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You and a friend can go see the new Marvel Black Panther Movie before it hits theaters by testing your knowledge in this trivia quiz. Note: Screening tickets are only good on 2/12 at the Esquire at 7pm. Winner will be selected and contacted via email on 2/7.

The "Shots Fired" creator will helm Marvel's forthcoming Spider Man spinoff, “Silver & Black.”

Will Smith has been the face of box office hit films for over 20 years, but according to Disney, he’s not worth $20 million. The veteran actor requested t$20 million in order to appear in Disney’s upcoming live remake of its animated classic Dumbo, but the company turned him down. But instead of weeping about a […]

Marvel Comics character Riri Williams, an African-American woman superhero, was featured in MIT’s admissions video.

Marvel’s Luke Cage will be returning to Netflix for its second season. The announcement was made with an 18-second teaser video shared via Twitter on Sunday (December 4). The video zooms in on the window of Pop’s Barber Shop, which is illuminated by a neon light that reads “Season 2 Coming Soon.” While an official date has yet […]

Dylann Roof asked a federal judge if his former defense team could represent him for his murder trial.

All of the guests were treated to an early showing of Doctor Strange and then headed over to Cantina Rooftop for a Strange-themed karaoke night.

The much-anticipated first season of Luke Cage premiered on Netflix less than a week ago, and Netflix has already announced the next Marvel Netflix series in line. Iron Fist is set to hit Netflix on March 17, 2017, rounding out the four superheroes that form The Defenders. Like Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage, Iron Fist […]

When Luke Cage was first announced, the anticipation of the cast reveal was real. And while the cat was already out of the bag when Mike Colter was chosen to play Luke following his cameo in Marvel’s Jessica Jones, the subsequent announcements of castings was impressive. The choice to have Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest, Lucy Pearl) and Adrian Younge […]

Marvel Comics unveils its lineup of special issues to promote math and science education. Three of the superheroes are Black.

Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with novelist Roxane Gay, Marvel’s first African American woman writer. She will pen World of Wakanda, a new series stemming from Black Panther set to premiere later this year. “I had no idea I was the first black woman. I think it’s because white people take a lot for granted. […]

Marvel has seriously been stepping up its representation game and making Black women more visible on the comic rack and the screen. Now, it’s starting to do better in the writer’s room, too. Author Roxane Gay has made history by becoming the first Black woman ever to write for Marvel Comics. The New York Times […]