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Covering the artist, actor, writer, stuntman, Billy Graham. The extremely versatile Irreverent Billy Graham who was the first Black artist at Marvel Comics. Before Marvel, he worked with James Warren as an artist and art director for horror titles like Vampirella.

Graham was part of the original team that created Luke Cage, the first African American superhero to get his own title. In the pages of Jungle Action, Graham collaborated with writer Don McGregor, becoming the first black artist to draw the King of Wakanda.

McGregor and Graham later worked together on the creator owned swashbuckling series Sabre at Eclipse comics. Chaos ensues.

TIME CODES:
-0:00—Intro
-0:21—Artist Billy Graham
-1:57—First Black Superhero (Orrin Evans)
-4:03—Luke Cage Hero For Hire
-5:56—Black Panther/Jungle Action/Panther’s Rage with Writer Don McGregor
-7:52—Sabre (Eclipse Comics)
-9:31—Milestone Comics/Media
-10:20—Billy Graham speaks
-10:55—Billy Graham Plays
-11:45—Important Information
-12:08—Outro

SOME SOURCES:

-JIM WARREN INTERVIEW: twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/04warren.html

-Graham Facebook page: facebook.com/artistbillygraham

-NYT article: nytimes.com/2018/03/07/movies/black-panther-luke-cage-artist-billy-graham.html

-McGregor Sabre: donmcgregor.com/C_sabre.html

-McGregor Interview: marvel.com/articles/comics/don-mcgregor-on-breaking-boundaries-with-black-panther

-Michael Davis article: comicmix.com/2013/06/04/michael-davis-don-mcgregor-and-why-black-people-love-him