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THE BIBLE OF ‘BOND, JAMES BOND’ [Career Reflection]: R.I.P. Sean Connery (1930-2020).

Contrary to popular belief, Sean Connery is not the first actor to play James Bond. From October 1954 and June 1958, CBS aired a dramatic anthology series  called Climax! The show featured one-hour adaptation of classic stories like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye. Many of the episodes were performed …

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I SUPPORT BLACK SUPERHEROES [Belser-Verse, Part 13]: Built For War!

Everybody needs that one "ride or die" friend. That one person that stands by your side through thick and thin, for better or for worse. That friend for a multi-faceted superhero such as Tony Stark is James "Rhodey" Rhodes. That friend label has caused Rhodes to be relegated to background at times. However, Rhodey took …

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I SUPPORT BLACK SUPERHEROES [Belser-Verse, Part 12]: Born To Raise Hell!

The forces of darkness! The depths of Hell! Exacting vengeance upon the wicked of the Earth!! Those phrases go hand and hand with the hero in today's article: the dark avenger known as.. Spawn. CREATION Spawn is the brainchild of legendary comic creator Todd McFarlane. McFarlane became a superstar among comic fans as both a …

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I SUPPORT BLACK SUPERHEROES [Belser-Verse, Part 6]: ‘Soul’ Brother Supreme

One of the main objectives with this series of articles is to shine light on black superheroes that don't really get talked about. Case-in-point would be today's subject who was created around the same time as other well-known black Heroes like Luke Cage and Black Lightning but has never gotten that same level of recognition. …

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I SUPPORT BLACK SUPERHEROES [Belser-Verse, Part 5]: ‘In Blackest Night…’

Space! The Final Frontier.. (come on, you know the rest). Space exploration has seen its fair share of real-life African American innovators like astronauts Robert Henry Lawrence Jr, Guion Bluford and Mae Jemison. For this article, the space explorer in question is the one of the very first African-American superheroes in DC Comics, John Stewart. …

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I SUPPORT BLACK SUPERHEROES [Belser-Verse, Part 4.2]: The Red, White, and New.

The Many Faces of The Patriot After the creation of Captain America in 1941, his popularity inspired a bevy of similarly themed heroes like Fighting American, Miss America, The Spirit of '76, Jack Flagg, Free Spirit and so on.  One such superhero was The Patriot who debuted in The Human Torch #4 (Spring 1941) with …

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