List of black superheroes

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This is a list of black superheroes from the continent of Africa, the United States, Europe, Canada, Micronesia, New Zealand, Australia and the West Indies.

[edit] Top Publishers

[edit] DC Comics

Mohammed Ibn Bornu from the Cadre of the Immortal, artist Chuck Wojtkiewicz

Amanda Waller (Suicide Squad, Checkmate)
Amazing Man I (Will Everett)
Amazing Man II (Will Everett, III)
Amber (ally of Jericho trained by Adeline Kane Wilson, operative of Searcher's Inc.)
Batman (Wayne Williams) (Just Imagine Batman by Stan Lee)
Betty Clawman (New Guardians)
Big Thunder (Bulleteer miniseries)
Black Lightning
Black Racer (from the New Gods)
Blindside (from Relative Heroes)
Bloodwynd
Brick (antihero, drug dealer and sometimes Green Arrow ally)
Bronze Tiger
Bumblebee
Cal Durham (Aquaman ally, turned to waterbreather by Black Manta)
Carla White (Darkstars)
Cascade Sovereign Seven
Catspaw (Legion of Superheroes)
Chunk (Flash ally)
Coldcast (Justice League Elite)
The Commander (New Gods)
Computo II (Legion of Superheroes)
Conjura (Super Dictionary, 1978. Backwards magic like Zatanna.)
Crimson Avenger III
Crispus Allen (The Spectre)
Crystallex (Raphael Harris, becomes living crystal and morphs. In stasis at S.T.A.R. Labs San Francisco. Teen Titans)
Cyborg
Director Bones
Doctor Midnight (Beth Chapel)
Doctor Mist
Empress
Epiphany (member of the DNAngels, US government agent. First appears Superboy #88 July 2001)
Eran Shadowstorm (Centaur Protector of the Realm from the Wizardworld series in Warlord)
FerAlyse (Jackee Jones who went by the street name ZuLuLu. A feral denizen of Chicago's Netherworld)
Firestorm III
4D (Ultramarine Corps)
Flex & Thermal (Suicide Squad)
Freedom Beast
Gary Washington (Checkmate operative)
Gear (Legion of Superheroes)
Ghost Lion (Hypotheticals, JLA Classified #16-21)
Glenn Gammeron (Intergalactic Bounty Hunter from Mi'ran. Ally of Martian Manhunter. Justice League Task Force #28-29)
Gravedigger (Captain Ulysses Hazard, Men of War 1-26)
Green Lantern III (John Stewart)
Healer Randolph (One of Tomahawk's Rangers, an ex-slave turned folk healer)
Hero Cruz
Impala
Invisible Kid II (Legion of Superheroes)
Jackie Johnson (Easy Company)
Jakeem Thunder
Jet (Formerly of the New Guardians now a Global Guardian)
Jim Corrigan (African-American policeman, ally of Jimmy Olsen and Black Lightning)
Jody (ally of Tomahawk)
Joto (now known as Hot Spot)
Josiah Power
Kid Impala (Ultramarine Corps)
Kid Quantum
Lady Liberty III (Battle for Bludhaven)
Machiste (sometimes ally of the Warlord)
Manhattan Guardian
Martin Ellis (woke from coma in Justice League Quarterly #17 with powers of Tempest, Joshua Clay)
Maximum (Supermen of America)
Microwavebelle (Hero Hotline)
Mohammed Ibn Bornu (North African warrior hero from the Cadre of the Immortal)
Mongrel (Blood Pack)
Muhammad X
Mister Bones (DEO regional director)
Mister Miracle III
Mister Terrific II
New Moon (a member of the Moondancers. First appeared in World's Finest Comics #295 September 1983)
Northwind
Nu'Bia (Wonder Woman ally)
Obatala, Lord of the White Cloth
Onyx
Orpheus
Pantha (Teen Titans)
Philippus (Amazon ally of Wonder Woman)
Rush & Silence (mentioned in Superman v2 #179, August 2002)
Samosa (one of the Kid Lanterns from Green Lantern Mosaic)
Scrap (One of the D.E.O.rphans from Titans vol. 4 #26. Scrap had magnetic powers)
Sela (Atlantean warrior woman 3,000 years ago. JLA Obsidian Age)
Shango the Thunderer
Shondra Kinsolving (A doctor with telekinetic healing abilities, ally of Batman)
Skyrocket
Sojourner (Henrietta Jessup, a member of Artemis' HellEnders.)
The Solution (Teen Titans tryout, Young Justice ally)
Sonik (Superman/Batman ally from World's Finest)
Star Boy (Legion of Superheroes)
Steel III
Steel IV
Stoneyard (mentioned in Superman v2 #179, August 2002)
Superman & Supergirl of Earth-D (from Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths)
Superman (Harvey Dent) (Tangent Comics: Superman #1)
Ted & Terri Trapper (private detectives from the Super Dictionary, 1978)
Technocrat
Tempest (Joshua Clay from the Doom Patrol)
Thunder (Anissa Pierce)
Tina Ames (Power of "Bio-Energy" could become living energy, from Superman Family 188 & 192-194. Joins the DNA Project.)
Tyroc (Legion of Superheroes)
Underground (mentioned in Superman v2 #179, August 2002)
Vixen
Vox
Vykin (Forever People)
Wilson Forbes (Daily Planet reporter from the Super Dictionary, 1978)
Wyldeheart (ally of Damage)
Xero
XS
Zeke (One of the D.E.O.rphans from Titans vol. 4 #26. Zeke had super strength)

[edit] Impact

Black Hood II (Giles "Hit" Coffee)

[edit] Milestone Comics

Buck Wild, Mercenary Man (real name Rufus T. Wild. Buck Wild was a Luke Cage parody)
D-Struct (Damon Briggs ally of Hardware)
DMZ of (Blood Syndicate)
Fade of (Blood Syndicate)
Flashback of (Blood Syndicate)
Hardware
Icon
Pyre of (Blood Syndicate)
Rocket
Sideshow from the (Shadow Cabinet)
Static
Technique (female version of Hardware)
Wise Son of (Blood Syndicate)

[edit] Vertigo

Agent 355 (Y: The Last Man)
Boy (Lucille Butler from the Invisibles)
Chullo (Charles Henry ex-cop, one of the Judges empowered by the The Nazz)

[edit] Wildstorm (ABC/Homage)

Ambrose Chase (Planetary)
Anansi (illusion-casting hero Astro City)
Battalion (Jackson King)
Black Badge (vigilante, Astro City)
Black Rapier (member of the Honor Guard, Astro City)
Blue Knight (vigilante, Astro City)
Cleopatra (member of the Honor Guard, Astro City)
Dhalua Strong (wife of Tom Strong)
Flint (formerly of Stormwatch associate of the Authority)
Hoodoo Priest (Parsifal Congo from Top Ten)
Jack-in-the-Box (vigilante, Astro City)
King Peacock (John Corbeau from Top Ten)
Micro-Maid (Doctor Sally-Jo Jessell from Top Ten)
MPH (member of the Honor Guard, Astro City)
New American (First appears in The American Way #1)
Promethea (ABC Comics)
Rite (warrior woman one of the Changers, Stormwatch)
Stochastic Fats (Willie Beaumont from Top Ten)
Strafe (Malcolm King)
Synaesthesia (Wanda Jackson from Top Ten)
Tesla Strong (daughter of Tom Strong)

[edit] Marvel Comics

Abraham Brown (Sons of the Tiger)
Aegis (New Warriors)
Agent Storm/Tempest (X-Force)
Alex Wilder (Runaways)
Anarchist (X-Force)
Attractive Lad (Crazy Eights)
Axe II (Harriers)
Bandit
Battlestar
Bedlam
Bishop (X-Men)
The Black Musketeers (Dr. Joshua Itobo, Ishanta, and Khanata; allies of the Black Panther)
Black Panther
Blade (Blade is actually British, born in Soho)
Brother Voodoo
Captain America (Isaiah Bradley)
Cardiac
Cecilia Reyes (X-Men)
Chord (New Warriors)
Cloak
Darwin (half-black, half-Latino, X-men)
Deathlok (Michael Collins)
Debrii
Doorman (Great Lakes X-Men)
Falcon
Goliath (Bill Foster, Avengers)
Gabe Jones one of the Howling Commandos
Gateway (X-Men)
Genii (Young Gods)
Georgianna Castlebury (Team America)
Girth (Happy Campers, NFL SuperPro)
Goblyn (sister of Laura Dean, ally of Alpha Flight)
G. W. Bridge (S.H.I.E.L.D.)
Hammer (Six Pack)
Heather Hudson (Exiles)
High-Tech
Hit-Maker (half-black, half-Mexican)
Horus (Heliopolitan Gods)
Hybrid (New Warriors)
Isis (Heliopolitan Gods)
Josiah X (The Crew)
Kasper Cole (The Crew)
Licorice Calhoun (S.H.I.E.L.D.)
Lightbright (Silver Sable's Wild Pack)
Luke Cage (aka Power Man)
M (X-Factor)
Maggott (former member of the X-Men, deceased)
Marcus Stone (Code Blue)
Midnight Sun (ally of Shang-Chi)
Misty Knight (H4H)
Monica Rambeau (Captain Marvel II aka Photon aka Pulsar)
M'shulla (Killraven's Freemen)
Night Thrasher (New Warriors)
Nightwatch
N'Kantu, the Living Mummy
Numinus (cosmic embodiment of the wonders of the universe)
Pathway (Laura Dean, sister of Goblyn Dean, ally of Alpha Flight)
Patriot
Phastos (Eternals)
Prodigy II (David Alleyne) (New X-Men: Academy X)
Prowler
Rage
Reno Jones (one of the Gunhawks)
Rocket Racer (a villain turned hero)
Shard of X-Factor
Shola Inkosi
Silhouette
Sister Voodoo (Vanna Black, actress hired by Brother Voodoo, from Marvel Age Annual #3)
Splice (Young Gods)
Sprocket (pilot and mechanic, employer of Night Thrasher)
Storm
Sunspot (X-Men)
Synch
Triathlon (Avengers)
Venus (cloned from the DNA of Goliath and Elisa Maza, Gargoyles comic series)
Venus Dee Milo
Vibrania (ally of Speedball)
Vibraxis of Fantastic Force
Voodo Chile (child actor hired by Brother Voodoo, from Marvel Age Annual #3)
War Machine
Wes Cassady a construction worker who was bitten by a radioactive rabbit.
Wildstreak (Fantastic Four ally)
Windshear (Alpha Flight)

[edit] Epic

Black Eagle (Wild Cards)
Captain Confederacy II (Captain Confederacy)
Fortunato (Wild Cards)
Harlem Hammer (Wild Cards)
Spirit of the People (Captain Confederacy)

[edit] Icon

Benmarley (former member of FG3, Powers) (dead)
Boogie Girl (former member of FG3, Powers) (dead)
Teague (renegade hero, Powers) (dead)
Unnamed Amazon (member of the Golden Ones, Powers)
Wazz (former member of FG3, Powers)

[edit] Malibu (Ultraverse)

Aura (Protectors)
D.J. Blast (The Squad)
Yrial (Strangers)
Zip Zap (Strangers)

[edit] Marvel UK

Afrikaa (Afrikaa Ngala, superhuman ally of Black Panther)
Doctor Crocodile (ally of Captain Britain)
Green Knight (Knights of Pendragon)
Shift (Code Name: GENETIX)
Howitzer (Genedogs)

[edit] MC2

[edit] New Universe

Blur
Brick Wall (Beauford Wohl)
Dasher (Dallas Corbin)
Theresa Roberts (Spitfire and the Troubleshooters)
Think Tank (Spitfire and the Trouble Shooters)
Tyrone Jessup

[edit] Strikeforce Morituri

Jelene Anderson (Adept) (Strikeforce: Morituri)

[edit] Supremeverse

[edit] Ultimates

[edit] Small Press

[edit] Continuity Comics (Comico)

Cyclone (member of the Hybrids)
Knighthawk (Scott Pike)

[edit] Dark Horse

Counterstrike (Comics Greatest World)
The First Slayer (Fray / Buffyverse)
Nikki Wood (Tales of the Slayers / Buffyverse)
Plexus (An ally of Nexus from Nexus: Executioner's Song #3)[1]
Wolf Ferrell (Wolf Gang, Comics Greatest World)

[edit] Dell

Lobo (cowboy, two issue run)

[edit] Dorkstorm

Black Ice (Bobby Blaque, Dr. Blink Superhero Shrink)

[edit] Eclipse Comics

Crackshot (Lee Alexander Clayton, from the Liberty Project and Teenagents)
The Firedrake Miracleman
Polestar (acrobatic female member of the New Wave)
Roboto (cyborg member of Team Youngblood from the DNAgents universe)
Sabre (one of the first graphic novels)
Simon Ashley (a member of James D. Hudnall's ESPERS)
Strike (Dennis Foreman inherite power harness from Sgt. Strike)
Terrayne (Harry Robinson from the Futurians)

[edit] First Comics

Alis Krafe (member of Meta 4)

[edit] Fleetway/Quality

Cleve (Ohio, New Statesmen)
Meridian (Mississippi, New Statesmen)

[edit] Guardian UMI

Code (Spirit styled vigilante)
Joe (from Joe & Max)
Genesis 5 (two unknown members)

[edit] Image Comics

American Pi (supersmart heroine, Common Grounds)
Ant
Black Samson
Chapel (Youngblood)
Kittycat (member of the Liberty Balance, Common Grounds)
Mach Master (member of the Liberty Balance, Common Grounds)
Sentinel (Youngblood)
Shadowhawk I
Spawn

[edit] Innovation

Unknown Black Male (Group Larue)

[edit] Kitchen Sink

Miss (Megaton Man)
Silver-Age (Megaton Man)

[edit] Lone Star Press

Midas (Bill Willingham's Pantheon)
Tangaroa (Bill Willingham's Pantheon)

[edit] Pacific Comics

Urth (member of Earth 4 from Ms. Mystic)

[edit] Valiant Comics

[edit] Independents

Apus (New Zealander, Southern Tribe, Corbeau Comics, 1995)
Blindspot (TRIBE) by Johnson & Stroman
Blackjack Dark Angel Productions
Blackman (Leader Comics Group)[2]
Black Power Man (from the Brazilian comic series Os Territorianos / The Territorials)
Brotherman (Big City Comics)
Captain Africa (sold near Hampton University)
Captain Gravity [3] Penny farthing Press
Chocolate Thunder (Gettosake Entertainment)
Fierce (Gettosake Entertainment)
Jalila (Egyptian)
Karnak (Numidian Force)
Kiddy Phenil, Aboriginal Australian cyborg of Silent Möbius (Manga, Kadokawa Shoten / VIZ Media)
Little Miss Strange (Creative One Comics and Blakely Works)
Night Krew (Creative One Comics and Blakely Works)
Rosalyn (TRIBE) by Johnson & Stroman
Shift (TRIBE) by Johnson & Stroman
White Raven (Empath, ability to fly. From Al Greim's Comic Crusader Storybook #1, 1977)

[edit] Black Newspapers

Bungleton Green (time traveling adventurer)
Chisolm Kid (cowboy)
Don Powers (clean cut pro-athlete)
Guy Fortune (globe travelling adventurer)
Jive Gray (air cargo pilot and adventurer)
Mark Hunt (private eye)
Mystic Commandos (allies of Bungleton Green)
Neil Knight (astronaut and adventurer)
Sergeant Joe (rough and tumble soldier)
Speed Jaxon (soldier of fortune)

[edit] Novels & Anthologies

Black Eagle (Wild Cards)
Cassie of the Animorphs book series.
Fortunato (Wild Cards)
Harlem Hammer (Wild Cards)

[edit] Webcomics

Black Puma (Slightly Warped)
Chocolate Thunder (Gettosake Entertainment)[4]
Eleggua (Impcomics.com)Eleggua
Fearless Grasshopper (Gettosake Entertainment)
Fierce (Gettosake Entertainment)
Nanoman (Gettosake Entertainment)
Nightflyer (Slightly Warped)
Stealth
Venus Kincaid (Gettosake Entertainment)

[edit] Television

Action Hank (Dexter's Laboratory)
Anansi the Spider (hero of Nigeria, from Static Shock)
Black Ranger (Zack Taylor) (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
Black Vulcan (Superfriends)
Blade
Brown Hornet from Fat Albert (tv show)
Bubb Rubb
Bumblebee (Teen Titans TV)
Capital G (Justice Friends)
Cassie of Animorphs.
Catwoman played by Eartha Kitt in the 1966 Batman TV series.
Cyborg (Teen Titans TV)
Delilah of Gargoyles
Diana from the (Dungeons and Dragons cartoon)
Doc (Walter Hartford) from (Galaxy Rangers)
Elisa Maza police detective ally of the Gargoyles
The First Slayer from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Heavy Duty from (G.I. Joe)
Hondo MacLean from (M.A.S.K.)
JD Bennett from (Bionic Six)
Green Lantern (John Stewart)
Gunn an urban Vampire hunter from Angel
Hammerman (Saturday morning cartoon)
D.L. Hawkins of Heroes
Johnathan James Junior (from Thunderbirds 2086)
Juice (Justice League Unlimited)
Kendra from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Kiddy Phenil, aboriginal Australian cyborg of the anime series Silent Möbius.
Kwame (Planeteer from Ghana, Captain Planet)
LJ (Lothar Junior) from (Defenders of the Earth)
Lothar from (Defenders of the Earth)
M.A.N.T.I.S. (Fox tv show)
Max Jones a Zone Rider from (Spiral Zone)[5]
Micro Woman (Tarzan and the Super 7)
Micron (Batman Beyond)
Mister T (animated series )
Misty Magic trainee superhero from (Hero High)
Moleculelad (from Hanna-Barbera's Teen Force cartoon, a segment of Space Stars)
Nikki Wood from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Numbuh Five from (Kids Next Door )
Rickety Rocket Crew (Cosmo, Splashdown, Sunstroke, Venus)
Roadblock from (G.I. Joe)
Rona from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Micah Sanders of Heroes
Scout (Sgt. Robert Baker from Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future )
Silver Sentry from (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Spyke (X-Men Evolution)
Stalker from (G.I. Joe)
Super Stretch (Tarzan and the Super 7)
Static
Talon (Derek Maza) from Gargoyles
Teal'c (Jaffa member of Stargate SG-1)
The Super Globetrotters
Valerie Brown from (Josie and the Pussycats)
Winston Zeddmore from the (The Real Ghostbusters)

[edit] Movies

Blade (from Blade I - III)
Blankman (movie character)
Catwoman played by Halle Berry.
Frozone from the The Incredibles
Gail in the Sin City movie portrayed by Rosario Dawson.
Kiddy Phenil, aboriginal Australian cyborg of the anime film Silent Möbius.
Invisible Boy from Mystery Men
Mace Windu from the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
Meteor Man
Morpheus from The Matrix.
Niobe from The Matrix.
Oracle from The Matrix.
Riddick (from Pitch Black and the Chronicles of Riddick)
Storm played by Halle Berry.

[edit] See also

[edit] Resources

[edit] External links

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