The Origin and Evolution of Black Comic Book Characters

I don’t remember when I picked up my first comic book. From 7th through 12th grade, I went to school across town, taking the city bus and transferring once in downtown Minneapolis each way. On my return trip, I stood in front of <a href="https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54504/the-direct-market-juggernaut-you-never-knew" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Shinder’s newsstand</a> on 7th St. and Hennepin Ave., waiting for the 9B bus to complete my journey. The corner store had newspapers from around the world, magazines, several racks of comic books, and bins of back issues. I started reading <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(comic_book)" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Superman</a>, <a href="https://www.dc.com/characters/batman" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Batman</a>, and the <a href="https://www.dc.com/characters/justice-league" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Justice League </a>but soon gravitated to Marvel Comics, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Four_(comic_book)" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">The Fantastic Four</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers_(comics)" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Avengers</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_(Marvel_Comics)" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Thor</a>. Because there were few options, I didn’t notice the lack of Black characters in the books, other than an occasional person in a crowd. <a href="https://medium.com/illumination-curated/the-origin-and-evolution-of-black-comic-book-characters-f8a0d731f0f7">Click Here</a>