I watched the double-bill of Meteor Man and Blankman last night (talk about torture), as part of my research for an entry I was going to post on the dearth of black Superhero movies; further googling on the matter led me to this 7-minute piece from Korey over at the Black Superhero Blog that humorously sums it up.

Yeah, I know it's an old piece, but it's still very relevant today, so humor me 🙂

Take a look below, and while you're at it, think about what, if any, black superhero movies he left out. Spawn instantly comes to mind. And obviously, the term "Superhero"doesn't have to be restricted to the almost universally-accepted prototypical stock character traits – utilizing extraordinary or superhuman powers for the good of humanity…

Watch (and hopefully laugh):