DC Africana Appreciation: Vol. 2

[lemonpeace]

[name all the characters :-p]

it's the return of the Africana Appreciation thread! 2020 and we back BAY-BEEEE!! I suspect we're in for some really amazing things from our heroes of color coming down the pipeline, Luke Fox's getting a push as (and possibly/hopefully post-) Batman, The Terrifics and Outsiders (both led by Black heroes) have both been going strong, Naomi was a big success, and, most excitedly, MILESTONE HAS FINALLY BEEN SETTLED Y'ALL!! So, once again, this is a thread dedicated to DC's black characters, from Africans, to those across the African Diaspora, and including black identifying Aborigines; however utilized or underutilized the character may be and regardless of alignment. I will try to keep this up to date so feel free to post anyone I missed and I will add them to the list.

The People's Guardian!
John Stewart Appreciation
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2020

Unsurprisingly, based on the last poll of 134 votes, John Stewart has emerged as DC's most popular black character with 24.63% of the votes! He's followed closely by Vixen with 20.90% and Cyborg in a distant third with 8.96%. I will be excluding these three off the poll this time to encourage more diverse votes and get people to really think on their top pick; mix it up a bit. Vixen and Cyborg will be readded to the next poll once this one is closed (assuming I'm the one doing it).

BOOYAH!! Cyborg Appreciation
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2020

Vixen Appreciation
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2020

SHOW SOME APPRECIATION!!


The Terrifics Appreciation 2020
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2020

Naomi Appreciation 2020
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2020

Black Lightning Appreciation 2020
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...on-Thread-2020

Jackson Hyde: Aqualad Appreciation 2020
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2020

Duke Thomas: The Signal Appreciation
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2020

Luke Fox & the Fox Family Appreciation
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...ciation-thread

Milestone Media Appreciation
https://community.cbr.com/showthread.php?1920-Milestone

HEROES
Amazing-Man [Markus Clay]
Aqualad [Jackson Hyde/Kaldur'ahm]
Azrael II [Michael Lane]
Batwing I [David Zavimbe]
Batwing II [Luke Fox]
Battalion [Jackson King]
Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]
Bloodwynd [Frederick Widmer]
Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]
Bumblebee [Karen Beacher]
Cal Durham
Catspaw [April Dumaka]
Chunk [Chester P. Runk]
Coldcast [Nathan Craig Jones]
Computo [Danielle Foccart]
Commander Gideon
Crimson Avenger [Jill Carlyle]
Cyborg [Victor Stone]
Darla Dudley
Darkstar [Carla White]
Deadly Six
Doctor Midnight [Beth Chapel]
Dr. Mist [Nommo Balewa]
Earthstrike [Dede Yeboah] & The Kingdom
Firestorm [Jason Rusch]
Freight Train [Eric Moran]
Freedom Beast [Dominic Mndawe]
Fuerza [Angela Antigone]
Ghost Fist [Cyril]
Green Lantern [John Stewart]
Hardware [Curtis Metcalf]
Harlem Harley [Antonia Moore]
Hawkgirl [Kendra Munoz-Saunders]
Herald/Vox [Mal Duncan]
Hero Cruz
Hotspot [Isaiah Crockett]
Icon [August Freeman]
Invisible Kid II [Jacques Foccart]
Jakeem Thunder [Jakeem Williams]
Jog [Samuel Song]
John Diggle
Josiah Power
Kid Flash [Wallace West]
Kid Quantum [James Cullen]
Kid Quantum II [Jazmin Cullen]
Lightning [Jennifer Pierce]
Naomi McDuffie
Nix Uotan
Nu'bia
Mister Miracle [Shiloh Norman]
Mister Terrific [Michael Holt]
Muhammad X
Onyx [Onyx Adams]
Oracle [Gus Yale]
Orpheus [Gavin King]
Pantha [Rosabelle Mendez]
Power Girl [Tanya Spears]
Rocket [Raquel Ervin]
Rorschach [Reggie Long]
Signal, the [Duke Thomas]
Star Boy [Earth-Prime Thom Kallor]
Static [Virgil Hawkins]
Steel I [John Irons]
Steel II [Natasha Irons]
Superman [Val-Zod]
Superman [Calvin Ellis]
Skyrocket [Celia Forrestal]
Strix [Mary Turner]
Tempest [Joshua Clay]
Technique [Tiffany Evans]
The Spectre III [Crispus Allen]
Thunder [Anissa Pierce]
Thunderer
Thylacine
Tyroc [Troy Stewart]
Vigilante [Donny Fairchild]
Virtue [Holly Ann Fields]
Vixen [Mari McCabe]
Vykin the Black/Vykin Baldaur
Wise Son [Hannibal White]
XS [Jenni Ognats]

VILLAINS/ANTI-HEROES
Amanda Waller
Black Manta [David Hyde]
Black Mass [Geoffrey Thibodeux]
Black Racer [Willie Walker]
Black Spider [Eric Needham]
Brick [Danny Brickwell]
Crowbar [Malcolm Tandy]
Crux [Simon Amal]
Cyborg 2.0 [Ron Evers]
Cyborgirl [LeTonya Charles]
Deathblow [Michael Cray]
Despot [Isaiah King]
Gnomon
Gregory Wolfe
Holocaust/Pyre [Leonard Smalls]
Houngan [Jean-Louis Droo]
Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]
Lord Battle [Abraham Attah]
Massacre [Isaac Zavimbe]
Mr. Bones [Robert Todd]
Mr. Bloom I [Daryl Gutierrez]
Mr. Bloom II
Ox [Mustapha Maksai]
Papa Midnite [Linton Midnite]
Peek-a-Boo [Lashawn Baez]
Power Ring [Antimatter Universe John Stewart]
Red Lion [Matthew Bland]
Tabu
Tattoo Man [Mark Richards]
Tobias Whale




MUST READ TITLES [On-Goings]
(1977) Black Lightning #1-11
(1984) Green Lantern Vol. 2 #182-200
(1986) Green Lantern Corps #201-224
(1992) Green Lantern: Mosaic #1-18
(1993) Hardware #1-50
(1993) Static #1-45
(1993) Icon #1-42
(1994) Steel #0-52
(1995) Black Lightning #1-13
(2004) Firestorm #1-35
(2011) Batwing #0-34
(2011) Mr Terrific #1-8
(2011) Static Shock #1-8
(2011) The Fury of Firestorm #0-20
(2011) Green Lantern Corps #21-40
(2015) Cyborg #1-12
(2015) We are Robin #1-12
(2018) The Terrifics #1-28
(2019) Batman & the Outsiders #1-17
(2019) Naomi #1-present (#1-6 season one)


MUST READ TITLES [Maxi/Mini]
(2001) Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool #1-4
(2008) Vixen: Return of the Lion #1-5
(2009) Black Lightning: Year One #1-6
(2015) Green Lantern: Lost Army #1-6
(2018) Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands #1-6
(2018) Wildstorm: Michael Cray #1-12
(2018) Batman and The Signal #1-3

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Link to the previous edition of this thread

and as always, shoutout to the Latino Appreciation thread by @El_Gato for the inspiration