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The nova corps in the upcoming movie Guardians of the Galaxy/2014
I just learn recently that the nova force or corps is really like the green lantern of marvel.COOL.
Meaning they are a space cops but they do not seem as powerful as the lanterns from DC BUT THEY ARE POWERFUL IT SEEMS. I have to do more research and reading about them. I might HAVE known about them before and i know the name but it's been awhile since i read anything from marvel so i might have just forgot about them.
Nova Corps
quote: The Nova Corps is a fictional intergalactic military/police force appearing in Marvel Comics. The concept was created by Marv Wolfman. The first member appeared in Nova #1 in September 1976. The Corps' first appeared in a cameo in Fantastic Four #204 and had their 1st full appearance in Fantastic Four #205 in 1979.
quote: The Nova Corps will be featured in the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy. Glenn Close has been cast as Commander Rael, the leader of the Nova Corps, while John C. Reilly will play Rhomann Dey, a high ranking officer of the Nova Corps.
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Blue marvel is the black superman of marvel. and icon is the black superman of DC.
Blue marvel might be more powerful then thor,and BLUE MARVEL MIGHT BE THE MOST POWERFUL MARVEL SUPERHERO.
Blue marvel is now in the comic called the mighty avengers.
It's mostly a black superhero team and luke cage is the leader.
Blue marvel
The Mighty Avengers
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The Mighty Avengers is a comic book series that was published by Marvel Comics. Originally written by Brian Michael Bendis, also the writer of New Avengers, the title first featured an officially sanctioned Avengers team of registered superheroes, residing in New York as part of the Fifty State Initiative, as opposed to the unlicensed team featured in The New Avengers. This first incarnation of the team is led by Iron Man and Ms. Marvel, with the later lineup featuring Hank Pym as the leader.
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The team first appears in The Mighty Avengers #1 (May 2007), written by Brian Michael Bendis and pencilled and inked by Frank Cho. The roster, led by Ms. Marvel, also consisted of Ares, Black Widow, Iron Man, Sentry, Wasp and Wonder Man. In the wake of the superhero "Civil War", Iron Man recruits Ms. Marvel as leader of the revamped team. Together they select the first roster.
The Mighty Avengers was originally intended to run parallel with New Avengers, with characters and events crossing over and being viewed from both perspectives. However, artist Cho fell behind schedule, and left the book after six issues and an additional cover. Successor Mark Bagley drew the series from issues #7-11 (early March - late May 2008).
The series was canceled with The Mighty Avengers #36 (April 2010), at the conclusion of the Siege storyline.
The team was relaunched in September 2013 under the creative team of Al Ewing and Greg Land. The new team is more street-level, and is led by Luke Cage. The team contains new versions of Ronin, White Tiger and Power Man, plus Blue Marvel, the Superior Spider-Man, She-Hulk, Spectrum, the Falcon and the new hero Spider-Hero.
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This is last year info and i had no idea about until now,and the info above too by the way.
‘Mighty Avengers’: A Step Forward For A Publisher, A Change In Tone From An Editor
After days of teaser images from Marvel hinting at some kind of new series, this morning the publisher finally announced a relaunch of Mighty Avengers. Written by Al Ewing with art from Greg Land, the new series features a team led by Luke Cage, with Falcon, White Tiger, She-Hulk, Spider-Man, Blue Marvel, Monica Rambeau (now named Spectrum), a new Ronin, and the new Power Man as members. Notably, the team is comprised mostly of heroes who are people of color and/or women.
Mighty Avengers has been championed by Executive Editor Tom Brevoort, who in the past has gone on record as describing the idea of an Avengers team comprised of all or mostly black characters as being “contrived,” but now says, “people who are interested in these characters and want to see heroes that reflect them have a genuine point.”
The new roster will initially be brought together by a threat from Thanos, who attacks Earth while the core Avengers roster is off planet dealing with a threat known as the Builders. Ultimately the team stays together, with Luke Cage seeing this as an opportunity to do genuine community outreach in a way that other superhero teams don’t.
Brevoort and Ewing promised interesting interactions between various team members, notably The Falcon and Cage, with the former being a by-the-book, follow orders kind of hero, while the latter is more prone to question authority. It’s a dynamic that echoes the one between Icon and Rocket in the late Dwayne McDuffie’s highly-regarded Icon series under the Milestone imprint in the 1990s.
Brevoort, who acknowledged that the idea for the new title was first discussed during Black History Month, cited McDuffie as an inspiration for the series. The editor said he wanted to help create a team book that McDuffie would have made himself, with a cast comprised of at least 50% non-white and/or non-male characters. As is, this squad of Mighty Avengers exceeds that number.
McDuffie famously spoke on how some fans react to casting several persons of color in a team book, memorably referring to the phenomenon as the “Rule of Three.” With that in mind, it will be interesting to see how fans respond to this new title.
While this announcement will be met with plenty of positive words, the reaction should be tempered. Too joyous a celebration over something this long overdue masks other problems. Marvel has still not hired a black writer since Reginald Hudlin left Black Panther in 2009, and on the same day as the Mighty Avengers announcement, Brevoort offered this response to a fan question about creators’ rights:
By any measure, that is a tone deaf remark.
Still, Mighty Avengers is progress. Co-author of what ComicsAlliance declared was the best crossover event of last year, Ewing is an extremely capable writer, and Brevoort’s supporting the series does represent a change of heart for him as an editor, one that many in his position may not have ever come to. And that is meaningful.
Mighty Avengers #1 arrives in stores this September.
Pedro Peña, Eugene Choi, and Darla Dudley: Billy, Mary, and Freddy's foster siblings in current New 52 continuity. Introduced in the Flashpoint miniseries, the overweight Latino teenager Pedro, intelligent Chinese teenager Eugene, and exuberant African-American preteen Darla share Billy's secret, and at Billy's will can share his power and become adult Shazam-powered superheroes.
Darla Dudley is an African-American girl living in Fawcett City. After history is rewritten by the Flash in Flashpoint, radically different versions of Captain Marvel and his family are introduced. Darla Dudley along with her five friends Billy Batson, Pedro Peña, Eugene Choi, Freddy Freeman, Mary Batson, and pet cat Tawky Tawny are trapped in a subway car that transports them to the Rock of Eternity. There they meet the wizard Shazam who grants each of the children with a different one of the wizard's attributes. Darla Dudley due to her nautral natural athletic abilities is given the speed of Mercury.
Powers and Abilities Powers
Darla Dudley was granted the Speed of Mercury by the Wizard Shazam:
Superhuman Speed - Granted by Mercury, Heru, Zephyrus and Arel. Chosen ones have incredible amounts of speed which allow them to move, react, and easily move at speeds far exceeding Mach 10 within Earth's atmosphere. It is possible that other uses of their speed aside from running and flying.
Flight - Granted by Mercury, Heru, Zephyrus and Arel. Chosen ones can soar into the skies through an act of sheer will. They can hover completely still or effortlessly achieve sub-orbital levels and travel across the planet in blinding speed.
Powers Flight Invulnerability Super Speed
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quote:Midnight Sun (M'Nai) is a fictional character, a former supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. He first appeared in Marvel Special Edition #16 (February 1974), and was created by Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin, and Al Milgrom.
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Midnight Sun began life as M'Nai, a child in a small African village which Fu Manchu was using as his headquarters. When Sir Denis Nayland Smith attacked the village, M'Nai's entire family was killed and M'Nai suffered permanent facial scars. Noticing that M'Nai did not cry despite his injury, Fu Manchu decided to raise the child in China as his own, alongside his son Shang-Chi. Taking the identity of "Midnight," M'Nai wore a mask at all times to hide his facial scar. Although he and Shang-Chi sometimes came to blows, they grew up as friends, a relationship which would end when Shang-Chi rebelled against his father and left.
Midnight continued to work as Fu Manchu's agent until he was ordered to assassinate Shang-Chi. Their friendship unraveled during the mission, as Midnight mocked Shang-Chi's attempts to convince to renounce their father's villainy. Midnight proclaimed that his heart was filled with unspeakable hatred for humanity due to the way that his family was killed and his face irreversibly disfigured and renounced his friendship with Shang-Chi. While fighting Midnight at the top of a winch, Shang-Chi dodged a powerful kick. The kick was so forceful that Midnight lost his balance and fell to his apparent death.
Secretly, Midnight was plucked from the time-stream by Kang the Conqueror moments before his death. Kang used Midnight as a soldier in his Legion of the Unliving, sending him to fight the Avengers. He was knocked unconscious by Mantis. After the end of the battle, Immortus returned him to his own time, where his death was allowed to take its course. Midnight's cape caught on the winch as he fell, breaking his neck. As his body hung from the winch, Shang-Chi contemplated climbing up to retrieve the body and look upon his brother's scarred face (which he never saw when he was alive) but opted not to out of respect for Midnight.
Midnight's body was obtained by the Kree and kept in cold storage for years. When the Kree realized that they needed an agent who could defeat the Silver Surfer in combat, a Kree scientist named Kar-Sagg reanimated Midnight's brain and placed it in a cloned body which had been enhanced with superhuman powers to make him a match for the Silver Surfer. It is at this point that he was renamed "Midnight Sun."
For the rest of the info search Midnight Sun (comics)
Midnight Sun battles the Silver Surfer.
Powers and abilities
quote: As an agent of Fu Manchu, Midnight was a highly trained martial artist and espionage agent. He was a master of unarmed combat and many martial arts weapons, particularly daggers, nunchaku, and shuriken. His specialty was vanishing into shadows and ambushing his opponents. He has had years of experienced in the disciplines of Kung Fu, and is an accomplished Kung Fu practitioner.
When Kar-Sagg transformed him into a Kree agent, he transferred Midnight's brain into a powerful cloned body. His new body has superhuman strength, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes. Most notably, silver discs were grafted to the palms of his hands and the soles of his feet, which provide propellant force that allows him to travel through space. He often used these discs to bash his enemies using his martial arts skills. His body was also modified to allow him to survive outer-space conditions, and he appears to have no need for food or rest. He is also mute. Although the exact extent of his superhuman strength, speed, and toughness are unknown, he was capable of causing pain to the Silver Surfer, and surviving the Surfer's repeated attacks without serious injury. His superhuman attributes were made more formidable by the fact that he retains all of his martial arts skills and affinity for darkness, even after suffering amnesia.
Phastos is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. He first appeared in Eternals (vol. 2) #1, October (1985), and was created by Peter B. Gillis and Sal Buscema.
Fictional character biography
quote:Phastos's history is very murky. He is a third or fourth generation Eternal who chose to remain on Earth because of his obsessive search for an unidentified item or person. [volume & issue needed] He continues to serve as the master technologist for the Eternal race, and it was his genius which allowed Virako to return from apparent death. [volume & issue needed] Although he despises war, Phastos chose to follow Ikaris into battle against the minions of Apocalypse.
Powers and abilities Phastos' Eternal body is superhumanly fast, strong, tough, and can regenerate. Can project "Cosmic Energy" in the form of beams from his eyes and hands. Cosmic energy manipulation allows flight, illusion generation, matter transmutation, and teleportation. Phastos carries a special hammer capable of firing bolts of an unknown energy. Phastos is also a brilliant engineer, technologist and inventor.
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Vibrania, is a Marvel Comics superheroine character from the fictional country of Kwarrai, Africa. Though her appearance was brief in the Marvel Universe, it was memorable to the superhero Speedball. She was created by Scott Lobdell, Ron Wilson & Don Perlin and first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 3 #4. (December, 1990)
Powers and abilities Due to being exposed to radioactive Vibranium she developed the ability to release Vibranium-powered blasts from her hands, these vibrations were strong enough to rip apart concrete. Beyond using her power offensively she could use her power to shield herself and others from falling debris as well, however only for a short period of time. It never is revealed what form of Vibraniun she was exposed to though as her powers allow her to admit vibrations it is most likely she was exposed to the Wakandan variety.
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Gov. Cuomo, Disney To Announce Four Marvel Superhero Netflix Series To Film In NYC
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, The Walt Disney Company, Marvel and Netflix Inc. today announced that Marvel's landmark live-action television series, which will bring Marvel's "flawed heroes of Hell's Kitchen" characters to Netflix, the world's leading Internet TV network, will principally film in New York State. Produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Television Studios, this groundbreaking series is Marvel's most ambitious foray yet into live-action television storytelling and represents the largest film or television production project commitment in New York State history.
Daredevil will be the first series from Marvel and Netflix to film in New York City Filming is set to begin in the Summer 2014 and will create at least three thousand jobs in New York State including up to 400 full time jobs. The project will include nearly 60 one-hour episodes focused on the 4 Defenders characters: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist.
"New York is where the entertainment industry started, and this unprecedented commitment from Disney and Marvel is further evidence that we're bringing it back bigger and better than ever before," said Governor Cuomo. "And when the entertainment industry thrives, it fuels dozens of other industries and businesses. The competition for these projects is fierce and Disney could have chosen to film these shows anywhere, but they knew that shooting in New York means getting to work with the best in world. These shows bring New York's super heroes home where they belong--along with hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in new business."
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It looks like i will be reading marvel comics again soon and catch up with some back issues like blue marvel and Mighty Avengers,the black panther and some others if needed.
I already read DC COMICS LIKE green lantern comics,justice league and some others if needed.
There are black own and other folks of color comic companies comics i will be reading sooner or later as well.
The internet makes it so much easier these days. Thank goodness.
Speaking of other folks of color and groups,check these out.
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I never heard of this guy before but he is really powerful.
MARVEL COMICS Gentle
Origin
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Nezhno is a Wakandan mutant, who sometimes goes by the name of Gentle, showing a contrast to his powers: he has amazing physical fighting skills but doesn't like violence. His mother is Wakandan and his father was Russian, and supposedly passed down the mutant gene to Nezhno.
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Gentle is a mutant from Wakanda sent to the X-Men. He has super strength and has vibranium tattoos to keep his power under control. He is currently enrolled at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.
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His powers is described as 'Extreme Strength'. Nezhno must meditate to keep his powers under control, seeing as they are emotional-based. His power is the ability to increase the overall size, power and strength of his body to unstoppable levels. He achieves this by using his brain power to energize his body. The markings adorning his body are vibranium tattoos that help keep his power in check. The vibranium have because of his mutation bonded to his skin and in to his muscles. When he activates his powers the tattoos change from their typical silver to a shining light blue color. Without the markings to contain him, Gentle would be one of the strongest people in the Marvel Universe. He cannot sustain this form for long however, as it causes massive strain on his body, giving him seizures and causing him to collapse. He has also revealed that every use of his powers means his powers increase in strength and power a little more. Eventually, they will prove too strong for the vibranium tattoo's ability to absorb the energy and then he will die. Because of this he will only use his powers in emergencies and those of a high level quality at that. He prefers to take the nonviolent route and because of this is passive. Nezhno also has had no sense of touch since his mutant powers activated.but it is possible that he might have felt Mercury touch him at some point.
Powers Agility Attractive Male Berserker Strength Immortal Size Manipulation Stamina Super Strength Unarmed Combat
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Brilliant and tough, Goliath fought evil using a variation of the Pym Particles. He was killed during the Civil War by Ragnarok, a clone of Thor. He was succeeded by his nephew, Tom Foster.
Bill as the Black Goliath
Powers Attractive Male Intellect Psionic Size Manipulation Stamina Super Strength Unarmed Combat
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I have not posted to many villians here of color but here is one.
MARVEL COMICS Nekra
Nekra can change her angry emotions into super strength, endurance & resistance to injuries.
Origin
quote: Due to massive radiation exposure at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Gemma Sinclair's unborn child is mutated. That child, Nekra, was born an African-American with chalk white skin. This made her a freak in her parent's eyes and they shunned her. Her childhood was miserable and she eventually ran away to New Mexican desert. Soon after, she met-up with Mandrill who was abandoned by his father and the two formed a kinship. Due to their appearance, they are eventually attacked by an angry mob and Nekra discovered her rage gave her immense strength and invulnerability.
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Deciding they didn't want to be persecuted anymore, they left for Africa where Mandrill started up the Black Specter Cult, using his powers to manipulate women into serving them, with Nekra serving as his head priestess. They were eventually defeated by Shanna.
Nekra is involved in many unsuccessful schemes and along the way learned voodoo from Black Talon. Nekra fell in love with the Grim Reaper and used her powers to revive him as a zombie after he was killed. Grim Reaper has a requirement to kill one person every 24 hours and does not share Nekra's love , so he kills her. Mandrill flips out and attacks the Grim Reaper until he is attacked and seemingly killed. However, as Mandrill is seen as a member of the Hood's troops, he survived the attack.
Nekra is later revived by Daemon Hellstrom and sent after Dr. Druid who she eventually shoots in the head. Latest news shows Nekra has a daughter, Death Reaper, who's father may have been the Grim Reaper.
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quote: Nekra possesses the mutant ability to increase her own strength, speed, durability, agility, reflexes, stamina and resistance to pain by harnessing violent emotions within her, especially hate. She is able to lift 10 tons at peak strength. Nekra is also an formidable hand-to-hand combatant and skilled in the ways of voodoo.
N'Kantu the Living Mummy is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. He first appeared in Supernatural Thrillers #5 (Aug. 1973), created by Steve Gerber and Rich Buckler.
Publication history Fictional character biography Born 3,000 years ago, N'Kantu is the son of T'Chombi, a chief of a Northern African tribe called the Swarili, of the nation of Swarilis. At the age of 21, N'Kantu must undergo the Test of the Lion, proving himself to be worthy of being called a warrior. Succeeding in this trial also means that someday N'Kantu would be worthy to succeed his father as king. Months later, his father dies in his sleep, and N'Kantu becomes the chieftain of the Swarili tribe.
Returning from a hunt, N'Kantu finds that his village has been ransacked and the entire tribe of Swarili rounded up by Egyptians as slaves. N'Kantu fights to rescue his people, but is overwhelmed and captured by the Egyptian soldiers.
N'Kantu and the Swarili are then taken to Egypt, and put to work building monuments to the current Pharaoh, Aram-Set. Recognized as the strongest, and most dangerous of the Swarili, N'Kantu is isolated and forced to work the hardest in an attempt to break his spirit. But at night he and the other Swarili people plot a rebellion, though unbeknownst to them their plotting is being reported to Aram-Set and his chief priest, Nephrus. At the completion of the current monument project, the Egyptians take their slaves into its catacombs in preparation for a mass execution. But N'Kantu signals for the revolt and the Swarili slaughter their would-be executioners.
N'Kantu slays Aram-Set with his spear, and then turns to Nephrus, but the evil priest had prepared, and he sprays N'Kantu in the face with a mysterious paralyzing liquid. N'Kantu is then strapped and bound to a special altar, his body wrapped in papyrus, and his blood is drained and replaced with an unknown alchemical preservative. N'Kantu, who remains conscious through the entire ordeal, is then placed inside a stone sarcophagus.
In modern times, the paralyzing fluid finally wears off and N'Kantu escapes from his tomb. Deranged from being paralyzed in a dark tomb for several millennia, he digs himself free and goes on a rampage in Cairo, Egypt. He later recovers from his insanity and discovers Doctor Alexi Skarab, one of Nephrus' surviving descendants. N'Kantu was electrocuted into unconsciousness. His lifeless body is shipped to a New York City museum, where he is revived. He is teleported to the dimension of the Elementals, who ordered him to find the ruby scarab. While searching, he battled Professor Abdol the Living Pharaoh. N'Kantu then battled the Elementals, and vanquished them with the aid of the Scarab he had found. During later travels N'Kantu befriends Ulysses Bloodstone. Some time after that N'Kantu is kidnapped by the Grandmaster for the Contest of Champions, but the Grandmaster doesn't consider him worthy enough to be a combatant and so N'Kantu returns to Earth.
N'Kantu later teams up with the Thing and his girlfriend Alicia Masters against General Hassan, another descendant of Nephrus, preventing him from obtaining the Spirit Gem. After this, he returns to the desert where he began searching for the Bloodgem. However, when Captain America and his "partner" Diamondback are after the gem as well, they convince N'Kantu to hand over the fragments he had found.
Later, N'Kantu is approached to join the Shock Troop organization. They help free Quasar from the Darkforce entity known as Quagmire, and disband afterward. Later he gets into a fight with the evil Rakses and has to team up with Elsa Bloodstone, the daughter of his old ally.After defeating this villain, N'Kantu spends some time guarding the mystic Orb of Ra. During this time, N'Kantu is approached by Nick Fury and is convinced to join his group of Howling Commandos, and they fight against the powerful Merlin in Area 13.
Soon afterward, N'Kantu was seen as one of the heroes against the Super-hero Registration Act which was forged during the Civil War event; it is later explained that N'Kantu began to feel his service in the Howling Commandos was slavery, prompting his rebellion. He was apprehended and transported to an extra-dimensional prison called "Fantasy Island" which is located in the Negative Zone. He was transported to his cell alongside Coldblood, Speedball, and Typeface. During this time, N'Kantu informs the three that he is not alive which creeps them out. When Iron Man and Spider-Man visit N'Kantu he in his prison cell, secured to a slab and surrounded by flames; Iron Man stated that some detainees require special security measures. He was later released when Hulkling impersonated Hank Pym and used his voice to unlock all the cells of imprisoned heroes. N'Kantu then takes part in the end fight between the Pro-Registration forces and the Anti-Registration forces.
In the aftermath of the Civil War storyline, N'Kantu returns to Egypt and recovers the Orb of Ra. He then summoned the spirit of Nephrus hoping to get him to restore him to full life or to let him die. Nephrus was unable to do that, but it did attract Anubis when Nephrus' spirit was drawn from his realm. N'Kantu agreed to become Anubis' agent to kill people and send their souls to him in exchange for N'Kantu moving on to the afterlife.
N'Kantu later appears as a member of the Legion of Monsters alongside Morbius, the Living Vampire, Werewolf by Night, Manphibian, and Man-Thing.
While in Monster Metropolis, N'Kantu, Werewolf by Night, and Man-Thing pass an unmasked Deadpool where they were oblivious to his appearance.
N'Kantu and Werewolf by Night try to arrest Dimensional Man, assisted by Morbius, the Living Vampire and Manphibian. Elsa Bloodstone teleports to Monster Metropolis with a dead monster that had been corrupted by an evil force.
Powers and abilities As a result of the transfusion of an unknown embalming fluid by the Egyptian high priest Nephrus, N'Kantu has superhuman strength and durability. He is highly resistant to many forms of attack. Although his skin is almost rock-hard in consistency, his wrappings are extremely vulnerable to fire. His blood has been replaced with an alchemical preservative that has allowed him to exist for over three thousand years. He also has no need for food, water, oxygen, or sleep.
N'Kantu is able to sense mystical energy and the use of magic. He can also sense and recognize Nephrus' descendants. His body no longer produces saliva, which makes speaking difficult and painful for him. He is nevertheless proficient in ancient Swarili, Egyptian and English. He is extremely sensitive to any dehydrative process which interferes with the preservative fluid in his veins.
He as the combat skills of the Swarili warrior class; some of these abilities are enhanced by his mummified condition, while others are diminished.
N'Kantu during the Civil War event. Art by Steve Lieber.
In other media Television
N'Kantu the Living Mummy appears in The Super Hero Squad Show episode "This Man-Thing, This Monster." He is shown to be the leader of an army of mummies that work for Dracula. He carries Werewolf by Night's girlfriend Ellen away.
N'Kantu the Living Mummy appears in a Halloween episode of Ultimate Spider-Man titled "Blade and the Howling Commandos" voiced by Oded Fehr. He is seen as a member of Nick Fury's Howling Commandos. N'Kantu and the rest of the Howling Commandos help Spider-Man and Blade when it comes to preventing Dracula from activating Tekamentep's Ankh which would enable Dracula to have no vampire weaknesses. After Dracula was repelled, N'Kantu took Tekamentep's Anhk for himself which he uses to restore his body and teleport to Manhattan in giant size to deal with Nick Fury (who N'Kantu claimed to have the Howling Commandos as part of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s "collection of freaks") where N'Kantu engages the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. With help from a giant-sized Man-Thing, Spider-Man uses Blade's sword to cut Tekamentep's Anhk from around N'Kantu' neck which regresses N'Kantu back to his mummy form.
Video games
N'Kantu appears in Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds in Jill Valentine's ending. He attacks her and Blade along with other Marvel monsters.
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Promethea is a comic book series created by Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III and Mick Gray, published by America's Best Comics/WildStorm.
It tells the story of Sophie Bangs, a college student from an alternate futuristic New York City in 1999, who embodies the powerful entity known as Promethea whose task it is to bring the Apocalypse.
Originally published as 32 issues from 1999 to 2005, the series has now been re-published into five graphic novels and one hard-back issue. Moore weaves in elements of magic and mysticism along with superhero mythology and action, spirituality and the afterlife (in particular the Tree of Life) and science-fiction. Promethea is also notable for wide-ranging experimentation with visual styles and art.
Plot summary In the 5th century AD, a Christian mob threatens the home of a magician in Hellenistic Egypt. He tells his daughter Promethea to flee into the desert, hoping the gods of the ancient world will preserve her. The story shifts to New York City in the late 20th century. Sophie Bangs is hoping to interview a woman named Barbara Shelley for a college paper on "Promethea", a character who seems to recur in literature and pop culture through the centuries. Shelley is hostile to her and warns, "You don't wanna go looking for folklore. And you especially don't want folklore to come looking for you." After departing, Sophie is tracked and attacked by a creature known as a Smee. Just as things look bleakest for Sophie, she is rescued by Barbara, who has mystical powers and is now dressed as Promethea. She informs Sophie that the only reason she would be attacked is if someone suspects she will become the next vessel for Promethea (Barbara is the current). It turns out that Promethea is called to the world when someone uses their imagination to make her real. As they hide from the pursuing Smee, the weakened and fatally injured Barbara instructs Sophie to write a poem about Promethea hoping Sophie is indeed the successor and the creative expression is a way to get Sophie in the correct state of mind to allow herself to become Promethea. Barbara's idea works and from that night Sophie, having defeated the Smee, becomes the next Promethea.
The story continues with Sophie/Promethea learning about Promethea and the previous individuals who have in the past been the vessels for Promethea. In the days that follow, the hospital where Barbara lies is attacked by demons, an act that leads to Barbara's death. This motivates Sophie to learn more about magic, mysticism and the Tree of Life and its spheres in order to find Barbara and help her seek Steve Shelly, Barbara's dead husband. Throughout their climb up the spheres of Tree of Life Sophie/Promethea and Barbara encounter difficulties such as imprisonment by the demon Asmodeus, as well as meeting figures such as Sophie's father Juan (who died when she was little), Barbara's guardian angel Boo Boo and Promethea's father, who she has not seen since his murder in 411 A.D. Eventually Barbara and Steve find each other and are re-incarnated as twins (who Sophie ends up looking after at the end of the book). Having been gone a whole summer, Sophie is unaware the FBI have been tracking Promethea, and want to take her into custody for the events Promethea has caused throughout the years. Moments before the FBI arrive Sophie's mother instructs her to run away (just as Promethea's father had centuries earlier).
Three years pass and Sophie, having abandoned her duties as Promethea, hides in Millennium City under the alias Joey Estrada with new boyfriend Carl. However, after being found by the FBI and Tom Strong, Sophie reluctantly becomes Promethea and in turn carries out one final task; bringing about the end of the world.
Promethea Promethea was a young girl whose father was killed by a Christian mob in Alexandria in AD 411. After escaping the mob, alone in the desert she is taken in hand by the god Thoth-Hermes, who tells her that if she goes with him/them into the Immateria, a plane of existence home to the imagination, she will no longer be just a little girl but a story living eternally. "Promethea" thereafter manifests through a series of individuals or vessels who through the power of imagination have channeled her energy.
Since the incident with the little girl in Alexandria, there have been eight known Promethea vessels. Six are characters in the story, the other two are told as two individuals, one Christian and one Muslim, who lived during the Crusades and fought each other. As there should only ever be one active Promethea at any one moment in history, the fight caused Promethea great pain, something that was repeated when Stacia/Grace fought Sophie/Promethea. It could be argued that there is a ninth Promethea vessel; Stacia Vanderveer. However, Stacia was only a vessel for Grace Brannagh, a dead woman who once herself was Promethea and not the original little girl.
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These two superheroes are afro-asian or afro-east asian.
These two are abit confusing, because some art of them seems to make them more black i think, and some other art seems to it makes them more phenotype wise like tiger woods,not really black or asian but a mix of the two. The i tend to see more art of them looking more clearly mixed or afro- east asian however.
Silhouette
Silhouette (Silhouette Chord) is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. She first appeared in New Warriors (vol. 1) #2, (August 1990), and was created by Fabian Nicieza and Mark Bagley. Silhouette and her brother Aaron Chord (Midnight's Fire) are mutants.
Origin In 1966 during the Vietnam War, an American recon patrol in Cambodia stumbled upon an ancient hidden temple of a cult known as the Dragon's Breath, which had remained hidden for centuries. It had been built upon a well-spring of raw, primal energy called the "Well of All Things." The inhabitants decided to breed a superior race that would one day unite with the ways of the west. They believed that this union would produce children capable of harnessing the power of the Well. The members of the recon patrol were to be the fathers of these children; one of these men was Andrew Chord, the man who would become Silhouette's father.
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Silhouette and her brother Aaron (Midnight's Fire) are the only children of Andrew Chord, the former guardian of Dwayne Taylor (Night Thrasher) and his wife Miyami (Tai's only daughter), and were born in New York City. Silhouette and Midnight's Fire were operating as independent vigilantes in the streets of New York, when they met Dwayne (before he had become Night Thrasher), and the three began an organized effort to take down various New York City criminal street gangs. She began a romance with Night Thrasher during this time.
Powers and abilities Thanks to her genetic heritage developed through many generations of selective breeding, Silhouette has the ability to teleport herself over short distances on Earth by traveling through the Darkforce dimension. She can "melt" into any shadow or area of darkness, thus entereing the Darkforce dimension, and then reemerge on Earth through another shadow or area of darkness.
Like Nightcrawler, Silhouette originally had the power to shadow-meld, thereby becoming nearly invisible while under the cover of darkness, as well as the ability to teleport via dimension hop, using any available shadow as a portal. She could also open small portals anywhere shadows existed and use them to attack distant enemies by extending her crutches through them.
After a disturbance in the Darkforce that affected everyone who used it, she found that her powers had increased to the point where she could now teleport others. She has demonstrated this ability by teleporting small groups of people along with herself, although it is painful and leaves her exhausted. She can also now become 'living darkness', and can cause extreme pain by phasing through the bodies of her enemies.
Like her brother Midnight's Fire, Silhouette also has enhanced speed, strength, agility, and sensory perception. She is a superb hand-to-hand combatant and capable martial artist, and master of an unspecified martial art.
Later in New Warriors (Vol 4) she now has the ability to manipulate the dark force energies to create tendrils much in the same manner as Asylum, another dark force user.
Equipment After her legs were crippled due to injuries inflicted by gunfire, Night Thrasher designed and built a special pair of combat-capable crutches and leg braces for her. Thrash designed the crutches to include both a hidden electric tazer that can emit electrical charges to stun an adversary, and a slim anesthetic needle injector that delivered paralytic chemicals. The crutches are also equipped with "smoke gas" and metal firing pellets.
A later design had retractable braces in specially designed open metal gauntlets. She wears a costume made from unstable molecules, because initially she could only teleport herself and any inanimate matter composed of unstable molecules; therefore, her clothes fell off whenever she shadow-melded.
Midnight's Fire
Midnight's Fire is a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. He first appeared in New Warriors (vol. 1) #2, (August 1990), and was created by Fabian Nicieza and Mark Bagley. Midnight's Fire is a Mutate, his powers and his sister Silhouette's powers are derived from their ability to tap into the extradimensional energy of the Universal Wellspring, due to being descendants of the Dragon's Breadth Cult which had based their cult around the base of one of the wells for centuries.
Powers and abilities Midnight's Fire has very subtle abilities, due to the energies of the Well of All Things his physical attributes are at the peak of human possibility, he has enhanced speed, strength, agility, and sensory perception on par with Captain America.
He is also an unparalleled martial artist. The combination of these traits made him a deadly threat in combat to normal humans like Night Thrasher. The threat of a physical confrontation with Midnight's Fire was one of the main reasons that Dwayne Taylor created his body armor.
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Some more afro -east asian superheros i did not know about.
Green Arrow (Connor Hawke)
quote: Connor Hawke is a DC Comics superhero who operated as the second Green Arrow, created by Kelley Puckett and Jim Aparo. Connor is the son of Oliver Queen, the original Green Arrow, and his former girlfriend Sandra "Moonday" Hawke. Connor Hawke first appeared in Green Arrow (volume 2) #0 (1994).
Following the Flashpoint crossovers and New 52 reboot, Connor appears in Earth 2, a series set in a parallel universe to the main "Prime Earth" DC continuity, and is an operative of the World Army under the alias Red Arrow.
Ethnicity
quote: Connor is of mixed Asian, African, and European heritage (his mother was half Black and half Korean, and his father Ollie is white), and was originally depicted with Asiatic features, dark skin, and fair hair and eyes. However, this has not been consistently maintained across different artists and colorists, and when the Green Arrow series was rebooted the character was depicted with European features and light skin (even though a childhood picture in the later Archer's Quest storyline depicted him with dark skin). Connor's original features were later restored with Dixon's Dragon Blood miniseries. He now appears to have a mix of Asian American and African facial features.
The Earth 2 version of Connor Hawke in the New 52 resembles Roy Harper more than his pre-Flashpoint counterpart, with light skin and red hair.
Powers and abilities Connor possesses no powers, he is merely an expert archer (although not the natural his father is). Due to his influence [citation needed] most of the "arrow team" has begun to use regular pointed arrows consistently. However, they will still engage in use of trick arrows when needed.
Due to Connor's training in the ashram, he can mimic fighting styles that he witnesses, though this is a learned skill and not a metahuman power. Writer Chuck Dixon used the Brotherhood of the Fist storyline to establish Connor as being among the best hand to hand combatants in the world. One Year After Infinite Crisis, Connor furthered his training, and like his father and Mia, is able to wield a sword proficiently.
According to the 2007 miniseries, Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood, Connor has possibly received some measure of immortality, enhanced strength, and speed by bathing in the blood of a dragon. However, no mention of this has been made since the miniseries.
After the events told in the Green Arrow and Black Canary 2008 series, Connor is infected with a brain-damaging neurotoxin and spliced with DNA coming from Plastic Man and other still unnamed sources; as a result, he's left largely amnesiac and unable to wield a bow with the necessary ability and coordination, but he's granted a highly effective healing factor and an even higher pain threshold. His martial arts mastery however is not influenced by his brain damage: in fact, coupled with his newly discovered metahuman powers, this makes him a feared warrior, almost unable to be deterred by pain and wounds. During the battle with Ollie during the Blackest Night, Connor is shown to be very proficient in the use of Japanese shuriken. After the Blackest Night, Connor regained his memories.
Mongrel
Josh Xan, mixed-blood Vietnamese and African-American, discovered he could create powerful Shadowforce blasts from his hands. He turned into Mongrel and joined the Blood Pack.
Quarrelsome and arrogant, teenager Josh Xan received his superpowers when alien parasites invaded Earth during the Bloodlines crisis and attacked him, activating his latent metagene. In the past his half Vietnamese heritage had made Josh a target for bigots and caused him mental pain. Now, the negative mental thoughts he had kept bottled up for years saw expression as a unique form of energy which he could project with shattering force. Under the codename Mongrel, he used his darkforce powers to assist Hawkman and other heroes ending the bloodlines crisis.
Mongrel was not the only young hero who earned superpowers during the alien invasion. The aliens, who drank human spinal fluid, triggered a a related outbreak of metahuman powers among a small group of inexperienced youths. Collectively called the "New Bloods", this group of untested champions joined together as the Blood Pack at the behest of the shadowy U.S. government agency the Quorum, which hoped to use Blood Packs's members to advance its own villainoous agenda. After the Quorum's defeat, Mongrel faded from public view.
Mongrel joined the Blood Pack and was trained by Jade. There last battle as a group was against Solomon Grundy. Superboy-Prime used his heat ray to obliterate all the Blood Pack and the Solomon Grundy version.
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There Are No White Men in the Reboot of Major Marvel Comics Super-Team
As we've noted in the past, Marvel Comics has quietly been getting really progressive on race and gender issues lately (even though Marvel Entertainment's superhero movies remain locked in a mostly white, dude-dominated mode). A big milestone in that evolution was announced today: Marvel is rebooting one of its main super-teams, the Ultimates, as a group of heroes including zero white men!
The Ultimates are the flagship evil-fighting force in Marvel's so-called Ultimate Universe, an interconnected set of comics series that take place in a parallel universe (ugh, comics remain dauntingly confusing to the uninitiated). The initial Ultimates series, launched in 2002, is widely known as the biggest creative influence on Marvel's Avengers movie franchise. Along those lines, it's traditionally been staffed by Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, and other Caucasian gents. But after an apocalyptic event this spring, the team will re-form in All-New Ultimates, a series that will star four female superheroes and two men of color (including the Ultimate Universe's half-black, half-Latino Spider-Man). The series will still be written by a white dude, Michel Fiffe, but c'mon, this is still a big step in the right direction.
There’s never been a more frustrating time to be a socially progressive fan of Marvel Comics. Not because its many titles are conservative or hateful — just the opposite, in fact. Marvel’s printed superhero books are more ethnically diverse, feminist, and queer-positive than they’ve ever been. The frustration comes because, even as Marvel’s printed offerings are looking forward, its popular live-action movies and TV shows feel like relics from a lily-white, male-dominated, straights-only past. It’s time for Marvel to push its onscreen output into the 21st century by learning from its own source material.
In the past two years, Marvel readers have been treated to stories that push the boundaries of what superheroes can look like. The most visible examples of that trend have, not surprisingly, come in the franchise that has, historically, been Marvel’s cash cow: the X-Men books. The franchise's two flagship titles — All-New X-Men and Uncanny X-Men, both written by longtime comics scribe Brian Michael Bendis — have been exceptionally open-minded. At the center of both books is an explosive development: the introduction of a group of newly discovered mutants, the majority of them women or people of color. None are stereotypes, either — the Latino and black kids aren’t gangbangers who talk in slang, the female character isn’t whiny and vain, and so on; they’re just teenagers, figuring out their weird new situations. And speaking of female characters, the X-books these days practically make Girls look like a sausage fest. Indeed, in a cheeky bit of ironic titling, the series called X-Men was recently relaunched with an all-female cast of six X-characters — half of whom happen to be women of color. Nearly every issue of the main X-books passes the Bechdel Test, like, four times over. Oh, and there was that big same-sex wedding the X-Men had last year.
The tide is rising elsewhere at Marvel, too. One of the two current Fantastic Four series, FF, stars an emergency backup team (because the main team is currently displaced in time for reasons that are too bonkers to summarize), 75 percent of whom are women. And FF just revealed that one of its characters is transgender — but instead of being some overblown event, it’s just something the cast acknowledges as being totally okay before going on with their world-saving. In Ultimate Spider-Man, the new Spider-Man (Peter Parker having died a little while back) is a super-smart, half-black, half-Latino teenager with an Asian-American best friend and female quasi-sidekick. The long-running Captain Marvel franchise was just relaunched with a female Captain Marvel. Roughly half of the Avengers are either women or people of color. I could go on, but you get the picture.
But if you’re an average superhero fan — the sort who knows specifics about Marvel’s superheroes mainly through the successful film franchises — you would have no idea any of this was happening. In fact, based on the content of Marvel Entertainment’s massively profitable film and TV empire, you’d almost think Marvel’s creative directors worked for a conservative think tank. Take, for example, the recently debuted (and cumbersomely titled) ABC series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It follows a black-ops team that’s primarily white (with the exception of Ming-Na Wen and half-Chinese-half-Caucasian Chloe Bennet*). Through its first two episodes, the only black character with more than two minutes of screen time was an angry villain: an unemployed, black single parent, addicted to druglike technology, who kidnapped and manhandled a white woman. The second episode took our heroes to Peru, where the only person of color they really interacted with was a sexy Latina villainess.
None of that should come as a surprise, given that the show is a spinoff from the so-called Marvel Cinematic Universe (or MCU, as it’s known among fans). The MCU is just about as non-inclusive as superhero universes can get. Here’s the breakdown of the superheroes who aren’t white men in the MCU (which includes the Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor films — Marvel has no direct control over the X-Men or Spider-Man film franchises, which are owned by Fox and Sony, respectively.): one white woman (the Black Widow, who of course fights in a skin-tight catsuit and regularly uses her sexual wiles to thwart bad guys) and two black men (Nick Fury and James Rhodes). There have only been a handful of other women in the various MCU films — all white, and all in damsel-in-distress roles.
The next MCU flick is November’s Thor: The Dark World, which stars a blonde Nordic god and will feature only two black characters, one of whom is a hideous bad guy. (In Marvel's defense, they cast Idris Elba as a heroic Norse god in Thor, prompting some outrage from a white supremacist group.) After that will come Guardians of the Galaxy, similarly featuring black and Latino baddies against a white male hero (Chris Pratt’s Star Lord). Marvel movies are planned out well into the latter part of this decade — not a single one about a female superhero. Defenders of the MCU will point to this or that little bit of diversity, but it’s all slim pickings. Marvel flicks will continue to be a boys’ clubhouse where girls get occasional guest passes.
What’s going on here? Why this insane dichotomy between Marvel’s comics and its live-action stuff? The reasons are maddeningly obvious and time-worn: Big-budget action movies and shows — be they spandex-clad or not — simply don’t get made without straight, male, (usually) white protagonists. It’s all supposed to appeal to the imagined median viewer: a hetero Caucasian (or Chinese, given Hollywood’s increasingly global marketing focus) dude.
But here’s the thing: Those same arguments were held as truisms in superhero comics for decades. Marvel and DC clung to the ideas that franchises couldn’t risk more than the occasional token black guy and that lady heroes have to wear impractically sexy outfits. But now Marvel Entertainment — led by former writer-artist Joe Quesada — obviously doesn’t hold to that. Its printed output is living proof. Quesada and his creators took a leap of faith by making their comics radically more inclusive, and it has paid off — the X-books rake it in monthly. What’s more, the lesser-selling books mentioned in this article — FF and Ultimate Spider-Man, for example — haven’t been canceled by Marvel, which means the higher-ups believe these stories and characters are worthwhile, even if they have to take a loss on it for the time being.
The financial stakes are much higher for multi-billion-dollar movies and shows, of course. But so are the philosophical stakes. Marvel currently has the eyeballs of hundreds of millions of moviegoers across the globe — something that’s never been true before for any comics company. It has a massive platform to tell all those viewers across the planet, “Anyone can be a hero, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, or anything else.” It's not as if Marvel hasn't tried and succeeded wildly in getting that very message across in the past.
* This post has been corrected to note that Chloe Bennet is half Chinese.
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Deathlok Comes To 'Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.'
He may not have half a metal face or a big red eye, but a version of Deathlok is joining up with Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the show’s February 4 episode on ABC.
Well, “joining up” might not be the right phrasing. He’s actually been on the show since the pilot, but viewers didn’t know just what was in store for Mike Peterson, played by J. August Richards, until now. Turns out, the whole thing was a stealth celebration of Deathlok’s 40th anniversary.
Marvel summarizes the episode on its Tumblr:
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Transformed into the cybernetic solider against his will, Mike Peterson (J. August Richards) must struggle to find the man in the machine. With a high-tech eye that allows him to see through walls, super strength and increased speed courtesy of a cybernetic leg, will Deathlok fight alongside the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. or against them?
Richards is pretty into the whole thing. “If you would have asked when I was nine-years old what I wanted to be, I would have said a super hero and I’m so excited to be one now as an adult on TV!” he said. “It’s a dream come true.”
But can it really be when you don’t look like a zombie with metal arms and legs or talk to an AI in your head that you affectionately call “‘Puter’”? Those are the real questions.
In the upcoming episodes i believe he will start to look more like the picture below.
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There is a number of deathloks in the comics but tv will be dealing with the black one.
Deathlok (also referred to as "Deathlok the Demolisher") is a fictional cyborg character who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Astonishing Tales #25 (Aug. 1974), and was created by Rich Buckler and Doug Moench. At least three subsequent Marvel characters have used the "Deathlok" identity since then. A recurring theme among these characters is that a dead human has been reanimated with cybernetic technology. "Deathlok technology" has also been used thematically by Marvel writers in other stories.
Michael Collins Professor Michael Collins was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a pacifist working for the Roxxon Oil cybernetics corporation Cybertek. Upon discovery of the Deathlok program he was shot with a sedative by Harlan Ryker and his brain was transplanted into the body of the John Kelly Deathlok Cyborg. The machine was used against rebels fighting against Roxxon's influence in the fictional South American country of Estrella. Collins regained his consciousness during that mission and stopped the cyborg programming that would have killed a small child.
Although his brain was intended to serve only as a medium for the robot's programming, he was able to assert his will over it (installing a "no-killing parameter" into its programming). The computer is fully willing to listen to Collins, though he must take care to present his orders in a way that helps fulfill the mission and keep people from dying. The computer is fully capable of understanding distinct concepts, such as bluffing, as when Collins is forced to pretend to take a hostage.
He met Jesus Badalamente and also battles Mainframe.
Collins learns that his human body was still alive, and encounters Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D.[24] Harlan Ryker hides Collins's human body. Collins aids Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. in preventing a nuclear strike on the United States.
With the Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Misty Knight, Deathlok later battles Mechadoom.[25] He meets the Punisher, and battles Silvermane. [26] He next meets Moses Magnum. Collins finally reveals his existence as a cyborg to his family.
Collins then begins to search for his human body. During this time he fought Sleepwalker, and helps Silver Sable retrieve a purloined Statue of Liberty. He assists a makeshift team of other heroes in the "Maximum Carnage" incident, protecting the people of New York from a mass-murdering group of supervillains. Ultimately, Collins gained the ability to shift from his "Deathlok" body to human form at will.
During the events of the series Beyond!, the cosmic being Stranger (pretending to be the Beyonder) transported Collins to an alien planet where he was forced to live for years until being rescued with the aid of several other heroes. However, his rescue required the sacrifice of Greg Willis, the superhero known as Gravity. As an act of gratitude, Collins arranged Gravity's funeral. When Willis' body was later stolen by a the cosmic entity known as Epoch, Collins enlisted the aid of the Fantastic Four in retrieving it.
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MS. MARVEL: Why does Marvel’s latest book succeed? Because its new Muslim teen superhero is ‘sweet, conflicted and immensely relatable’ Marvel Comics will debut its new Ms Marvel on Wednesday as it seeks to reach new and diverse readers. (Sara Pichelli - REUTERS)
AS I BEHELD the new book, I became nervous — as in, really apprehensive, sweaty-palms nervous. I knew that it would be so easy for its creators to get this book wrong — and so difficult for them to get it right.
Why? Because the heroine of this new book, which debuts Wednesday, is highly uncommon — even for the comics world. She’s a 16-year-old superhero who is Pakistani American. And she’s Muslim.
Let’s be real: The word “Muslim” has certain connotations attached to it. We all know what they are, and when you say “Muslim girl,” you’ve now got a whole different set of misconceptions. And when you say, “Muslim girl who is a comic-book superhero,” well, people’s antennae tend to go up.
On Wednesday, Marvel Comics will launch its new Ms. Marvel character. The debut is part of a larger women’s “Characters and Creators” initiative (which, in and of itself, is remarkable in an often male-centered comic-book world), yet media attention focused on Ms. Marvel when the New York-based publisher announced that Kamala Khan, the Pakistani Muslim hero, would take on the mantle of the old Ms. Marvel, Carol Danvers (now the hero of Captain Marvel).
“People are trying to find something controversial in it,” Sana Amanat, the book’s Pakistani-American editor. tells Comic Riffs.
Amanat came up with the idea for Kamala Khan after telling a story about her childhood to friend and fellow Marvel editor Steve Wacker. Members of the news media, “want to know if we’re going to be talking about the oppression of women,” Amanat tells us. “I’ve had a lot of questions about whether we are going to be changing the face of Islam.”
Marvel editors insist they’re not trying to make a political statement. Axel Alonso, the Marvel editor-in-chief who spearheaded the enormously successful Marvel NOW! initiative, sees Kamala as a natural entrant into Marvel’s comic-book universe.
“She’s a teenager and she’s struggling to find her own path,” Alonso tells us. “She’s imbued with great power and she learns the responsibility that comes with it. That’s a universal story. The fact that she’s female and first generation American, continuously struggling with the values and authority of her parents, gives the story extra nuance, but it’s a universal human story.”
As a Pakistani American female, I can relate to Kamala. (And while I’m not an obsessive comic-book or graphic novel reader, I did grow up reading X-Men, The Crow and The Sandman.) As a kid living in an isolated desert town, the most diversity I saw in my media was Claudia Kishi, the Japanese American girl from “The Baby-Sitters Club.” At age 10, or even 15, it would have meant the world to me to see a Pakistani girl portrayed positively, let alone as a comic book superhero.
When I first read the news about Kamala, I was excited…for two seconds. Then my natural paranoia set in. How would Marvel tell this story? Would they overplay the ethnic angles? Would they play it down? Would they make Kamala ashamed of her background or religion? Would they make her strong and independent enough? Would they stereotype her?
Even if Kamala’s creators managed to avoid the obvious missteps, would they tell a good story? What if they focused so much on being politically correct and sensitive that they lost the magic that every superhero story needs to catch on?
When I asked myself what I’d want to see in a comic about a Pakistani superhero, the first word that came to mind was “relatable.” Yes, I wanted my 15-year-old self to be able to read the book and say, “Hey, this is totally me.” But I also wanted Kamala to be familiar to anyone, everyone. Because it’s not just the lonely, comic-book-loving Pakistani teen who needs a hero like Kamala. It’s the people who look at that teen and only see a Muslim or a Pakistani instead of a whole person.
Before starting the book, I figured I was asking for quite a lot. I told myself not to get my hopes up because I’d probably be disappointed.
But I wasn’t.
Somehow, Ms. Marvel managed to be everything I wanted it to be. We meet a 16-year old girl living in Jersey City with her family. She’s a fan of Captain Marvel and has a thing for sniffing BLT’s. She’s trying to find her place in the world, survive high school and not tick off her parents. When she encounters a creepy otherworldly mist, her life changes and we have the setup for her eventually becoming Ms. Marvel.
Kamala comes off as sweet, conflicted and immensely relatable. She could be a Latina or an African American, a descendant of Chinese immigrants or a blonde Daughter of the American Revolution. Her struggles will be familiar to anyone who has tried to figure out where they belong.
Although Amanat created Kamala Khan, the book is illustrated by Adrian Alphona (”Runaways”) and written by G. Willow Wilson, an American Muslim convert known for thoughtfully addressing all manner of culturally sensitive topics in her past work (”Alif the Unseen, Cairo”).
In addition to deftly handling the family and cultural dynamic, Wilson is such a natural at dialogue that I’m wondering whether she’s secretly a 16-year- old Pakistani superhero. Her skill is most apparent in a scene between Kamala’s progressive, streetwise father and her holier-than-thou elder brother. “Prayer is noble,” Kamala’s father says to his work-shirking son, “But when you spend all day praying, it starts to look like you’re avoiding something…like finding a job, for example.”
With that same wry humor, Wilson touches on the stereotypes that many Muslim women and girls deal with on a regular basis. “Your headscarf is so pretty, Kiki,” a well-meaning but culturally uneducated character says to one of Kamala’s friends. “But…nobody pressured you to start wearing it, right? Nobody’s going to, like, honor-kill you?”
Some expected comic-book tropes make an appearance: the nagging parent; the rebellious child; the hint of a possible romance; a difficult lesson learned.
And there are suggestions of broader themes to come, many of which are commonly explored in comics (though the medium does not get enough credit for it). As teenagers, how do we balance the identity that our parents impose upon us with the person we want to be? What do we do when our friends try to protect us from things we don’t want to be protected from? What happens when we realize we don’t fit in, no matter how much we try? What happens to our hopes and dreams when it seems like there’s no way of ever attaining them?
For now, these themes are just suggestions. And that’s as it should be, because what matters most in any story, comic book or not, is whether the hero is someone you care about and can relate to. At its heart, the first issue of Ms. Marvel is a simple, familiar story about a girl who feels like the worst kind of misfit.
And that’s something that almost every comic book fan can understand.
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Ms marvel info. Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) Kamala Khan (center) on a variant cover of Ms. Marvel #1 (February 2014). Art by Arthur Adams.
Kamala Khan is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by editor Sana Amanat, writer G. Willow Wilson, and artist Adrian Alphona, Khan is Marvel's first Muslim character to headline her own comic book. Khan initially made brief appearances in Captain Marvel #14 (August 2013) and Captain Marvel #17 (November 2013) before making her full debut in All-New Marvel NOW! Point-One #1 (January 2014). Khan began headlining the third volume of Ms. Marvel in February 2014.
Within the Marvel Universe, Khan is a teenage Pakistani American from New Jersey with shapeshifting abilities, who discovers that she has Inhuman heritage in the aftermath of the "Inhumanity" storyline and assumes the codename Ms. Marvel from her idol Carol Danvers.
Publication history In November 2013, Marvel Comics announced that Kamala Khan, a teenage Muslim-American from Jersey City, New Jersey, would take over the comic book series Ms. Marvel beginning in February
2014. The series, written by G. Willow Wilson and drawn by Adrian Alphona, marks the first time a Muslim character has headlined a book at Marvel Comics.[1] However, Noelene Clark of the Los Angeles Times noted that Khan is not the first Muslim character in comic books, which include Simon Baz, Dust and M.[2] The conception of Kamala Khan came about during a conversation between Marvel editors Sana Amanat and Steve Wacker. Amanat said, "I was telling him [Wacker] some crazy anecdote about my childhood, growing up as a Muslim-American. He found it hilarious." The pair then told Wilson about the concept and Wilson became eager to jump aboard the project.[3] Amanat said that the series came from a "desire to explore the Muslim-American diaspora from an authentic perspective."[4]
The series not only explores Khan's conflicts with supervillains but also explores conflicts with Khan's home and religious duties. Wilson, a convert to Islam, said "This is not evangelism. It was really important for me to portray Kamala as someone who is struggling with her faith." Wilson continued, "Her brother is extremely conservative, her mom is paranoid that she's going to touch a boy and get pregnant, and her father wants her to concentrate on her studies and become a doctor."[3] Amanat added,
As much as Islam is a part of Kamala’s identity, this book isn't preaching about religion or the Islamic faith in particular. It's about what happens when you struggle with the labels imposed on you, and how that forms your sense of self. It's a struggle we've all faced in one form or another, and isn't just particular to Kamala because she's Muslim. Her religion is just one aspect of the many ways she defines herself.[1]
In the series, Khan takes the name Ms. Marvel from Carol Danvers, who now goes by the alias Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel writer Kelly Sue DeConnick revealed that Khan actually made a brief appearance in Captain Marvel #14 (August 2013) saying, "Kamala is in the background of a scene in Captain Marvel 14... She is very deliberately placed in a position where she sees Carol protecting civilians from Yon-Rogg."[5] About Khan's relationship with Danvers, Wilson said,
She looks up to Carol because she's saved worlds with her bare hands – literally. She really idolizes Carol, and is an ideal she looks up to. So when she gets powers of her own, it makes sense for her to take that younger Captain Marvel role up,[6]
adding "Captain Marvel represents an ideal that Kamala pines for. She's strong, beautiful and doesn't have any of the baggage of being Pakistani and 'different'".[3] Amanat elaborated, "Khan is a big comic book fan and after she discovers her superhuman power – being a polymorph and able to lengthen her arms and legs and change her shape – she takes on the name of Ms. Marvel."[7] Khan is one of several characters, who discover that they have Inhuman heritage following the "Inhumanity" storyline.[8]
Regarding the effect that Jersey City has on Kamala Khan, Wilson said:
She's very much the kind of girl who grew up staring wistfully at Manhattan, thinking 'If only I could make it to the big city.' Jersey City is not just the backdrop of the series, but very much a part of Kamala's own journey. She becomes kind of defiant and defensive; Jersey is her turf, it's where she grew up and she's not an apologist about it. Jersey City oftentimes seems to play second fiddle to New York City, with all of the action taking place across in NYC and Jersey City being where people go to dump stuff or discard things. A huge aspect of Ms. Marvel is a "second string hero" in the "second string city" and having to struggle out of the pathos and emotion that can give a person.[6]
Reception Initial reaction Marvel's announcement was met with widespread reactions online. Fatemeh Fakhraie, founder of Muslimah Media Watch, a diversity advocacy group, told Al Jazeera America that "She is going to be a window into the American Muslim experience" and that she "normalizes this idea of the American experience as Muslim."[9] Brett White of Comic Book Resources said, "With Kamala Khan, the daughter of Pakistani immigrants living in Jersey City, Marvel Comics has shown yet again that it wants to include groups of the American population that have yet to be personally inspired by their heroes."[10] Hussein Rashid writing for CNN said, "The character of Kamala Khan has the opportunity to offer something new to pop-culture portrayals of Muslims. She is born in the United States, appears to be part of the post-9/11 generation and is a teenager."[11] Muaaz Khan of The Guardian compared Kamala Khan to Malala Yousafzai and indicated that the rest of entertainment industry should follow Marvel's example. [12] However, Dr. Leon Moosavi of the University of Liverpool felt that the character's family would reinforce the stereotype of restrictive Muslim parents and that her shape-shifting ability resembled several anti-Muslim stereotypes, especially taqiyya.[13]
Political satirist Stephen Colbert joked about Marvel's decision to introduce a Muslim superhero on his television show.[14] Comedian Conan O'Brien also made a joke via Twitter, linking the character's religion to polygamy, but later removed it due to public backlash.[15]
Critical reaction Meagan Damore of Comic Book Resources said, "There is nothing not to love about Ms. Marvel #1: every character is well formed and distinct; the story, lovingly crafted; the art, meticulously planned and — at times — downright funny."[16] Jen Aprahamian of Comic Vine said "Ms. Marvel makes a delightful debut, showing confidence and heart even before she puts on a mask. Kamala is not your average superheroine and her stories seem like they're headed in an exciting direction. Kudos to Marvel for expanding its range; amping up the diversity factor in a way that doesn't feel token or temporary is a great move, and Ms. Marvel is launching with a solid first issue and a world — a universe, even — of story possibilities."[17] Joshua Yehl of IGN said, "Ms. Marvel introduces a vibrant and troubled character that you can't help but love. "[18] George Marston of Newsarama said, "Ms. Marvel is a solid debut issue, and that in itself should be a victory not just for G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona, but for Marvel Comics itself... It's not exactly edgy, and Kamala Khan is not exactly the first reluctant teen hero in Marvel's long history, but Ms. Marvel is one of the strongest debuts for a new character that Marvel has had in a long time."[19]
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Simon Baz, The New Green Lantern, Is The Country's First Arab-American Superhero (PHOTOS)
Think of Middle Eastern characters in popular comics and you'll get a long list of villains: like the Ten Rings organization in the recent film adaptation of Iron Man.
"In general, when you think about Arabs and Muslims in main roles in pop culture, they’re always the villains," says Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab American Association of New York. "We're always the hijackers. We're always the bad people that the good American soldiers or CIA is trying to fight," Sarsour told the New York Daily News.
However, for the first time in comic-book history, America has an Arab-American superhero. Meet the newest member of the Green Lantern Corps: Simon Baz. The new Muslim-American superhero even has a cool Arabic tattoo on the same arm as his Lantern ring, further emphasizing his divergence from the more traditional mainstream DC Comics lineup. The tattoo means 'courage, ' according to the Associated Press.
"To finally have the opportunity where the Arab-American can be the super hero, to be the one who saves people, is a lot more powerful an image," Sarsour told the New York Daily News.
However, Baz still has a bit of a dark side. "He's not a perfect character. He's obviously made some mistakes in his life, but that makes him more compelling and relatable," says DC Comics' Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns. "Hopefully (it's) a compelling character regardless of culture or ethnic background. ... But I think it's great to have an Arab-American superhero. This was opportunity and a chance to really go for it," Johns told the Associated Press.
Baz is also quintessentially American, being raised in Dearborn, Mich., according to the Detroit Free Press. Dearborn is home to both Ford Motors and to the largest Arab-American population in the country. Baz's character is an out-of-work auto engineer who becomes ends up as a car thief before the Green Lantern ring chooses him to be a "cosmic cop," according to USA Today. Baz is shown watching 9/11 on TV and dealing with the consequent fallout on Muslims.
In June this year, DC Comics also announced that Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern who first appeared in 1940, was gay.
Check out the photos of Simon Baz as America's first Arab-American superhero below:
Simon as he appears on the Rise of the Third Army story line. Art by Doug Mahnke
Simon Baz is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics, usually in those starring the Green Lantern Corps, an extraterrestrial police force of which Simon is a member. Created by writer Geoff Johns and artist Doug Mahnke, Simon first appeared in 2012 following DC's 2011 company-wide relaunch as part of its Green Lantern story arc "Rise of the Third Army", in which Baz replaces Silver Age hero Hal Jordan as the Green Lantern of Earth's sector.[2] Prior to this, the character made an unnamed cameo in The New 52 Free Comic Book Day Special Edition #1. At the time, Baz debuted to a positive critical reaction and over time gained a sizable fanbase. DC later added Baz to its flagship team-up title Justice League of America in 2013.
Publication history
Simon Baz was created by Green Lantern writer Geoff Johns and artist Doug Mahnke. He is the first Arab-American member of the Green Lantern Corps.[3] Simon's heritage and home town are both influenced by Geoff Johns, who is half-Lebanese, and a native of Detroit, Michigan.[1]
Fictional character biography
quote: Simon Baz was a Lebanese-American child living in Dearborn, Michigan during the events of the September 11 attacks in 2001. Growing up with their family, Simon and his sister, Sira were both bullied and persecuted due to their ethnicity. As a young adult, Simon began to get involved in street racing, and eventually car theft; the former that put his brother-in-law in a coma in the hospital and the latter because of the financial crisis that hit the Detroit area in one of the hardest hit areas of the United States. Simon is fired from his job, and in one night in a moment of desperation, he steals the wrong car, and while trying to evade the police in the stolen van, Simon finds out that there is a bomb in the stolen vehicle. Not knowing anything about it, or how big it is, Simon drives the van into the abandoned car factory he was laid off from, knowing that no one would be hurt in the explosion. The resulting explosion is seen as an act of terrorism by the authorities, as they bring Simon in for questioning. As Simon is being interrogated, Hal Jordan and Sinestro's fused together and malfunctioning Green Lantern Power Ring finds Simon, and selects him as the new wielder, flying him away from captivity.
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This connected to the batman vs deadpool video i posted before so there is a connection to that vid.
SUPERMAN vs THOR
Before you see this vid. i will say that thor is more powerful then superman but not that much. Anway thor should win most of the time or have a tie at times,but superman could win but not as much as thor.
Read as much comments inside as you can to get a idea after you see vid.
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Krrish Nationality- Indian Spouse- Priya Mehra
Krrish (character) Krrish (real name Krishna Mehra) is a fictional character in the film series of the same name. He made his first appearance in the second film of the series also titled Krrish. The character was created by Rakesh Roshan and is portrayed by Hrithik Roshan, who is set to reprise the role for the second time in Krrish 3, the third film of the franchise.
Powers and abilities # Krrish possesses superhuman strength, speed, stamina, endurance, durability, and longevity.
# He has immunity to diseases and viruses, and has a healing factor.
# Has the ability to run, swim, jump and leap to a great extent. Krrish is so fast that he even outran a horse (this indicates he can at least run up to 50 miles at the very least).
# His vast leaping ability has not been defined yet, but if estimated, then he can leap 1/8 of a mile (201 meters),[citation needed] hurdle a twenty-story building like the Golden Age Superman, or even more than that.
# Has the ability to communicate with animals.
# He has special abilities related to nature, such as climbing, fishing, running, and jumping.
# He has excellent observational skills that allow him to learn, adapt, and improvise whatever he sees, hears, or reads within a few seconds.
# He possesses a genius-level intellect and an eidetic memory.
# Master of the martial arts and hand-to-hand combat.
# He developed telekinesis in Krrish 3 whereas he uses it to be able to fly at supersonic speeds.
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Marvel's 'Black Widow' Delay Is A Huge Disappointment, But Not For The Reasons You May Think
Former Marvel chairman Stan Lee recently announced that Black Widow, the fierce Russian spy and agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. played by Scarlett Johansson in the current Marvel movies, might be the subject of a feature film. That would be really brilliant news for female superheroes ... except Lee doesn't expect Marvel Studios to bring Natalia Romanova's story to the big screen until after the company completes work on lesser-known heroes like Doctor Strange, the Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man.
Not familiar with Ant-Man? Well, he's a scientist, capable of shrinking in size, armed with a helmet that can control ants, and -- spoiler alert -- a straight, white, male.
When you think about it, most superheros fit the demographic portion of that description. Of course, on some level, this reflects the fact that macro culture is defined by the straight, white, male. Yet, the trend is especially problematic when it comes to superheroes, because of the way in which superheroes are defined. For an archetype driven by the concept of strength in otherness, superhero legends have quite the problem with others.
Pragmatically speaking, the straight, white, male superhero thing is working. In the past year alone, Iron Man, Superman, and Wolverine "have proven to be," as the BBC put it, "just as adept at pulling in audiences as they are at saving the world." And, while we're on the subject of numbers, one could just as easily look to the failures that were "Elektra," which cost $43 million and grossed just under $25 million, or the larger-scale flop "Catwoman," which had a $100 million budget and made only $40 million. Although, that's not enough evidence to claim women aren't a big enough draw for the genre, because both also happened to be pretty bad films (scoring, respectively, 10 percent and 9 percent on Rotten Tomatoes).
Yes, "Iron Man 3," "Man of Steel" and "The Wolverine" pulled in the big bucks this summer, but those films were all also, flaws aside, generally great. ("Man Of Steel," scoring the lowest of the three, still came in at 56 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.) Box office numbers and critic ratings are two distinct measures of success, but we can't really determine the effect of female superheroes on the former, until there is one that draws praise in the latter. There's no arguing that there has yet to a be a critically acclaimed, female superhero film.
Helen O'Hara of Empire magazine argues that "these films are all based on the very best-known and most-popular characters who are, for the majority, men." A fair and true statement, but was Iron Man well known before "Iron Man"? Is Ant-Man well known now? Certainly not more so than Black Widow, very recently popularized by Joss Whedon's blockbuster "Avengers" films (not to mention Johansson, a household name in her own right). Speaking of Whedon, where the hell is our modern-day Wonder Woman movie? (Whedon, of course, had the script for a Wonder Woman film all written out, but Warner Bros. executives rejected it.)
See, despite comprising 50.8 percent of the population, films for women are still considered part of a niche market. There have been successes with female protagonists (like "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games"), but the market has predominantly found the largest profits when geared toward the straight, white, male. Even Black Widow's creator Stan Lee is less than excited for his Russian badass to to take center stage. As he told Too Fab:
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Well probably at one time, they'll make a movie of the Black Widow. But you see, the thing is the women like these movies as much as the guys, so we don't have to knock ourselves out to find a female.
The implications of Lee's statement transcend the lack of female heroes and extend to the lack of minority one, because, in short: Hey, all these marginalized people are already watching the straight, white, males, anyway! Obviously, as discussed, there is a largely economic factor in driving the executive decisions to create and spotlight the straight, white, male superheroes that it seems everyone will continue watching. But the real tragedy is that the genre has been not used to empower the minority strength, which it exemplifies in the first place.
Superheroes are defined, in all cases, by their otherness. In understanding ourselves as part of a societal group, we sort the world into categories of "us" and "them," with minorities that don't fall into our "us" grouping designated to the "them." Minorities are consequently alienated, simply by virtue of being different. This is a cognitive reality that informs the formation of prejudicial constructs, and leads to much of the discrimination minorities face.
Like minorities, superheroes are classified as "others," specifically non-human others. As a result of this automatic aspect of the genre, superhero protagonists are often persecuted and feared, because of the assumption that being different is dangerous. The beauty in that default aspect of any super plot line, is that superheroes ultimately persevere and understand that the very quintessence of their otherness comes with an obligation to actionable goodness; they get over the Daily Bugle's smear campaign, strap on the tights, and save the day.
In the sense that superheroes personify otherness as a source of (literal) power, they are arguably the most poignant minority protagonist. What a shame, then, that almost all of them comprise a demographic group that absolutely never has to suffer from the limitations of otherness. Since their inception, superhero films have succeeded economically and provided another example of the battle of good and evil, but they have yet to tap their most positive moral market. Ironically enough, all the non-white, non-straight, non-males, will have to sit through the entirety of Ant-Man long before superhero films do anything to help them feel less small.
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Terry Crews Says He’s “Game” to Lead Marvel’s LUKE CAGE Series by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
If you’re a Marvel fan, this is an exciting time. We’ve got Captain America: The Winter Solider about to hit theaters, Guardians of the Galaxy arriving this summer, and production about to begin in New York City on the first of five planned Netflix shows: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist. In case you didn’t know, Marvel and Netflix have teamed up to produce 52 one-hour episodes based on the Marvel characters, encompassing the four individual series (13 episodes each) and one four to eight-episode mini-series (dubbed The Defenders) that teams up all of the aforementioned characters and revolves around their exploits in Hell’s Kitchen. The Cabin in the Woods co-writer/director Drew Goddard is spearheading Daredevil as the writer and director of that series, which is likely the first to go into production, and Melissa Rosenberg is shepherding Jessica Jones. Details on the other shows, though, are forthcoming.
With production beginning soon, many of us have started to wonder who will land the coveted roles. In the past, fans have been vocal about wanting Terry Crews to play Luke Cage. The other day I spoke with the actor in anticipation of Tyler Perry’s The Single Mom’s Club, and during our conversation I asked him about the possibility of taking on the role. While Crews previously took himself out of the running for the role since it wasn’t actually moving forward, now that it is, he definitely sounded a lot more interested despite the fact that he’s under contract for Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, saying “anything can happen” and “I’m game.” As a big fan of Crews, I’d love to see him land the role. Hit the jump for what he had to say.
are the Luke Cage quotes:
quote:“Anything can happen. All I know is scheduling and all that stuff—anything can happen. I’m open to all kinds of things, but who knows? Actually I took myself out of the Luke Cage running a while back, just because it was people trying to put people against each other. [It was] Idris vs. Michael Jai and I’m like, ‘Wait a minute, this is not even greenlit! Can we talk to Marvel? Why are you talking to me? Don’t put me against my homeboy for a movie that’s not existing.’ I said, ‘Take me out!’
“I heard [it’s greenlit] but I haven’t gotten any calls. I’ve been hearing stuff like, ‘oh you’re too old,’ and I’m like, ‘Man do my workout 20 years ago and we’ll talk about who’s too old (laughs).’”
“Like I said, anything can happen, I never rule anything out. I’m game. There are no rules. What’s up, Marvel? I’m right here, baby. I ain’t goin nowhere. You know where I live!” (laughs)
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Why Marvel/DC Would Benefit From Producing Black Superhero Standalone Films
Box office Numbers suggest that Black Superhero movies would in fact attract massive audiences.
People often argue that DC and Marvel shy away from creating movies with Black characters as the protagonists because most moviegoers couldn’t relate as well to it. Many also argue that the two publishers don’t possess any characters popular enough to bring to the big screen.
Box office numbers of several action/superhero movies debunk the theory that the majority of audiences couldn’t relate to black superheroes on film and wouldn’t buy tickets. For example, in 2008 Sony Pictures (who owns Spiderman cinematically) created a movie essentially created around a black Superman called “Hancock”. I will be the first to admit that movie was far from great, but it was able to make over $950,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) in theaters, which is more than films with well known white protagonists made like: “Thor”, “Thor 2”, “ Man of Steel”, “Batman Begins”, “Captain America: The First Avenger”, “The Amazing Spiderman” and others.
A few more examples of action/superhero movies with black protagonists that performed at the box office are “Django Unchained” and “The Book of Eli”. “Django” was basically The Punisher if the punisher was a former slave in the 1850’s. Nearly half of the movie was centered on a black bounty hunter shooting white people and it still made over $430,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) in theaters. “The Book of Eli” was about a black, blind swordsman who was killing his way through America until he reached the west coast. On a relatively small budget and with a modest marketing campaign the movie was still able to make nearly $170,000,000 (adjusted for inflation).
Some also argue that there just aren’t any popular enough characters to put on the big screen. The “Blade” franchise made over $500,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) in theaters and contributed to the rise in the popularity of the superhero genre. Batman, The Punisher, Superman, The Hulk and Spiderman have all had reboots in the past few years, so why not reboot Blade? Special effects have improved immensely since the last movie, and the horror/vampire genre is much more popular than it was 10 years ago. Also, both publishers have seen black characters like John Stewart, Black Panther, Cyborg, Static, Icon, Aqualad and Miles Morales rise in popularity through comic books and television shows. These characters might not be icons like Batman and Superman, but I imagine they have similar if not better name recognition than Ant-Man and The Guardians of the Galaxy.
A lot of white people (not all, but a lot) just make lame excuses not to make movies about black main characters. But that article shows that these movies can be, and are successful.
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A lot of white people (not all, but a lot) just make lame excuses not to make movies about black main characters. But that article shows that these movies can be, and are successful.
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Hopefully african countries in the future will create more sci-fi and fantasy movies.
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I like marvel again just as much or better again then DC because i did more recent research and i did NOT keep up over the years to find out what marvel was doing OR EVEN DID IN THE PAST.
I use to read marvel awhile ago too but i did not realize how more progressive they were until now.
They have more interesting black superheroes now and their stories are still canon.
Besides DC's NEW REBOOT AS TAKEN AWAY SOME OF THE INTERESTING AND POWERFUL BLACK characters from what i learned recently.
Of course new ones have been added and more in the future.
Another point, i keep forgetting that marvel had the transformers and g.i.joe comics.
Two comics i use to get and enjoyed alot and two shows i really liked.
Note-there are other african gods and superheroes and other folks of color as well in DC AND MARVEL not shown in this thread Or in the list i mention or those who are superheros and villains not shown on the list. Some of folks are not villains or superheros but neutral.
One of reasons is because some are new and some are not as popular.
The best to find more about them to check out the category list like super strength and reality warping in marvel and DC.
So there black and OTHER folks of color in dc and marvel but the best WAY to find out is to research new characters in both DC AND MARVEL OR what i said above to check older ones and new ones.
Horus (Deity) (Earth-616) marvel.wikia.com
History Horus was a member of the Heliopolitan race of gods, and resides in Celestial Heliopolis. He was the son of Osiris and Isis. Horus was the Egyptian god of justice and retribution.
Horus was revealed to have been imprisoned with Osiris and Isis in a pyramid for three thousand years by Seth. He encountered Thor and Odin when the Pyramid appeared in New York. He participated in the Ceremony of Rebirth which reincarnated Odin as Atum-Re and briefly battled Thor. Horus aided Osiris, Isis, and Thor in defeating Seth. Horus, Osiris, and Isis regained their freedom and returned to Heliopolis.
Horus was subsequently imprisoned in Heliopolis by Seth, and then was aided by Thor and the Thing.
Horus then joined the other gods of light in combating the Demogorge (Atum). He was briefly consumed by the Demogorge, but regained his freedom.
Horus's powers were revealed to have been stolen by Seth, though he regained his powers upon Seth's defeat, and aided in saving the lives of Earth Force.
During the Secret Invasion, Atum mentioned that Horus (his great-grandson) asked him to help fight the Skrull gods as part of the God Squad (Earth-616).
Powers and Abilities Powers
Horus possesses a variety of superhuman attributes, many of which are common go the Gods of Heliopolis:
Superhuman Strength: Horus possesses superhuman strength much greater than that of most members of his race and can lift about 75 tons.
Superhuman Speed: Horus is capable of running and moving at speeds much faster than the finest human athlete.
Superhuman Stamina: Horus' muscles produce considerably less fatigue toxins than the muscles of human beings, or even most other members of his own race. He can exert himself at peak capacity for several days before fatigue begins to impair him.
Superhuman Durability: Horus' body is highly resistant to physical injury. He is capable of withstanding great impact forces, temperature and pressure extremes, and powerful energy blasts without sustaining injury.
Regenerative Healing Factor: Horus, like all members of his race, is capable of repairing bodily injuries with superhuman levels of speed and efficiency. Even enabling him to regenerate severed limbs.
Immortality: Like other members of his race, Horus has not aged since reaching adulthood and is immune to the affects of aging. He is also immune to all known Earthly diseases and infections.
Energy Manipulation: Horus is capable of channeling great amounts of solar energy for a variety of effects including powerful blasts of concussive force, highly destructive heat beams, and the temporary augmentation of his physical attributes. He can also paralyze anyone with his left eye
Abilities Horus is a good hand to hand combatant and is highly skilled at employing his energy powers during combat situations.
Paraphernalia Weapons Horus carries a staff with a large blade at one end and ankh (a religious symbol of Egyptian importance) that he can use to focus his energy powers with greater efficiency.
Nut is a member of the Ennead, an extra-dimensional race of beings once worshipped by the people of Ancient Egypt. She was the daughter of Shu, the god of air, and, Tefnut, the rain-goddess. Her father ruled as Pharaoh for many years until he succeeded his position to her brother Geb. Osiris would later take that position from Geb and become ruler of the Egyptian Gods. Osiris' brother the evil Seth who became jealous of his brother's success and sought to rule Heliopolis himself.
Seth imprisoned the Gods of Heliopolis within a pyramid so that he could rule the heavens and the underworld. Geb and his fellow gods remained buried in that pyramid for thousands of years, until Seth came into conflict with the Asgardians, Thor and Odin. Thor pleaded to Odin to remember who he really wass. Not Atum-Re, not Orrin, but Odin, All-Father of Asgard, but to no avail. The Egyptian gods agreed to free Odin if Thor would help them fight Seth, and Thor had no choice but to agree. They all, along with Jane, traveled to Heliopolis where they were attacked by Seth and his legions. During the battle, Jane's pleas to Odin caused him to awake, and strike, causing Seth to lose his hand.
Thor battled Surtur across time and space. Karnilla rescued Balder before Seth’s final blow could be struck, and he convinced her to help Asgard. Meanwhile, Odin fought Seth, and with the help of the cursed Black Knight, the serpent god ws defeated. Earth Force was restored by the Egyptian gods and returned to Earth.
Powers and Abilities Powers Nut possesses various superhuman abilities as a result of her Ennead physiology.
Superhuman Strength: Nut possesses superhuman strength and is capable of lifting about 25 tons.
Superhuman Speed: Nut is capable of running and moving at speeds much greater than even the finest human athlete.
Superhuman Stamina: Nut's body produces considerably less fatigue toxins than the muscles of human beings. She can exert himself at peak capacity for several days before fatigue begins to impair her.
Superhuman Durability: Nut's body is highly resistant to physical injury. She is fully capable of withstanding great impact forces, temperature and pressure extremes, and powerful energy blasts without sustaining any form of injury.
Regenerative Healing Factor: Like all members of his race, Nut is capable of healing with superhuman levels of speed and efficiency if injured. She is capable of regenerating missing limbs or organs.
Immortality: Nut is functionally immortal in the sense that she is immune to aging. She has not aged since reaching adulthood and is immune to all known Earthly diseases and infections.
Energy Manipulation: Nut is capable of manipulating great quantities of energy for a variety of uses including firing powerful beams of energy, temporarily augmenting his physical attributes, teleporting across great distances and dimensions, granting superhuman powers to living beings or inanimate objects, etc.
Abilities: Although rarely doing so, Nut is a formidable combatant, particularly in using her energy manipulating capabilities in combat situations.
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Osiris (Earth-616)
History Osiris is a member of the Ennead once worshipped by the people of Ancient Egypt.
Osiris is a member of the Ennead once worshipped by the people of Ancient Egypt.
Powers Osiris possesses various superhuman abilities as a result of his Heliopolitan physiology. However, many of his powers are considerably greater than those of most of his race due to the fact that he is their ruler.
Superhuman Strength: Osiris possesses superhuman strength considerably greater than that of the average Egyptian god and is capable of lifting about 80 tons.
Superhuman Speed: Osiris is capable of running and moving at speeds much greater than even the finest human athlete.
Superhuman Stamina: Osiris' body produces considerably less fatigue toxins than the muscles of human beings, and most other members of his race for that matter, during physical activity. He can exert himself at peak capacity for several days before fatigue begins to impair him.
Superhuman Durability: Osiris' body is highly resistant to physical injury. He is fully capable of withstanding great impact forces, temperature and pressure extremes, and powerful energy blasts without sustaining any form of injury. Osiris' body is even more resistant to injury than most Egyptian gods.
Regenerative Healing Factor: Like all members of his race, Osiris is capable of healing with superhuman levels of speed and efficiency if injured. However, the extent of his healing powers are well beyond those of the majority of his race. He is capable of regenerating missing limbs or organs.
Immortality: Osiris is functionally immortal in the sense that he is immune to aging. He has not aged since reaching adulthood and is immune to all known Earthly diseases and infections.
Energy Manipulation: Osiris is capable of manipulating great quantities of energy for a variety of uses including firing powerful beams of energy, temporarily augmenting his physical attributes, teleporting across great distances and dimensions, granting superhuman powers to living beings or inanimate objects, etc.
Abilities: Although rarely doing so, Osiris is a formidable combatant, particularly in using his energy manipulating capabilities in combat situations.
20th Century For centuries tribes in the Congo worshiped the Vodu goddess known as Mamalu until the 1950s when white settlers convinced the tribes that Mamalu did not exist. Furious Mamalu blamed the jungle adventurer Lorna the Jungle Queen as being responsible for stealing her worshipers. She influenced a tribes man named Kabu with offers be her mate if he performed a sacrifice to bring her to Earth. Lorna attempted to stop Mamalu but it was not until that Mamalu decided to take Lorna's companion Greg Knight as a mate did her plan fail as the jealous Kabu seemingly slew her.
Modern Age
Powers and Abilities Powers Enhanced Strength Enhanced Endurance Immortality Immunity: To all terristrial diseases Invulnerability Healing Factor All data is based on Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica #
Abilities Additional Superhuman Powers: Every Vodu has his unique ability -often connected to forces of nature. Average Strength level Average male god can lift about 25 tons, a female goddess about 20 tons.
Weaknesses None known.
Habitat
Habitat: Orun Gravity: Gravity of this race is unknown. Atmosphere: Atmosphere of this race is unknown.
Population: Population of this race is unknown.
Miscellaneous Type of Government: Council of the Vodû Level of Technology: Technology level unknown. Cultural Traits: Cultural traits unknown.
The name "Òrìshà" is pronounced "oh-REE-shah" and can be used synonymously to the word 'Vodu'. The term 'Voodoo' is a malapropism of the word 'Vodun', the correct spelling of the Òrìshà based religion. It is pronounced as 'voh-DOON'; the last part (-'doon') is vocalized nasally. The term Voodoo is connected with the 'Western' misbelieving that Vodun would imply Black Magic, Zombies and cursing people (often by 'Voodoo Dolls'). In West Africa the Òrìshà or Vodu religions are not gathering their gods in pantheons like we know for ancient European believe systems like Thor's Asgardians or Hercules' Olympians. Instead every family has one special Òrìshà or Vodu they worship. Said fact leads to the result that there are unmanageable accounts of Òrìshàs and countless variations in stories, origins, manifestations and interpretations in West Africa. After their deportation to the West Indies the displaced people from various locations of Africa started to organize their religion around the most important Òrìshàs under the influence of Catholic hierarchy system. (God above Angels and Saints) Alongside the influences of Christian missionaries the Òrìshà believers included ideas of the indigenous people which led to special implementations from island state to island state. In Haitian 'Vodun' (better known as 'Voodoo') this resulted in the building of two so-called 'Nations' of followers, Rada and Petro. Rada centers around the 'white', 'caring' aspects of the Loas (Haitian 'Vodu' term) whereas Petro centers around pain, fight and resistance. This results in two different 'personalities' of said Loas, the 'white', 'caring' side and the 'dark', 'aggressive' one. Ogun's Petro incarnation may be shown in Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural #3.
In the Marvel Universe 'Vodun' is depicted as some kind of magic[ -especially as 'Black Magic'.] It is also suggested that 'Vodun' has or had human sacrifices a couple of times, but in reality 'Voodooists' sacrife production animals, alcohol and even vegetables. It is also shown misleadingly that the oracle uses bones to predict the future. In fact the oracle uses kauri mussels.
Trivia
There is no institutional cannon about the stories, names, gender, hierarchy or family relations about the Vodu in West African tradition. Those were mostly influenced by the contact with the Europeans, Muslims and other ethnic groups. The concept of One God Above All was influenced by Christian and Muslim belief systems. The gods Mawu and Lusa interchanged their gender in their history. Obatala is sometimes shown as female. Eschu (trickster deity) and Legba ('god' of crossroads) are one and the same Vodu. The importance and the role or manifestation of the patricular Òrìshà varies from city to city in Nigeria. Olodumare may be the highest deity in the belief systems, but Ogun appears as the most popular one in many West African cities.
Due to the experiences of Transaltantic slave trade (triangle West Africa-America-Europe), the oppressing by the white slaveholders and missionaries and the contact with indigenous Caribbeans the Vodu/Òrìshàs transformed differently from place to place which led to the many various Afrocaribbean belief systems like Santeria, Candomble, Umbanda or Louisianan Hoodoo.
Sagbata, Òrìshà of pox, became the cemetery spirit 'Baron Samedi'.
Shango, tyrannic ruler of 'Old Oyo' (Oyo Empire), became fatherlike 'Papa Shango'.
: Eshu Ellegua was equated with the devil through his appearance as trickster.
History Shaka was born in Mbangawi, but reside most of his time in the United Kingdom.
Shaka was born in Mbangawi, but reside most of his time in the United Kingdom
Powers Howitzer possessed superhuman strength and durability.
Strength level Howitzer was superhumanly strong, and able to lift up to around 25 tons.
Weaknesses Howitzer was dependent on wearing his armor to survive. Without it he could not regulate his body temperature.
Paraphernalia Weapons Howitzer wore an armored battlesuit that was armed with twin cannons mounted on his back that he could control using his mind.
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