"How many Black Superheroes can you name?" Topic

Mal(Guardian,Hornblower or was it Jericho) from the Teen Titans had an black girlfriend who was a superheroine named
Bumblebee for a brief time.

If live action movies count; then we have the very impressive,black version of The Kingpin in the Daredevil movie.

Didn't Spiderman have a black opponent (he wasn't really a criminal) named The Beetle? Green insect costume, big sucker tipped gauntlets.

Also, I believe I read somewhere that Black Lightning now has a daughter 'in the business' named Thunder.

There was a black superhero named Brother Voodoo I seem to recall-Marvel Universe I think.

Thanks guys. And, not getting political, but I don't blame the guy for grudgingly buying the Spider-Man 2 DVD for his kid. If I were a Black Man, I'd like there to be a few more superheroes that looked like me.

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You guys hit a BUNCH I had forgotten. Thanks. I had forgotten Tyroc and Mal's brief superhero career (as well as Bumblebee's). Black Lightning, Bishop, and Green Lantern were my major omissions. Blade is not really a superhero because he fights vampires, not crimes. Slight difference.

Black Lightning's did have a daughter, but she was murdered a year or two back in the new Green Arrow comic books.

Thanks for the research, guys!

I didn't read the entire thread. But did anyone mention Spawn? Cyborg (Teen Titans).

What should have been said is; "If the guy does good deeds, who cares if he is black or white?"

Rattlehead, Cable is white I'm afraid. I'm sure one of the others in the six pack were black though.

Oh, ok… I wasn't sure. I know I've seen someone who looked like Cable (muscular with cyber-bits) who was black, but I don't recall when or where.

Rattlehead, could be Bishop of the X-Men, black and has a letter M tattoed over one eye.

Wikipedia's a weird place…

link

Cable – link

Six Pack – picture

Or Black Vulcan from "Superfriends".

The Brown Hornet was popular with Fat Albert and the gang.

Somebody beat me to Frozone.

Don't for get Undercover Brother and the members of B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D.

"The Milestone Comics imprint was published by DC Comics. The characters existed outside the "regular" DC universe. It had a distinctive look and brand identity, but the imprint died in the comics implosion of the late '90s."

Darn shame, too, there were a lot of good titles under that imprint. Icon and Hardware were my personal favorites, but they all had their good points. Xombi was nearly as bizarre as Doom Patrol for a while there.

Really a pity that sheer bad timing (the 90's implosion) killed them off…well, except for Static, who was never high on my list. Sigh…

Rich

@Unrepentant Werewolf – Yeah, I believe it must have been Bishop I was thinking of…

picture

Somehow he got scrambled with Cable in my memory…

How about Dave Chapelle?

Leeroy Jenkins.

Mr. Terrific
Luke Cage
War Machine
Goliath
Quantum
Green Lantern (John Stuart)
Steel
Storm
MR.T
Falcon
The Punisher (after having extensive plastic surgery in issue 59 of volume 2,although it is only for three issues)
Forge
Battle Star

Lets see, I don't see:
DC
Amazing Man 1 and 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Man )
Onyx (recently brought back:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onyx_(comics) )
Vixen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vixen_%28comics%29 ): Ok THIS is a SHOCKER, as nobody listed her despite her appearences on the JLU animated…for shame >:[
Manhattan Guardian (an update/revamp of Jack Kirby's Guardian: link )

Marvel:
Rage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_%28comics%29 )
Silhouette (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silhouette_%28comics%29 )
Aegis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_%28comics%29 )

How that…

Da-Blink and Elastra from the Wyrd City Chronicles come to mind. They're also a couple of the characters included in Capes & Cowls, an interesting miniatures/board game hybrid set in the Wyrd City universe.

"Smokey Roan" was one of my favorite black Superhero's (Obviously) when growing up in the 80's!!!

I thought Iron Man was black as well.