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A Black Superman? It s happened, and could again
13 May, 2021 07:00 AM
7 minutes to read
On his world, Calvin Ellis is Superman and Nubia is Wonder Woman. Photo / DC Comics via The New York Times
On his world, Calvin Ellis is Superman and Nubia is Wonder Woman. Photo / DC Comics via The New York Times
New York Times
By: George Gene Gustines
As renewed rumours of a Black Superman movie swirl, here is the complicated history of reimagining the most iconic comic hero as a Black man. In 2008, during his presidential campaign, Barack Obama told a joke at a charity event. Contrary to the rumours you have heard, I was not born in a manger, he said. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-El, to save the planet Earth.