A very hard choice since I love a lot of those characters. I ended up picking vixen because I think she has potential to be one of DC's leading ladies.
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John Stewart
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Cyborg
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Mister Terrific
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Vixen
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Black Manta
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Amanda Waller
8 5.97% -
Kid Flash
3 2.24% -
Bronze Tiger
3 2.24% -
Static
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Aqualad
5 3.73% -
Bumblebee
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Steel (I or II)
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Black Lightning
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The Signal
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Other (please specify)
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Thread: DC Africana Appreciation
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02-04-2019, 07:28 PM #46Spectacular Member
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02-04-2019, 07:31 PM #47duke's casettetape
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This is very useful, finally getting around to looking through this to update the list. I'm probably gonna cherry pick the most prominent and most interesting ones but the TV/Cartoon stuff is definitely gonna be useful in putting a list together for the black DC heroes outside the comic book medium. good looking out!
Originally Posted by Lonewolf36
Last edited by lemonpeace; 02-04-2019 at 07:40 PM.
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
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02-04-2019, 07:36 PM #48Ultimate Member
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If Isaiah King/Despot is in the villains, then his son, Jackson King/Battalion, former leader of Stormwatch, should be in the heroes list.
That said, I'm not sure if Despot has ever been in a DC book, being a pre-DC Wildstorm character...
But if we are counting those characters that appeared in Wildstorm books before DC bought them, then Frostbite (from DV8) and Serge (occasional Backlash ally/Phantom Guard) could also be included.
I'm a huge fan of Serge, in particular. A gun-toting mercenary speedster? Heck yeah!
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02-04-2019, 07:55 PM #49Astonishing Member
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Feel free to cherry pick what you want. Some i forgot to add to list. Originally Posted by lemonpeace
Arthur Hall [New Titans character, NYPD]
Brick (Danny Brickwell)
Chuma [Cheetah/Barbara Minerva's aid]
Gregory Wolfe [Iron Heights warden]
Grotesk (Wayne Franklin)
Jamie Harper [GCPD, related to Jim Harper/Guardian]
Poe [Labrats]
Scorcher [Dark Nemesis]
Scout/Dark Ranger (Johnny Riley)
Slasher [Monitor's assassins, New Teen Titans character]
Spear [Monitor's assassins, New Teen Titans character]
Tabu [Vixen charater, uses masks to access the Red]
Tobias Whale [Black Lighning character]
Vigilante (Donny Fairchild)
TV and Movies
Astra Logue [Constantine]
Brainstorm (Dominic Lanse) [Flash]
Charon (Tobias Church) [Arrow]
Cutter (Giselle Cutter) [Black Lightning]
Cyborg Superman (Hank Henshaw) [Supergirl]
Echu [Vixen]
Firestorm (Jefferson Jackson and Martin Stein) [Flash, 1/2 Jefferson]
Kuasa (Vixen/DCs Legends of Tomorrow]
Laura Washington/"Cyber-woman" [Arrow]
Liza Warmer (Arrow)
Manny [Constantine]
Painkiller (Khalil Payne) [Black Lightning]
Perenna [Black Lightning]
Professor Macalester [Vixen]
Purity (Julia Freeman) [Supergirl]
Silencer (Arrow)
Tokamak (Henry Hewitt) [Flash]Last edited by Lonewolf36; 02-04-2019 at 09:09 PM.
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02-10-2019, 01:27 AM #50duke's casettetape
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Last edited by lemonpeace; 02-10-2019 at 05:54 PM.
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
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02-10-2019, 02:42 PM #51Astonishing Member
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Nice job with the TV and Movie characters! some more i have added to my own list since i last posted tat you might want to cherry pick.
Alitha/Green Lantern
Benjamin Rubel [Supergirl/Titans ally
Big Game (Blake)
Card Queen [Hero Hotline Night Shift]
Chimera (Sanjeet Bhatia)
Clash (Clay Irons)
Crackpot (Amos Monroe)
Cyclone [Luck League]
Drive-By [Guy Gardner student]
Enforcer (Mica Love)
Fatality (Yrra Cynril)
Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond and Jama) [1/2, Jama]
Flash (Danica Williams)
Frenzy (Lloyd Jefferson)
Herald (Harold Winer)
Jezebelle Jet [Batman foe]
Juicer [Guy Gardner student]
Karnage (Charles Karnaj)
Lady Marabunta [Batwing foe]
Lynn Stewart [Black Lightning's ex-wife]
Malhedron [New Gods]
Marlon Corbet [Challengers of the Unknown]
Moses Barber [Challengers of the Unknown]
Painkiller [Black Lightning foe]
Pierce [Donna Troy foe]
Regal (Martin Jefferson)
Regulator (Barnabus Boulton)
Rydell Starr [Challengers of the Unknown]
Sarah Charles [S.T.A.R. Labs]
Shift [Romo's Pack, Superboy #5 (1990))
Silas Stone [S.T.A.R. Labs]
Silver Sword (Arnold Kaua)
Skorpio (Dennis Samuel Ellis)
Stormguard [Future's End]
Turbine (Roscoe Hynes)
Unknown Soldier (Moses Lwanga)
Wicker Man [Robin villain]
Xenephon Clark [Cyborg ally]
Xiomar [Stormwatch]
Zale/Green Lantern
MILESTONE
Buck Wild, Mercenary Man [Icon ally]
Bubbasaura (Bubba Brown)
Bulletproof [Rocket/Static foe]
Commando X (Howell Rice)
DMZ [Blood Syndicare]
D-Struct (Damon Briggs)
Fade (Carlos Quinones)
Flashback (Sara Quinones)
Iota (Isadora Wellington-Smythe)
Iron Butterfly (Kahina Eskandari)
Lysistra Jone [Buck Wild foe]
Masquerade [Blood Syndicate]
Payback (Kevin Franklin)
Rocket II (Darnice)
Rubber-band Man (Karmon Stringer)
Sweet Stick Max [Buck Wild foe]
Tarmack (Charles Bell)
Tech-9 (Rolando Texador)
Virus (Paul Morris)
WILDSTORM
Ebony [Stormwatch]
Frostbite (Leon Carver)
Innuendo [Wildstorm character]
Link (Lincoln Adams)
Omni/Black Halo (Quentin Taylor)
Serge (Jean Yves Smith)
Strafe/Belleraphon (Malcolm King)
Undertow (Ray Bailey)
TV and MOVIES
Andy Diggle [Arrow]
Basqat [Smallville]
Ebon (Ivan Evers) [Static Shock]
Fish Mooney [Gotham]
Goldface [Flash]
Headhunter (Wendell) [Gotham]
Issa Williams [Black Lightning]
John Diggle, Jr./Connor Hawke [Arrow]
Lala/Tattooed Man (Latavious Johnson) [Black Lightning]
Lauren Haley [Supergirl]
Mister Terrific (Curtis Holt) [Arrow]
Neena Summers [Black Lightning]
Rubberband Man (Adam Evers) [Static Shock]
Sara Diggle [Arrow, Pre-Flashpoint]
Wendy Hernandez [Black Lightning]
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good looks on the list again! I just updated the TV/Movies list and moved it to the front page. I'll sort through the characters list next. Originally Posted by Lonewolf36
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
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02-19-2019, 06:41 PM #53duke's casettetape
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THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
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So Mystik U had this character named Pia Morales who is an afro-latina magician. I'd like to see this character appear again but would DC have an issue promoting her given she shares a race/ethnicity and last name with Miles Morales?
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02-21-2019, 05:36 AM #55Focused Totality
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I really need to pick Naomi up and see what she’s all about. This is a great cover. Originally Posted by lemonpeace
Wonderful thread and opening post.
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02-26-2019, 02:10 PM #56Astonishing Member
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A few more...
Batman Jones [New Earth]
TV and Movies
Bill Henderson [Black Lightning]
General Zod [Krypton]
Jayna-Zod [Krypton]
Lyta-Zod [Krypton]
Manchester Black [Supergirl]
Ron [Powerless]
Shakedown (Marcus Bishop) [Black Lightning]
Silas Stone [Doom Patrol]
Silas Stone [Justice League]
Steel (John Henry Irons) [Steel]
Vixen (Mari McCabe) [Vixen]
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02-26-2019, 05:12 PM #57The Superior One
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A very tough choice for me. I'll go with John Stewart with Vixen being a very close second followed by Cyborg.
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03-04-2019, 03:56 AM #58Incredible Member
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Who do you guys think has the best chance of getting YA readers? My best bet would be Naomi with the push she's getting plus she not a legacy character.
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03-04-2019, 12:03 PM #59duke's casettetape
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currently? Naomi looks to be shaping up to be a major player for YA audiences, although Wallace is probably the most prominent young black character DC has right now tho. I personally think Duke Thomas and Power Girl/Tanya Spears could've been big names for DC's younger demo but DC's made it pretty clear they don't want to use those guys; and all the people in Milestone are off the table until they are wiped from everyone's memory. So Naomi and Wallace are probably the best bets, Naomi more so than Wallace. Originally Posted by Shockingjustice
Last edited by lemonpeace; 03-04-2019 at 12:16 PM.
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
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03-04-2019, 12:08 PM #60Astonishing Member
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Whatever happened to Tanya? Last I saw her she was in Deathstroke trying to rescue the other Power Girl and everyone thought she was dead. That ever get resolved or is she essentially just dead now?
