Coogler has set out to do something with
the modern black superhero that all previous iterations have fallen short of doing: making it respectable, imaginative and powerful.
Not exact matches
The two both star in Marvel's hotly anticipated upcoming
superhero film — the first of the
modern era of comic book movies to star an almost all -
black cast — and posed together for pictures at the annual ceremony.
Black Panther has something else going for it, something that should be a given but rarely is, something that surprisingly few
modern superhero movies deliver: a terrific villain.
Black Panther debuted in Marvel Comics in 1966 as the first
superhero of African descent in
modern American comics.
In a fierce battle between the two comic book
superhero studios, DC bested rival Marvel with «Wonder Woman», the first big budget
modern day female comic book adaptation, and now it's Marvel's turn to break new ground with «
Black Panther» being arguably the first black superhero (just don't say that to Wesley Sni
Black Panther» being arguably the first
black superhero (just don't say that to Wesley Sni
black superhero (just don't say that to Wesley Snipes).
The movie is historic, after all: The first
modern superhero movie centered on a
black hero.
Eighteen films into Marvel's blockbuster franchise they're long overdue, arriving in a «
Black Panther» origin tale that also breaks ground as the first standalone film of the modern Marvel era to be led by a black super
Black Panther» origin tale that also breaks ground as the first standalone film of the
modern Marvel era to be led by a
black super
black superhero.
In the
modern superhero bubble, fans have yet to see a true blue standalone franchise - starter headlined by a
black performer.
Before Hollywood adapted Blade, Spawn, and Steel from their respective Marvel and DC Comics franchises, the
black superhero tradition in TV and film was decidedly less mainstream, even as Hollywood adapted the white comic heroes Superman and Batman into blockbusters for decades before the
modern superhero movie boom began in earnest.