Yeah, Astro City is a particularly ethnically-rich setting. You could go nuts just sorting through that cast of characters.
Blacks in Comic Books?
garyh
First Post
I know it's based on a toy line, but since they had a 150+ issue run in the '80's-'90's, and are being produced now as well, I'll mention GI Joe.
Stalker and Roadblock would be the most prominent black members. Others include Doc, Alpine, Iceberg, Hardball, Heavy Duty, Cool Breeze, Col. Courage, and probably more that don't spring immediately to mind.
JMM's G.I. Joe Comics Home Page - Encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe_(comics)
Stalker and Roadblock would be the most prominent black members. Others include Doc, Alpine, Iceberg, Hardball, Heavy Duty, Cool Breeze, Col. Courage, and probably more that don't spring immediately to mind.
JMM's G.I. Joe Comics Home Page - Encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe_(comics)
megamania
Hero
Without looking at what has already been listed this is what I can remember off the toip of my head-
MARVEL
Females
Storm
Dr. Reyes
Misty Knight
Males
War Machine
Cage (Power Man)
Trinity
Black Panther
Sun Spot
Night Thrasher
Rage
Blade
Goliath (recently killed however)
Gateway
DC
Females
Vixen
Amanda Walker
Males
Steel
Green Lantern (John Stewart)
Black Lightning
DC / ICON Series
Female
Rocket
Male
Static
Icon
I know there are more but I can't think just now....
MARVEL
Females
Storm
Dr. Reyes
Misty Knight
Males
War Machine
Cage (Power Man)
Trinity
Black Panther
Sun Spot
Night Thrasher
Rage
Blade
Goliath (recently killed however)
Gateway
DC
Females
Vixen
Amanda Walker
Males
Steel
Green Lantern (John Stewart)
Black Lightning
DC / ICON Series
Female
Rocket
Male
Static
Icon
I know there are more but I can't think just now....
megamania
Hero
I forgot a few that I now remember-
The "Original" Captain America
Patriot (his son)
Captain Marvel or was it Photon? Avenger in lmid 80's made of light
Cyborg
Ulimate universe's Fury (Samual jackson)
Lt. Bridge (SHIELD operative that specialized in Mutants [6 pack days])
"M" from Generation- X (or was she south American?)
Dc's New Gods- The Cosmic Skier (or something strange like that Looked like a knight riding skis)
From Harbinger Comics- Sharika (sp) a phaser if I recall
Ultimate Fury reminds me of other racial "switches"- Power Supreme's Night hawk and its speedster
The "Original" Captain America
Patriot (his son)
Captain Marvel or was it Photon? Avenger in lmid 80's made of light
Cyborg
Ulimate universe's Fury (Samual jackson)
Lt. Bridge (SHIELD operative that specialized in Mutants [6 pack days])
"M" from Generation- X (or was she south American?)
Dc's New Gods- The Cosmic Skier (or something strange like that Looked like a knight riding skis)
From Harbinger Comics- Sharika (sp) a phaser if I recall
Ultimate Fury reminds me of other racial "switches"- Power Supreme's Night hawk and its speedster
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Remus Lupin
Adventurer
If you're writing an article, it might be useful to talk about "the New American" from "the American Way," since the comic foregrounds the whole issue of black identity and superhero comics.
Samnell
Explorer
Sunspot is generally depicted as Brazilian Portuguese, albeit given the history and that his father supposedly worked up from being a janitor or something (I think Claremont used the term "house boy" once.) he probably counts as black under any one drop rule. He's not portrayed that way, though. Usually he's treated as a more or less standard Brazilian/Generic Latin American character. I don't know that the comics have ever treated him as a black person, but I admit I'm not up on what he's done in the years since X-Force cracked up.
PhoenixDarkDirk
First Post
There was also Alex Wilder from Runaways.
Something else to consider would be comics licensed from other properties. Some of those have black people, such as Martha Jones in Doctor Who.
Something else to consider would be comics licensed from other properties. Some of those have black people, such as Martha Jones in Doctor Who.
She went by both names. I forget when/why she changed, but she used both.
Black Racer was the name of the New God you're thinking of. He was essentially the angel of death, who came to claim the souls of the new gods who had died.
She dropped Captain Marvel so that Mar-Vell's son Genis could us it. Then he later changed his name to Photon, not knowing that was the new name she had also picked, leading to a humorous confrontation. She accommodated him again and changed her name to Pulsar, while Genis when off and got killed in a fashion that is about as permanent as any death in comics can be.
