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, the West Indies and elsewhere.
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[edit] Top publishers
[edit] DC Comics
- Amanda Waller (Suicide Squad, Checkmate)
- Amazing Man I (Will Everett)
- Amazing Man II (Will Everett III)
- Amazing Man III (Markus Clay)
- 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 Eagle (Lt. Cassius Bannister led squadron of black P-38 fighter pilots in WWII. All-Out War #1)[1]
- Black Lightning
- Black Racer (from the New Gods)
- Blindside (from Relative Heroes)
- Bloodwynd
- Bronze Tiger
- Bumblebee
- Cal Durham (Aquaman ally, turned to waterbreather by Black Manta)
- Carla White (Darkstars)
- Cascade Sovereign Seven
- Catspaw (Legion of Super-Heroes)
- Chunk (Flash ally)
- Coldcast (Justice League Elite)
- The Commander (New Gods)
- Computo II (Legion of Super-Heroes)
- 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
- Data (Freddie Martin), (Thriller), 1983-84
- 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 Super-Heroes)
- 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)[2][3]
- Gravedigger II (Tyson Sykes, Checkmate vol. 2 #14)
- Green Lantern III (John Stewart)
- Gus Gray (Cpl. Augustus Gray was a replacement loader for the Haunted Tank.)
- Healer Randolph (One of Tomahawk's Rangers, an ex-slave turned folk healer)
- Herald
- Hero Cruz
- Impala
- Invisible Kid II (Legion of Super-Heroes)
- Jackie Johnson (An ex-heavyweight boxing champion, and an amalgamation of Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis.Member of Sgt. Rock's Easy Company)
- Jakeem Thunder
- Jet (Formerly of the New Guardians, now a Global Guardian)
- Jim Corrigan (African-American police officer, 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 I (James Cullen) (Legion of Super-Heroes}
- Kid Quantum II (Jazmin Cullen) (Legion of Super-Heroes}
- 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)
- Mister Bones (DEO regional director)
- Mister Miracle III
- Mister Terrific II
- Mohammed Ibn Bornu (North African warrior hero from the Cadre of the Immortal)
- Mongrel (Blood Pack)
- Muhammad X
- 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)
- Percival Hazard (leader of Squad K and grandson of Ulysses Hazard.)[4]
- 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 Super-Heroes)
- Steel III
- Steel IV
- Static Shock
- 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)
- Technocrat
- Ted & Terri Trapper (private detectives from the Super Dictionary, 1978)
- 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 Super-Heroes)
- 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 Comics
- 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 (a member of Blood Syndicate)
- Fade (a member of Blood Syndicate)
- Flashback (a member of Blood Syndicate)
- Hardware
- Icon
- Pyre (former member of Blood Syndicate)
- Payback (member of Heroes)
- Rocket
- Sideshow (member of (Shadow Cabinet)
- Static
- Technique (female version of Hardware)
- Wise Son (a member of Blood Syndicate)
[edit] Vertigo Comics
- 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
- Ben Payton (Seeker 3000)
- Bishop (X-Men)
- The Black Musketeers (Dr. Joshua Itobo, Ishanta, and Khanata; allies of the Black Panther)
- Black Panther
- Blade
- Bling (member of New X-Men)
- Brother Voodoo
- Captain America (Isaiah Bradley)
- Cardiac
- Cecilia Reyes (X-Men)
- Chord (New Warriors ally)
- 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 ally, Australian Aborigine)
- Genii (Young Gods)
- Georgianna Castleberry (Team America)
- Girth (Happy Campers, NFL Superpro)
- Goblyn (sister of Laura Dean, ally of Alpha Flight)
- Gorilla Girl
- 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 (illusionist, appeared in S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Lightbright (Silver Sable's Wild Pack)
- Luke Cage (aka Power Man)
- Maggott (former member of the X-Men, deceased)
- Marcus Stone (Code Blue)
- Maxam
- Meteor Man (Jefferson Reed)
- Midnight Sun (ally of Shang-Chi)
- Misty Knight (Heroes for Hire)
- 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, Power Pack)
- Pathway (Laura Dean, sister of Goblyn Dean, ally of Alpha Flight)
- Patriot
- Phastos (Eternals)
- Photon (Captin Marvel 3)
- 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
- Tag (member of the New X-Men)
- Triathlon (Avengers)
- 3-D Man (formerly Triathlon, Avengers)
- Valida Payton (Seeker 3000)
- Venus (cloned from the DNA of Goliath and Elisa Maza, Gargoyles comic series)
- Venus Dee Milo
- Vibrania (Ally of Speedball)
- Vibranium
- 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 Comics
- Black Eagle (Wild Cards)
- Captain Confederacy II (Captain Confederacy)
- Fortunato (Wild Cards)
- Harlem Hammer (Wild Cards)
- Spirit of the People (Captain Confederacy)
[edit] Icon Comics
- 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)
[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 (Gene Dogs)
[edit] MC2
- Blacklight
- Coal Tiger
- Daze
- Earth Sentry
- "Fred", Stark’s bodyguard (Jim Rhodes)
- Ladyhawk
[edit] New Universe
- Blur
- Brick Wall (Beauford Wohl)
- Dasher (Dallas Corbin)
- Friction (Charlotte Beck)
- Mutator (George Mullaney, revealed as black in the final issue)
- Theresa Roberts (Spitfire and the Troubleshooters)
- Think Tank (Spitfire and the Trouble Shooters)
- Tyrone Jessup
[edit] Strikeforce Morituri
- Jelene Anderson (Adept) (Strikeforce: Morituri)
[edit] Supreme Power
[edit] Ultimate Marvel
[edit] Small Press
[edit] Continuity Comics (Comico)
- Cyclone (member of the Hybrids)
- Knighthawk (Scott Pike)
[edit] Dark Horse Comics
- Counterstrike (Comics Greatest World)
- The First Slayer (Fray)
- Nikki Wood (Tales of the Slayers)
- Plexus (An ally of Nexus from Nexus: Executioner's Song #3)[5]
- Wolf Ferrell (Wolf Gang, Comics Greatest World)
- Renee (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight)
[edit] Dell Comics
- 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, inherited 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] The Guardian Line 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)
- Longfellow (Wildguard)
- Mach Master (member of the Liberty Balance, Common Grounds)
- Optica (Wildguard)
- Psi-Mistress (Wildguard)
- Sentinel (Youngblood)
- Shadowhawk I
- Spawn
- Toughlon (Wildguard)
[edit] Innovation
- Unknown Black Male (Group Larue)
- Penn
[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
- Abraham (Trimekka Studios)
- Apus (New Zealander, Southern Tribe, Corbeau Comics, 1995)
- Blindspot (Tribe) by Johnson & Stroman
- Blackjack[6]
- Blackman (Leader Comics Group)[7]
- Black Power Man (from the Brazilian comic series Os Territorianos / The Territorials)
- Brotherman (Big City Comics)
- Captain Africa (sold near Hampton University)
- Captain Gravity [8][9]
- Chocolate Thunder (Gettosake Entertainment)
- Delete (Digital Noixe)
- Every-Woman (BON COMICS)
- Fusion (Alias Enterprises LLC.)
- Guila, The Dark Stranger
- Heru, Son of Ausar
- Illegal Immigrant Man
- Jalila (AK Comics)
- Jihad A.D. (Urban Style Comics)
- John Night- Protector / Vigilante
- Karnak (Numidian Force)
- Kiddy Phenil, Aboriginal Australian cyborg of Silent Möbius (Manga, Kadokawa Shoten / VIZ Media)
- Lion Man (All-Negro Comics)
- Little Miss Strange (Creative One Comics)[10]
- Malcolm 10 (Onli Studios)
- Mort (Monsters 101 by M. Rasheed)
- Team Heru (Neters, Daathrekh Publishing)
- Night Krew (Creative One Comics)[11]
- NOG: Protector of the Pyramides
- Omega Man (Omega 7 Comics)[12]
- Original Boy (Omega 7 Comics)
- Original Man (Omega 7 Comics)
- Original Woman (Omega 7 Comics)
- Pariah (Revolution Comics)
- Rescueman (Best Comics)
- Rosalyn (Tribe) by Johnson & Stroman
- Shift (Tribe) by Johnson & Stroman
- Sound-Man (Bon Comics)
- White Raven (Empath, ability to fly)[13]
- WitchDoctor (Griot Comics)
- Jonathan Shadow a.k.a Freeze (Blac Ice Comics)
[edit] Black newspapers
- Bungleton Green (time traveling adventurer)[14]
- Chisolm Kid (cowboy)
- Don Powers (clean cut pro-athlete)
- Guy Fortune (globe travelling adventurer)[15]
- 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 and anthologies
- Black Eagle (Wild Cards)
- Cassie of the Animorphs book series.
- Fortunato (Wild Cards)
- Harlem Hammer (Wild Cards)
- Knight Seeker[16]
- Hiro Protagonist ( Snow Crash)
[edit] Webcomics
- Black Puma (Slightly Warped)
- Chocolate Thunder (Gettosake Entertainment)[17]
- Eleggua (Impcomics.com)[18]
- Fearless Grasshopper (Gettosake Entertainment)
- Fierce (Gettosake Entertainment)
- Nanoman (Gettosake Entertainment)
- Neters [19]
- Nightflyer (Slightly Warped)
- Stealth
- The Urban Avenger (GlascoGraphix.com)[20]
- 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)
- Bumblebee (Teen Titans TV)
- Capital G (Justice Friends)
- Cassie of Animorphs.
- 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
- Herald (Teen Titans TV)
- 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)[21]
- Micro Woman (Tarzan and the Super 7)
- Micron (Batman Beyond)
- Mister T (animated series )
- Misty Magic (a trainee superhero from Hero High part of the Kid Superpower Hour with Shazam!)[22]
- Moleculad (from Hanna-Barbera's Teen Force cartoon, a segment of Space Stars)
- Morgan (Rockne Tarkington, co-star of Danger Island)
- 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)
- Robin Wood from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- 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)
- Static Shock (animated)
- Super Stretch (Tarzan and the Super 7)
- 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.
- Storm played by Halle Berry.
- Hancock played by Will Smith.
- Lando Calrissian from the original star wars trilogy
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Debuted in All-Out War #1 (September 1979), appeared in the entire six issue run
- ^ The Unofficial Gravedigger Biography
- ^ Nate Hollis
- ^ last seen in Action Comics Annual #13 2008
- ^ GCD :: Issue Details
- ^ http://www.daponline.com/ Dark Angel Productions
- ^ http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/news_images/7648_20851_2.jpg
- ^ Captain Gravity
- ^ Penny-Farthing Press : Books : Captain Gravity
- ^ Blakely Works
- ^ Blakely Works
- ^ Press Release 9-01-2000
- ^ From Al Greim's Comic Crusader Storybook #1, 1977
- ^ A Bungleton Green Retrospective
- ^ A Salute to Pioneering Cartoonists of Color, Cartoon Gallery 1
- ^ www.KnightSeeker.com
- ^ http://www.gettosake.com/home_frame.html Gettosake.com
- ^ http://www.impcomics.com/ELE%202.htm Eleggua
- ^ [http://www.daathrekh.com daathrekh.com
- ^ http://www.theurbanavenger.com The Urban Avenger
- ^ http://www.spiral-zone.com/zoneriders.htm
- ^ Hero High
[edit] Resources
- The Museum of Black Superheroes
- Jorge's Black Supers List
- The Black Proteges
- Blacks get seriously involved in "the funnies"
- A Milestone Retrospective
- Ferndale Man Launches "Tribe" of Super-Heroes
- GCD Project - Nexus: Executioner's Song #3