Marvel Comics revealed Wednesday that Sam Wilson, known in the comic books as the African-American winged superhero Falcon, will now don the red, white and blue Captain America costume.

Rights Available! Superhero African-American Teen Hacker Gets Reboot 'Solarman,' by Joseph Illidge and Brendan Deneen, along with the latest from 'In the Heart of the Sea' author Nathaniel ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — At first glance, you’d never guess that local writer Chris Appling would have spent the majority of his 52 years wanting to be the first African-American superhero comic-book ...

Drameh, who speaks in an American accent in the role, represents a step forward in diversity. “We’re all so proud to have another African-American superhero with superpowers,” Kreisberg said.

It is nearly impossible to not see a trailer for the next superhero film, and black superheroes figure prominently in those films this summer.

African-American superheroes have been essential in promoting diversity and representation in the comic book industry.

Attention Marvel Studios fans, get ready to meet your first lead African American and female superheroes: Black Panther, and Captain Marvel. The studio announced today at a press conference their ...

Rebooting a Hero: The Story Behind ‘The Flash’s’ New, Diverse Firestorm "It's really humbling," Drameh tells THR of portraying an African-American version of the iconic superhero. "We still ...

JOURNEY INTO COMICS -- Black Lightning, a 1977 African-American superhero created by writer Tony Isabella of Medina and artist Trevor Von Eeden, will get a pilot from Fox with an eye toward a ...

The new CW superhero series 'Black Lightning' aims to bring a bold reality and African American sensibility to the genre.

The character of Black Lightning is the first African American superhero ever to get his own live-action network TV adaptation (readers may remember the animated Static Shock cartoons of 2000-2004 ...