Enter the BCU
The Ultimate Guide to Black Comic Book Collecting
Black Comic Keys
Discover Key Black Comic Books to add to your collection.
Comic Book Critiques
In depth critical reviews of comic books, graphic novels and more.
Collector's Guides
We’ve compiled checklists and historic timelines to help you hunt down your favorite historic black comics.
Collector’s Guides
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...
Video: Finding the Truth about Truth: Red, White and Black
Who is the true FIRST Captain America? I thought I knew? Check out this episode to learn the Truth. Maybe.
Kickstarters
Campaign Launching Soon for Aceblade Issue 8
The Vegas Vigilante RETURNS! The first 8 Issues of the Aceblade comic book series & limited edition Action Figures. Frustration builds for the Vegas Vigilante as his student is locked up for a crime she didn't commit. This kickstarter includes the Aceblade Origin...
Comic Critiques
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...
Outside the Long Box: Birth of a Nation
Every now and then a body of work comes along and gives you all the feels and laughs.
