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Collector’s Guides
Torchy to Teen Titans: Black Women in Comics (1937-2016)
Torchy to Teen Titans: Black Women in Comics (1937-2016) In 2009, DC comics introduced Felicia Henderson as their first Black female writer. When announced, I was just as amazed as other fans were that this was the first Black woman to write for DC in their 75 year...
Strange Fruit: The Peculiar Covers of the Bronze Era of Comics
Strange Fruit: The Peculiar Covers of the Bronze Era of Comics (1970-1985) I was recently congratulating a fellow collector on their pick up of All Star Squadron #38 (1984). The cover depicted Amazing Man chained to a burning cross. A hooded villain dressed like a...
Video: We Wear the Mask; Superheroes Hiding their Blackness
Episode 51: We Wear the Mask; Superheroes hiding their Blackness Spawn is one of the most popular comic books featuring a Black hero in the modern era. However, Spawn's alter ego Al Simmons is rarely seen in human form as a African American man. McFarlane is on...
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Comic Critiques
Fear of a Black Comic: Space Negro Issue 1 Critique
Space Negro: The Last Negro Written and drawn by Jared Sams, Colors by Daniel Morales, Mohammed Agbadi Synopsis A million years in the future and a brutha still can't catch a break! With issue #01 of Space Negro Supernova Watkins, finds himself in...
Point Break: Point of Authority #2 Critique
Point of Authority: Family Ties #2 Written by Victor Dandridge, Illustrated by Adam Fields, Colored by Kevin Anthony De Castro (Vantage Inhouse Publishing, 2022) Synopsis Something dark has awakened in Jameson Jackson. Now the world and his family...
Sexy Layer Cake: Diary of the Stray Dogs Critique
Diary of the Stray Dogs: The Wounded Written by Nigel Lynch, Illustrated by Juan Carlos Francisco, Colored by Edward "King" Bola, (Beyond Publishing Caribbean, 2022) Synopsis Shani Belcourt recounts the events that start her down a dark path, as...
