Why doesn't DC have any iconic original black heroes?

[darryl]

yall nikkas stupid

 

[Mr. Negative]

Cyborg trash ?? maaaaaaaaan foh bozos

Breh got one of the illest stories to work with.. he aint got a deep rogue gallery but to say he's trash ? smoking crack

He trash. Blame the writers.

 

[Yaboysix]

Damn, I never even noticed..,


I thought it was interesting when a black woman said something on the lines of

we don’t have Many Black super heroes that aren’t deformed or Bestial looking...


I think about that when I think of cyborg... give these kids somebody that look like them.

 

[Primetime]

DC's top black superheroes at the moment are:

GL John Stewart
Cyborg
Mr. Terrific
Black Lightning

They seemed to be interested in giving Vixen that push for a brief moment but that seems to have ended. And I couldn't tell you what Steel is up to.

Black Panther is still a top dog in the Marvel comics universe and Miles Morales still gets shine but Marvel hasn't been pushing Luke Cage like they used to when Bendis was still there so he's not a major player anymore and honestly Storm hasn't been A level in a while either. They have made her a supporting character who really hasn't done much for a couple years now in the X-Men books.
Falcon has lost a bit of his heat too from when he was the New Captain America, leading The Avengers and at the forefront of event series.

I'd argue the order is

Black Lightning
Cyborg
Terrific


Stewart


Stewart should be #1. And Terrific ideally should be #2... if not p4p #1 as a non-legacy type originally concept (correct me if I'm wrong on that).

Buuuuut yknow how it is with white ppl..

Marvel isn't much better in execution. A lot of luck with Bendis adopting Luke Cage and creating Miles Morales.

Dr Voodoo, Blue Marvel, Spectrum, Storm, Bishop, Cloak, Nightrasher, Prowler, etc criminally underutilized.

Tho I guess you can argue they (Marvel) have a greater number of known ones within comic circles... without getting too obscure

 

[TheJet]

They fuct up when they cancelled the Marvel Netflix shows. That 1st Luke Cage season

 

[AllHolosEve]

The stupidity posted in this thread is impressive.

What's the stupidity? Real question.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Lol @ storm not being iconic when that’s literally the only black superhero I knew until the marvel movies started putting their side characters and BP on film....

 

[Neuromancer]

WHAT ABOUT THE JEWS?

I'm black so that's my main concern. You can make a similar thread about Jewish heroes.

 

[LordDeathwatch]

They fuct up when they cancelled the Marvel Netflix shows. That 1st Luke Cage season

@Luke Cage

 

[Sterling Archer]

What's the stupidity? Real question.

How little people know about comics, characters’ impact and yet still commenting in here.

 

[Neuromancer]

Lol @ storm not being iconic when that’s literally the only black superhero I knew until the marvel movies started putting their side characters and BP on film....

Yeah. Idk where people are getting that idea. She was more popular than most of the other black heroes at one time.

 

[BlackMajik]

If Shaq didn't ruin Steel he coulda had next and he coulda been DCs Iron Man

Shaq couldn't just let him live

 

[Benjamin Sisko]

Cyborg is one the best black characters in comics outside of Spawn and Black Panther hands down. nikkas just hating on DC just to hate.

 

[Sccit]

I'm black so that's my main concern. You can make a similar thread about Jewish heroes.

 

[GPBear]

WHAT ABOUT THE JEWS?

what about Israel's apartheid policies against the Palestinians, you fukkin piece of shyt?

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