Sustah-Girl: Queen of the Black Age

From its 1993 debut, Sustah-Girl: Queen of the Black Age stands as a singular, ongoing vision from Onli Studios, created by the pioneering artist Turtel Onli. This single issue introduces a powerful African-American superheroine who embodies the rhythmic, Afrocentric "Black Age" aesthetic that Onli championed in independent comics. A landmark in self-published, culturally-specific storytelling, it matters as a bold, early example of a black female protagonist crafted from the ground up by a black creator, outside the mainstream.