Minorities in comics and animation: Mister Terrific (Michael Holt)
by Today’s installment focuses on one of DC Comics’ newer characters, the hero (and Justice Society member/sometimes-leader) known as Mister Terrific (Michael Holt). Not to be …
Tag: African Americans
Minorities in comics and animation: Black Manta
This week, let’s look at the biggest African-American character in the Aquaman comic, Black Manta. First appearing in “Aquaman” (vol. 1) #35 in 1967, Manta …
Minorities in comics and animation: Aqualad (Jackson Hyde)
Continuing the addition of recurring blog features from Tuesday’s “cartoon collectibles” is this subject, “minorities in comics and animation.” I hope to make it a …
Black animated and comic characters: The Falcon
Today’s entry is Marvel hero the Falcon (real name Sam Wilson). The Falcon is noteworthy as American comics’ first African-American superhero. (Marvel’s earlier Black Panther …
Black animated and comic characters: John Stewart (“Green Lantern”)
Today, we’ll look at John Stewart, one of Earth’s several Green Lanterns. John first appeared in “Green Lantern” (vol. 2) #87 in December 1971/January 1972. …
Black animated and comic characters: Static
Today’s entry is Static (real name: Virgil Hawkins), a Milestone Comics/DC Comics superhero. Static was created by Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Derek Dingle, and Michael …
Black animated and comic characters: Black Lightning
This entry, as well as several upcoming others, presents an odd superhero trope that exists. There’s the apparent tendency by comic writers (for some reason) …
Black animated and comic characters: Cyborg (“Teen Titans”)
Today’s entry is the teenage superhero Cyborg (real name: Victor “Vic” Stone”). Cyborg first appeared in “DC Comics Presents” #26 in 1980. He was created …
Black animated and comic characters: Jackie (“Cyberchase”)
Today’s Black animated character entry is Jackie, a character on the PBS series “Cyberchase.” Background “Cyberchase” is an educational series that debuted in 2002 that’s …
Black animated and comic characters: “The Proud Family”
“The Proud Family” was a Disney Channel cartoon that aired during the early to mid 2000s. Background The series focused on the Proud family: father …