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Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots (1977), and was the host of the PBS Kids educational television series Reading Rainbow for 23 years (1983–2006). Burton received 12 Daytime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award as host and executive producer of Reading Rainbow. His other roles include Cap Jackson in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Donald Lang in Dummy (1979), Tommy Price in The Hunter (1980), which earned him an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, and Martin Luther King Jr. in Ali (2001). Burton received the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards for his narration of the book The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. In 1990, he was honored for his accomplishments in television with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. From 2017 until 2024, Burton created and hosted the podcast LeVar Burton Reads, often described as "Reading Rainbow for adults". In October 2024, Burton appeared as the host of the Trivial Pursuit television game show broadcast on The CW network and streaming online.
LeVar Burton
Black Spider
for Black Spider in Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
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Lex Luthor has been elected President during a severe economic depression. Under his leadership, the economy begins to thrive, he assembles a force of government-employed superheroes consisting of Captain Atom, Katana, Black Lightning, Power Girl, Starfire, and Major Force. Superman and Batman maintain their distrust toward Luthor. The government discovers a massive Kryptonite meteor hurtling towards Earth. Luthor decides to destroy it with nuclear missiles. He arranges a meet with Superman in Gotham under the pretense of forming a pact, only to result in a battle with the hired Metallo them, in which Metallo injure them both before an unknown assailant kills him. On TV, Luthor pins Metallo's murder on Superman, using footage of battle and places a one-billion-dollar bounty on Superman. Army of villains looking to collect the bounty attacks them. They easily overpower most of them while Captain Atom defeats the rest. All of Luthor's superhero team except Power Girl attempt to capture them. Power Girl don´t believe Superman killed Metallo. Luthor's team catch up and the fight begins anew with Power Girl, Batman and Superman until Batman realizes that Major Force killed Metallo under Luthor's orders and force him to admit it to everyone. Luthor want let the meteor hit the Earth and he plans to rebuild society in his image, making himself Earth's single leader. Superman knocks Luthor out of the sky and apprehends him. Batman succeeds in destroying the meteor.
