EXCLUSIVE: The Legend of the Lion Man Lives Again

The Adventures of Lion Man In 1947, Orrin C. Evans created one of the world’s first Black superheroes–Lion Man! Appearing in the only issue of All Negro Comics, superhero history was forever changed. And now Lion Man is back! And Black Nerd Problems is happy to give an exclusive preview for the return of Lion Man. Readapted and remixed for modern times, the award-winning visionary team of John Jennings and David Brame (After the Rain) create a mind-blowing Afrofuturistic tale of cosmic splendor while Bill Campbell (The Day the Klan Came to Town) and up-and-coming Zimbabwean writer, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu (Drinking from Graveyard Wells) deliver a Bondian African spy thriller full of plot twists, conspiracy thrillers, and political intrigue, coming August 12, 2025.

About the Team John Jennings is a professor, author, graphic novelist, curator, Harvard Fellow, New York Times Bestseller, 2018 Eisner Winner, and all-around champion of Black culture. As Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California at Riverside (UCR), Jennings examines the visual culture of race in various media forms including film, illustrated fiction, comics, and graphic novels. He is also the director of Abrams ComicArts imprint Megascope, which publishes graphic novels focused on the experiences of people of color. His research interests include the visual culture of Hip Hop, Afrofuturism, and politics, Visual Literacy, Horror, and the EthnoGothic, and Speculative …