“Say It Loud!” Tyroc and the Trajectory of the Black Superhero (part 2)
Part Two of using DC’s Tyroc to consider the arc of the Black superhero.
Additions, Corrections, Retractions
An overview of posts in need of revisiting.
On Collecting Comics & Critical Nostalgia
Identity is a constant retcon.
Black Lightning Always Strikes Twice! – Double-Consciousness as a Super-Power.
Jefferson Pierce’s “blackness” is explored in relation to his superheroic identity, but doesn’t get anywhere.
Black Goliath: “Some Black Super Dude”
Black Goliath is a title that never got a chance to really develop and it suffers from the problems of a lot of early attempts to bring ethnic characters into the limelight.
