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Matt Baker’s “Voodah” in Crown Comics #3, Fall 1945. A new book calls Voodah the first Black hero featured in a mainstream comic book. Six issues in he was replaced by a white version of ...
'White,' the follow-up to the critically acclaimed superhero comic book 'Black,' brings a racist white president into the world where only black people have superpowers.
Comic book and/or superhero movies fronted by Black actors, like the “Blade” trilogy and “Men in Black” series, once kept comic book features alive, only for Hollywood to declare them ...
Naming the best comic books of all time is no easy task, with each new decade delivering an instant-classic from Marvel, DC ...
The top 10 comic book heroes have transcended the medium, influencing not just fans but entire industries.
She came to comics in the 2006-2007 weekly title 52 as the bride of Black Adam who shares his powers. Isis' comic story ended tragically, and she hasn't been seen since.
In the latest installment of Super Hero Worship, we explain what's going on with Diamond Comic Distributors and why the company's bankruptcy is bad news for an entire industry.
This August, Felicia Hardy begins a new era in Black Cat, a new ongoing series written by G. Willow Wilson and illustrated by Gleb Melnikov which will see Felicia Hardy go from super-thief to ...
Black Cat is one of Marvel's most popular anti-heroes, with a reputation as a master thief that has often put her at odds with Spider-Man and even the Avengers.
Stephanie Burt on the addition of Marvel comic books—including Black Panther, X-Men, The Avengers, and The Fantastic Four—to the Penguin Classics series.
Hellboy 2004's Hellboy, based on the Dark Horse Comics book by the same name, is one of the most beloved comic book movies of all time, especially one not adapted from a Marvel or DC story.
Brent Trayce Sands created the "Impound" comic book series about a Black superhero from Sacramento. What started as one series of comics centered around one hero turned into a connected universe ...