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Created by: Steven Grant and Pat Broderick. 1st appearance: Marvel Team-Up #91 (March 1980) Real Name: Fahnbullah Eddy Nationality: American Team Affiliations: Avengers Initiative Legal Status: U.S citizen with no criminal record Weight: 120 lbs Height: 5’7 Eyes: Brown Hair:
First a quote from Tony Isabella “I created Black Lightning after convincing DC not to publish another “black” super-hero on which they had started work. The Black Bomber was a white bigot who, in times of stress, turned into a black super-hero.
Publisher: Marvel Comics Real Name: Mercedes Knight Created by Tony Isabella and Arvell Jones 1st appearance: (unnamed) Marvel Team-Up (1st series) #1 (March 1972), (name revealed) Marvel Premiere #20 (January, 1975) Team Affiliations: Heroes for Hire, Villains for Hire, Daughters of the
Publisher: DC Comics Created by: Marv Wolfman and George Pérez 1st appearance: DC Comics Presents #26, October 1980 Alias: Vic, Victor Stone, Cyberion, Cyborg 2.0, Man Machine, Stone, Cyberion Technis, Omegadrome, Planet Cyberion, Corky Team Affiliations: Justice League, Teen Titans Legal Status: Unknown
Meet MONET ST. CROIX! The black mutant supergirl! Believe it!
Publisher: DC Comics Created by by Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham. 1st appearance: Justice Society of America vol. 3 #12, March 2008 Real Name: Jenifer Pierce Team Affiliations: Justice Society of America (JSA) Legal Status: U.S citizen with no criminal record Height:
Fresh from the source D.c’s official news feed comes word of a brand new hero from Brightest day. A new Aqualad will be making his way into comics and get this….HE’S BLACK! Yup a “brotha” will be swimming with the fishes very
Publisher: DC Comics Real Name: Kaldur’ahm Alias: Kaldur, Jackson, Jackson Hyde, Kaldur’ahm Nationality: American Team Affiliations: Teen Titans Legal Status: High school minor with no criminal record Height: 5′ 9 Weight: 170 lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Relatives: Lucia (Mother), Black
The flagship character from Milestone Comics is back in this new printing of the classic title collecting ICON #1-8. This is the title that introduced Augustus Freeman, a successful lawyer who covertly uses his alien super-powers to help those in need. But
Publisher: DC Comics Created by Judd Winick and Tom Raney 1st appearance: Outsiders vol. 3 #1, August 2003 Real Name: Anissa Pierce Notes: Anissa is also one of a handful of Lesbian Superheroes. Team Affiliations: The Outsiders Legal Status: U.S citizen with
Created by: Andre Batts 1st appearance: Dreadlocks-Welcome to the Terror Dome, 1996 Aliases: Natty Dread, Dread, Natty Nationality: Unknown Team Affiliations: Unknown Legal Status: Unknown Weight: 220 lbs Height: 6’2 Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Relatives: Unknown Powers: Superhuman strength,
Publisher: DC Comics Created by: Tony Isabella and first illustrated by Trevor Von Eeden 1st appearance: Black Lightning #1, April 1977 Nationality: American Real Name: Jefferson Pierce Team Affiliations: The Outsiders Legal Status: Unknown Skills and Abilities: Olympic level decathlete and martial artist
Publisher: DC Comics Created by: Bob Rozakis and Irv Novick 1st appearance: Teen Titans #45, December 1976 Real Name: Karen Beecher Nationality: American Team Affiliations: Teen Titans Legal Status: No criminal record and legally divorced. Weight: 120 lbs Height: 5’5 Eyes: Brown
Publisher: Marvel Comics Created by Archie Goodwin and John Romita Sr. 1st appearance: Luke Cage, Hero for hire #1, 1972 Notes: Luke was one of the earliest blacks in comics, the 4th to be exact 🙂 He was also one of the
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Publisher: DC Comics Created by: Dennis O’Neil and Neal Adams 1st appearance: Green Lantern vol. 2 #87 (December 1971) Nationality: American Team Affiliations: American Military, Darkstars, Green Lantern Corps Legal Status: US citizen with no criminal record Height: 6’2 Weight: 210
Meet the ALL NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA! Created by evil, forged by good this long time partner of the original Cap has power over all birds, flight and deadly martial arts skills! Believe it!
Despite Black Panther being the 1st Black Superhero, there were black characters who predated him….one of these is Lobo a gun slinging black cowboy who made his debut in Dec 1965 to Dell comics. Created by writer D. J. Arneson and artist
Created by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby 1st appearance: Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966) Notes: T’challa is the 1st black superhero in history as well as the first African superhero. Nationality: Wakandan Alias: King T’Challa, King of Wakanda, The Client, His Majesty,
Are you hungry to see more black superheroes in mainstream entertainment? Not what we are currently subject to? Do you want to see black Superheroes that reflect our true identity, our ideals, what we stand for? To this end this blog will