first blank could be "loved" and for the second blank "wanted" to fit the sentence structure "Young Edgardo Miranda - Rodriguez loved comics, but he wanted them to have Puerto Rican superheroes.")