So several times in the past we have been asked about African-American Super-heroes comic books.... basically why is it that we just don't list that many for sale.....???

Well, there really aren't that many mainstream African-American Super-heroes comic books listed here for sale.... because there just haven't been that many printed period ! 

When attending the Wonder-Con comic book convention, when it was held in Oakland, California, we ran across a few independent publishers that were printing African-American Superheroes comics, but were finding that distribution was hard to get going.  Since we basically sell comics from the Silver and Bronze Age eras of comics (1956 - 1982), we just picked up some for our own reading to see what they were like, but not for resale purposes.

For those interested in Black Superheroes from the Silver Age and Bronze Age comics we have the following notes....

...Power Man, also known as Luke Cage Hero for Hire, was a member of the Fantastic Four team for a while, when the Thing lost his powers temporarily.  ...Black Goliath was a friend of Hank Pym, who was Ant-man and then Giant-Man.  ...Black Lightning was a DC superhero.... There just hasn't been that many titles printed with African-American superheroes...

However, the few that we do have, have been listed.  We have a few Black Goliath, Power Man, and a 'black Wakandan African King' Black Panther comic books listed in our eBay Featured Store.

Plus there are more non-slabbed comics featuring these super-heroes in our eBay Pro Store at:   MakeItSoMarketing.com  

Michael

A rushed teaser trailer was  quickly released to prove to the fans that the upcoming film would be more faithful to the original comic books, which had the darker Batman before the Comics Code Authority changed the tone of the comic books in the mid 1950's.

Despite the earlier worries, the film became the most successful of 1989 and received praise from many Batman readers.  Additionally, Keaton changed many fans' minds about his casting to become hailed as one of the best actors to play the title role, especially with some of the later choices!!

Movie Critics' reaction to the film was largely mixed, with some praising the film for its set design and production value, while others panned it as being too much of an intellectual exercise for Tim Burton and too little of a Batman movie.

Roger Eber, who I recently found out is a true comic book fan,  gave the film two stars, out of four, remarking, "'Batman' is a triumph of design over story, style over substance - a great-looking movie with a plot you can't care much about."

Batman opened in  over 2,000 theaters in North America. In its opening weekend, it grossed $40,489,746, which, at the time of its release, was a new record.

The film ended its theatrical first run with $251,188,924, and was not only the biggest moneymaker of 1989, but was also the fifth highest-grossing film of all time. The film's total worldwide box office gross was  $411,348,924. It is, to date, the most financially successful Batman movie of the franchise.

For those interested in DC Superhero comic books, including those of the Batman, we have several hundreds listed in our eBay Featured Store and eBay Pro Store.

Adrienne, born in 1945, played Maude's daughter on the TV Show from 1972 - 1978.

After the series ended, Barbeau was cast by her then-husband, director John Carpenter, in his 1980 horror film, The Fog.

This was her first theatrical film appearance. The film was released  on February 1, 1980 and was considered a film success, grossing over $21 million in the United States.  This helped established  Adrienne as a HoRRoR / Sci-Fi genre film star.

She then appeared in a number of early 1980s horror and science fiction films, several of which have now become favorite cult classics, including Escape From New York, Creepshow, and Swamp Thing (a comic book movie based on the DC monster comic).  See pic top left for comic adaptation.

Although Adrienne had a top selling cheesecake poster of herself in 1978, she had not posed for Playboy or other similiar mags. The Swamp Thing Movie however featured a scene of her wading through the Swamp Thing's swamp, (picture bottom left).

Adrienne played the  love interest of Dr. Alec Holland, who would become the Swamp Thing. This would be the first and last comic book based movie that she would star in.