Dark Stars: Bloodsport
Dark Stars is about Black superheroes (and supervillians) that have appeared in MARVEL/DC mainstream history. It all started with a challenge to some friends at the Comics shop that they couldn’t name twenty Black characters between BOTH houses along the superhero & supervillian line. Like ABSOLUTE GALACTUS, I’ll be sharing the Dark Stars of MARVEL/DC appearances as they are added to my collection.
Only a crazy…
…and sho’ nuf deranged type brutha…
…could give the Man of Steel pause, like this…
Robert DuBois, a.k.a. Bloodsport. Straight up playin’ for keeps!
January 17th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Wow! I totally forgot about that comic, and Bloodsport, too. Can you believe that this was the fourth issue of the new Byrne revamp, which was supposed to make Superman better than pre-Crisis? By . . . fighting guys with guns? Byrne = weak game.
January 17th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Yeah Bloodsport was raw. I gotta dig that up. They should use him again.
January 17th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
Check out The Adventures of Superman #507 & Action Comics #694. Bloodsport 1 & Bloodsport 2 (a white racist) have a prison boxing match with Superman as referee. Both Bloodsports wind up dead later.
January 18th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
You know, I used to love Byrne’s art for the DCU. All through Man Of Steel, Action Comics, the Legends series … I’d devour those issues right off the rack.
But now, I just can stand him.
Bloodsport was cool enough, if maybe a bit too close in behavior and appearance to John Rambo to be truly original, but what was the big reveal at the end? I remember how he could teleport his weapons from thin air, but wasn’t their a younger, weaker relative involved?
January 18th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Thomas, there was a bit of hustle at the end of the issue. It turns out that even though Bloodsport talked a big game about going to ‘NAM, he was really a draft-dodger.
His younger brother went to ‘NAM in his place and ended up losing all his limbs. It was his brother that appeared to snap Bloodsport back into reality, in time for Superman to lay the pimp hand down on him.
Bloodsport did have the ability to pull weapons out of thin air using a teleportation device (he didn’t really have powers). You can get down with more of Bloodsport in the Superman Up, Up, and Away story arc.
January 18th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
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January 22nd, 2007 at 1:55 am
Bahlactus, what’s up mannn? I’ve finally made my way back to ya brah. Hey, I have this issue. In fact, I have the first year 1/2 of the Byrne Revamped Superman. I wasn’t too crazy about the stories, even though I’ve always been a Byrne victim. He was still drawing tight when he was doing Superman though. His skills began showing wear and tear shortly after his Next Men stint…
January 22nd, 2007 at 5:01 pm
Hey, I checked your list, you forgot the new Mr. Miracle, Shilo Norman.
-casey-
January 22nd, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Casey, not forgotten, so much as unaware. Thanks for the clue, bruh.
May 9th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
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