"I Am Curious (insert concept)" is a title that's been used for a *lot* of
different type of books and movies of all stripes! :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Ellis" <jaxl...@yahoo.com>
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:12:14 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Does Superman have a black friend?
Yeah...and who can forget that dramatically stark title--
"I Am Curious (Black)!"
Yes, the exclamation mark was part of the title.
MarkEllisInk.com
Site of best-selling author Mark (James Axler) Ellis
--- On Tue, 7/28/09, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Does Superman have a black friend?
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 2:48 PM
I can't believe you remember that! That was what? Back in the '70s, when
polyester and bell bottoms were in vogue? I remember that comic clearly. In
investigating some event in the black community, Lois realizes she can't enter
that world. There's a scene where she sits next to an elderly, blind black
woman on a park bench. The lady is very pleasant, chatting amiably--until Lois
speaks, at which point she takes her cane and huffs off. Lois thinks "once he
heard me speak she realized I wasn't black". Thus, she goes to Superman to use
some stupid device of his to temporarily make her black. If I remember
correctly, a militant community activist earlier had pointed to Lois as she
walked by a rally, calling her the enemy. He's later shot by some thug type
(probably a former best friend or brother gone awry), and Lois has to give him
some of her blood for him to live. At that point she was still in blackface
(body?) The last panels of the book are when he awakens to see the *white* Lois
standing over him, and finally clasps her hand in a signal of racial solidarity
and tolerance.
Brings a tear to my eye! (Sniff)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Ellis" <jaxl...@yahoo. com>
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:36:01 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Does Superman have a black friend?
Does the time Lois turned herself into a black woman count?
MarkEllisInk. com
Site of best-selling author Mark (James Axler) Ellis
--- On Tue, 7/28/09, Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@ lycos.com> wrote:
From: Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@ lycos.com>
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Does Superman have a black friend?
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 12:18 PM
Off the top, John Henry Irons (Steel), John Stewart and Vixen. But I
will accord you your second point.
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Subject : [scifinoir2] Does Superman have a black friend?
Date : Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:52:00 -0400
>From : Justin Mohareb <justinmohareb@ gmail.com>
To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Just out of curiosity, can anyone remember a significant POC that
Superman interacted with on a regular basis?
Super or non. Seriously, is Metropolis just the least metrpolutan city
in the world?
Justin
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds
