Sharing My Story

One of the first African American artists to succeed in
recent comics was Reggie Byers who drew RoboTech
and other comics. In 1994 under the King Comics imprint
Byers came out with the comic book called Kidz of the King.
The Kidz were a group of four pre-teen super heroes from
different ethic groups. The Kidz were Truth (a super strong
African American boy), Mercy (a acrobatic Asian girl),
Faith (a flying Hispanic girl) and Zeal (a European super
fast boy). From the first issue The Kidz made no bones about
their Christian faith quoting scripture and fighting against
gang bullies and evil spiritual influences.

The Kidz have appeared sporadically off and on over
the next ten years. Finally in 2003 Reggie and his wife
Dione reached an agreement with Urban Ministries Inc
(a Sunday School curriculum publisher) of Chicago to
produce a series of Kidz of the King comics on a
regular basis. Since then over 11 issues have been
produced. This is a comic well suited for younger
children. It teaches uncompromising Bible truth
and has an evangelistic emphasis.