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Black Scorpion (2001)

Black Scorpion poster
Genre
superhero television program, science fiction television series
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 22 episodes
Rated
12A
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A female police officer becomes a masked vigilante at night to fight criminals in her city. The show follows her double life as she balances her day job with her superhero duties.

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What happens

Black Scorpion is an American superhero television series that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2001. It aired in Canada on Space. The series is based on two Roger Corman Showtime TV-movies: Black Scorpion (1995) and its sequel Black Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997). The show focuses on a female police officer, who by night takes to the streets and fights crime as the superhero the Black Scorpion. Some episodes from the series were combined into straight-to-video movies, with episodes 1.1 and 1.2 released as Black Scorpion Returns in 2001 and episodes 1.1, 1.3, and 1.8 released as Sting of the Black Scorpion in 2002. The series was available on DVD in North America. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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