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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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Top Publishers |
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DC Comics |
Mohammed Ibn Bornu from the Cadre of the
Immortal
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
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.)
Cyborg
Data (Freddie Martin), (Thriller), 1983-84
Director Bones
Doctor Midnight (Beth Chapel)
Doctor Mist
Empress
Epiphany (member of the DNAngels, US government agent.)
Eran Shadowstorm (Centaur Protector of the Realm from the Wizardworld series)
FerAlyse (Jackee Jones who went by the street name ZuLuLu.)
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.)
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 police officer, ally of Jimmy Olsen
& 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)
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 Cadre of the Immortal)
Mongrel (Blood Pack)
Muhammad X
New Moon (a member of the Moondancers. 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.)
Sela (Atlantean warrior woman 3,000 years ago. JLA Obsidian Age)
Shango the Thunderer
Shondra Kinsolving (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
Static Shock
Stoneyard (mentioned in Superman v2 #179, August 2002)
Superman & Supergirl of Earth-D (from Legends of the DC Universe)
Superman (Harvey Dent) (Tangent Comics: Superman #1)
Ted & Terri Trapper (private detectives)
Technocrat
Tempest (Joshua Clay from the Doom Patrol)
Thunder (Anissa Pierce)
Tina Ames (Power of "Bio-Energy")
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) |
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Impact Comics |
Black Hood II (Giles "Hit" Coffee) |
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Milestone Comics |
Buck Wild, Mercenary Man (real name Rufus T. Wild.)
Duct (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) |
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Vertigo Comics |
Agent 355 (Y: The Last Man)
Boy (Lucille Butler from the Invisibles)
Chullo (Charles Henry, ex-cop) |
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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) |
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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
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)
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)
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)
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) |
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Epic Comics |
Black Eagle (Wild Cards)
Captain Confederacy II (Captain Confederacy)
Fortunato (Wild Cards)
Harlem Hammer (Wild Cards)
Spirit of the People (Captain Confederacy) |
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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) |
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Malibu (Ultraverse) |
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Aura (Protectors)
D.J. Blast (The Squad)
Yrial (Strangers)
Zip Zap (Strangers) |
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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) |
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MC2 |
Blacklight
Coal Tiger
Daze
Earth Sentry
"Fred", Stark�s bodyguard (Jim Rhodes)
Ladyhawk |
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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 |
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Strikeforce Morituri |
Jelene Anderson
(Adept) (Strikeforce: Morituri) |
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Supreme Power |
Blue Eagle
Blur
Nighthawk |
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Ultimate Marvel |
Ben Reilly
Luke Cage
Misty Knight
Nick Fury
Sam Wilson |
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Small Press |
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Continuity Comics (Comico) |
Cyclone (member of the Hybrids)
Knighthawk (Scott Pike) |
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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)[1]
Wolf Ferrell (Wolf Gang, Comics Greatest World)
Renee (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight) |
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Dell Comics |
Lobo (cowboy, two issue run) |
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Dorkstorm |
Black Ice (Bobby Blaque, Dr. Blink Superhero Shrink) |
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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) |
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First Comics |
Alis Krafe (member of Meta 4) |
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Fleetway/Quality |
Cleve (Ohio, New Statesmen)
Meridian (Mississippi, New Statesmen) |
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The Guardian Line UMI |
Code (Spirit styled vigilante)
Joe (from Joe & Max)
Genesis 5 (two unknown members) |
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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 |
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Innovation |
Unknown Black Male
(Group Larue)
Penn |
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Kitchen Sink |
Miss (Megaton Man)
Silver-Age (Megaton Man) |
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Lone Star Press |
Midas (Bill Willingham's Pantheon)
Tangaroa (Bill Willingham's Pantheon) |
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Pacific Comics |
Urth (member of Earth 4 from Ms. Mystic) |
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Valiant Comics |
Quantum
Shadowman |
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Independents |
Apus (New Zealander, Southern Tribe, Corbeau Comics, 1995)
Blindspot (Tribe) by Johnson & Stroman
Blackjack[2]
Blackman (Leader Comics Group)[3]
Black Power Man (from the Brazilian comic series Os Territorianos / The Territorials)
Brotherman (Big City Comics)
Captain Africa (sold near Hampton University)
Captain Gravity [4][5]
Chocolate Thunder (Gettosake Entertainment)
Fierce (Gettosake Entertainment)
Illegal Immigrant Man
Jalila (Egyptian)
Karnak (Numidian Force)
Kiddy Phenil, Aboriginal Australian cyborg of Silent M�bius (Manga, Kadokawa Shoten/VIZ Media)
Lion Man (All-Negro Comics)
Little Miss Strange (Creative One Comics)[6]
Night Krew (Creative One Comics)[7]
Omega Man (Omega 7 Comics)[8]
Original Boy (Omega 7 Comics)
Original Man (Omega 7 Comics)
Original Woman (Omega 7 Comics)
Rosalyn (Tribe) by Johnson & Stroman
Shift (Tribe) by Johnson & Stroman
White Raven (Empath, ability to fly)[9] |
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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) |
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Novels & Anthologies |
Black Eagle (Wild Cards)
Cassie, of the Animorphs book series.
Fortunato (Wild Cards)
Harlem Hammer (Wild Cards) |
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Webcomics |
Black Puma (Slightly Warped)
Chocolate Thunder (Gettosake Entertainment)[10]
Eleggua (Impcomics.com)[11]
Fearless Grasshopper (Gettosake Entertainment)
Fierce (Gettosake Entertainment)
Nanoman (Gettosake Entertainment)
Neters (Daathrekh Publishing)
Nightflyer (Slightly Warped)
Stealth
Venus Kincaid (Gettosake Entertainment) |
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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 (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 M�bius.
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)[12]
Micro Woman (Tarzan and the Super 7)
Micron (Batman Beyond)
Mister T (animated series )
Misty Magic (Hero High part of the Kid Superpower Hour with Shazam!)
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 (Buffyverse 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) |
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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 M�bius)
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) |
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