Portrayal of black people in comics 1990s. One of the rare contemporary African-American-created and published comics, "Real Deal" depicted Los Angeles underworld life with deadpan visceral humor and gross-out violence (termed "Urban Terror" by the creators). Very few Black female characters were present in superhero comics before the Civil Rights Movement. Afterwards, several notable Black female characters began to appear. One of the most notable Black female character in comics appeared in the Bronze Age of Comic Books. Storm (Ororo Munroe) of the X-Men is introduced as being worshiped as an African goddess, the Professor Xavier quickly reveals her to be a mutant who possesses the
X-Men ReLoad X-Men ReLoad X-Men ReLoad was the name given by Marvel Comics to their May 2004 revamp of the X-Men titles with new looks for the characters and fresh plot points. The revamp was prompted by Grant Morrison's departure from "New X-Men". As a result of the revamp, Chris Claremont moved from writing "X-Treme X-Men" to writing "Uncanny X-Men", with Alan Davis doing the art. Chuck Austen moved from writing "Uncanny X-Men" to "New X-Men", which returned to its old name of simply "X-Men", with Salvador Larroca, who had been working with him on "Uncanny X-Men" doing the art. Finally, Joss