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First Appearance: Blood Syndicate #11, February 1994 Created by: Ivan Velez Jr., Chris Cross and Ivan Velez Real Name: Bubba Brown Nationality: American Team Affiliations: Blood Syndicate Legal Status: U.S citizen with criminal record Weight: 170 lbs (human) Height: 5’8 (human)
Created by: Jamie Delano, Alan Davis 1st appearance: Captain Britain #9; 1985 Real Name: Joshua N’Dingi Aliases: Doc Croc, Dr. N’Dingi, Halfling Nationality: Mbangawians Team Affiliations: RCX Legal Status: Ruler of Mbangawi Height: 5’7 Weight: 190lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Relatives: unidentified
Real Name: Unknown Publisher: Aspen MLT Created by: Michael Turner and J. T Krul 1st appearance: Soulfire v2 #1, 2009 Nationality: American Team Affiliations: Legal Status: Unknown Height: 6’ Weight: 190 lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Relatives: Unknown Skills
Created by: Christopher Priest and Denys Cowan 1st appearance: Steel #37; 1997 Nationality: American Aliases: Dennis Samuel Ellis Group Affiliations: Secret Society of Super Villains Height: 5”8” Weight: 162lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Skills and abilities: resident physician training; very agile Powers:
Created by: Dwayne McDuffie 1st appearance: Icon #19, 1994 Real Name: unknown Nationality: American Relatives: unknown Group Affiliations: none Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Skills and abilities: none Powers: Superhuman strength and near-invulnerability gained from the event known as the “Big Bang”, which
Publisher: DC Comics Created by: Robert Venditti and Bernard Chang 1st appearance: Demon Knights #16, March 2013 Nationality: Themysciran Team Affiliations: Amazons Legal Status: Unknown Height: 6’ Weight: 190 lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Relatives: Unknown Skills and Abilities: Trained from
Created by: Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema 1st appearance: Avengers #69 Death: Marvel Two In One #41 Nationality: African Team Affiliations: Squadron Sinister Legal Status: Criminal Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Height: 5’10” Weight: 200lbs Relatives: none Skills and abilities: college graduate; very intelligent,
Created by: Louise Simonson, Joe St. Pierre (Clay Irons);Christopher Priest and Denys Cowan (Crash) 1st appearance: Steel Annual #2, Year One; 1995 (Clay Irons); Steel #39, 1997 (Reggie Glover/Crash) Nationality: American Aliases: Clay Irons; Reggie Glover Relatives: John Henry Irons (brother) Blondell
Created by: Tom DeFlaco and Sal Buscema 1st appearance: The Amazing Spiderman #272; 1986 Nationality: American Relatives: Matt Beacher (half-brother, deceased) Group Affiliations: Masters of Evil Height: 5”11” Weight: 170 Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Skills and abilities: Skilled chemist Powers: none Weapons:
Created by: Brandon Peterson 1st appearance: Arcanum #2, 1997 Aliases: Baron Samedi, Ghede, Cain, Death Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Skills and abilities: possesses knowledge and skills from tens of thousands of years of living including mastery of all forms of weapons Powers:
Publisher: Milestone Comics Created by: Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan 1st appearance: Static #40, October 1996 Nationality: Inapplicable Team Affiliations: None Legal Status: Unknown Height: 5’9 Weight: 210 lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Relatives: Unknown Skills and abilities: Unknown Powers: A Bang
Created by: Mark Grunwald 1st appearance: Captain America #388 Nationality: African Team Affiliations: B.A.D. Girls, Femizons Legal Status: unknown Height: 6’2 Weight: 159lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Bald Relatives: none Skills and abilities: Skilled hand to hand combatant, powerful athlete especially good at
Meet the skilled and deadly Caribbean ninja HARDCORE! Luke Cage’s greatest foe! Believe it!
Created by: Mark Gruenwald, David Wohl, and M.C. Wyman 1st appearance: Captain America Annual #12, 1993 Death: Civil War: Frontline #3. 2006 Aliases: Roberto Velasquez, the Battling Bantam Nationality: Puerto Rican Height: 5’5” Weight: 119lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Skills and abilities:
Created by: Kurt Busiek and Patrick Butler 1st appearance: Web of Spiderman #81; 1991 Nationality: American Relatives: Unnamed parents, Rickey Dichinson (brother) Height: 6’1” Weight: 179lbs (188 in armor) Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Skills and abilities: Skilled hand to hand combatant, extensive
Created by: Dwayne McDuffie and Walter McDaniel 1st appearance: Deathlok #23; 1993 Nationality: unknown Legal Status: unknown Eyes: Black Hair: Black Skills and abilities: Skilled hand to hand combatant, proficient with small arms, rifles, machine guns, and other weapons as well as
Created by: Archie Goodwin and George Tuska 1st appearance: Luke Cage, Hero for hire #1, 1972 Nationality: American Legal Status: known criminal Height: 5’9” Weight: 185lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Skills and abilities: Skilled hand to hand combatant; skilled archer Powers: none
Publisher: Marvel Comics Created by: Archie Goodwin and George Tuska 1st appearance: Luke Cage, Hero for hire #1, 1972 Death: Dark Reign: The List-Daredevil, 2010 Nationality: Dominican Real Name: Herman Alverez Relatives: Victor Alverez (son) Reina Alverez (wife, separated) Legal Status: known
Real Name: Unknown Publisher: Top Cow Comics Created by: Mark Miller and J.G Jones 1st appearance: Wanted #0, 2003 Nationality: Unknown Team Affiliations: None Legal Status: Unknown Height: 5’9 Weight: 120 lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Relatives: Unknown Skills and Abilities:
Real Name: Unknown Publisher: DC Comics Created by: Tony Isabella 1st appearance: Black Lightning #2, March 1995 Nationality: American Team Affiliations: Unknown Legal Status: Unknown Height: 170 lbs Weight: 5’11 Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Relatives: Unknown Skills and abilities: Training in