7 Black Superhero Movies (The Good, The Bad & The Ugly)

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• Nosa Igbinedion | August 9, 2012 8:55 AMReply

  What about 'Shonuff!', i think it was called the last dragon.

• RK2380 | May 3, 2012 5:47 PMReply

  He forgot Spawn the Movie, I my self have never seen Spawn but it had a cartoon spin off on HBO. I will admit just like Hancok there is a flaw is Spawn. Unless you know his origina story you wouldn't Know he was black.
  
  Would Black dynamite be considered a Black superhero

• Donella | May 2, 2012 1:13 PMReply

  Storm/X-Men. And if he's adding Eddie Griffin/Undercover Brother, then I'll add Michael Jai White/Black Dynamite.

• Donella | May 3, 2012 3:52 PM

  Just saw Culture Shock already took care of Black Dynamite. ;-)

• Micah | May 1, 2012 11:47 PMReply

  It was a humorous piece that made me chuckle. It even had some good points. However Steel should have been at the bottom. His reasons for picking #3 over Meteor Man were and undercover brother were kind of lame. All 3 were equally cheesy but Meteor man loses for being too clean cut? Yeah that's what made Superman lame. Oh wait the 1978 Superman film is actually still consider a classic. In any case I enjoyed the piece over all. It did give me an even greater appreciation for Blade and what Wesley Snipes accomplished.

• Screamwriter | May 1, 2012 11:34 PMReply

  Halle Berry's Catwoman

• Culture Shock! | May 1, 2012 11:14 PMReply

  Black Dynamite.

• EpicT | May 2, 2012 5:19 PM

  EXACTLY, HE did some poor research if he did watch that,

• Neziah | May 1, 2012 9:05 PMReply

  The first "Blade" makes all the other black superhero movies look like pure garbage. The second one was good too, but not AS good.

• Adam Scott Thompson | May 1, 2012 8:55 PMReply

  Ironic considering that "Blade" ushered in the new wave of (very profitable) superhero movies which had really gone out of vogue after the 80's ended.
  
  And I have to admit, I was mad as a kid when they cancelled "M.A.N.T.I.S." It was flawed in its execution, but the concept was so playa!

• From Tokyo | May 10, 2012 5:26 PM

  "I was mad as a kid when they cancelled "M.A.N.T.I.S." Me too!

• Steven Flores | May 1, 2012 8:37 PMReply

  Actually, I think the best black superhero movie is "Blade II".
  
  It's better than the first film thanks in part to Guillermo del Toro's direction. It's a film that truly can stand out on it's own without needing to see the first one. It's got great production value. An amazing supporting cast that includes del Toro regular Ron Perlman. A kick-ass soundtrack, and a screenplay that does more than what the genre expects.

• Donella | May 2, 2012 1:05 PM

  I prefer the first Blade for the soundtrack, art direction, and fight sequences that pre-dated the Matrix. Blade II was a worthy follow-up for the new style vampires. BTW, del Toro wrote a novel series The Strain that featured similar creatures. He's definitely got a style.

• Micah | May 2, 2012 12:06 AM

  Laura and Steven, I have to agree with you guys on this one.

• Laura | May 1, 2012 8:46 PM

  Blade II is one of the best movie of it's genre (s) superhero or vampire period. The movie is a classic. Guillermo del Toro knows how to bring it.

• maurice emel | May 1, 2012 7:51 PMReply

  tons of omissions... black panther, luke cage, Spawn, M.A.N.T.I.S., static shock, the whole milestone universe for that matter, the black-spanish spider man they have now. Morpheous (the matrix) even though he doesnt have his own series but that doesnt meant that he couldn't.

• Tambay | May 1, 2012 8:15 PM

  Hey Maurice - I specified black superheroes movies, not just black superheroes. So yes he missed a ton of black superheroes; but the question is how many black superhero MOVIES have been made, and of those, how many did he miss? Last I checked there hasn't been a Black Panther or Luke Cage movie. Unless you Know something I don't.

• kaleber | May 1, 2012 7:49 PMReply

  That is Genius!

• worldlysistah | May 1, 2012 7:18 PMReply

  Too funny! You forgot Black Panther though. He is the BEST ever!!

• saintbernard13 | July 19, 2012 6:12 AM

  movies not just the superhero himself! Black Panther is the best of course but we have no movie for him... yet

• siboahan | May 1, 2012 6:58 PMReply

  lol@ Git ur as outta here!