{"id":28,"date":"2010-07-28T12:46:59","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T12:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blacksenses.com\/?p=28"},"modified":"2010-07-28T12:46:59","modified_gmt":"2010-07-28T12:46:59","slug":"%e2%80%9cwhere-is-a-hero-when-you-need-one%e2%80%9d-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blacksenses.com\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Where is a Hero when you need ONE?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After viewing images from COMIC-CON (Comic convention) last week that took place in San Diego, Ca., I started to think. Marvel Comics and DC Comics are the two main competitors in world of comic book distribution. They have comic book characters that have become household names. Such as, Spider-man, Superman, Batman, The Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, the X-Men, The Fantastic Four and so on\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 all of which are well written story lines about super heroes and their plight as they fight their archenemies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Each character has a biography that captivates their readers. Hollywood has decided to capitalize on this market with a string of movies that wrap around translating epic battles from the comics to the silver screen. These movies made these characters \u00e2\u20ac\u0153main stream\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. To the point, even if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never picked up a comic book in your life, you know who Wolverine, Superman and Spider-man are. Just to name a few\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/strong><\/p>\n

For me, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always that one question\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Where are the black superheroes? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Believe it or not, they exist! They were ignored until the 60\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s where they finally started to get their own headlining comic books. For those of you who don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t read comics, chances are that you never heard of them. There are characters like Luke Cage, The Falcon and Black Panther. These were some of the original characters that paved the way. Soon after, you have Storm of the X-Men, Spawn, Blade and so on… From there, you have the dozens of independent and underground black superhero comics. There are too many to count! But, why haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you heard of them?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Spawn and Blade had their own movies and they were a hit! But, why didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t they do as well as Spider-man or even the HULK? I mean, Blade is one interesting character. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s half vampire, half human. He has all the elements of a Wolverine story in that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s constantly uncovering different elements of his past\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Spawn is another interesting story. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a classic story of Good vs. Evil with Spawn caught right in the middle of it. His character is torn and unpredictable! It has hilarious characters, everything that should make the series popular and continue to grow. So, why isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it popular? I mean, according to the latest ECLIPSE sales, people love Vampire movies\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 you get the point. So, where are the others?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Is it the appeal? Do we need a character with a better storyline? A character with better powers and noticeable Super Villains. Or could it be that we aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ready for another major black super hero. One that could possible be presented on a grander scale\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 That might not be the case. But, we as culture, limit ourselves to certain genre\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. These comics have drawn the attention of some popular and more talented writers that can help these super heroes become that dominate character with an interesting plot. All it takes is SUPPORT. Believe it or not there aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t too many black crime fighting super humans out there for our children to admire. A little support goes a long way! Whether it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s enough to get suppliers to create that new black action figure or even start that action packed cartoon that premiers on one of these anime filled cartoon channels. I would like to hear about a comic book super hero with a diverse twist that is coming to the silver screen other than\u00c2\u00a0 Aqua Man or boring Thor! You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be surprised how interesting that can be!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After viewing images from COMIC-CON (Comic convention) last week that took place in San Diego, Ca., I started to think. Marvel Comics and DC Comics are the two main competitors in world of comic book distribution. They have comic book characters that have become household names. Such as, Spider-man, Superman, Batman, The Hulk, Iron Man,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blacksenses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blacksenses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blacksenses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blacksenses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blacksenses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.blacksenses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blacksenses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blacksenses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blacksenses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}