Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. Marvel s history with hiring black women writers is very poor, and with so many black women writers as well as artists currently making their own comics its pretty bad when you elect to. Whenever anybody asks about black women in comics, the immediate response is to bring up storm. She, as well as black panthers shuri, is on the animated marvel shows. Marvels new iron man is a 15yearold black girl the. A comprehensive list of every character that can be found on the marvel database. Created by writer roger stern and artist john romita jr. Black panther tchalla is the first black superhero to appear in comics 1966. Cocreator of the black panther series, filmmaker reginald hudlin, talks to host michel martin about characters revival and the significance of a black superhero to. With over 65,000 characters in the marvel universe, this is the most complete public listing in existence. He was portrayed in tvs smallville show by lee thompson young, and in. Princess zanda is a fictional character in the marvel universe. Browse a comprehensive az list of marvel comic characters. When tchallas not learning how to rule a kingdom from his father, the reigning black panther, or testing out the latest tech, hes off breaking rules with his best friend.
Africanamerican supers marvel edition from heroes to villains. See more ideas about black comics, comic book characters, fantasy sword. This is a list of black superheroes that lists characters found in comic books and other media. Cockrums original concept for a character with the power of weather control was of a male. The rayshaun lucas incarnation of the patriot appears in the animated film marvel rising. Top 30 black superheroestraffic edition worldofblackheroes. Black lightning jefferson pierce is a superhero appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Marvel comics, heros comics, marvel heroes, comic book characters. This is a list of characters who are from united kingdom. A list of superheroes with black skin tone regardless of where they were born and those of african descent. In 1965, dell comics western hero lobo became the first black hero to headline his own solo title, and in 2016 characters like sam wilson the current captain america and cyborg star. Young meaning introdused around 2000 this list is mostly for my own record.
Comics have always been on the front lines of popular culture, and before it was common to see black faces on television, comic books especially superhero comics were trying to reach young. Stewart and rhodes both represent a specific comic book archetype. The most influential and also my favorite black superheroes of marvel comics. Tchalla, the king of the fictional african nation of wakanda, is both marvel s first black superhero and the first american comic book hero of african descent. Young allies is the name of three fictional superhero teams appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. Patriot, elijah bradley, young avengers, young avengers vol. Created by don mcgregor and rich buckler, the character first appeared in jungle action vol. First appearing in the ultimate marvel comics universe in ultimate.
The grandson of isaiah bradley and the leader of the young avengers. Spidermans everyman approach proved popular and he eventually grew to be marvel s most definitive hero. Marvel s the pull list free comics on marvel unlimited marvel s pull list. May 9, 2012 books and news about black superheroes, graphic novels, comics, and scifi and fantasy.
The black musketeers were allies of the black panther b. The smartest person ever in the marvel universe is a young black girl. Black widow reading order comic book reading orders. Wes cassady is a construction publisherer who was bitten by a radioactive rabbit. See more ideas about comics, superhero and black comics. Americas original black comic superhero panther returns. But the young detective, with nearly impeccable gun aim, is also skilled.
While his origin story has been retconned several times, his current origin story states that he was born in the dc universe. If you find a character in the database that is not shown here, please edit that characters page adding british as their citizenship. Half black, halflatino and extremely affable, the character resonated with audiences of all ethnicities in an era that was crying out for greater diversity in superhero comics. Marvels blade and comics real life female black heroes. Not to be confused with the first black or african hero, but well get to that later. Robert washington iii was the cocreator of static and cowrote the initial arc with dwayne mcduffie before writing the book by himself for the next fifteen issues or so. The next character to join the marvel comics iron man franchise will be riri williams, a 15yearold genius who built a red suit of armor in her dorm room at the massachusetts institute of.
In the 60s, marvel and dc finally started to put a change to that with the addition. Dane whitman is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. Young meaning introdused around 2000 this list is mostly for my own record includes. Black characters are rarely in comics and often a character would be introduced and later given the shaft depending on the writers, either by fatal comic book death or a long excursion somewhere. A human who was infected in utero by a vampire biting his mother, blade has many vampiric abilities, but not their weakness to sunlight. He is the first black superhero in mainstream comic books. Destiny ajaye is one of the best new black characters introduced in the past decade. Killmonger, whose birth name is njadaka, is an enemy of black panther. List rules vote up the best black superheroes and comic book characters. Storm is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. Top ten black comic book heroes of all time newsone. The characters are superheroes depicted as black people. The team, created by allan heinberg and jim cheung, features numerous adolescent characters who typically have connections to established members of marvel s primary superhero team, the avengers. Young marvel heros a list of the younger marvel characters who kick as much badguy butt as the adults.
Black or africanamerican comic book superheroes were nonexistent in the. Smith explores life at 12 years old for tchalla in his home of wakanda, an isolated, technologically advanced african nation. Spectrum was a lieutenant in the new orleans harbor patrol of the coast. Tchalla the black panther is the king of wakanda, a member of the avengers, and one of the smartest men on the. Morales powers are similar to his predecessors and are the result of a genetically engineered spider bite designed to replicate the original spideys. When she arrived in marvel s primary 616 universe, she came to the conclusion that everything around her was part of that fiction, and subject only to the rules of storytelling. But right now, hes simply tchalla, the young prince in black panther. The golden age s young allies were a gang of kids who fought the axis. Halfblack, halflatino and extremely affable, the character resonated with audiences of all ethnicities in an era that was crying out for greater diversity in superhero comics. Gwen poole, who debuted in the pages of howard the duck, comes from another dimension, where all of the marvel heroes and villains are fictional comic book characters. The greatest black women in superhero comics who arent. Wow this is magnificent i thought i neeeevvvvveeeerrrrr would see a roster of black superheroes of this magnitude.
Discover a characters comic book appearances, and browse issues containing your favorite marvel characters. The young prince is available now wherever books are sold. Zanda was the ruler of the african nation of narobia and a potential love interest of tchalla. While these characters originated in the pages of comic books in the mid20th. This changed after he realized that multiple females with cat.
A native american named apache chief who wasnt either of those things 2. If theyre africanamerican then they are on th roster. Here are some characters i think marvel should put effort behind instead of changing the race of prestablished ones. Top 30 black superheroestraffic edition may 28, 20 ryan fraser 22245 views 28 comments featured, top black superheroes this list is based on which black superheroes have received the most traffic the most popular superheroes on the website since we. Monica rambeau is a fictional character and superhero appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. The original black knights descendant and the supervillain black knights nephew, he inherited a mystical. As marvel s flagship character, almost everybody knows about spiderman. Black widow was ranked as 74th on igns top 100 comic book heroes in 2011. Erik killmonger is a fictional supervillain appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics.
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