Blending Comics and History: War and the Black Soldier
Black History Month is the opportunity to recognize the many accomplishments of Black Americans. It is from this foundation of sacrifices that we…
Author: Marcus Roberts
Marcus is a freelance writer and longtime comic book collector. He is a husband and father of two and grandfather. He is also a certified Life Skills Coach with a degree in psychology. He is the Publishing Manager at Second Sight Studios and is a moderator for the Independent Creators Connection (ICC) and ICC Anthologies groups on Facebook as well as an administrator for the Heroes of Color page on Facebook. He is the creator of Project Nexus and the 2019 Glyph Rising Star award nominated comic, The Protector.
Written credits include Jennifer Rash's Dream Angel , and from ICC Publishing, IHERO 3, Imperia: The Chaos of Calamity and ICC Magazine , Mississippi Zombie from Caliber Comics, Hedge Hollow, and The Protector (Available on Comixology, Indyplanet, and Adventcomics.com/unboundrealms)
The Black Perspective: Spotlight on Blade
In 1971 with the relaxing of the Comic Code Authority, which served as the oversight and moral enforcer for comics, Marvel took advantage…
Year in Review: 2013
“Following the portrayal of African, African-American, Black Latinos, Australian indigenous people, and Europeans of African descent, in comics, movies, TV, books and the…
Zephyr (Character)
Created by: Tony Isabella and Val Mayerik 1st appearance: Supernatural Thrillers #8, August 1974 Aliases Mistress of the Winds Nationality: unrevealed Team Affiliations:…
Doctor Crocodile (Character)
Created by: Jamie Delano, Alan Davis 1st appearance: Captain Britain #9; 1985 Real Name: Joshua N’Dingi Aliases: Doc Croc, Dr. N’Dingi, Halfling Nationality:…
Bulletproof (Character)
Created by: Dwayne McDuffie 1st appearance: Icon #19, 1994 Real Name: unknown Nationality: American Relatives: unknown Group Affiliations: none Eyes: Brown Hair: Black…
Doctor Spectrum (Character)
Created by: Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema 1st appearance: Avengers #69 Death: Marvel Two In One #41 Nationality: African Team Affiliations: Squadron Sinister Legal…
Crash (Character)
Created by: Louise Simonson, Joe St. Pierre (Clay Irons);Christopher Priest and Denys Cowan (Crash) 1st appearance: Steel Annual #2, Year One; 1995 (Clay…
Slyde (Character)
Created by: Tom DeFlaco and Sal Buscema 1st appearance: The Amazing Spiderman #272; 1986 Nationality: American Relatives: Matt Beacher (half-brother, deceased) Group Affiliations:…