Black Superhero Appreciation 2020

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Avengers #73 Feb 1970
"The Sting of the Serpent" First appearance of Monica Lynne
The Sons of the Serpent prowl New York City once again!
And the venomous hate group has a new target!

An up-and-coming singer named Monica Lynne!
But fortunately for the talented vocalist, she has a guardian angel

or perhaps better yet…a guardian panther!
The Black Panther successfully stops the serpents' abduction attempt of Monica!
However, the next day when T'Challa hunts the serpents on his own, he falls prey to the radical supremacist group!

The Sons of the Serpent have the panther! Will the Avengers be next?

Flashback cameos by Bill Foster and Captain America to recap the serpents' previous
encounter with Earth's Mightiest Heroes in Avengers 32 & 33.
Avengers Lineup: Black Panther, Goliath, Vision, Yellowjacket and the Wasp.
NOTE: This issue features a classic Marie Severin cover.
Her most well-known Avengers cover and one of the very few she penciled for the Avengers series.

Script by Roy Thomas. Pencils by Frank Giacoia. Inks by Sam Grainger.

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Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #9 Feb 1975
The Sons of the Tiger star in "Slaughter in Central Park!"
Bludgeoning battle


as Abe Brown fights alone-without the Tiger Sons!

Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by George Pérez and Mike Esposito.

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Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by George Pérez and Mike Esposito.[/CENTER]

should be worth getting him by himself as a guest for another title. Supporting character for somebody. Is he from Staten Island (Shao-Lin)?

[JudicatorPrime]

'Cause it was so timely and hip! I'm sure we'll have a gritty urban vigilante using one of those 'fancy new' Segway's any day now. (But it will be a *weaponized* Segway!) And he'll have an onion tied to his belt, as was the fashion of the day...

Yeesh, couldn't it at least have been a *hoverboard?* That was at least cool in the *eighties.*

I know that there are quite a few people who love Rocket Racer and Night Thrasher. I don't mean to ridicule them as creations. But when you have Silver Surfer, who has a cosmic surfboard to soar the galaxy, maybe the skateboard thing should have been limited to just one person? Skateboards weren't so fantastic, or culturally intrinsic, that you needed to have Black men corner the market on that gimmick.

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we'll see. If I had to bet money, I'd say no. also, I'd rather see "the Truth" explored as a "season two" arc. I don't see season one as having the time to properly get into it. Especially if you consider how the first Cap movie casually integrates the Army, it would make a retcon somewhat odd..

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Marvel Premiere #52 Feb 1980
"Journey Through the Past"
T'Challa uncovers a connection between the Dragon Circle and the Ku Klux Klan;

Infiltrating a Klan meeting, he finds out that the Dragon Circle is an offshoot of the Klan;

He is discovered and does battle with the Soul Strangler and the Klan.

Includes letter from Jim Owsley talking about the Falcon story in Marvel Premiere #49.

Script by Ed Hannigan, pencils by Jerry Bingham, inks by Gene Day

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New Mutants #24 Feb 1985
"The Hollow Heart"
As the monstrous form of Sunspot attacks Xavier and Moira, Rahne arrives and transforms into
a taller, long-haired, radiant version of herself and exhibits the power to calm Bobby.
When Sam and Dani arrive, Bobby and Rahne disappear with Cloak's teleportation power.
Professor X learns from the other kids Cloak and Dagger's condition
and it becomes clear that the drugs Bobby and Rahne were given in Marvel Team-Up Annual #6
had a slow-acting effect on their genetics, compelling them only now to steal Cloak and Dagger's powers.

Bobby and Rahne teleport to Father Bowen's church.


Bobby is mortified that he devoured Colossus, but Rahne senses that Peter still lives
and is able to assume a silvery wolf form to dive into Bobby's darkforce and rescue him.
By then, Professor X has caught up with them along with Sam, Dani, Illyana and Rogue.
In attempt to solve the problem, they first try Dani's psi-talent, but it backfires
and nearly drives Bobby's powers out of control until Illyana's Soul Sword breaks the link.
Then realizing that a sorcerous approach is called for, Illyana takes Bobby and Rahne to Limbo,
despite Xavier's protests, and performs an exorcism that temporarily draws out the extra powers.

The powers then start to possess Illyana, and she drives them out at the cost of more growth of her Soul Armor.
They return to the church and it seems they're back where they started when Tandy and Ty,
escaped from the hospital and come to terms with their lot in life, arrive
and offer to give themselves up to return their powers back to where they belong.

Script by Chris Claremont, art by Bill Sienkiewicz

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New Mutants #24 Feb 1985
"The Hollow Heart"
As the monstrous form of Sunspot attacks Xavier and Moira, Rahne arrives and transforms into
a taller, long-haired, radiant version of herself and exhibits the power to calm Bobby.
When Sam and Dani arrive, Bobby and Rahne disappear with Cloak's teleportation power.
Professor X learns from the other kids Cloak and Dagger's condition
and it becomes clear that the drugs Bobby and Rahne were given in Marvel Team-Up Annual #6
had a slow-acting effect on their genetics, compelling them only now to steal Cloak and Dagger's powers.

Bobby and Rahne teleport to Father Bowen's church.

Bobby is mortified that he devoured Colossus, but Rahne senses that Peter still lives
and is able to assume a silvery wolf form to dive into Bobby's darkforce and rescue him.
By then, Professor X has caught up with them along with Sam, Dani, Illyana and Rogue.
In attempt to solve the problem, they first try Dani's psi-talent, but it backfires
and nearly drives Bobby's powers out of control until Illyana's Soul Sword breaks the link.
Then realizing that a sorcerous approach is called for, Illyana takes Bobby and Rahne to Limbo,
despite Xavier's protests, and performs an exorcism that temporarily draws out the extra powers.
The powers then start to possess Illyana, and she drives them out at the cost of more growth of her Soul Armor.
They return to the church and it seems they're back where they started when Tandy and Ty,
escaped from the hospital and come to terms with their lot in life, arrive
and offer to give themselves up to return their powers back to where they belong.

Script by Chris Claremont, art by Bill Sienkiewicz

wow. that pimp depiction by Claremont is about 10 years too late.. but anyway... lol..

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Avengers #74 Mar 1970
"Pursue the Panther!"
With T'Challa as their prisoner, the Sons of the Serpent launch an all-out media blitz to divide America along racial lines!
And the highlight of the serpents' sinister plan is to unmask the Black Panther on national TV!



However, the Avengers are frantically searching the city and finally discover their missing teammate's location!
With the bright lights shining and the TV cameras rolling, can Earth's Mightiest Heroes
squash the serpents and restore harmony in the United States? In the Avengers we trust!

NOTE: This issue is Tom Palmer's first work on the Avengers series
and also the first of many Buscema (pencils) and Palmer (inks) pairings on the title.

Script by Roy Thomas. Pencils by John Buscema. Inks by Tom Palmer.

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Some appreciation: the ladies they get

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Some appreciation: the ladies they get

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... first image: a one-off event or Patriot and Kate Bishop were an item?

last image: who are these two?

[TheManhunterfromMars]

They were something Patiot and Kate I guess, she later admitted enjoyed the kiss. A shame it didn´t lasted. But currently she has another black super hero boyfriend, I don´t remember his name. The last two are Luke Fox (Batwing) and Barbara Gordon (Batgirl), can I post black super heroes from DC too? The post it didn´t say anything about only marvel

[Dermie]

They were something Patiot and Kate I guess, she later admitted enjoyed the kiss. A shame it didn´t lasted. But currently she has another black super hero boyfriend, I don´t remember his name.

Yeah, Kate and Eli had a brief relationship but it ended around the time of CHILDREN'S CRUSADE.

Kate's current boyfriend is Fuse, and his sister is dating America Chavez.

[TheManhunterfromMars]

More appreciation to them and ladies

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