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Let's Talk Lady Shiva on X: "A bit more information on the whole Black Bomber thing, from COMIC BOOK IMPLOSION: AN ORAL HISTORY OF DC COMICS CIRCA 1978, by Dallas and Wells.
Today I learned DC's Black Lightning was almost a white racist who would turn into a black superhero under stress | ResetEra
TheRundownBET on X: "It's time again for “Should've Been Black Firsts.” The Black Bomber was almost DC's first Black superhero. But he wasn't Black, he was just a racist who turned Black
![In response to the Brown Bomber. Here is another similarly funny character created by Dwayne McDuffie, a well meaning but simple hero who fucntions as a parody of 70's Black Superheroes. : In response to the Brown Bomber. Here is another similarly funny character created by Dwayne McDuffie, a well meaning but simple hero who fucntions as a parody of 70's Black Superheroes. :](https://preview.redd.it/in-response-to-the-brown-bomber-here-is-another-similarly-v0-t4m0j7bejmva1.jpg?width=583&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ac8ce2e0c6ed336fa7992e4d4f57466e6d0a6ac)
In response to the Brown Bomber. Here is another similarly funny character created by Dwayne McDuffie, a well meaning but simple hero who fucntions as a parody of 70's Black Superheroes. :
![In response to the Brown Bomber. Here is another similarly funny character created by Dwayne McDuffie, a well meaning but simple hero who fucntions as a parody of 70's Black Superheroes. : In response to the Brown Bomber. Here is another similarly funny character created by Dwayne McDuffie, a well meaning but simple hero who fucntions as a parody of 70's Black Superheroes. :](https://preview.redd.it/in-response-to-the-brown-bomber-here-is-another-similarly-v0-xg4vyfjejmva1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=ae3e8621407522e165e8a33c230dd0f3730f76c9)