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1) Dreamer
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Akim Aliu -- also known as "Dreamer" -- is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice. This is...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]-
Language
English
Description
"Miles Morales is hitting the big time! Not only is he joining the Marvel Universe, but he's also a card-carrying Avenger, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America! And he'll soon be a media sensation in this All-New, All-Different New York. One thing's the same, though: non-stop action! Like when Earth's Mightiest heroes all fall, and Miles stands alone against a villain with the power to destroy the universe. Or when...
3) Hot comb
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into black women's lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular story 'Hot Comb' is about a young girl's first perm--a doomed ploy to look cool and to stop seeming 'too white' in the all-black neighborhood her family has just moved to. In 'Virgin Hair', taunts of 'tender-headed' sting as much as the perm itself. It's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts Megascope
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Last Count of Monte Cristo is a bold retelling of Alexandre Dumas's classic tale of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption. This speculative update pushes the narrative into a future hundreds of years after the polar ice caps have melted and submerged our planet into a new era of technology and culture. In this futuristic reinterpretation, author Ayize Jama-Everett and illustrator Tristan Roach revisit the original inspiration of The Count of...
Author
Series
Black Panther volume 1
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"You know them as the Midnight Angels, the breakout characters from Ta-Nehisi Coates' best-selling Black Panther. But before they became rebel leaders, they were just Ayo and Aneka - young women recruited into the Dora Milaje, an elite task force sworn to protect Wakanda's crown. But what if their burgeoning love for each other interferes with that oath? And when the crown fails to protect Wakanda's people, are Ayo and Aneka ready to step up - even...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A soaring graphic biography that casts new light on the first African-American fighter pilot. On the eve of World War I, Eugene Bullard was a refugee of the Jim Crow South who was determined to find a place where a Black man would be treated as a fellow human being. His search took him from rural Georgia to the streets of Paris, from the vaudeville stage to the boxing ring, and finally, from the muddy trenches to the open skies. In 1914, Bullard...
Author
Publisher
Marvel Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]-
Language
English
Description
"Who is the Black Panther - and what is the secret history of Wakanda? Social satire meets all-out action as T'Challa's adventures continue! The Panther enters the House of M! An outbreak of strange, mutated animals brings Storm and the X-Men to Africa! The Panther teams up with Luke Cage, Blade, Brother Voodoo and Monica Rambeau to take on the undead! But every king needs a queen - and so T'Challa embarks on his most dangerous quest yet...to wed...
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Gil Scott-Heron is one of the most important artists of the past 60 years, and is widely credited as laying the foundations for modern hip hop as we know it. This gorgeous graphic novel follows the author as he attempts to track down the elusive "Godfather of Rap" for an interview that never seems to happen, while examining his target's music, controversial life, and lasting political and cultural legacy.
10) Prince of Cats
Author
Language
English
Description
A hip-hop retelling of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that focuses on Tybalt (derisively referred to as "the Prince of Cats") and his Capulet crew as they do battle nightly with the hated Montagues. Set in a Blade Runner-esque version of Brooklyn, Prince of Cats is a mix of urban melodrama, samurai action and classic Shakespearean theater ... all written in Iambic Pentameter!
Author
Series
Publisher
Story Press Africa
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"It is a time of triumph, and looming danger. The defeat of the slaver clans in Shaka Rising augers well for the Zulu kingdom, but the ominous tide of colonization is rising as foreign fortune hunters arrive like swallows from across the sea ... and in King Shaka's own lands, insidious treachery threatens the balance of power. King Shaka continues the re-telling of the legend of an African hero who faces new challenges in a changing world as he strives...
12) Black Solstice
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Last winter solstice the whole world turned upside down when every single Black person gained a superpower that lasted exactly one day before disappearing entirely. It's three days until the next solstice, and everyone on earth is anxiously holding their breath to see if it happens again. Everyone except the Wallace kids-they're betting their lives their powers will return and they plan to use them to change everything. . .for everyone"--
Series
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
When T'Challa comes to America, government agent Everett K. Ross is assigned as an escort. He figured it would be easy work and just tailed along with the King's entourage. However, when the bullets start flying and the super-villains come calling, and political intrigue is discovered back home, Ross is in for the adventure of a lifetime. The Client, Ross's description of the Panther, befriends the befuddled agent but that may not be such a good thing....
14) Kill the past
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Spencer Dales was born into a world of magic. His father belongs to the Aegis, a secret society of black magicians ordered by their unseen masters to better the lives of others-of higher potential-but never themselves. Now it's time for Spencer to follow in his father's footsteps, but all he sees is a broken system in need of someone with the wand and the will to change it. But in this fight for a better future...who will stand beside him?"--Provided...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide Inc., a division of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
After a diplomatic tour, King T'Challa and Queen Ororo of Wakanda, aka Black Panther and Storm, visit the Civil-war ravaged United States for a meeting with Tony Stark., who is spearheading the Superhuman Registration Act. Black Panther and Storm must decide if they will stay neutral or choose sides.
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Wakanda. The most technologically advanced nation in the world is protected by the mighty Black Panther! Learn how T'challa became the legendary hero of Wakanda in this all-new tale set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe! See how the mantle was passed to the future king, in a time when super heroes were just emerging in the larger world.
17) Devil's dye
Author
Series
Publisher
Black Mask Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This latest BLACK [AF] collected mini-series is written by breakout star Vita Ayala and rising star artist Liana Kangas. When a new drug called VANTA hits the streets, word is it's the hottest thing since Ecstacy. For regular people, it has all the highs and none of the lows of traditional drugs. There is some fine print, however - for empowered Black folks, the drug causes a total and violent loss of control. The Project sends Indigo to investigate,...
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"As a new Black Panther struggles to hold her country together against a backdrop of betrayal, she is set on a collision course with one of the Marvel Universe's most feared and powerful despots! But when Doctor Doom stands triumphant, war in Wakanda pits the world's most relentless super villain against a collection of the world's most powerful super heroes. With Storm's life hanging in the balance, it will take the combined forces of the X-Men,...
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