DC Comics To Unveil A Black Superman

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• Hector | February 12, 2012 10:41 AMReply

  Morrison already did a Black Superman as part of Final Crisis. It was an alternate Earth in which the racial lines were all reversed, so Superman, Wonder Woman, etc., were all black. Superman was also President of the US in that one.

• Ronald T. Jones | February 11, 2012 9:04 PMReply

  I'm not impressed. There are plenty of interesting original black superheroes. DC and Marvel seem to have adopted a formula. Why create new black superheroes when you can color existing white heroes black?

• Steven | February 11, 2012 9:55 AMReply

  I think it'll be a good thing. I like the way Marvel is handling the Miles Morales aka Black Spiderman. It's a pretty cool and ambitious comic on Marvel's part. The DC reboot 52 issues are a pretty good read as well that features some black characters like Cyborg, Static Shock, and even Batwing aka Batman of Africa. Both companies are basically trying to expand their readers with this. I'm cool with it. It's all lost cost research and development for their parent companies.

• VichusSmith | February 11, 2012 2:44 AMReply

  There have already been black supermen, whether they were actual supermen or Superman archetypes One such example: comicvine.com/superman/29-45116 Unless you're saying that this is the first time in this volume of Action Comics that there will be a black Superman, then you are right.

• Miles Ellison | February 10, 2012 8:07 PMReply

  DC is going to need an actual Superman to survive the tidal wave of hate mail that they will inevitably receive.

• other song | February 10, 2012 7:05 PMReply

  I think.... I don't give a shit. Sorry, but I'm not into hand-me-down stories. Superman's been done to death. Nothing exciting here. Past its prime. And so, like an old tattered jean, it's tossed down to the neglected minority, in the hope that some buzz will be generated. thanks but no thanks.

• CLINTON G | February 11, 2012 12:19 AM

  I forgot to add EL GATO NEGRO a mexican hero who stars in his own high quality comic as well. The list is just too long to run down. Do the research.

• Clinton G | February 11, 2012 12:13 AM

  These are my exact sentiments. Hand me down heroes. I don't know why ANYONE would be excited about. Black Spiderman, Black Superman, Spanish Spiderman . . . whatever. It's like can we just have our own stories that stand alone without being measured by the white bred medium? There is a plethora of Black independent comics out there like BROTHERMAN, CHOCOLATE THUNDER, WITCH DOCTOR, ZULU MECH, not to mention several All Black comic conventions featuring independent Black artists in cities like Atlatna, Philadelphia, Chicago and Detroit! The movement is growing and these rehash heroes of the past can stay as we remember them because even as a Black man I would rather see the original Clark Kent and Peter Parker and instead introduce my children to the new Black characters who stand on their own like ANTONIO VALOR (Brotherman's alter ego) and the list goes on. To sum it up, Comic giants do not have to appease Black people because we can create our own mythos and have been doing so for years!

• Yep | February 10, 2012 7:35 PM

  ^this is the correct answer. couldn't have said it better...

• Nique | February 10, 2012 6:22 PMReply

  Good news. My son will be happy. Thanks DC. I will buy the first issue.

• Nadine | February 10, 2012 7:08 PM

  ...yea... he might be, but will you? You may have to spend the rest of your life trying to have him unlearn what he "gets" out of the plot lines... the horror...

• that dude | February 10, 2012 5:25 PMReply

  You were happy enough with STEEL? How? So does that mean you are overjoyed now, or you think this is too much?

• K | February 10, 2012 4:30 PMReply

  I knew this would happen sooner or later. Here come the racist white people!

• Josh | February 10, 2012 4:14 PMReply

  Honestly I was happy enough with Steel.

• Josh | February 10, 2012 10:01 PM

  Yes

• Sergio | February 10, 2012 4:56 PM

  I assume you mean the comic and not the movie with Shaq

• Nadine | February 10, 2012 3:11 PMReply

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