Gallery: 5 Black Movies That Paved the Way for Modern Black Superheroes

With the Black Panther movie coming out in February 2018, it’s time to pay our respects to the Black superheroes who paved the way for a film this dope to be made.

From cringe worthy attempts at elevating black superheroes to characters that had us hunched over in laughter, we tip our hats to the dope films and simultaneously pour out a little liquor to the movie fails.

Don’t front like you don’t remember when our superheroes were fighting the evils of the hood. When our heroes would take matters into their own hands and battle everyone from The Man to street gangs like the Golden Lords.

So in honor of the new Black Panther trailer and other black superhero movies to come, here is our catalogue of black superheroes that you need to revisit before February hits us with pure epicness.