In a world that already hates and fears them – what if only Black people had superpowers.
After miraculously surviving being gunned down by police, a young man learns that he is part of the biggest lie in history. Now he must decide whether it's safer to keep it a secret or if the truth will set him free.
Collects issues 1-6.
“A young black person gets shot by police. This time, he gets up, discovering that he’s more powerful than he ever could have imagined. In a time when the African-American community’s fraught relationship with the police is making headlines across the world, BLACK is shaping up to be a superhero comic ripped right out of some of modern America’s biggest social issues.” -io9
“BLACK follows Kareem Jenkins, a young black teenager who gets racially profiled and gunned down by police only to discover that he is one of many black people with superpowers.” -Comics Alliance
created by Kwanza Osajyefo & Tim Smith 3
written by Kwanza Osajyefo
illustrated by Jamal Igle
covers by Khary Randolph
b&w | 160 pages | paperback