About
Super. Black.

As a kid, I felt the lack of Black and Brown superhero representation. I subconsciously latched on to any and all superheroes that kinda sorta reminded me of a Black person. One prominent example was Panthro from Thundercats. I had no idea why I loved that character so much. Or why I connected with him more than Lion-O, who I was meant to like. Panthro reminded me of my father in some ways. As it turns out, Earle Hyman, the grandfather on the prominent Black sitcom Cosby Show, voiced Panthro.

I associated his voice with people of color and latched on tight. As an adult in 2015, I watched the first episode of Young Justice, where Icon and Rocket debuted in my life. I hadn’t heard of these two Black heroes and was mad for not knowing them earlier in life. These were two of Milestone Comics most prominent superheroes and I was completely unaware of them AND Milestone at the time. There needed to be a place where people could go to discover these characters of color, thus Super. Black. was born.