Superheroes have stood astride the American pop-culture landscape for eight decades, but racial diversity has largely been left in the margins. So while we have had black superheroes for much of ...

“I think there’s a thirst for these images,” he told “Today” when “Black Panther” was released. “There’s a thirst for a Black superhero.” He also knew the pride that African ...

As part of TV Guide's celebration of The Rise of the Black Superheroes, we asked some of the most prominent voices in the industry which black superheroes they'd most like to see brought to the ...

His passion for superheroes led him to ... of people just aching for positive images of themselves on screen. In this case, obviously the African-American and African communities seeing ...

JOURNEY INTO COMICS -- Black Lightning, a 1977 African-American superhero created by writer Tony Isabella of Medina and artist Trevor Von Eeden, will get a pilot from Fox with an eye toward a ...

Over the weekend at DC FanDome, there was a lot of talk about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s upcoming movie, Black Adam, after the actor and former professional wrestler debuted his costume for ...

The new CW series “Black Lightning” is striking — literally and figuratively — as a new superhero series unlike any ever seen before on prime time television. A black superhero character ...

A lot of the buzz is being generated by African-Americans, who see more than just a superhero movie in "Black Panther." The movie is the first major superhero film to feature a black protagonist ...