8 black comic book creators and icons you need to check out
By Mark Lynch
Kevin Grevioux
Some of you may recognize Kevin Grevioux from Underworld (where he was a writer and played Raze) or from his recurring role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. For me, he’s the man who created one of the strongest and smartest characters in Marvel Comics. He gave us Adam Bernard Brashear a.k.a. Blue Marvel. A black superhero with a genius intellect who has gone punch for punch with the Sentry while taking on the Avengers.
Grevioux made a character and told an emotional story of what it would have been like for a hero of color in the 1960s. Once his mask was damaged in a fight, Blue Marvel wasn’t accepted in America because he was black… even by some people in the government. They knew he saved multiple lives on countless occasions, but that didn’t matter. Instead of educating people, they chose to force him to quit. A story that had multiple meanings for me.
It would be great to have more stories like this. Everything in American History isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. There were a lot of dark times for people of color, women, and so many more. Though some of the pain remains, the healing is beginning. Without knowledge of the past, we can’t move forward.