black superheroes
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Black Superheroes. Why no blacks?. Bungleton Green (1920s). Lothar , Prince of the Seven Sons: illiterate, strongman, dressed in animal skins. Young Allies. Whitewash. Comic Relief: “minstrel dialect: ignorant, lazy, buffoonish, superstitious, joyous and musical”. Ebony White. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Black Superheroes
Why no blacks?
Bungleton Green (1920s)
Lothar, Prince of the Seven Sons:illiterate, strongman, dressed in animal skins
Young Allies
Whitewash
Comic Relief:“minstrel dialect: ignorant, lazy, buffoonish, superstitious, joyous
and musical”
Ebony White
Waku, Prince of the Bantu (1950s):strong, kind, intelligent
Black Panther (1960s)
Villain Herohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0gED1SVG4g
Luke Cage (1970s):blaxploitation
ghetto lifestyle:hip talk, cool threads, big afro
superhuman strength and stamina, and has extremely dense skin and muscle tissue which render him highly resistant to
physical injury
Storm (1970s)
African goddess of weather Storm: X-menhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izeZotk98GA&feature=related
Image Comics (1990s)
Spawn Shadowhawk
Milestone Comics (1990s): Hardware, Blood Syndicate, Icon, Static
Future?
Static ShockGreen Lantern:John Stewart