Comic Power is where Black nerd culture thrives. We celebrate Black Panther's 60th anniversary in 2026, Storm’s legacy to Luke Cage retrospectives, hip-hop samples, Black cosplay, throwback commercials and More!. We celebrate comics, superheroes, sci-fi, and nostalgia from a bold Black perspective with daily community post. Expect longform deep dives, Shorts, polls, curated pop culture flips.
We celebrate the influences of animated series like Static Shock and Blades 1998 live action film. If you’re tired of gatekeepers and “fake fans” nonsense, don’t worry — none of that lives here. This is for the people who love the medium and want to see themselves fully represented in it. This is a community for BLERDs, for day-ones and newcomers, where Black women are respected, voices are heard, and representation isn’t a trend — it’s the foundation. Tap in and stay powerful.
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Original Art Of VIXEN by artist Jarbas Nogueira. His IG is Private but you can see more of his work on twitter. This dude should be more famous
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What Is RUN-DMC's Best Song Ever? (Round 1 of 3) 👈
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Halle Berry In BAPS (1997) So Bad Its Good!
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Blaxploitation Tuesday – Scream Blacula Scream (1973) 🧛🏿♂️🎬🖤🔥
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Blacula got a sequel. 😂 After the success of the original 1972 movie, American International Pictures wasted absolutely NO time bringing everybody's favorite African vampire back for Scream Blacula Scream in 1973. William Marshall reprises his role as Prince Mamuwalde, the African prince originally cursed by Dracula and condemned to live as the vampire Blacula. This time Mamuwalde is resurrected through voodoo, and Pam Grier joins the franchise as Lisa Fortier, a gifted practitioner of voodoo whom Mamuwalde believes may actually possess the power to cure him of his vampirism. That gives the sequel an interesting angle because Mamuwalde isn't simply running around looking for necks to bite—there's still a tortured man underneath the monster who desperately wants to escape his curse.
Now let's get the obvious out of the way. BLACULA is a ridiculous name. 😂 It sounds like something a 13-year-old would yell after somebody asked, "What if Dracula was Black?" And yes, these movies were made cheaply. The sets aren't exactly Hammer Horror. The lighting and cinematography can get rough. The sound effects aren't convincing anybody. The action choreography sometimes looks like everybody learned the fight five minutes before somebody yelled ACTION. Even contemporary critics complained about the sequel's limited production values. But then something amazing happens whenever William Marshall walks into the frame: this classically trained stage actor starts performing like he's doing HAMLET. Marshall was a Shakespearean actor and opera singer, and he brings this enormous voice, dignity and theatrical presence to Prince Mamuwalde. He NEVER plays the joke. That's the secret. Everybody else can be standing on a cheap set in a low-budget Blaxploitation vampire movie called Scream Blacula Scream, and Marshall is acting like the Royal Shakespeare Company might be reviewing his performance tomorrow morning. 😂 Even critics who weren't impressed with the movie recognized the dignity Marshall brought to the role.
And that's why I think Blacula deserves more respect than the name suggests. The first movie arrived in 1972 and proved that Black audiences and Black characters could occupy horror just as naturally as crime movies, action movies or martial-arts pictures. Then something VERY interesting happened over at Marvel Comics. Blade made his first appearance in Tomb of Dracula #10 in 1973, created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan. Suddenly Marvel had a Black vampire hunter with an Afro, leather jacket, blades and unmistakable early-'70s Black action-hero energy hunting Dracula. Now, I haven't found definitive evidence where Wolfman or Colan says, "We created Blade because of Blacula," so I'm NOT going to claim that as fact. Gene Colan specifically remembered Blade's appearance as drawing from a composite of Black actors, including Jim Brown. But come on—the cultural timing is fascinating. Blacula becomes a surprise success in 1972, puts a serious Black vampire at the center of a mainstream horror movie, and the following year Marvel introduces its most famous Black vampire hunter inside a Dracula comic. Influence or coincidence? I'll let you decide.
That's part of what makes Scream Blacula Scream so much fun to revisit. It's Blaxploitation colliding with Gothic horror, voodoo mythology and old-school vampire cinema, while Pam Grier is standing right in the middle of it during the same year she became a headlining star with Coffy. You also have an early role for Richard Lawson, whose long career was just getting started. Is the movie polished? Absolutely not. Does some of it look cheap more than fifty years later? OH YEAH. But there's something wonderfully sincere about watching William Marshall refuse to let the production around him determine the quality of his performance. Mamuwalde could have been nothing more than a racial Dracula parody. Marshall instead gives him intelligence, tragedy, anger, elegance and genuine menace. The movie may occasionally be camp, but HE isn't.
And that's why we're pulling Scream Blacula Scream back out of the vault for Blaxploitation Tuesday. Sometimes these movies succeeded because they had money. Sometimes because they had an unforgettable soundtrack. Sometimes because they were so ridiculous that they became cult classics. And sometimes you put a seriously trained actor into a cheap vampire movie with a sophomoric title and watch that man elevate EVERYTHING around him through sheer commitment. William Marshall didn't wink at the camera. He didn't apologize for the material. He put on the cape, showed up, planted his feet and played Prince Mamuwalde like Shakespeare wrote the damn thing. And THAT is why Blacula is still remembered more than half a century later. Long live Prince Mamuwalde. 🧛🏿♂️
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I wish they made this, and have it come out of the Defenders Universe! If you know you know.
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Cosplay Monday. Luke Cage Aka Power Man with Iron Fist! Real Con photo. Not A.I
Luke Cage Explained (16 mins)
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"That's The Way Love Goes" Was voted the Best song Ever By Janet Jackson. Over 5 rounds in a battle royale of her best 16 classics! This was your winner.
It was the first single off her 1993 Janet Album and went straight to #1. Do you agree that this is her best song. It beat out Rhythm Nation, and Control, and All For You in the Final 4. Trivia note. An unknown JENNIFER LOPEZ appears as "friend" of Janet hanging out and dancing as a supporting actress. in the video. This is 4 years before she got the role of Selena which was her big break to stardom after that!
Janet turned 60 this year. (she was born May 16, 1966) and through talent, hard work and charisma she carved out her own iconic status and refused to simply to just be the little sister of Michael Jackson. Rock On Janet. You did the damn thing and you are still not done!
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Who is Aliyah Bishop Of The X-Men. YES shes the daughter of Lucas Bishop. The time traveling mutant. I'm sure you never heard of Aliyah. Image #1 and 2 are AI takes of what she might look like in live action. She exist in an alternative universe. Learn more about her and some other obscure Black Mutants at this link
Top 5 Black Mutants From Alternative Universes
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Also See the full Black Mutant Trilogy At This Show link called
Black Mutants Besides Storm!
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Janet Jackson age 12 and Latoya Jackson Age 22 circa 1978. This image is REAL no AI. and before the nose jobs!
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What Was The Best Film Spotlighted In This Weeks Goodwill Graveyard?
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