It’s a genre that can’t exist without the spectre of blackness. Black Panther gets this
Black Panther might depict a fantasy of the continent but the its contribution to black geekdom remains important
Mainstream comic book superheroes are getting redrawn from the stereotypical blue-eyed white male into a world of multicoloured crusaders.
Spider-Man has peeled his mask back to reveal a new face: Miles Morales, a friendly neighbourhood teen from a black-hispanic family in New York.
<i>X-Men: First Class</i> has enough action to keep the fight fans happy, and sufficient use of special effects to beguile the sensation-seeking eye.
One is always amused by the froth of commentary, that breaks out all over the internet whenever a new superhero movie hoves into view.
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/ 16 January 2008
Spider-Man fans are outraged that Marvel Comics has turned back the clock and dissolved the marriage of its wall-clinging superhero. While followers of the movie version know the character is single with a sweetheart, as far as comic-book fans are concerned Spider-Man has been married to Mary Jane Watson for the past 21 years.
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/ 10 November 2007
Comic-book hero Captain America may not be back from the dead, but he is back — sort of. After Marvel Comics unexpectedly killed off the champion of liberty and the American way earlier this year, he appears in a comic made exclusively for United States soldiers. He is seen on a videotape made before his death.