EVERY Black Superman EVER! 

That… huh.

All these black supermen, yet they turn and slap black paint onto clark Kent

@@theavastark6463 and most of them have some variation of Kal-El as their name. His name must be super common on Krypton.

@@dracosfire7247 idk, general zod, val zod, they sound the same to me, it's almost like alot of people have matching names

@@theavastark6463 Yea, naming conventions exist, but most of the Supermen we've seen are variations of Kal-El. And even if it wasn't common, alternate universes could name their one Kal-El with no issues, that's one of the neat things about multiverse stories.

It's a shame that people that know nothing about comics look at him and just call it pandering

@@somerandomidioticnerd9769 He's black and Superman, of course they do that. What do you expect them to do, read the comics?

@@matti.8465 they call it pandering because dc has been consistently saying that this isnt val zod or cal ellis or anything like that but a black clark kent but not henry cavill's clark kent recast to be black

@@donb7519 that is what im scared of, instead of showing someone we know like cal ellis or val el, someone new shows up and confuses non comic readers

@@someone_one_one thats literally what they said in press releases this isnt someone we know its an alternate universe black clark kent

liking to show public support for cappn carrot.

I love captain carrot he’s a super bunny

Yes please he sounds amazing

In fact, a whole Zoo Crew episode would be great. I remember being particularly a fan of Pig Iron when I read those many moons ago.

I read a story where Harley Quinn had to fight Captain Carrot so she kept making up powers and scaring him, really funny

But he's not Kryptonian. He's still a badass though

@@eanrollins3443 the rules specified superman, not kryptonian

@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat I stand corrected

To be fair he doesn't like being called Superman himself. He's the only character from the Reign of Supermen who didn't lay claim to that moniker. He wanted to live up to the title, but not appropriate it.

He is still one of the best supermans

bruh

Bruh

Modern problems require modern solutions

This is actually genius

Its sad is true!

"Oh sure, the most powerfully political man is also the literal most powerful man. Sure buddy. Next you'll tell that he has a secret base in the oval office."

@@bubbles784 "what next! Batman is Bruce Wayne??"

@@redhood7650 I know right, all these conspiry theories "The president is Superman! Batman is Wayne! Shazam is 5 kids fused together!" what's next "the green lantern is gay," come ooooooon

@@CuppaLLX A President of the US being named Calvin is pretty out there, too!

@@kenlieck7756 It's pretty far fetched, but it's an idea with some coolidge to it.

See and comments like this is why I still have faith in humanity thank you brother

NICE!

i mean even black americans are just americans. I'd rather see us all as americans instead of this goofy politics shit. white american, black american, asian american, latin american, who gives af. we're all americans 🙄

Seeing that the only problems the Kryptonians had was that their Planet blew up, color really doesn’t matter when you’re at the peak of life

Noticing differences is natural for all living creachers. Its what we do about it that matters. Kripton may have names for those with darker skin and different hair, but it's not a big deal outside of where it matters...like idk hair dressers? Absorbing more sun?

Me too

I feel like it's because when he came in during the Reign of the Supermen, he was explicitly not trying to replace Superman like Cyborg Superman, Superboy, and the Eradicator were. He was just trying to honor the legacy of Superman.

You should watch the CW's Superman and Lois (it is far better than normal CW shit btw lol)

Steel is in Superman and Lois on the CW. Its very good

@@blue6erry268 seriously if I did not know it was from the cw I thought it was a show on hbo max

@@jadenbryant9283 I think it is an HBO max show. CW just gets to air it, or some shit like thta

Stay tuned and ring that bell. ;)

He is the comics sexpert

@@ComicDrake Make sure manscape sponsors you

Me, having absolutely no context whatsoever: WTF did I just read?!

@@comixproviderftw_02, no, Adam & Eve

I personally would love a Val movie over a race swap Clark I really liked Val as Superman & wanna see him in a movie

I'm honestly surprised that people didn't put two and two together. (This video is the first time i heard thst name and my first thought was "ah, i get it. A play on "kal-el".)

@@keelanbarron928 And get this: Rabbits eat Carrots, hence a rabbit character that’s named Captain Carrot! Wild, huh?!? Yeah, I’m being a duck*. Sorry... *(Spelljacker did that, but in context I thought it was pretty funny!)

Captain Carrot Will be forever Goated

Captain carrot !

Who cares? It’s a completely different version of Clark Kent. It’s not like they’re race bending an already existing version of Clark Kent. No reason to get mad.

@@dvader518 Not to be a dick, but it actually is a problem. Coming from a black person, companies always talking about how they care about black people then doing the bare minimum to give us something original gets kind of annoying. Mind you, i’m all for different takes on characters, but if you’re catch “This character is now black”, they’re doing it to win points. It also shows you how little they care about these characters if they didn’t decide to use originally black superman mythos characters simply because they didn’t do a little research.

@@BlackyChan2.0 Why do people assign value to race anyways? We are all humans.

@Xbox One I understand your point of view but why dont they just use val zod in the movie? Making a white character black is like saying a black character like val zod isn't worthy of a movie.

@@dvader518 I feel that way too. Race isn’t everything to me, it’s more so about authenticity. People need to understand that we are different, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but that doesn’t give someone the right to treat each other like shit because of things like race.

Goated

I know there are so many characters that dc and marvel can use but they just switch the characters and give them the names without earning them.

blue marvel better

@@kylethefan6062 sadly that’s highly accurate

Rights issue mainly, DC can produce the movie but they won't have a say in anything that the creators of Icon do with it

@@TevyaSmolka I think big studio are scared to take risk which is sad Honestly.

Yea true and idk why ppl complaining so much when it makes more sense for him to be black than white cuz he literally gets power from the sun

Don't worry, I'm also a fan of Kong and want to do a video on him in the future.

It annoys me that they are once again just relying on the popularity of Clark Kent's Superman for TV and Movies, I've basically had enough of Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne carrying almost everything DC outside of comics, let other characters have a go and even better, let these lesser known characters have the spotlight.

How do you know they are just "gonna just race swap the original Superman?" Wasn't there rumors that it's literally going to be Kal-El?

Honestly thats what people should really be complaining about.

Respectfully, I think there are A LOT of people upset about a black Superman

@@blue6erry268 respectfully I think that's bull, people are upset they made a legacy character like Superman: Clark Kent, the very first superhero, black after almost 100 years, its a disrespect to the existing black supermen and a disrespect to fans of his character.

Absolutely, totally agree!

"Buff Bunny" almost sounds like a Playboy superhero

Yea. I totally agree. Like they could use val zod. It's like making a green lantern movie and making hal jordan black... like why not use john stuward

You are right good sir, they have options that could have made this work, but chose to just be lazy and dip Clark Kent in brown paint.

It's JJ Abrams,the guy doesn't understand fan favourite male characters,never forget what he did to Han solo!

Or just use Icon and present him better. Static is not the only Milestone representative. He's shown to be just as strong as Superman, if not stronger.

@@yoder6162 Yeah I actually think JJ Abrams should go with Icon instead of Superman. Use an original black character instead of changing a white one.

Factsss

the bigger thing is its black clark kent not black superman

Facts bro everyone is to woke now these days and it's getting annoying

I save the substances for off camera. ;)

@@ComicDrake Like the true professional! 🤣 Thanks, Drake! Your videos are grand, man. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Pretty sure they're doing it but instead of using these characters who deserve to show up on the screen, they're just making Clark Kent black and calling it a day.

It's definitely on my list. :)

@@ComicDrake Nice

That sounds awesome

@@comixproviderftw_02 it does but it was funny asl

@@one_pumpman6064 KRYPTON FOREVER!!!!

sadly all dakotaverse/milestone characters are currently stuck in that legal shit show

@@donb7519 agreed, but I think static is getting a new book or show so hopefully we can get some more of those characters being represented!

Why not? Being black doesn’t change his origin or anything so if they like Michael Jordan for the role who cares

@@hector3810 why not cast a white girl to play Sam Wilson or Tchalla? Why not get a man to play Natasha romanoff?

@@shealupkes T’Challa’s character cannot be white as his origin and creation are very explicitly tied to his race. You’d have to bastardize it to make sense of a white T’Challa. Wakanda was not colonized. It’s an all black nation in East Africa untouched by foreigners. You’d have to change Wakanda’s history to makes sense of a white T’Challa. Clark Kent’s origin however does not need to be changed because of a black actor who happens to be playing him. There are black kryptonians as opposed to an all black, African nation of Wakanda. The Kent’s would still take in a black Kal El and his story would still proceed as usual. You can’t have that with a white T’Challa. It would be a totally new character. And in the movies his powers are partly based on lineage. And even outside of comic storyline, Black Panther was black rep. specifically. It’s like characters such as Icon or Static. You can’t change their race either because there’s a very specific story to be told with their characters that focuses on black issues and black representation. You don’t have that with Superman. I mean the guy is an “illegal alien” lol. If they think Michael Jordan will be good for the role, they don’t need to change his origin or character relationships or anything like that. There are obviously certain white characters that wouldn’t make sense to be any race but white (because of their origin, like T’Challa) but there are many that are like Superman. Some of these characters were made during a time it was unlikely black superhero’s (or any minority really) would ever get the spotlight which is why you see black hero’s made to combat that later on but I guess black actors don’t want to be regulated by just those characters. Michael Jordan isn’t a bad looking dude (very obvious) and I’m happy to see how he does with the character. 👍 You could have a black girl play Black Panther since we know Shuri has been black panther in comics and will probably take up the mantle of black panther. And I’m not familiar with Black Widow but I assume some of her storylines wouldn’t make sense if she were a man. I’m not very familiar with Sam Wilson either but from his Wiki page and the TV Show, his origin and eventual title as Captain America (struggle with it) would have to be changed if he were white or it just wouldn’t make sense. +his history as black superhero, being an early one without black in his name and one of the first in mainstream comics (for obvious reasons), again wouldn’t make sense. Characters like Black Panther, Static, Icon, Falcon, and John Stewart are again all classic examples. Integration of black people into comics faced obvious issues and is why (from my knowledge) you don’t have black mainstream superhero’s that were created the same time Superman had been. Superman was partly created white because that was the default. It makes sense for the time and obviously the depiction stayed. No one is arguing that we permanently change the race of Superman in comics because I don’t think anyone cares that much about it, but a black actor playing him shouldn’t be that big of an issue, especially since I have not heard of his origin being changed if he truly will be playing Clark Kent.

@@hector3810 making Clark black creates the justification for a resentment Clark simply isn't meant to have, even if his parents are the perfect symbols of morality like they are normally described the same cannot be said about the people of smallville or metropolis and especially not for the rest of the world. Making him black whether we like it or not recontextualizes his upbringing in a way that does not fit the character

@@shealupkes Racism has already been something we’ve seen Superman fight against though. He’s fought racists and xenophobia and seen the worst in people but he still holds the consensus that people are good and to see the best in everybody (in most iterations). Sometimes that xenophobia (don’t know if you’d still call it that in this situation) has been directed at him about how he’s not from Earth. He’s always been an immigrant on Earth who grows up as a farm boy and a Boy Scout. That’ll still happen with Michael Jordan. Even if we assume he saw racism or xenophobia more up close, considering that it’s already been reported that they’re sticking with his classic origin and story. I don’t think we have anything to worry about. This is obviously not the first time a character from DC has been cast as another race and I haven’t really seen this be this type of big issue character wise. I think you give DC too much credit to actually engage in that sort of thing on the big screen. They might for all I know (and I do realize a lot of this would be done for money) but I doubt anything like that would make or break Clark’s core character. I think it would strengthen it even if they decide to go that route. Man is both an undocumented immigrant and black but still believes that people deserve a second chance and that we should always see the best in everybody? Sounds like Clark. He’s not naive but he protects the world because he believes in it regardless.

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@@ComicDrake omg u replied

I strictly wanted to focus on black Kryptonians for this video, but that's a great observation and could be the basis of a fun dedicated video going into the pre-DC history of Superman.

Good call was expecting to see Tangent referenced in the video. Figured I would check the comments before posting. The SuperMan in those books are very different from the Kryptonian history of main DC.

What's your point?

@@matthewgleason7495 double standards buddy

@@mrchavodel8121 ya true

Well those for characters being black is a part of there character while superman looking white isnt. I honestly dont mind race bending as long as it works but I prefer original characters

@@beanieboi7743 excatly

Awesome. Please don't come back. :)

If only John Stewart actually had comics that sold well. Or comics in general.