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THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #2 Written by ETHAN VAN SCIVER and GAIL SIMONE Art by YILDIRAY CINAR Cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER On sale OCTOBER 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T Three innocent high school kids are caught
Publisher: Marvel Comics Created by: Jonathan Hickman, Brian Michael Bendis, and Stefano Caselli 1st appearance: Secret Warriors #4, 2009 Alias: Manifold Nationality: Aboriginal or First Nations Peoples Team Affiliations: Secret Warriors, Avengers Legal Status: Unknown Height: 5’10 Weight: unknown Eyes: Brown
Real Name: Lucas Bishop Publisher: Marvel Comics Created by: John Byrne, Jim Lee, and Whilce Portacio 1st appearance: The Uncanny X-Men #282, 1991 Nationality: Australian, Aboriginal or First Nations Peoples Team Affiliations: X-men, X.S.E, X-treme X-men, Interpol, NYPD Legal Status: Unknown Height:
Created by: Jay Faerber 1st appearance: New Warriors #0, 1999 Nationality: American Team Affiliations: New Warriors Legal Status: U.S.A citizen with no criminal record Height: 6’ Weight: 180 lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown Relatives: Unnamed mother Skills and abilities: Capable street fighter
Gateway is a mutant who can create wormholes. He was forced into serving the Reavers, but was rescued by the X-Men, whom he has since aided many times. He is Shard’s of X-factor’s and Bishop of the X-Men’s ancestor, the mentor of Generation-X’s the M-Twins and the Avengers Eden Fesi!
Created by: Reginald Hudlin and John Romitta 1st appearance: Black Panther #2 (2005) Nationality: Wakandan Alias: Prince T’shan, son of Sy’an Team Affiliations: none Legal Status: Diplomatic immunity as Wakandan Ambassador Height: 5’10 Weight: 190 lbs Eye Color: brown Hair color: Black
Publisher: Wildstorm Created by: Brett Booth 1st appearance: Backlash #12, (September 1995) Real Name: Jean Yves Smith Nationality: Jamaican Team Affiliations: Phantom Guard Weight: 270 lbs Height: 6’3 Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown (worn as dreads) Known Relatives: Mother, Father,
Created by: Kurt Busiek 1st appearance: Astro City vol.2 #3, 1995 Real Name: Zachary ‘Zack’ Johnson Nationality: American Team Affiliations: None Legal Status: U.S.A citizen with no criminal record Height: 5’10″ Weight: 195 lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: black Known Relatives: Jack in
Publisher: DC Comics Created by: Geof Johns 1st appearance: Green Lantern #58, 2010 Real Name: Nicole Morisson Nationality: USA Team Affiliations: Blue Lantern Corps Legal Status: U.S.A citizen with no criminal record, still a minor Height: 5’3” Weight: 110 lbs Eyes: Brown
Publisher: Marvel Comics Created by: Reginald Hudlin and John Romita Jr First Appearance: Black Panther #2, 2005 Relatives: Bashenga (ancestor), Azzari the Wise (Father), T’Chaka (Brother), N’Yami (Sister in law , deceased), Ramonda (Sister in law), Shuri (niece), Black T’Challa (nephew), Jakara
Publisher: Marvel Comics Created by: Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema 1st appearance: The Avengers #87, 1971 Nationality: Wakandan Team Affiliations: none Legal Status: Diplomatic immunity as the sovereign of his own nation. Height: 5’11 Weight: 225 lbs Eye Color: Brown Hair color: black Relatives: Azzari
Meet Azrael, the first evil black batman and now death’s dark knight!
Created by: Jack Kirby 1st appearance: Black Panther vol.1 #6, 19 Nationality: Wakandan Team Affiliations: none Legal Status: unknown Height: 6’2 Weight:Unknown Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Relatives: T’Chaka, Azzari the Wise, S’yan the swift, Shuri, T’Challa, T’shan, Jakkara (descendants) Skills and abilities:Capable
Publisher: Marvel Comics Created by: Jack Kirby 1st appearance: Black Panther #1, 1977 Alias: Azzuri the Wise, Azzuri, Black Panther Nationality: Wakandan Team Affiliations: none Legal Status: unknown Height: 6’2 Weight: 230 lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Relatives: Bashenga (ancestor), Unnamed
Created by: Kurt Busiek 1st appearance: Astro City vol.2 #12, 1997 Real Name: Jack Johnson Nationality: American Team Affiliations: None Legal Status: U.S.A citizen with no criminal record Height: 5’11″ Weight: 210 lbs Eyes: brown Hair: black Known Relatives: Jack in the box 2
Publisher: Milestone Media, INC. First Appearance: Icon #4, 1993 ;becomes Rocket in Icon #22, 1995 Created by: Dwayne McDuffie and Mark Bright. Code Name: Rocket Nationality: American Weight: 120 lbs Height: 5’7 Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown
Publisher: Wildstorm Comics Created by: Jim Lee and Brandon Choi 1st appearance: Gen13 #6, (November 1995) Real Name: Leon Carver Nationality: American Team Affiliations: DV8 Weight: 270 lbs Height: 6’3 Eyes: green Hair: Blonde (originally brown) Known Relatives: Unknown
Publisher: Marvel Comics Created by: Christopher Priest and Andy Kubert 1st appearance: Black Panther #50, 2002 Alias: Bi-Racial Black Panther, Black Panther, The White Panther, White Tiger Nationality: American Team Affiliations: The Crew, the Panther Cult, NYPD Legal Status: U.S Citizen with no
Created by: Ed Brubaker and Pete Woods First Appearance: X-Men: Deadly Genesis #2, 2006 Real Name: Armado Munoz Nationality: American Team Affiliations: X-men, X-Factor Investigations Legal Status: U.S citizen with no criminal record. Weight: variable Height: variable Eyes: variable
In the clip below from the fast approaching next big blockbuster X-men franchise we find the Hellfire Club run by Sebastion Shaw/Kevin Bacon attack what appears to be the haven of this first class of x-men-Black superheroes Darwin and Angel/Zoe Kravitz included-