{"id":50,"date":"2007-06-21T04:33:59","date_gmt":"2007-06-21T12:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/?p=50"},"modified":"2010-09-04T05:36:30","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T13:36:30","slug":"thursday-thirteen-forgotten-superheroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Thirteen: Forgotten Superheroes"},"content":{"rendered":"

My adopted son is black, and is five years old. He is currently interested in superheroes. Recently he picked up a book in the bookstore with a picture of Superman, Batman, and Spiderman on the cover. He said, “They’re all white. I wish I was white.” (he actually says “lello” when he refers to white people).<\/p>\n

We quickly ran to the comics store and searched for a black superhero. We found a Black Panther comic, and things were better. But there wasn’t a lot of choice. In fact, at the store we were at I couldn’t really find anything.<\/p>\n

Now to be fair to the comics industry, there have been many black superheroes — just none that have made it to the status of Superman, Batman, and Spiderman. The “Museum of Black Superheroes<\/a>” has quite a listing. Here are some fun ones (I’m avoiding the ones you may already know here, such as Green Lantern, Storm, Blade, Frozone, and Black Panther).<\/p>\n

Anyone out there have any ideas for a cool black superhero?<\/p>\n

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  1. Black Lightning<\/a> — DC’s first black superhero. He had an “electro-shield” that could repel bullets.\n
  2. Coldcast<\/a> — He’s kind of cool because he starts out evil and then turns good. He has the power to manipulate energy.\n
  3. Gravedigger<\/a> — No superpowers that I can see, just a really strong will. He has a really cool name though.\n
  4. Adept<\/a> — A Chrstian woman with supernatural powers of analysis.\n
  5. Bishop<\/a> – and X-man and a tough guy\n
  6. Arana<\/a> – A black girl who is a “chosen one.” We can always use more of those!\n
  7. Black Goliath<\/a> – I like this character because his super strength came about because of his knowledge of biochemistry. He is intelligent, he didn’t just happen to get bitten by a radioactive spider.\n
  8. Misty Knight<\/a> – A female cop with a bionic arm.\n
  9. Onyx<\/a> – A female hero and an ally of Batman\n
  10. Sasquatch<\/a> – A female superhero who can turn into a bigfoot. Since I have size 14 shoes, I can’t help but like her.\n
  11. Postman<\/a> – He has the power to make you forget selected events. I like the idea of the more subtle superpowers – things that don’t necessarily involve strength and invulnerability.\n
  12. Blob<\/a> – A man who’s powers come from the fact that he’s really big and fat. If only fat really were a superpower, the US would have one heckuva Justice League!\n
  13. Steel<\/a> – A man with liquid steel skin. A big tough guy that carries a hammer.\n<\/ol>\n

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