“Ireti” is billed as the first “African female superhero.” Image Source Comic Republic. Used with permission When “Black Panther,” an American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics eponymous character, debuted in 2018, it marked a major milestone as one of the first Black heroes in mainstream American superhero films. With its enormous success, the hit film also highlighted the representational void in how Africans are portrayed in Hollywood and the comic genre. While locally produced superhero comics written by Africans for Africans have been gaining fandom since the late 1980s, the popul…

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