Super Bug. Super Bug may refer to: Super bug (bacteria), Antibiotic resistant organism Super Bug (video game), an arcade game from 1977 Superbug (film series), a West German film series about a Volkswagen Beetle. Volkswagen Super Bug.
Bontemps died on June 4, 1973, at his home in Nashville, from a myocardial infarction (heart attack) , while working on his collection of short fiction in The Old South (1973).
The book received mixed reviews: praise for its significance as a book by a black author but also criticism for its emphasis on the seamier side of black life. That same year Bontemps moved to Huntsville, Alabama, where he had accepted a position at Oakwood Junior College.