But this is some of the work that keeps me interested and keeps me going. We will never see the majority of these characters on the big screen. Some of the most important and rare comic books to be published in the golden age appeared as part of allamerican comics full article. Top ten black comic book heroes of all time newsone. Public domain characters who have appeared in comic books. Witch of the black rose, a title that has more inappropriate characters per issue than anything else on the stands. Public domain super heroes is a collaborative website about public domain characters from comic books, comic strips, films, books, pulps, mythology, television, animation, folk stories, among others. The black musketeers were allies of the black panther b.
The definitive 100 greatest black comic book superheroesvillains. The university recently acquired a rare copy of allnegro comics no. The quibbler claimed he is the same person as sirius black. Dcs new gods movie currently features super obscure comic. A character largely rendered redundant by wade lafarge. Weve all seen the topics about comics sexiesthottest women. Two obscure spiderman characters reportedly getting spinoff movies. Each characters name is followed by the publishers name in parentheses. Dc has the worst reputation for creating superheros worthy of a headdesk, but marvel have a fair share of facepalms too. Thats alan moore describing himself, just before an american comic book company really did ring him up. Africanamerican comic book characters good black news. Fifteen months after his originally scheduled introduction, ditkos wildlydressed hero got a more widely distributed appearance in detective comics. I didnt, until i ran across an archie comics digest that had reprints of the mljred circle heroes.
A human who was infected in utero by a vampire biting his mother, blade has many vampiric abilities, but not their weakness to sunlight. This information was originally posted to threads on the dc comics message boards and moderated by john censullo. The most under appreciatedobscure comic book babes. The first black character to be incorporated into a syndicated comic strip was lothar who appeared in mandrake the magician in the 1930s. In that short time, though, she manages to be the subject of one of the most.
Wherein the serial wordsmith takes an obscure comic book character, puts a new twist on it, and well, pitches it todays character. Feb 28, 2020 didja know that there have been more than 2 publishers of comic book heroes throughout the years. The first transgendered comic book character, the dwayne mcduffie, ivan velez jr. Heres part three of my list of the most ridiculous and obscure characters from the marvel universe. List rules vote up the best black superheroes and comic book characters. By his own account, the comic book was a selfindulgent piece crafted during a time when he spent most his creative process high on drugs. The two characters were too similar for their own good, though walshs changes to grant wilsons costume were. You may have thought hardly anyone had heard of guardians of the galaxy. No matter your level of batman fandom, you will most certainly recognize most of the villains from the dark knights extensive rogues gallery. If ive missed any of your favourites for the title, let me know. Wes cassady is a construction publisherer who was bitten by a radioactive rabbit.
Her character goes way back to the early 40s, during the golden age of comics. During this time, he fell in love with his peer, ahti. Black characters are rarely in comics and often a character would be introduced and later given the shaft depending on the writers, either by fatal comic book death or a long excursion somewhere. His powers include flight, radioactive blasts and the ability to transmute the. Now, when ive seen post like this in the past people usually name, like, monica rambeau or stingray, etc. Its no secret that white male leads have dominated comic books since well forever. Mark eddy smith, author of tolkiens ordinary virtues comic book character is a thoughtful analysis of how comics have both reflected and shaped our culture. He was unique and a big part of tomb of dracula series. Given the comics limited run and lack of exposure, a credible argument could be made that dark town is the most obscure comic book to.
He then grew up in the care of a flock of condors and developed the ability to fly. Ive been spending a lot of time going through the marvel library of characters, and there are. Created originally as something of a parody of superheroes, she was also genuinely unique since she was one of the first, if not the first, female superhero, and older and overweight to boot. Well, we will, and well get to that other rocket, in this, our ten obscure marvel characters we think should be thrust to the forefront of their own comic. The most obscure, uninteresting comic book character the. There are so many obscure characters out there, and a lot of them are absurdly silly. Trudy has been part of petes crimes against mickey since the worlds favorite mouse was a baby one comic strip the pair was featured in showed them kidnapping. This obscure marvel hero may be key to captain marvel. To see part 1, click here, and for part 2, click here. The unfortunate and obscure history of monica rambeau, the. Obscure comic book characters public group facebook. Obscure allstars obscure golden age characters quality comics characters jla appendix cosmic teams appendix fawcett characters.
For a cosmically powerful hero from earth, quasar real name wendell vaughn is pretty obscure, and as ive polled various comic book nerds about him, only once have i gotten a stronger response. Duvernay, best known for her oscarnominated film selma and the hit netflix miniseries when they see us, signed on to the project back in 2018 as both writer and director. Archimage and boneyard okay, so the names are a bit black and white, but consider that. The fun part about finding obscure villains is that you can rarely swing a dead cat within the mu without hitting one. It was dc editor len wein offering him a shot at swamp thing.
Blade started out as a strange supporting character in a lesserknown comicbook at marvel entitled the tomb of dracula. The two characters were too similar for their own good, though walshs changes to grant wilsons costume were cool and less dramatic than. Marvel comics superheroes, hq marvel, marvel comic books, comic book characters, comic books art, comic art, marvel series, book art, black panther. Firestorm is a clist dc superhero and onagain, offagain member of the justice league. The primary character from the series was the eponymous enigma, a caped supe enigma was an obscure comic book series written in the 1970s by. The series was extremely shortlived, consisting of only three episodes or issues. Nedor comics americas best comics dynamite entertainment. Chevy chase battle, the man of steel wins again and once again, blackrock vanishes from the memory of his alter ego. Most underrated comic book characters part 1, the most underrated superheroes and supervillains of all time who deserve more exposure in comics and movies.
The first black writer at marvel and dc comes back to. Originally, dominus was an alien priest named tuoni, who served as one of the five custodians of his worlds faith. Unsung star of the dark horse heroes line from the 90s. Luke cage was the first black comics character at either marvel or dc to get his own comic book series. Cheers see more ideas about black comics, comic strips and comics. In really nice condition, any issue of this rare comic book series is worth good money. In general, comic books have not paid nearly enough attention to. This is a list of black superheroes that lists characters found in comic books and other media. The 20 most obscure superheroes that only true nerds will. From then on, monica was confined to be a guest character in the ongoing avengers comic. The following is a list of superheroines female superheroes in comic books, television, film, and other media. Comic book character reveals the startling truth that we are all called to be superheroes in the epic and episodic adventure of which god is the author. So, without further ado heres my list of 27 of the lamest characters created in comic book history. In the 60s, marvel and dc finally started to put a change.
Oh, he has even more appearances, starting on batman. Obscure characters and concepts that i find interesting. The wiki format allows any registered user to create any article, so we can all work together to build the site. And his secret identity is comedian les vegas, who is both a thinlydisguised version of chevy chase and nephew of tanner. After some problem with mixed identities and a threepage superman vs. In 1965, dell comics western hero lobo became the first black hero to headline. God like, the man of the atom is the most powerful character to ever slip into a skin tight costume. Lesser known heroes, but ones most comic fans will have at least heard of. Basically a place to talk about and share obscure facts and forgotten heroes, villains, and. The marvel universe has an insane amount of characters in it. Somewhere during a fourdecade career in editing and scripting comics, christopher priest found himself categorized as a black writer, despite having written batman, spiderman.
Samantha brown is unquestionably the most obscure character on this list. As it stands right now, ava duvernays dc film new gods features a very obscure comic book character. In the 1940s, the only black character to appear in timely comics predecessor to marvel was literally named. Additionally, comic writer tom king joined as her cowriter last year, and since then theyve. What obscure comic book character would you like to see a. I can almost guarantee that any crowd scene in the amazing spiderman will have at least three villains in their civilian ids thinking in their head, theres that wall crawling jerk.
Captain marvel fawcett all items 3329 abominable snow monster of the north. This time, the character is actually armed with a black rock instead of a tv antenna. Weirdly, the most obscure american comics character moore had practiced on was the heapthe 1940s character wein had knockedoff to create swamp thing in 1971. She is based on the golden age cambridge comics hero ghostwoman.
Two obscure spiderman characters reportedly getting. Marvel has a crazy number of characters in their comic book library over 7,000 of them. Is the warlord by mike grell obscure enough at this point. As of late, black panther has experienced something of a renaissance, and a movie starring the character is on pace to become one of the most successful comicbook adaptations of all time. This is a list of black superheroes that lists characters found in comic books and. Blade was the only humanvampire hybrid in the marvel universe and part of the antihero wave of the bronze age of comics. With no captain marvel series of her own, she regularly.
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