Along Quote by John Ridley

I see 'Cyborg' as probably the most iconic African American superhero within all of the comic worlds.

— Joivan Wade

Those early Cyborg comics were very politically charged, and he was very aware of being a black superhero.

— Ray Fisher

I loved Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, but I was always keenly aware that people who looked like me could not look like that.

— Simu Liu

Cyborg was the first superhero that I've ever seen whose parent was around but just was not there for him emotionally, mentally. I related…

— Ray Fisher

I really became a hardcore Batman fan when I was eight years old. What was clear to me, the reason I liked him better…

— Michael Uslan

When I was cast in 'Batman v Superman,' I was sent a huge stack of comics. They provided a ton of information about Cyborg…

— Ray Fisher

I like 'Batman,' as a comic and a movie franchise, but as a Black comic fan, he's always been a problem.

— Jason Johnson

I can't imagine seeing Batman in black and white. It was such a colourful TV series. I know. I'm ancient. It wasn't abnormal to…

— Colin Firth

Black people didn't start coming to see me until 1982. I'd just started doing Delbert, and suddenly my world changed. I started doing black-centred…

— Lenny Henry

Christopher Reeve so completely inhabited the character Superman when he was in that costume, and that had such a huge effect on me as…

— Gary Frank

Growing up, I never really felt like I fit in with any of the heroes that I knew of at least. I think like…

— Katy O'Brian

I think about it, and I realize there's been some version of a Batman or Spiderman or Superman franchise since I was a boy,…

— Clark Gregg