The two characters were too similar for their own good, though walshs changes to grant wilsons costume were. Five more obscure marvel villains youve probably never. From then on, monica was confined to be a guest character in the ongoing avengers comic. Smells like infinite sadness a 40somethings musings on the current state of music, film and pop culture.
Mark eddy smith, author of tolkiens ordinary virtues comic book character is a thoughtful analysis of how comics have both reflected and shaped our culture. Some of the most important and rare comic books to be published in the golden age appeared as part of allamerican comics full article. The unfortunate and obscure history of monica rambeau, the. Blade was the only humanvampire hybrid in the marvel universe and part of the antihero wave of the bronze age of comics. The 20 most obscure superheroes that only true nerds will. The following is a list of superheroines female superheroes in comic books, television, film, and other media. This information was originally posted to threads on the dc comics message boards and moderated by john censullo. Marvel has a crazy number of characters in their comic book library over 7,000 of them. Chevy chase battle, the man of steel wins again and once again, blackrock vanishes from the memory of his alter ego. In 1965, dell comics western hero lobo became the first black hero to headline. Luke cage was the first black comics character at either marvel or dc to get his own comic book series. Obscure characters and concepts that i find interesting. List rules vote up the best black superheroes and comic book characters.
Two obscure spiderman characters reportedly getting spinoff movies. And his secret identity is comedian les vegas, who is both a thinlydisguised version of chevy chase and nephew of tanner. If ive missed any of your favourites for the title, let me know. Weirdly, the most obscure american comics character moore had practiced on was the heapthe 1940s character wein had knockedoff to create swamp thing in 1971. Basically a place to talk about and share obscure facts and forgotten heroes, villains, and. Wes cassady is a construction publisherer who was bitten by a radioactive rabbit. Feb 28, 2020 didja know that there have been more than 2 publishers of comic book heroes throughout the years. In the 1940s, the only black character to appear in timely comics predecessor to marvel was literally named.
Comic book character reveals the startling truth that we are all called to be superheroes in the epic and episodic adventure of which god is the author. She is based on the golden age cambridge comics hero ghostwoman. Dc has the worst reputation for creating superheros worthy of a headdesk, but marvel have a fair share of facepalms too. I can almost guarantee that any crowd scene in the amazing spiderman will have at least three villains in their civilian ids thinking in their head, theres that wall crawling jerk. Doctor crocodile was an ally of captain britain mc2 notes a. Somewhere during a fourdecade career in editing and scripting comics, christopher priest found himself categorized as a black writer, despite having written batman, spiderman. I didnt, until i ran across an archie comics digest that had reprints of the mljred circle heroes. Unsung star of the dark horse heroes line from the 90s. This obscure marvel hero may be key to captain marvel. In really nice condition, any issue of this rare comic book series is worth good money. Well, we will, and well get to that other rocket, in this, our ten obscure marvel characters we think should be thrust to the forefront of their own comic. Samantha brown is unquestionably the most obscure character on this list.
Fifteen months after his originally scheduled introduction, ditkos wildlydressed hero got a more widely distributed appearance in detective comics. Is the warlord by mike grell obscure enough at this point. Thats alan moore describing himself, just before an american comic book company really did ring him up. Marvel comics superheroes, hq marvel, marvel comic books, comic book characters, comic books art, comic art, marvel series, book art, black panther. Public domain characters who have appeared in comic books. Or does an appearance in justice league unlimited give him too high a profile. For a cosmically powerful hero from earth, quasar real name wendell vaughn is pretty obscure, and as ive polled various comic book nerds about him, only once have i gotten a stronger response. Jan 27, 2014 some havent been seen in years, some have never seen the light of day. Each characters name is followed by the publishers name in parentheses. Lesser known heroes, but ones most comic fans will have at least heard of.
Blade started out as a strange supporting character in a lesserknown comicbook at marvel entitled the tomb of dracula. Heres part three of my list of the most ridiculous and obscure characters from the marvel universe. No matter your level of batman fandom, you will most certainly recognize most of the villains from the dark knights extensive rogues gallery. Created originally as something of a parody of superheroes, she was also genuinely unique since she was one of the first, if not the first, female superhero, and older and overweight to boot. In that short time, though, she manages to be the subject of one of the most. Africanamerican comic book characters good black news. Ive been spending a lot of time going through the marvel library of characters, and there are. The first transgendered comic book character, the dwayne mcduffie, ivan velez jr. The black musketeers were allies of the black panther b. The wiki format allows any registered user to create any article, so we can all work together to build the site. Dcs new gods movie currently features super obscure comic. As it stands right now, ava duvernays dc film new gods features a very obscure comic book character.
Wherein the serial wordsmith takes an obscure comic book character, puts a new twist on it, and well, pitches it todays character. God like, the man of the atom is the most powerful character to ever slip into a skin tight costume. To see part 1, click here, and for part 2, click here. Black characters are rarely in comics and often a character would be introduced and later given the shaft depending on the writers, either by fatal comic book death or a long excursion somewhere. Now, when ive seen post like this in the past people usually name, like, monica rambeau or stingray, etc. This is a list of black superheroes that lists characters found in comic books and. Duvernay, best known for her oscarnominated film selma and the hit netflix miniseries when they see us, signed on to the project back in 2018 as both writer and director. The most under appreciatedobscure comic book babes. He was unique and a big part of tomb of dracula series. Archimage and boneyard okay, so the names are a bit black and white, but consider that. Nedor comics americas best comics dynamite entertainment. She only ever appears on five pages of the independent superhero comic tarot. Cheers see more ideas about black comics, comic strips and comics. The primary character from the series was the eponymous enigma, a caped supe enigma was an obscure comic book series written in the 1970s by.
But this is some of the work that keeps me interested and keeps me going. Top ten black comic book heroes of all time newsone. Given the comics limited run and lack of exposure, a credible argument could be made that dark town is the most obscure comic book to. The quibbler claimed he is the same person as sirius black. The most obscure, uninteresting comic book character the.
The definitive 100 greatest black comic book superheroesvillains. Captain marvel fawcett all items 3329 abominable snow monster of the north. The marvel universe has an insane amount of characters in it. The series was extremely shortlived, consisting of only three episodes or issues. A character largely rendered redundant by wade lafarge.
A human who was infected in utero by a vampire biting his mother, blade has many vampiric abilities, but not their weakness to sunlight. The first black character to be incorporated into a syndicated comic strip was lothar who appeared in mandrake the magician in the 1930s. With no captain marvel series of her own, she regularly. There are so many obscure characters out there, and a lot of them are absurdly silly. It was dc editor len wein offering him a shot at swamp thing. Obscure comic book characters public group facebook. The first black writer at marvel and dc comes back to. Additionally, comic writer tom king joined as her cowriter last year, and since then theyve. Witch of the black rose, a title that has more inappropriate characters per issue than anything else on the stands. Firestorm is a clist dc superhero and onagain, offagain member of the justice league. Public domain super heroes is a collaborative website about public domain characters from comic books, comic strips, films, books, pulps, mythology, television, animation, folk stories, among others. This time, the character is actually armed with a black rock instead of a tv antenna.
He then grew up in the care of a flock of condors and developed the ability to fly. Trudy has been part of petes crimes against mickey since the worlds favorite mouse was a baby one comic strip the pair was featured in showed them kidnapping. As of late, black panther has experienced something of a renaissance, and a movie starring the character is on pace to become one of the most successful comicbook adaptations of all time. The fun part about finding obscure villains is that you can rarely swing a dead cat within the mu without hitting one. After some problem with mixed identities and a threepage superman vs. This is a list of black superheroes that lists characters found in comic books and other media. Originally, dominus was an alien priest named tuoni, who served as one of the five custodians of his worlds faith. His powers include flight, radioactive blasts and the ability to transmute the.
The university recently acquired a rare copy of allnegro comics no. Obscure allstars obscure golden age characters quality comics characters jla appendix cosmic teams appendix fawcett characters. In the 60s, marvel and dc finally started to put a change. Its no secret that white male leads have dominated comic books since well forever. What obscure comic book character would you like to see a. You may have thought hardly anyone had heard of guardians of the galaxy. So, without further ado heres my list of 27 of the lamest characters created in comic book history. In general, comic books have not paid nearly enough attention to. Weve all seen the topics about comics sexiesthottest women. Oh, he has even more appearances, starting on batman. During this time, he fell in love with his peer, ahti. Most underrated comic book characters part 1, the most underrated superheroes and supervillains of all time who deserve more exposure in comics and movies. Two obscure spiderman characters reportedly getting. He has had series from gold key,valiant and dark horse.
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