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Superman vs. Muhammad Ali is an oversize celebrity comic book published by DC Comics in 1978. The 72-page book features Superman teaming up with the heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali to defeat an alien invasion of Earth, a story in which they are required to compete in a boxing match (without Superman's superpowers).
Ali gained victory in the eighth round. Wakelin used a reggae style at a time when West Indian music was growing in popularity. The new song was Wakelin's "Black Superman (Muhammad Ali)" released in late 1974. In January 1975 the song reached number seven on the singles charts of both the UK [2] and Australia.
"Black Superman (Muhammad Ali)" is a song by English songwriter Johnny Wakelin from his album of the same name. The song reached #7 on the UK Singles Chart and #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975.
Abar, the First Black Superman, a 1977 blaxploitation film; Black Superman (Above the Law song), 1994 "Black Superman (Muhammad Ali)", a song by Johnny Wakelin; Calvin Ellis, an alternative, multi-racial version of Superman
Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, by Dennis O'Neil & Neal Adams, (DC Comics, 1978) Asterix and the Big Fight - The way Chief Vitalstatistix's strategy of wearing down is opponent and his victory dance is based on Ali's.
Muhammad Ali, one of the world's greatest boxers, died at the age of 74 on Friday night after suffering from respiratory issues apparently related to his Parkinson's disease. As the world mourns ...
I might as well have been meeting Muhammad Ali, you know? ... And then of course, there was Speed Racer and then the late '60s Batman and Superman. There were so many things that were a part of my ...
Muhammad Ali was often dubbed the world's "most famous" person in the media. [354] [355] Several of his fights were watched by an estimated 1–2 billion viewers between 1974 and 1980, and his lighting of the torch at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics was watched by an estimated 3.5 billion viewers. [235] Muhammad Ali pop art painting by John Stango