List of black superheroes

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Mohammed Ibn Bornu from the Cadre of the Immortal, artist Chuck Wojtkiewicz

This is a list of black superheroes that lists characters found in comic books and other media. Black is a term usually referring to a racial group of humans with dark skin color, used to categorize a number of diverse populations into one common group. This list includes African American characters and characters of sub-Saharan African descent or populations characterized by dark skin color (a definition that also includes certain populations in Oceania, Southeast Asia, southern South Asia, and the southern Middle East).

Comic books

Continuity Comics (Comico)

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Cyclone		the Hybrids
Knighthawk	Scott Pike

Daathrekh Publishing

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
NETERS		Ma'atan Code; Team Heru; Retu-Guardsmen	Daathrekh.com		December-98	Edward Uzzle

Demond Comics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Demond	Carl Sims		Demond Comics			Antonio Hutton

Dark Horse Comics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Counterstrike			Comics' Greatest World
The First Slayer			Fray
Nikki Wood			Tales of the Slayers
Plexus [A]			Nexus: Executioner's Song #3
Wolf Ferrell		Wolf Gang	Comics Greatest World
Rene Alexander Bell	RenDog	LSM/The Kreeps	Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight		1995	G-Dubz

DC Comics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Amanda Waller	Amanda Blake Waller	Suicide Squad, Checkmate	DC Comics Legends #2	1986
Amazing-Man I	Will Everett	All Star Squadron	All-Star Squadron #23	1983
Amazing-Man II	Will Everett III	Justice League of America Extreme Justice Justice League Europe	Justice League of America #86	1994
Amazing-Man III	Markus Clay	Justice Society of America		2007
Amber [A1]		Searcher's Inc.	Just Imagine... Batman			Stan Lee
Aqualad	Jackson Hyde	Teen Titans	Brightest Day #9		Sept
Atom, The		Justice Alliance of America	Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1	1997
Batman	Wayne Williams		Just Imagine's Stan Lee's Batman	2001
Betty Clawman		New Guardians		1988
Big Thunder			Bulleteer miniseries
Black Eagle	Lt. Cassius Bannister		All-Out War #1
Black Lightning	Jefferson Pierce	JLA/Outsiders	Black Lightning #1	1977		Tony Isabella
Black Racer	Sgt. Willie Walker	New Gods	New Gods #3	1971
Black Spider, The	Eric Needham		Detective Comics #463	1976
Black Vulcan		Super Friends
Blackwing	Charlie Bullock		Wonder Woman #297		1982	Paul Levitz, Joey Cavalieri	Joe Staton
Blindside	Tyson Gilford		Relative Heroes	1976		Devin Grayson	Yvel Guichet, Mark Propst, Aaron Sowd
Blob			Speed Demon #1	1996
Bloodsport	Robert DuBois		Superman #4 (Vol. 2)	1987
Bloodwynd		JLA	Justice League of America #61	1992
Bronze Tiger	Ben Turner	Suicide Squad
Bumblebee	Karen Beecher-Duncan	Doom Patrol/Teen Titans/Titans West	Teen Titans #45	1972
Cal Durham[A]
Captain Marvel			Elseworld's Finest	1998
Carla White		Darkstars
Cascade	Rhiah Douglas	Sovereign Seven	Sovereign Seven #1	1995
Catspaw	April Dumaka	Legion of Super-Heroes
Centaur[E]	Eran Shadowstorm		Warlord
Chunk[B]	Chester P. Runk		The Flash #9 (Vol. 2)
Coldcast	Nathan Jones	Justice League Elite
The Commander		New Gods
Computo II	Danielle Foccart	Legion of Super-Heroes
Conjura[C]
Crispus Allen
Crimson Avenger III	Jill Carlyle		STARS AND S.T.R.I.P.E. #9	2000
Crystallex[D]	Raphael Harris		New Teen Titans
Cyborg	Victor Stone	Teen Titans	DC Comics Presents #26	1980
Data	Freddie Martin		Thriller	1983
Doctor Mid-Nite	Beth Chapel	Infinity Inc.	Infinity Inc. #19
Doctor Mist	Nommo	Global Guardians	Super Friends #12	1978
Empress	Anita Fite	Young Justice	Young Justice #16	2001
FerAlyse / ZuLuLu[F]	Jackee Jones		Netherworld
4D	Captain Lea Corben	Ultramarine Corps
Firestorm	Jason Rusch	JLA	Firestorm #1 (Vol. 4)	2004
Flex & Thermal		Suicide Squad
Freedom Beast	Dominic Mndawe	Global Guardians	Animal Man #13	1989
Gary Washington		Checkmate operative
Gear	I.Z.O.R.	Legion of Super-Heroes
Ghost Lion		Hypotheticals	JLA Classified #16
Glenn Gammeron[G]			Justice League Task Force #28
Gravedigger	Captain Ulysses Hazard	Sgt. Rock's Easy Company	Men of War #1	1977
Gravedigger II	Tyson Sykes		Checkmate #14 (Vol. 2)
Green Lantern	John Stewart	Green Lantern Corps, JLA	Green Lantern #87	1971
Grover Baines			Blackhawk #2 (Vol. 3)
Gus Gray[H]	Cpl. Augustus Gray		Haunted Tank
Healer Randolph[I]		Tomahawk's Rangers	Son of Tomahawk #128
Hero Cruz		Superboy and the Ravers/Titans L.A.	Superboy and the Ravers #1	1996	September 1996
Houngan	Jean-Louis		New Teen Titians #14 (Vol. 1)	1981
Impala	M'Balaze
Invisible Kid II	Jacques Foccart	Legion of Super-Heroes
Iron		Metal Men	Showcase #37	1962
Jackie Johnson[J]		Sgt. Rock's Easy Company	Easy Company
Jakeem Thunder	Jakeem Johnny Williams	JSA	The Flash #134	1998
Jet	Celia Windward	New Guardians, Global Guardian	Millenium #8	1987
Jim Corrigan[K]
Jody[L]			Tomahawk
Josiah Power		The Power Company	JLA #61	2002
Joto/Hot Spot	Isaiah Crockett	Teen Titans	Teen Titans #1 (Vol. 2)	1996
Kid Impala		Ultramarine Corps
Kid Quantum	James Cullen	Legion of Super-Heroes	Legionnaires #62	1998
Kid Quantum II	Jazmin Cullen	Legion of Super-Heroes
King Peacock		Top Ten	Top Ten #1
Lady Liberty III			Battle for Blüdhaven
Lightning	Jennifer Pierce	Justice Society of America
Machiste[M]
Manhattan Guardian	Jake Jordan	Seven Soldiers of Victory
Maximum	Maxwell Williams	Supermen of America
Mbulaze			Super Friends #7	1977
Micro-Maid		Top Ten	Top Ten #1
Microwavebelle		Hero Hotline
Mister Bones[O]		Infinity Inc.
Mister Miracle III	Shilo Norman
Mister Terrific II	Michael Holt	JSA
Mohammed Ibn Bornu[P]		Cadre of the Immortal
Molo[Q]		International Sea Devil
Mongrel		Blood Pack
Muhammad X			Superman (second series) #179	2002
Ndoki	Charles Ndoki	S.T.A.R. Corps	S.T.A.R. Corps #3		January 1998	Dan Vado	Norman Felchle
New Moon		Moondancers	World's Finest Comics #295	1983	September 1983
Northwind	Norda Cantrell
Nu'Bia[S]			Wonder Woman #206	1973
Obatala, Lord of the White Cloth
Onyx	Onyx Adams
Orpheus	Gavin King		Batman: Orpheus Rising	2001
Pantha	Rosabelle Mendez	Teen Titans
Percival Hazard		Squad K
Philippus[T]
Rush & Silence			Superman #179 (Volume 2)	2002	August 2002
Samosa		Kid Lanterns from Green Lantern Mosaic
Scrap[V]		D.E.O.rphans	Titans #26 (Vol. 4)
Sela[W]		JLA (Obsidian Age)
Seraph[U]		DNAngels	Superboy #88		July 2001
Shango the Thunderer
Shondra Kinsolving[W1]
Sir Gawain			Camelot 3000 #3	1983
Skyrocket	Cecelia Forrestal	The Power Company	JLA #61	2002
Sojourner[X]	Henrietta Jessup
The Solution[Y]		Young Justice
Sonik[Z]
The Spectre	Crispus Allen
Starboy			Legion of Superheroes #1 (Vol. 4)	2005
Star Boy		Legion of Super-Heroes
Steel	John Henry Irons	Justice League	Adventures of Superman #500	1993
Steel / Vaporlock	Natasha Irons	Lex Luther's Everyman Project, Infinity Inc.	Steel #1	1994	February 1994
Stoneyard			Superman #179 (Vol. 2)	2002	August 2002
Superman & Supergirl of Earth-D		Justice Alliance of America	Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths	1999
Superman	Harvey Dent		Tangent Comics: Superman #1	1997
Syn	Synaethesia Jackson	Top Ten	Top Ten #1
Technocrat	Geoffrey Brown
Ted & Terri Trapper
Tempest	Joshua Clay	Doom Patrol
Tempest	Martin Ellis[N]	Doom Patrol	Showcase #94	1977
Thunder	Anissa Pierce	Outsiders / Justice Society of America	Outsiders #1 (Vol. 3)
Tina Ames[A2]		DNA Project	Superman Family #188
Tyroc	Troy Stewart	Legion of Super-Heroes	Legion of Superheroes #3	1976		Cary Bates	Mike Grell
Underground			Superman #179 (Vol. 2)	2002	August 2002
Vixen	Mari Jiwe McCabe	JLA, Suicide Squad, International Ultra Marine Corps	Action Comics #521
Vox, Herald, Hornblower, Guardian	Mal Duncan	Doom Patrol
Vykin		Forever People	Forever People #1	1971
Wilson Forbes[A3]
Wonder Woman	Ororo Monroe		DC vs. Marvel #4	1996
Wyldeheart[A4]
Xero	Coltrane "Trane" Walker
XS	Jenni Ognats	Legion of Super Heroes	Legion of Super-Heroes #62
Zeke[A5]		D.E.O.rphans	Titans #26 (Vol. 4)

Dell Comics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Lobo [A]				1965

Dorkstorm

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Black Ice [A]	Bobby Blaque

Eclipse Comics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Crackshot	Lee Alexander Clayton	The Liberty Project and Teenagents
The Firedrake			Miracleman
Polestar [A]		The New Wave
Roboto [B]		Team Youngblood
Sabre [C]
Simon Ashley		James D. Hudnall's ESPERS
Strike [D]	Dennis Foreman
Terrayne	Harry Robinson	the Futurians

Epic Comics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Black Eagle		Wild Cards
Captain Confederacy II			Captain Confederacy		1991	Will Shetterly	Vince Stone
Fortunato		Wild Cards
Harlem Hammer		Wild Cards				Will Shetterly	Vince Stone
Spirit of the People			Captain Confederacy		1991

First Comics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Alis Krafe		Meta 4

Fleetway/Quality

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Cleve		New Statesmen (Ohio)
Meridian		New Statesmen (Mississippi)

The Guardian Line UMI

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Code[A]
Joe		Joe & Max
Genesis 5	two unknown members

Icon Comics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Benmarley		FG3, Powers
Boogie Girl		FG3, Powers
Teague		Powers
Unnamed Amazon		the Golden Ones, Powers
Wazz		FG3, Powers

Image Comics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
American Pi [A]		Common Grounds
Ant
Black Samson
Chapel			Youngblood
Darkwing
Kittycat		Liberty Balance, Common Grounds
Longfellow			Wildguard
Mach Master			Wildguard
Mayhem!			Mayhem!
Optica			Wildguard
Psi-Mistress			Wildguard
Rapture	Sharona Jackson
Sentinel			Youngblood
Shadowhawk I			Shadowhawk #1
Spawn	Albert Simmons	CIA	Spawn #1		June 1992	Todd McFarlane
Toughlon			Wildguard
Tribe			Wildcat		March 1993	Todd Johnson	Larry Stroman

Impact Comics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Black Hood II	Giles "Hit" Coffee

Innovation

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Unknown Black Male		Group Larue
Penn

Kitchen Sink

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Miss			Megaton Man
Silver-Age			Megaton Man

Lone Star Press

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Midas			Pantheon			Bill Willingham
Tangaroa			Pantheon			Bill Willingham

Malibu (Ultraverse)

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Aura		Protectors
D.J. Blast		The Squad
Yrial		Strangers
Zip Zap		Strangers

Marvel Comics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Abraham Brown		Sons of the Tiger
Aegis	Trey Rollins	New Warriors	The New Warriors (vol. 2) #0		June 1999	Jay Faerber	Steve Scott
Agent Storm/Tempest		X-Force
Alex Wilder		Runaways
Anarchist	Tike Alicar	X-Force, X-Statix	X-Force #116		July 2001	Peter Milligan	Mike Allred
Attractive Lad		Crazy Eights
Axe II		Harriers
Bandit now Night Thrasher	Donyell Taylor	New Warriors	Night Thrasher (vol 2) No.3
Battlestar, Bucky	Lamar Hoskins	BUCkies, partner of Captain America, Wild Pack	Captain America #323		November 1986	Mark Gruenwald	Paul Neary
Bedlam	Jesse Aaronson	X-Force	X-Force #82		October 1998	John Francis Moore	Jim Cheung
Ben Payton			Seeker 3000
Bishop	Lucas Bishop	X-Men, XSE	Uncanny X-Men #282		November 1991	John Byrne & Whilce Portacio	Whilce Portacio
The Black Musketeers [A]	Dr. Joshua Itobo, Ishanta, and Khanata
Black Panther	T'Challa	Avengers, Defenders, Fantastic Force, Fantastic Four	Fantastic Four #52		July 1966	Stan Lee	Jack Kirby
Blade	Eric Brooks	Nightstalkers, Midnight Sons, Vanguard, MI-13	Tomb of Dracula #10		July 1973	Marv Wolfman	Gene Colan
Bling	Roxanne "Roxy" Washington	New X-Men
Blitziana		Godpack	Mighty Thor #473		April 1994	Roy Thomas	M.C. Wyman
Blue Marvel	Adam Brashear		Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel #1		November 2008	Kevin Grevioux	Mat Broome
Blur	Stanley Stewart	Squadron Supreme
Brother Voodoo	Jericho Drumm	Midnight Sons	Strange Tales #169		September 1973	Len Wein	Gene Colan
Captain America	Isaiah Bradley
Cardiac	Elias Wirtham		Amazing Spider-Man #342		December 1990	David Michelinie	Erik Larsen
Derek Morgan		Ultimate X	miniseries
Frenzy	Joanna Cargill	Alliance of Evil, Femizons, Acolytes, X-Men	X-Factor #4		May 1986	Bob Layton	Keith Pollard
Cecilia Reyes		X-Men
Charcoal	Charlie Burlingame	Thunderbolts	Thunderbolts #19		October 1998	Kurt Busiek	Mark Bagley
Chord	Andrew Chord	New Warriors ally
Cloak	Tyrone "Ty" Johnson	partner of Dagger, Secret Avengers, Dark X-Men, X-Men	Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #64		March 1982	Bill Mantlo	Ed Hannigan
Darwin		X-Men
Deathlok	Michael Collins	Secret Defenders	Deathlok #1		July 1990	Dwayne McDuffie, Gregory Wright	Jackson Guice
Debrii	Debroah Fields	New Warriors
Doorman	DeMarr Davis	Great Lakes Avengers/X-Men/Champions/Initiative	West Coast Avengers (vol. 2) #46		July 1989	John Byrne	John Byrne
Falcon	Sam Wilson	partner of Captain America, S.H.I.E.L.D. Super Agents, Defenders, Avengers, Secret Avengers	Captain America #117		September 1969	Stan Lee	Gene Colan
Gabe Jones		Howling Commandos, S.H.I.E.L.D., Godzilla Squad	Sgt. Fury #1		December 1963	Stan Lee	Jack Kirby
Gateway		ally of X-Men	Uncanny X-Men #229		May 1988	Chris Claremont	Marc Silvestri
Gauntlet	Joseph Green
Genii		Young Gods
Georgianna Castleberry		Team America
Girth		Happy Campers	NFL Superpro
G. W. Bridge		Six Pack, S.H.I.E.L.D., Weapon P.R.I.M.E.	X-Force #1		August 1991	Rob Liefeld, Fabian Nicieza	Rob Liefeld
Goblyn	Goblyn Dean	Derangers, Beta Flight, Gamma Flight	Alpha Flight #53		December 1987	Bill Mantlo	Terry Shoemaker
Goliath, Giant-Man, Black Goliath	Bill Foster	ally of Avengers, technical advisor to Champions, Defenders, Project Pegasus	Avengers #32		September 1966	Stan Lee	Don Heck
Goliath	Tom Foster	Damage Control	Black Panther #23		February 2007	Reginald Hudlin	Koi Turnbull
"Hammer" Eisenhower		Six Pack	X-Force #8		March 1992	Rob Liefeld, Fabian Nicieza	Rob Liefeld, Mike Mignola
Harrier, Cardinal	Donald Clendenon	Air Force, Masters of Evil, Thunderbolts	New Warriors #28		October 1992	Fabian Nicieza	Darick Robertson
Heather Hudson		Exiles
High-Tech, Chemistro	Curtis Carr		Hero for Hire #12		August 1973	Steve Englehart	George Tuska
Hit-Maker
Horus		Heliopolitan Gods
Human Top	David Mitchell	Kid Commandos, Penance Council, V-Battalion	Invaders #27		April 1978	Roy Thomas	Frank Robbins
Hybrid		New Warriors
Isis		Heliopolitan Gods
Josiah X	Josiah al hajj Saddiq, Josiah Bradley	The Crew	The Crew #1		September 2003	Christopher Priest	Joe Bennett
Jughandle	Jesse Metuchen	The Craptacular B-Sides	Craptacular B-Sides #1			Brian David-Marshall	Brett Weldele
Kasper Cole		The Crew
Kestrel	John Wraith
Ladyhawk	Regina & Rosetta	New Warriors
"Licorice" Calhoun			S.H.I.E.L.D.
Lightbright		Wild Pack
Longstrike	Christine Cord	New Warriors
Power Man/Luke Cage	Carl Lucas	Fantastic Four, Defenders, New Avengers	Hero for Hire #1		June 1972	Archie Goodwin, John Romita, Sr., & Roy Thomas	George Tuska
Maggott	Japeth	X-Men, Generation X	Uncanny X-Men #345		June 1997	Scott Lobdell	Joe Madureira
Code: Blue	Marcus Stone
Maxam
Meteor Man	Jefferson Reed
Midnight Sun		ally of Shang-Chi
Mister Gideon	Gidion Wilson	Gamma Corps. Older brother of Falcon
Misty Knight		Daughters of the Dragon, Heroes For Hire	Marvel Team-Up #1		March 1972	Tony Isabella, Roy Thomas	Ross Andru
Captain Marvel II, Photon, Pulsar	Monica Rambeau
M'Shulla		Killraven's Freemen
Meteorite	Valerie Barnhardt
Night Thrasher	Dwayne Taylor/ Donyell Taylor	New Warriors/Counter Force
Nightwatch
N'Kantu, the Living Mummy
Numinus		Power Pack
Pathway	Laura Dean	ally of Alpha Flight
Patriot	Elijah Bradley	Young Avengers
Phaser	Christian Cord	New Warriors
Phastos		Eternals
Prodigy II	David Alleyne	New X-Men: Academy X
Prowler	Hobie Brown
Rage	Elvin Halliday	New Warriors/Counter Force
Reno Jones		Gunhawks
Rocket Racer
Shard	Shard Bishop	X-Factor
Shola Inkosi
Silhouette	Silhouette Chord	New Warriors
Sister Voodoo	Vanna Black	hired by Brother Voodoo	Marvel Age Annual #3
Splice		Young Gods
Sprocket	Amelia Barnhardt	employee of Night Thrasher
Storm	Ororo Munroe	X-men
Synch	Everett Thomas	X-Force
Tag	Brian Cruz	the New X-Men
Triathlon	Delroy Garrett	Avengers
3-D Man	Delroy Garrett	Avengers
Valida Payton			Seeker 3000
Venus [A]			Gargoyles comic series
Venus Dee Milo
Vibrania		Ally of Speedball
Vibranium
Vibraxis		Fantastic Force
Voodo Chile			Marvel Age Annual #3
War Machine/Briefly Iron man	James "Rhodey" Rhodes	Avengers/The Crew
Wes Cassady [C]
Wildstreak	Tamika Bowden	Fantastic Four ally
Windshear	Colin Hume	Alpha Flight

Marvel UK

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Afrikaa [A]	Afrikaa Ngala
Doctor Crocodile [B]
Green Knight		Knights of Pendragon
Shift			Code Name: GENETIX
Howitzer		Gene Dogs

MC2

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Blacklight	Kandra Freeman	A-Next
Coal Tiger
Daze
Earth Sentry	John Foster	A-Next
"Fred" [A]
Ladyhawk

Milestone Media

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Brick House		Blood Syndicate	Blood Syndicate #1	1993	April 1993	Dwayne McDuffie Ivan Velez, Jr.	Denys Cowan Jimmy Palmiotti
Bubbasaur	Bubba Brown	Blood Syndicate	Blood Syndicate #1	1994
Buck Wild, Mercenary Man [C]	Rufus T. Wild		Icon #
D-Struct [A]	Damon Briggs		Static #12	1994	April 1994	Kurt Busiek Neil Vokes
DMZ		Blood Syndicate	Blood Syndicate #1	1993	April 1993	Dwayne McDuffie Ivan Velez, Jr.	Denys Cowan Jimmy Palmiotti
Fade	Carlos Quinones	Blood Syndicate	Blood Syndicate #1	1993	April 1993	Dwayne McDuffie Ivan Velez, Jr.	Denys Cowan Jimmy Palmiotti
Flashback	Sara Quinones	Blood Syndicate	Blood Syndicate #1	1993	April 1993	Dwayne McDuffie Ivan Velez, Jr.	Denys Cowan Jimmy Palmiotti
Hardware	Curt Metcalf		Hardware #1	1993	April 1993	Dwayne McDuffie Denys Cowan
Holocaust / Pyre		Blood Syndicate	Static #4	1993
Icon	Augustus Freeman IV		Icon #1	1993	May 1993	Dwayne McDuffie Denys Cowan
Masquerade		Blood Syndicate	Blood Syndicate #1	1993	April 1993	Dwayne McDuffie Ivan Velez, Jr.	Denys Cowan Jimmy Palmiotti
Payback		Heroes
Rocket	Raquel Ervin		Icon #1	1993	May 1993	Dwayne McDuffie Denys Cowan
Starlight	Stella Maxwell	Shadow Cabinet, The Heroes	Shadow Cabinet
Static	Virgil Ovid Hawkins
Tarmack	Charles Bell	Blood Syndicate	Static #2	1993
Tech-9	Rolando Texador	Blood Syndicate	Blood Syndicate #1	1993	April 1993	Dwayne McDuffie Ivan Velez, Jr.	Denys Cowan Jimmy Palmiotti
Technique [B]
Wise Son	Hannibal White	Blood Syndicate	Blood Syndicate #1	1993	April 1993	Dwayne McDuffie Ivan Velez, Jr.	Denys Cowan Jimmy Palmiotti

New Universe

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Blur	Jeff Walters	D.P.7	D.P.7 #1		November 1986	Mark Gruenwald	Paul Ryan
Brick Wall	Beauford Wohl	Kickers, Inc.	Kickers, Inc. #1		November 1986	Tom DeFalco	Ron Frenz
Dasher	Dallas Corbin	Kickers, Inc.	Kickers, Inc. #1		November 1986	Tom DeFalco	Ron Frenz
Friction	Charlotte "Charly" Beck	D.P.7	D.P.7 #1		November 1986	Mark Gruenwald	Paul Ryan
Mutator, Wild Thing [A]	George Mullaney	D.P.7, Para-Troop	D.P.7 #1 (possibly)		November 1986	Mark Gruenwald	Paul Ryan
Think Tank	Theresa "Teddy" Roberts	Spitfire and the Troubleshooters	Spitfire and the Troubleshooters #1		October 1986	Eliot R. Brown, Gerry Conway & John Morelli	Herb Trimpe
Voyager	Tyrone Jessup	Psi-Force	Psi-Force #1		November 1986	Steve Perry	Mark Texeira

Pacific Comics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Urth		Earth 4	Ms. Mystic

Strikeforce Morituri

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Adept	Jelene Anderson	Strikeforce: Morituri

Supreme Power

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Blue Eagle
Blur
Nighthawk

Ultimate Marvel

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Ben Reilly
Luke Cage		Ultimate Defenders
Misty Knight
Nick Fury
Ultimate Falcon	Sam Wilson

Vertigo Comics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Agent 355			Y: The Last Man
Boy	Lucille Butler	The Invisibles		1994
Chullo [A]	Charles Henry	The Judges
Dhalua Strong			Tom Strong #1	1999		Alan Moore, Chris Sprouse
Strel			100% #1	2002		Paul Pope
Ziona			2020 Visions #10: Repro-Man	1998		Jamie Delano

Wildstorm (ABC/Homage)

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Ambrose Chase			Planetary
Anansi			Astro City
Battalion	Jackson King
Black Badge			Astro City
Black Rapier		the Honor Guard	Astro City
Blue Knight			Astro City
Cleopatra		the Honor Guard	Astro City
Dhalua Strong [A]
Flint	Victoria Ngengi	Stormwatch, associate of the Authority
Hoodoo Priest	Parsifal Congo		Top Ten
Jack-in-the-Box	Zachary Johnson		Astro City
King Peacock	John Corbeau		Top Ten
Micro-Maid	Doctor Sally-Jo Jessell		Top Ten
MPH		the Honor Guard	Astro City
New American			The American Way #1
Promethea	Sophie Bangs		ABC Comics
Rite		the Changers	Stormwatch
Stochastic Fats	Willie Beaumont	Top Ten
Strafe	Malcolm King
Synaesthesia	Wanda Jackson	Top Ten
Tesla Strong [B]
Augustus Cole	Cole Train		Gears of War			Ortega	Sharp

Valiant Comics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Quantum
Shadowman

Other media

Newspapers

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Bungleton Green
Chisolm Kid
Don Powers
Ebony White			The Spirit comic strip	1940		Will Eisner
Guy Fortune
Jive Gray
Mark Hunt
Mystic Commandos
Neil Knight
Sergeant Joe
Speed Jaxon

Novels and anthologies

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Black Eagle (Wild Cards)	Earl Sanderson, Jr.
Cassie of the Animorphs book series.
Fortunato (Wild Cards)
Harlem Hammer (Wild Cards)
Knight Seeker	Nygel Spinner					Eric Cooper
Hiro Protagonist (Snow Crash)

Webcomics

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Anubysse	Kevin Bright	Evil Shenanigans	Pre-BC		2007
Black Puma		Justice Squad	Slightly Warped
Chocolate Thunder			Gettosake Entertainment
Destiny			12 Comics
Eleggua			Impcomics.com
Fearless Grasshopper			Gettosake Entertainment
Fierce			Gettosake Entertainment
Harmony			12 Comics
JetSpeed			12 Comics
Nanoman			Gettosake Entertainment
Neters
Nightflyer		Justice Squad	Slightly Warped
Stealth
Sunblayde			12 Comics
The Urban Avenger			GlascoGraphix.com
Venus Kincaid			Gettosake Entertainment
Yo Mo'Fro,The Big Brother			FOG webcomics		2009	F.Jones	F.Jones
Youngshot			12 Comics
Zenon			12 Comics

Television

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Action Hank			Dexter's Laboratory
Afro Samurai			Afro Samurai
Anansi the Spider		Static (ally)	Static Shock
Big Lob		GI Joe	GI Joe the Movie
Black Ranger	Will Aston	Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive
Black Ranger	Zack Taylor	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Black Vulcan		Super Friends	Super Friends Animated Cartoon	1978			Alex Togh
Blade	Eric Brooks		Blade (TV show)
Blue Ranger	Ethan James	Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
Blue Ranger	Max Cooper	Power Rangers: Wild Force
Blue Ranger	TJ Johnson	Power Rangers in Space
The Brown Hornet			Fat Albert
Bulletproof	Baldwin P. Vess	C.O.P.S.	C.O.P.S.
Bumblebee		Teen Titans (East)	Teen Titans
Capital G		Justice Friends	Dexter's Laboratory
Cassie			Animorphs
Cyborg	Stone	Teen Titans	Teen Titans episode #1
Delilah			Gargoyles
Detective Jesse Reese		Gothan City Police Department	Birds of Prey
Diana			Dungeons and Dragons episode #1
Doc	Walter Hartford	Galaxy Rangers
Doc (GI Joe)	Carl W. Greer	GI Joe
Doc Saturday	None		Secret Saturdays
Elisa Maza			Gargoyles
Falcon	Sam Wilson	Avengers
The First Slayer			Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Commander Jonathan Ford		NAVY	SeaQuest DSV
Lt. J.J. Fredricks		NAVY	SeaQuest DSV
Green Ranger	Damon Henderson	Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
Green Ranger	Joel Rawlings	Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue
Hondo MacLean		M.A.S.K.
JB Reese		VR Troopers	VR Troopers
JD Bennett		Bionic Six	Bionic 6
Green Lantern	John Stewart	Justice League	Justice League
Gunn	Charles Gunn	Team Angel/Angel Investigations/team Gunn/Wolfram & Hart Legal dept.	Angel
Hammerman
D. L. Hawkins			Heroes
Herald			Teen Titans
Hotwing		Silverhawks	Silverhawks
Johnathan James Junior		Thunderbirds 2086
Jett Jackson			The Famous Jett Jackson
Juice			Justice League Unlimited
Kendra Young			Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Kiddy Phenil			Silent Möbius
Kwame		Planeteers	Captain Planet
Lothar			Defenders of the Earth
LJ (Lothar Junior)			Defenders of the Earth
M.A.N.T.I.S.	Miles Hawkins
Max Jones		Zone Riders	Spiral Zone
Micro Woman	Christy Cross	Tarzan and the Super 7
Micron			Batman Beyond
Mister T			Mister T
Misty Magic			Kid Superpower Hour with Shazam!
Mjnari		X-Men (ally)	X-Men
Moleculad		Hanna-Barbera's Teen Force	Space Stars
Morgan	Rockne Tarkington		Danger Island
Nikki Wood			Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Numbuh Five			Codename: Kids Next Door
Panthro		Thundercats
R.C.	Reginald Cornelious Jr.	Michael Knight/Knight Industries	Knight Rider		1982
Red Ranger	Scott Truman	Power Rangers: RPM
Red Ranger	Jack Landers	Power Rangers: S.P.D.
Red Ranger	TJ Johnson	Power Rangers: Turbo
Cosmo, Splashdown, Sunstroke, Venus		Rickety Rocket Crew
Roadblock	Marvin Hinton	G.I. Joe
Robin Wood		Scooby Gang ally	Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rona			Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rondell		Gunn's Crew (Team Angel Ally)	Angel
Rubberband Man	Adam Evans	Static (ally)	Static Shock
Samantha		Monster Buster Club	Monster Buster Club (MBC)
Micah Sanders			Heroes episode #1
Scout	Sgt. Robert Baker	Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
She-Bang	Shenice Vale	Static (ally)	Static Shock
Silver Sentry		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	2003
Solomon "Doc" Saturday		Saturday Family	The Secret Saturdays
Soul Power	Morris Grant	Static (ally)
Sparky	Phillip Rollins	Static (ally)
Spyke	Evan Daniels	X-Men: Evolution
Stalker	Lonzo Wilkenson	G.I. Joe
Static	Virgil Hawkins		Static Shock episode #1
Super Stretch	Chris Cross	Tarzan and the Super 7
Talon	Derek Maza		Gargoyles
Teal'c	Jaffa		Stargate SG-1
The Super Globetrotters
Turbo	Edward Hayes	Rambo and the Force of Freedom
Warhawk	Rex Stewart	Justice League Unlimited
Winston Zeddmore		The Real Ghostbusters
Yellow Ranger	Aisha Campbell	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Yellow Ranger	Katie Walker	Power Rangers: Time Force
Yellow Ranger	Tanya Sloan	Power Rangers Zeo / Power Rangers: Turbo
Zak Saturday	None		Secret Saturdays

Movies

Name	Alter Ego(s)	Teams/Associations	First Appearance	Year	Date	Writer	Artist	Ref
Agent J	James Edwards III	Men In Black	Men in Black	1997
Balrog			Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	1994	2009
Blade	Eric Brooks [A] / Daywalker	Nightstalkers (ally)	Blade	1998
Blankman	Darryl Walker	Blankman and Other Guy	Blankman	1994
Cobra Bubbles		CIA	Lilo & Stitch	2002
Catwoman	Patience Phillips		Catwoman	1992
Frozone	Lucius Best	The Incredibles (ally)	The Incredibles		2004
Hancock	John Hancock		Hancock		July 2008
Heavy Duty	Lamont A. Morris	G.I.Joe	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra		2009
Gail			Sin City
Kestrel	John Wraith	Weapon X	X-Men Origins: Wolverine		May 2009
Kiddy Phenil			Silent Möbius
The Invisible Boy			Mystery Men	1999
Jax	Major Jackson Briggs		Mortal Kombat	1993
Meteor Man	Jefferson Reed		The Meteor Man	1993
Other Guy	Kevin Walker	Blank Man	Blankman	1994
Nick Fury	Col. Nicolas Fury	Avengers	Iron Man	2008
Popsicle	Ethan		Sky High		2005
Riddick	Richard B. Riddick		Pitch Black	2004
Ripcord	Wallace A. Weems	G.I.Joe	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra		2009
Steel	John Henry Irons		Steel	1997
Storm	Ororo Monroe	X-Men	X-Men		1992
War Machine	James "Rhodey" Rhodes		Iron Man II	2010

Notes

Dark Horse Comics

A.^{^} Plexus was an ally of Nexus from Nexus: Executioner's Song #3

DC Comics

A.^{^} Cal Durham was Aquaman's ally who was turned into Waterbreather by Black Manta

A1^{^} Amber was an ally of Jericho trained by Adeline Kane Wilson and an operative of Searcher's Inc.

B.^{^} Chunk was a Flash ally

C.^{^} Conjura used backwards magic like Zatanna.

D.^{^} Crystallex becomes a living crystal and morphs. In stasis at S.T.A.R. Labs San Francisco.

E.^{^} Centaur was the protector of the Realm from the Wizardworld series in Warlord

F.^{^} FerAlyse was a feral denizen of Chicago's Netherworld

G.^{^} Glenn Gammeron is an intergalactic bounty hunter from Mi'ran and an ally of the Martian Manhunter

H.^{^} Gus Gray was a replacement loader for the Haunted Tank.

I.^{^} Healer Randolph was one of Tomahawk's Rangers, an ex-slave turned folk healer

J.^{^} Jackie Johnson was an ex-heavyweight boxing champion, and an amalgamation of Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis. He was a member of Sgt. Rock's Easy Company.

K.^{^} Jim Corrigan was an African-American police officer and an ally of Jimmy Olsen and Black Lightning

L.^{^} Jody was an ally of Tomahawk.

M.^{^} Machiste was a sometimes ally of the Warlord

N.^{^} Martin Ellis woke from coma in Justice League Quarterly #17 with powers of Tempest

O.^{^} Mister Bones was the DEO regional director

P.^{^} Mohammed Ibn Bornu was a North African warrior hero.

Q.^{^} Molo represented Africa.

R.^{^} Nu'Bia was a Wonder Woman ally

S.^{^} Percival Hazard was the leader of Squad K and grandson of Ulysses Hazard. He was last seen in Action Comics Annual #13 2008.

T.^{^} Philippus was an Amazon ally of Wonder Woman.

U.^{^} Seraph was a US government agent.

V.^{^} Scrap had magnetic powers

W.^{^} Sela was an Atlantean warrior woman 3,000 years ago

W1.^{^} Shondra Kinsolving was a doctor with telekinetic healing abilities and an ally of Batman.

X.^{^} Sojourner was a member of Artemis' HellEnders.

Y.^{^} The Solution was a Teen Titans tryout.

Z.^{^} Sonik (Superman/Batman ally from World's Finest)

A1.^{^} Ted & Terri Trapper were private detectives

A2.^{^} Tina Ames had the power of "Bio-Energy" and could become living energy.

A3.^{^} Wilson Forbes was a Daily Planet reporter.

A4.^{^} Wyldeheart was an ally of Damage

A5.^{^} Zeke had super strength.

Dell Comics

A.^{^} cowboy, two issue run

Dorkstorm Notes

A.^{^} Dr. Blink Superhero Shrink

Eclipse Comics Notes

A.^{^} Polestar was the acrobatic female member of the New Wave

B.^{^} Roboto (cyborg member of Team Youngblood from The DNAgents universe)

C.^{^} Sabre was one of the first graphic novels.

D.^{^} Strike inherited the power harness from Sgt. Strike

The Guardian Line Comics Notes

A.^{^} Code was a Spirit styled vigilante

Image Comics Notes

A.^{^} American Pi was a supersmart heroine

Marvel Comics

A.^{^} The Black Musketeers were allies of the Black Panther

B.^{^} Venus was cloned from the DNA of Goliath and Elisa Maza

C.^{^} Wes Cassady is a construction worker who was bitten by a radioactive rabbit.

Marvel Comics UK

A.^{^} Afrikaa was a superhuman ally of Black Panther

B.^{^} Doctor Crocodile was an ally of Captain Britain

MC2 Notes

A.^{^} Fred was Stark’s bodyguard (Jim Rhodes)

Milestone Media

A.^{^} D-Struct was an ally of Hardware.

B.^{^} Technique was a female version of Hardware.

C.^{^} Buck Wild was a Luke Cage parody.

New Universe Comics

A.^{^} Mutator was revealed as African American in the final issue.

Vertigo Comics Notes

A.^{^} Chullo was an ex-cop and empowered by the The Nazz

Wildstorm Comics

A.^{^} Dhalua Strong was the wife of Tom Strong

B.^{^} Tesla Strong was the daughter of Tom Strong

Movies

A.^{^} Character was never fully mentioned by this name in the film.

See also

• List of black animated characters
• African characters in comics
• Ethnic stereotypes in comics

References

• The Museum of Black Superheroes
• Jorge's Black Supers List
• The Black Proteges
• Blacks get seriously involved in "the funnies"
• A Milestone Retrospective
• Ferndale Man Launches "Tribe" of Super-Heroes
• GCD Project – Nexus: Executioner's Song #3

External links

• Daathrekh Publishing
• Gettosake Entertainment
• Guardian UMI
• East Coast Black Age Of Comics Convention
• Salute to Pioneering Cartoonists of Color
• Afros, Icons, and Spandex: A Brief History of the African American Superhero