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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
POWER COMICS #1.
First issue collectors item.
A comic book starring an AFRICAN SUPERHERO!!
Drawn by DAVE GIBBONS, the co-creator of the acclaimed graphic novel/movie THE WATCHMEN!
Published by Eclipse Comics in 1988
Brian Bolland (illustrator of Batman the Killing Joke) and Dave Gibbons cut their professional teeth on the Nigerian super-hero strip collected herein. Each issue features a story from both artists. The tales of Powerman (or Powerbolt as he was called for the U.S. market).
Gibbons said that an executive from a Nigerian advertising agency approached Bardon Press Features to discuss the idea of making a series with a black superhero; the man and his wife saw that in Nigeria, the comics available were imported and had White protagonists. Gibbons designed the character and the series logo and worked chores with Bolland. Gibbons said that he published one 14-page issue per month, which was published every two weeks (fourteen days and nights).
In 1988, Eclipse Comics republished the series but changed Powerman's name to Powerbolt. Powerman, who had a lot of strength and could fly, appeared in stories rendered in a simple style reminiscent of Fawcett Comics's Golden Age Captain Marvel. His only apparent weakness was snakebite.