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The 25 Most Memorable Black Comic Book Characters
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Topic Started: Feb 16 2014, 07:40 PM (3,563 Views)
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Apr 16 2018, 11:31 AM
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Look at the beautiful blacks folks featured on this poster.
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Apr 17 2018, 10:43 AM
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What a crazy cover featuring the Justice League.
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Apr 18 2018, 10:34 AM
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Such wonderful artwork.

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Apr 19 2018, 09:57 AM
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What a difference a hit movie can make.
Okoye is prominently featured here.
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Apr 23 2018, 10:21 AM
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This was unexpected....but the thought of Meagan Good in tights is very intriguing.
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SHAZAM! Reportedly Adds Meagan Good And Michelle Borth As More Superhero Members Of The Shazam FamilyTaking a break from the mountain of Marvel news, we have word on another couple of cast members for the Shazam! movie. It seems both Meagan Good and Michelle Borth have joined the production in key roles.  Over the past few days, we've been getting word on some (very) late-notice casting additions for the Shazam! movie, and now it looks like we can add two more to the list. According to Screen Rant, Meagan Good (Minority Report, Saw V) and Michelle Borth (Tell me you Love me, The Forgotten) will play the older superhero incarnations of Darla Dudley and Mary Bromfield, respectively. Providing this is on the level, they'll join Ross Butler (Eugene Choi), D.J. Cotrona (Pedro Pena), and Adam Brody (Freddy Freeman). These castings have yet to be officially confirmed, but several of the actors have been spotted in and around the set.Shazam! is scheduled to hit theaters on April 5, 2019.
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/shazam/shazam-reportedly-adds-meagan-good-and-michelle-borth-as-more-superhero-members-of-the-shazam-family-a159874
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Apr 23 2018, 10:28 AM
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Here is a quick run-down on the modern Shazam family.
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Marvel/Shazam Family members Primary members Billy (Captain Marvel): the "World's Mightiest Mortal", Captain Marvel is the superpowered alter-ego of young Billy Batson, who speaks the name of the wizard Shazam to become an adult superhero. Billy has the powers of Solomon (wisdom), Hercules (strength), Atlas (stamina), Zeus (power), Achilles (courage), and Mercury (speed); and served as the wizard Shazam's champion and herald. Billy chose to share his powers with his sister Mary and his friend Freddy Freeman, creating the Marvel Family. Outside of the Marvel Family, Captain Marvel served briefly as a member of both the Justice League International and the Justice Society of America. After the New 52 reboot of the DC characters, beginning with the Shazam! backups in the Justice League series in 2012-2013, Billy Batson is a troubled foster child who has inherited the name, powers, and seat on the council of magic of the wizard Shazam. As Shazam, Billy has powers and an appearance similar to the traditional version of Captain Marvel with the added ability to wield magic via the "living lightning" that powers him. Mary (Mary Marvel): Billy's once-lost twin sister Mary Batson (adopted as Mary Bromfield), who found she could say the magic word "Shazam!" and become a Marvel as well. The Golden Age Mary Marvel remained a teenager after saying her magic word, while the modern version is transformed into an adult like her brother. During the 2007 and 2008 limited series Countdown to Final Crisis and Final Crisis, Mary Marvel lost her powers and gained the powers of Marvel Family foe Black Adam, and temporarily slid into villainy, wearing black-leather costumes while working for Darkseid and possessed by the New God Desaad. The Golden Age Mary Marvel had a different set of patrons from Captain Marvel who contributed to her powers. They were Selene (grace), Hippolyte (strength), Ariadne (skill), Zephyrus (swiftness), Aurora (beauty) and Minerva (wisdom). In current DC Comics continuity from 2012 on, Mary Bromfield is Billy Batson's foster sister, who knows of his secret identity and at Billy's whim can share his Shazam powers to gain a form similar to the traditional Mary Marvel. Freddy (Captain Marvel Jr.): Billy's friend and classmate Freddy Freeman. In both the Golden Age and 1990s versions of the Marvel Family, Freddy was attacked and left disabled by the supervillain Captain Nazi, and was given the power to become a Marvel to save his life. Whenever he spoke Captain Marvel's name, Freddy becomes a teenage version of Captain Marvel. This created the odd problem that he could not identify himself without changing back to his regular form. During the mid-1990s, the Freddy character went by the alias CM3 (short for "Captain Marvel Three", "CM1" being Billy and "CM2" being Mary) so that he could identify himself without transforming. He was a member of the Teen Titans during the late 1990s and later the Outsiders in the early 2000s. The 2006-2008 Trials of Shazam! mini-series featured Freddy gaining the powers of Captain Marvel as Shazam, while Billy took over for the dead wizard Shazam as Marvel. In current DC Comics continuity from 2012 on, Freddy Freeman (now a blond teenager instead of the traditional black-haired youth, though still physically disabled) is Billy Batson's foster brother, a pickpocket and trickster who shares Billy's secret and at Billy's whim can share his Shazam powers to gain a form similar to an adult version of the traditional Captain Marvel, Jr. Eugene: Eugene Choi is Billy Batson's foster brother, an intelligent, bookish teenager about his age of Chinese descent. Introduced in the Flashpoint miniseries, Eugene can share Billy's power at Billy's whim and become an adult Shazam-powered version of himself, with the added power of technopathy: the ability to control and manipulate technology via thought. Pedro: Pedro Peña is Billy Batson's foster brother, an overweight, shy teenager about his age of Mexican descent. Introduced in the Flashpoint miniseries, Pedro can share Billy's power at Billy's whim and become an adult Shazam-powered version of himself (resembling a powerlifter), with extra amounts of super-strength. Darla: Darla Dudley is Billy Batson's foster sister, an exuberant African-American preteen who was abandoned by her parents and adopted by Billy's foster parents, the Vasquezes. Introduced in the Flashpoint miniseries (as a teenager the same age as the other kids), Darla can share Billy's power at Billy's whim. Unlike the rest of the Shazam Family, Darla remains her same age in super-powered form, and in her power set, her speed abilities are amplified, making her faster than the others. Black Adam confronts the newly created Shazam Family (l to r: Eugene Choi, Darla Dudley, Pedro Peña, Mary Bromfield, and Freddy Freeman), as seen in Justice League (vol. 2) #21 (August 2013). Art by Gary Frank.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Family
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Apr 23 2018, 10:36 AM
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If Meagan is playing a super-powered, adult Darla, then who is playing child Darla?
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FAITHE HERMAN CAST IN ‘SHAZAM’ AS DARLAMarch 11, 2018 Marie Garduño DC, News Shazam‘s cast just keeps getting bigger and bigger as days go by, and with production going well in Toronto, more is revealed about what we’ll see on the big screen. The most recent addition to this ensemble is none other than Faithe Herman, better known for her work as Annie Pearson in the popular show This Is Us, as she revealed through her Twitter account that she’ll be playing Darla Dudley.
Darla is a young girl part of Billy’s group home palls who alongside all of her friend transforms into mystical superheroes, known as “The Marvel Family”. Faithe will be joining Asher Angel as Billy Batson, Jack Grazer (IT) as Freddy Freeman, Ian Chen as Eugene Choi, Jovan Armand as Pedro Peña, Grace Fulton as Mary Marvel and Zachary Levi as Captain Marvel. Directed by David F. Sandberg and written by Henry Gayden and Darren Lemke, Shazam will be DC’s next film after Aquaman, telling the story of a young boy, Billy Batson, who can transform into an adult superhero by uttering the magic word “Shazam!”, an acronym of the names Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury, from which Billy derives his abilities in his adult form.What do you think about this news? Are you excited about this film? Let us know in the comment section down below and be sure to follow our twitter page for more updates! Shazam is set to premiere in April 2019.
https://geeksofcolor.co/2018/03/11/faithe-herman-cast-in-shazam-as-darla/
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Apr 23 2018, 10:41 AM
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I think it is a good thing that the film version of a powered Darla be an adult.

The main enemy of the the Shazam family is Black Adam, who will be played by the Rock. Black Adam will get his own film.

I feel a bit more comfortable with the Rock playing Black Adam now. Black Adam is a very dark character, but Shazam will be more lighter in tone.
Hopefully these Shazam & Black Adam films will be good.
The DC films....for the most part....suck.
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Apr 23 2018, 10:55 AM
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Give him an earful, John Stewart!
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Apr 24 2018, 10:25 AM
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It is a beautiful thing to have fun at work.

Any else notice Anthony Mackie, aka Sam Wilson, possibly screening a potential rogue?
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