tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post5821284190927256870..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: The Black Leopard--M.I.A.!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-36742903875222988292018-08-29T04:42:57.490-04:002018-08-29T04:42:57.490-04:00All very good points, M.P.
All very good points, M.P.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-87271369919513676202018-08-28T21:01:17.350-04:002018-08-28T21:01:17.350-04:00Sometimes the social commentary in these Marvel co...Sometimes the social commentary in these Marvel comics seems a bit dated and clumsy now, but I think they were definitely on the side if the angels. They informed my world view as a kid.<br />Hey, comics were a big deal back then! We didn't have as much mental stimulation as kids do now.<br />And Ben Grimm, he's my favorite comic character. He's a hero for his basic decency and hatred for injustice, rather than just his physical strength.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-88494696049103962702018-08-28T18:38:23.850-04:002018-08-28T18:38:23.850-04:00With the Black Panther movement having reached its...With the Black Panther movement having reached its peak around this time, Colin, the apartheid story seemed appropriate, IMO--standing out not only from a subject matter standpoint, but also because the FF had generally been spared involvement in these kinds of politically sensitive tales. I also think that Marvel (Stan Lee and Thomas in particular) had done a fair job up to this point of dealing with the issue of racism stateside, mostly with its stories featuring the Sons of the Serpent (to say nothing of giving readers its first black hero, in the form of the Panther).Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-77047654676426463642018-08-28T09:17:54.995-04:002018-08-28T09:17:54.995-04:00I wonder what African-American readers thought of ...I wonder what African-American readers thought of this story. "Rudyarda" (named after Rudyard Kipling?) wasn't that much different to how black people were treated in America, particularly in the southern states with their segregation laws, lynchings and the Ku Klux Klan. I know things were getting much better by the time of this FF story but the criticism of apartheid in a fictional African country must have seemed rather hypocritical to black American readers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com