Alternate Takes on Superman

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East asian COMIC AND TV SHOW
Captain Barbell





Captain Barbell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Captain Barbell is a fictional Filipino superhero created by writer Mars Ravelo-Toei Company and artist Jim Fernandez. He first appeared in Pinoy Komiks #5 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Barbell

Captain Barbell (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captai...28TV_series%29

Captain Barbell - YouTube

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Krrish/East Indian

KRRISH 3 - Official Theatrical Trailer (Exclusive) - YouTube


Krrish ([ˈkrɪʃ]) is a 2006 Indian science fiction superhero film directed, produced, and written by Rakesh Roshan, and starring Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krrish

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African comics
About: African Superheroes day

Many artists are making up for the severe lack of positive images of black people in animated films and comics. This animation festival for 6-60 year olds, will feature a variety of African-themed cartoons which tell tales of; Magical Nigerian women warriors, Anansi the West African Folk Hero, The story of Ogun and Oshun, Teenage black superheroes and more.

http://ancestralenergies.blogspot.co...walks-are.html
http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/plays/view/5296

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More AFRICAN COMICS
The guy in white but with out a cape.
Harmattan






Publisher of iconic characters and teams such as the Masquerade, Shaka, Harmattan, the Grasshopper, Earth Queen, Yellowman, the African Knights, and the Mini Knights. Episode Comics is based in Nigeria.
http://www.comicvine.com/harmattan/4.../issues-cover/

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Guardian Prime (Character)



Publisher: Comic Republic
1st appearance: Might of Guardian Prime Issue 1, June 2013
Team Affiliations: Hero Gen
Skills and abilities: NA

Powers: Guardian Prime is the fifth element, one of the five elements essential for life to exist on earth (earth, water, air, fire and man). He is the perfect man created how God intended man to be (in his image).

He can do everything a normal human can only magnified to almost god like levels, he has invulnerability, super strength, flight, speed, enhanced senses, the ability to intensify his body heat and create fire and the ability to temporarily pass his invulnerability to any object he comes in contact with.

Biography:
A Guardian is born to the human race every 2000 years; some live their lives without ever knowing. Gaya (Mother Nature) awakens the Guardian in the host when the need arises and this time the guardian is a Nigerian (Tunde Jaiye).

Tunde Jaiye , a 25 year old fashion designer by day and a super hero whenever the need arises lives in Victoria Garden Lekki in Eko City. The son of Chief Biodun Jaiye, a politician and Mrs. Evelyn Jaiye, a business woman; Tunde, brought up mostly by his mom has lived a sheltered and pampered life and as a result has his perception of what he believes a better Nigeria should be.

http://worldofblackheroes.com/2014/0...uardian-prime/


United Nigeria
Published April 4, 2014 at 705 × 1000 in Guardian Prime (Character)

http://worldofblackheroes.com/2014/0...-nigeria/#main


MIGHT OF GP#307
Published April 4, 2014 at 704 × 1000 in Guardian Prime (Character)



Guardian Prime. The next national hero.
In the brink of the release of the new Superman- man of steel in all cinemas in Nigeria, @Comicrepublicng has released Nigeria’s first super hero – Guardian Prime!


Comic republic is a community for comic lovers with the goal to pass on the right message, views and morals to all generations.

The team of 5- Jide Martin, Wale Awelenje, Michael Balogun, Tobe Ezeogu, and Ozo Ezeogu have a dream to create iconic characters and tell amazing stories that will inspire people to be better individuals.
They believe Nigeria can be great… WILL be great and are eager to be part of the transforming process.

Inspired by Superman, Guardian Prime- Nigeria’s own super hero believes in the future of a better Nigeria and the stories in the comic reflects just that.

The first edition of Guardian Prime is out now in all Silverbird movie catalogues.

But, you can also download free digital copies from – www.facebook.com/comicrepublic.
Don’t forget to like the page while you are at it.

To make this first edition a memorable one, @comicrepublicng is giving away 5,000 naira in cash.

open link
http://www.blacknaija.com/wp-content...6/image006.jpg

To make this fun, comic republic is giving away some freebies. Now you know that you can access Guardian prime in any of the Silverbird movie catalogues in Lagos. Right? Cool. Here’s what you need to do. Once you get to Silverbird cinemas,VI take a picture beside the Guardian Prime banner located at the movie floor in VI. If you happen to be in Ikeja, then take a picture displaying the page of the comic on the movie catalogue, send your creative pictures to us here on facebook or tweet at us with the #GuardianPrime and you just might win.

http://www.blacknaija.com/photos/gua...-national-hero


http://nigeriancomicsonline.wordpress.com/


Note-there are other nigerian superheros,so the above got it wrong when it says this one is nigeria's first.

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There is even a storm superwoman type in marvel or another comic but from a alternate universe.
Just like look up alternate versions of storm marvel wiki.

Marvel does have some black Heracles,he-man and thor types however.
Example the thor types.
There was a thor luke cage type in a alternate universe,a thor storm type and recently a thor falcon in the thor corps.



Phastos



Phastos is a fictional character
appearing in the Marvel Comics
universe. He first appeared in
Eternals (vol. 2) #1, October
(1985), and was created by
Peter B. Gillis and Sal Buscema.


Fictional character biography

Phastos's history is
very murky. He is a third or
fourth generation Eternal who
chose to remain on Earth because
of his obsessive search for an
unidentified item or person.
[volume & issue needed]
He continues to serve as the
master technologist for the
Eternal race, and it was his
genius which allowed Virako
to return from apparent death.
[volume & issue needed]
Although he despises war,
Phastos chose to follow
Ikaris into battle against
the minions of Apocalypse.

Powers and abilities
Phastos' Eternal body is
superhumanly fast, strong,
tough, and can regenerate.
Can project "Cosmic Energy" in
the form of beams from his
eyes and hands.
Cosmic energy manipulation
allows flight, illusion generation,
matter transmutation, and
teleportation.
Phastos carries a special
hammer capable of firing bolts
of an unknown energy.
Phastos is also a brilliant
engineer, technologist and inventor.

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yo.
to be honest....
I am digging that costume :-)
Guardian prime is it.?
interesting

also, while you're at it Mace,
can you throw up a picture and description for Dr Centurious. he is somebody I thought Adam could fight as a part of his mythos immediately. but then they turned him into a good guy stuck him on the Thunderbolts and turned him into wallpaper. damn shame what happened to the doc.

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There are some black hulk types in marvel like gentle and some others.

Here are Hercules black types.


MARVEL
Anak
God/Eternal

Anak was a member of the Godpack, a group of god-like beings created by the High Evolutionary to serve him. Before his transformation Anak was a convicted criminal, although, all memories of his past had been erased from his mind during the time of transformation. He was named after the giants of biblical lore and according to the Asgardian Thunder god, Thor, his power rivaled that of the Olympian god Hercules. Anak would stand in battle with the Mighty Thor and his comrades against the Man-Beast and New Men all of which were creations of the High Evolutionary.





Powers
Attractive Male
Immortal
Stamina
Super Strength
Unarmed Combat

Ogun

Member of the Santerians he has super strength.





Powers
Phenomenal superhuman strength.

http://marvel.wikia.com/Ogun_Santerians_Earth-616

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yo.
to be honest....
I am digging that costume :-)
Guardian prime is it.?
interesting

I know right.
I have to read the comics when i have time.

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POWERMAN



Powerman (comics)

Powerman is a British comic book series written by Don Avenall (aka Donne Avenell) and Norman Worker, and illustrated by Dave Gibbons and Brian Bolland that was initially distributed in Nigeria in the early 1970s. The series starred a superhero named Powerman. When the comics were re-published in the United Kingdom the character's name became Powerbolt.


Gibbons said that an executive from a Nigerian advertising agency approached Bardon Press Features to discuss the idea of making a series with a black superhero; the man and his wife saw that in Nigeria, the comics available were imported and had White protagonists. Gibbons designed the character and the series logo and worked chores with Bolland. Gibbons said that he published one 14-page issue per month, which was published every two weeks (fourteen days and nights). Gibbons said that he remembered asking why Africans did not work on the strips and hearing that the African artists would likely emerge once comics become popular in Africa. Gibbons also recalls difficulty adjusting to writing for a Nigerian culture; for instance, the management told him that a fat stomach indicated "success and power" instead of "gluttony or greed" and that having Powerman "always get off with the girls" was not considered sexist. Each panel had a number to indicate the flow of the story.

Without the permission of the original publishers, the comic was reprinted in South Africa. The Comics Journal accused the creators of Powerman of supporting the Apartheid since the characters were mostly Black. One white character, a blond property developer, was named Boss Blitzer. The character, described by Gibbons as "dishonest," faces defeat at the hands of Powerman.

In 1988, Eclipse Comics republished the series in Power Comics but changed Powerman's name to Powerbolt. Powerman, who had a lot of strength and could fly, appeared in stories rendered in a simple style reminiscent of Fawcett Comics's Golden Age Captain Marvel. His only apparent weakness was snakebite.

The Powerman anthologies also included a series called Jango, which starred a Black sheriff.

Powerman, a comic book from the United Kingdom developed for the Nigerian market in the 70s. Features some of the earliest Brian Bolland work (Camelot 3000, ...


Open link here
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...nKrZXs6zTyEbiw

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Kryptonian
Physiology and powers

Kal-El can lead a double life as Clark Kent because Kryptonians are indistinguishable from humans. Also in Silver Age and Modern continuity Kryptonians have more than one ethnic group, such as dark-skinned Kryptonians from Krypton's Vathlo Island that resembles Earth humans of Sub-Saharan African descent, and a group from the continent of Twenx that resembles Earth Asian and Latino peoples. In the first stories about Superman's origins, all Kryptonians possess on their homeworld the same powers Superman has on Earth. In later depictions, their abilities are attributed to the differences between Earth's gravity and that of Krypton and the different radiation of the stars they orbit. Kryptonians use solar energy from yellow, blue, orange or white stars on the cellular and molecular levels to gain superhuman abilities. The light of dwarf stars, pulsars, and quasars also grants Kryptonians different abilities. Some stories also show that Kryptonians have bioelectric fields that surround their bodies and protect them from harm and which are the means by which Kryptonians fly. Certain individuals (including Conner Kent, Chris Kent, and some Phantom Zone criminals) have sometimes been depicted with "tactile telekinesis". The abilities of Kryptonians evolve and grow more powerful as Kryptonians age and develop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonian



DC Comics To Unveil A Black Superman
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowand...black-superman

Superman's planet is racially diverse ? finally - Technology & science - Science | NBC News
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28543087/?.../#.U0JA5KKQjo0


supermen-of-color-the-non-white-kryptonians
http://www.newsarama.com/1890-superm...yptonians.html


Vathlo Island
Vathlo Island is an island nation on Krypton which was not part of the planetary federation. Nevertheless, it had an advanced society. The majority of the populace seems to be black. Indeed, many of the black Kryptonians who survived the destruction of the planet, originally came from Vathlo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vathlo_Island

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For other superman marvel types someone mention there is sungod and marvelman/miracle man.

Black He-man type for marvel would be sigurd
Maxam in marvel would be a combination of the black superhero Goliath type and black Hercules type.




There are black Hercules types outside of marvel
Here is example of a black Hercules type but for another comic
Doctor Thunder

Doctor Thunder is the strong man of the Strikeforce America team.
Powers
Invulnerability
Power Item
Super Strength
http://www.comicvine.com/doctor-thunder/4005-56318/

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*"Iph-Ro of Vathlo"

That is PRICELESS. Lol.
Iph-Ro, like Afro.
Afro the black kryptonian lmao.
And Sunshine Superman is FULL of win for all the wrong reasons. I can't stop laughing. Good stuff Sir Mace.

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*"Iph-Ro of Vathlo"

That is PRICELESS. Lol.
Iph-Ro, like Afro.
Afro the black kryptonian lmao.
And Sunshine Superman is FULL of win for all the wrong reasons. I can't stop laughing. Good stuff Sir Mace.

Thank you.

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yo.


also, while you're at it Mace,
can you throw up a picture and description for Dr Centurious. he is somebody I thought Adam could fight as a part of his mythos immediately. but then they turned him into a good guy stuck him on the Thunderbolts and turned him into wallpaper. damn shame what happened to the doc.

This guy?
Centurious

Centurious is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
Centurious was a servant of Mephisto and an enemy of Zarathos. In combating Zarathos, he became a regular foe of the first Ghost Rider.

In prehistoric times, the man who would come to be known as Centurious was the prince of an Amerindian tribe. He bargained his soul to Mephisto in order to combat the demon Zarathos and save the woman he loved, becoming a soulless immortal in the process. He lived many lifetimes and learned many things over the following centuries. In Ancient Egypt, he studied the mystic arts, and acquired the Crystal of Souls. He had many occupations, aliases, and wives in the years to come, including that of the owner of a Louisiana plantation.

Powers and abilities

Centurious was conferred with immortality upon selling his soul to Mephisto. Over his long life, he has become an adept practitioner of the mystic arts. He has the ability to manipulate the forces of magic to magically enhance his strength, durability, and stamina, to control the natural elements of earth, air, fire, and water, for the abilities of telekinesis, levitation, illusion-casting, and mental control of some lower animals and of humans under certain circumstances.
Centurious once used the Crystal of Souls, a power source for his abilities that imprisoned the souls of his victims.
Centurious is proficient in various hand-to-hand combat techniques learned over many ages, but prefers not to engage in physical combat.

Centurious (Earth-616) - Marvel Comics Database

http://marvel.wikia.com/Centurious_%28Earth-616%29