Black Comic Book History Quotes

“There was a black cat before Black Panther. He was Lion Man and he was created, written and published by black people.”
― Demetrius Sherman, Black Comic Book History : Bonus: Superheroes who Protect Africa

“In 1955, Columbia Pictures discovered that it no longer had film rights to The Phantom. So what did the company do? It created a poor imitation called Captain Africa.”
― Demetrius Sherman, Black Comic Book History : Bonus: Superheroes who Protect Africa

“The life of African American journalist Orrin C. Evans is book or movie material. Evans courageously continued on, despite racist incidents such as being removed because of his race from the crowd of journalist by Nazi sympathizer Charles Lindbergh while covering the famous kidnapping,”
― Demetrius Sherman, Black Comic Book History : Bonus: Superheroes who Protect Africa

“Dr. Fredrick Wertham, a crusader against comic books, stated that comic book sex and violence have a bad effect on young people. Wertham exhibited Phantom Lady comics as an example in his book Seduction of the Innocent.”
― Demetrius Sherman, Black Comic Book History : Bonus: Superheroes who Protect Africa

“Black Frenchman Alexandre Dumas”
― Demetrius Sherman, Black Comic Book History : Bonus: Superheroes who Protect Africa