Published in “June-July 1993, this issue takes place at least a week after the first issue. Komal has been busy as the Ebony Warrior, hitting the streets every night, attacking criminals. A […]
Ebony Warrior #2
Ebony Warrior #1
I’m going really old school again, with this retro review. 1993, when a collective of Black creators formed the ANIA imprint to publish their own comic books featuring new Black superheroes. I’ve […]
THE SAGA OF ORIGINAL MAN #1
Okay, here’s where things get complicated. I don’t know when this issue was published, although the copyright says 1992. In back of the front cover there is an editorial by Alonzo Washington, […]
ORIGINAL MAN #3
Cover-dated December 1992, this issue from Omega 7 Comics is once again written and drawn by Tony Jappa, with Alonzo Washington as co-writer and publisher. Picking right up form the end of […]
ORIGINAL MAN #2
This 2nd issue (the 3rd, counting the zero issue) is the first to have a Month on the cover. September 1992. Tony Jappa is once credited as Artist/Writer and Anthony Washington as […]
ORIGINAL MAN #1
The above image is from a picture I had to take of my copy, as this issue is extremely hard to find, and I couldn’t even find a decent image of it […]
ORIGINAL MAN #0
I’m going really old school here. All the way back to 1992, with the release of this “debut” issue of a new Black superhero, called Original Man. I put the word debut […]
METEOR MAN #6
And this is is, the finale of the first (and, to date, only) Meteor Man miniseries from Marvel Comics. Co-written by Dwight D Coye and Bertram B Hubbard, and drawn by Robert […]
METEOR MAN #5
The stakes are rising for our hero in this second-to-last issue of his miniseries. Picking up immediately from the end of the previous issue, Night Thrasher and Meteor Man are in the […]
METEOR MAN #4
Another Marvel superhero appears in this series, this time it’s NIGHT THRASHER, a very 90’s hero if there ever was one (although he actually debuted in 1989, which technically makes him an […]
METEOR MAN #3
That’s right, you can tell by cover, SPIDER-MAN is in the house! As I said before, Marvel must have had high expectations for this film and this character, to not only give […]
METEOR MAN #2
Co-writers Dwight D Coye and Bertram B Hubbard and artist Robert Walker returned for this 2nd issue of the Meteor Man miniseries. Picked up immediately after the ending of the first issue, […]
METEOR MAN #1
Clearly, Marvel had high hopes for Robert Townsend’s 1993 superhero comedy film METEOR MAN, as they not only published an adaptation of the film, but also agreed to immediately follow that up […]
POWER LINES #1
A local street hood surviving in a crime-infested ghetto has his life turned around when an ancient magic grants him superhuman powers—except his ability only activates in an upscale white community that […]
SKYMAN one-shot
Sergeant Eric Reid may have survived the Skyman Program’s assassins and exposed its corruption, but he’s about to find that wearing the Skyman belt and trying to do the right thing means […]
SKYMAN #4
Fighting for his life thousands of feet above the ground, Skyman faces off against the people who made him a hero—and if he fails, he falls! Literally! They tried to make the […]
SKYMAN #3
After a violent clash with his handlers, Skyman’s at odds with the agents of the program that created him-and now he needs to fight his way out of dangerous airspace into friendlier […]
SKYMAN #2
Still trying to overcome his fear of flying after a plane crash that nearly killed him, Sgt. Eric Reid doesn’t have time for PTSD as the new Skyman! The superhero’s life isn’t […]
SKYMAN #1
After an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Captain Midnight, a drunken Skyman accidentally kills an innocent man! Needing a new face for their initiative ASAP, the Skyman Program turns to US […]
