Question:
black people in marvel comic or any other comic books?
anonymous
1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
black people in marvel comic or any other comic books?
Four answers:
john j
2011-10-25 15:44:34 UTC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_superheroes



sooooooooo many
rickn23
2011-10-25 15:09:33 UTC
Black Panther (king of Wakanda)

Storm (X-Man)

Joe "Robbie" Robertson (Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Bugle)

Black Goliath (Dr. Bill Foster)

Night Thrasher (New Warriors,founder fiancee)

Sunspot (Roberto da Costa)



What exactly are you looking for? This list can keep going on for some time?



Edit

I'll wait for 15 more minutes.



Luke Cage (formerly Power Man heads the Avengers)

Victor Alvarez (new Power Man)

The Falcon (Sam Wilson)

Brother Voodoo (former Sorcerer Supreme)

Misty Night

Blade (Eric Brooks vampire slayer)



I hope you know these are only Marvel characters. Still waiting for what you are after.
Child of Darkness Child of Light
2011-10-25 15:02:21 UTC
Let's see, here is two I can only think of from my mind



1. Storm from the X-men

2.Spider-man as miles morales, he's a recent character



Storm's is significant because she was one of the first female black heroines.

Miles is a step foward towards representation for black people in comics
undernewmanagement
2011-10-25 16:45:17 UTC
Brother Voodoo and Luke Cage (when he was Hero for Hire) are good examples of stereotype black characters. DC comics actually has a character called Black Lightning, as well as John Stewart (3rd Green Lantern from Earth) and Static Shock. Also John Henry Irons and his niece Natasha, both of whom were called Steel at different times. Tyroc, from the Legion of Super Heroes, sported a huge afro in the 1970s (as did Black Lightning) when he was first introduced, though it's hard for me to say if this is a stereotype or just a reflection of the times (or even if there's a difference). Also in the LSH were Kid Quantum and XS, both good characters.



I don't know how much stereotyping/discrimination you will likely uncover. The worst stereotypes, of course, are seen in film, particularly in criminal roles. In his early years, the Falcon dealt with racial issues. Captain America issues 130-135, 143, 153-156 all bear looking at, if memory serves. The cover gallery I just referred to didn't hurt either. http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/captain-america/5



The Sons of the Serpent were twisted patriotic xenophobes who hated foreigners and worked to spread their message of hate in the Avengers #s 32, 33, 73 and 74. If I remember right, racism was a big part of what they stood for. They also were in Defenders #s 22-25. I seem to remember something about them framing the Black Panther, but didn't get a close look at them until the Defenders story arc. This was back in the 1970s. Other stories featuring them can be found here: http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/sonsoftheserpent.htm



I guess what you're looking for are more or less unintentional examples, stuff resulting from prejudice or ignorance on the part of the writers, but I thought you might find these examples useful, especially since they go back to the 1960s.



Your project sounds interesting. Good luck with that.


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