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>Black Lightning (DC) - black, electricity based powers. >Static Shock (DC) - black, electricity based powers. >Thunder (DC) - black, density based power (but has lightning on her outfit). >Lightning (DC) - black, electricity based powers, Thunder's sister >Storm (Marvel) - black, weather control powers (uses electricity frequently). >Ultimate Spider-man (Marvel) - black, spider powers (includes bio-electric shock) >Volt (Boom Comics) - black, electricity based powers. (a pastiche) >Thunder (Kingdom Come, DC) - black, electricity based powers. >Black Vulcan (DC) - Super Friends version of Black Lightning, it seems >Big Thunder (DC) - black, electricity based powers (Bulleteer miniseries) >Jakeem Thunder (DC) - black, electricity based powers (Flash character) >Shango The Thunderer (DC) - black, storm god >Thunder Fall (DC, The Kingdom)
Anonymous
So is this just a mix of coincidence and homage or is there some kind of literary thing bout blacks and electricity I'm not getting?
BALLGUM
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>>34789712 >Black Lightning >Shockolate Made with REAL LIGHTNING
Anonymous
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ZAP MUTHAFUCKA
Anonymous
>I wish I had electric powers...
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>>34789850 If I recall correctly, Black Lightning was one of the first black heroes with lightning powers (possibly even one of the first black heroes, but I could be wrong). A lot of writers thought it was easier to just copy paste him than come up with something original. Also, I think there was some copyright issue where people wanted to use Black Lightning but they couldn't, so they made their own black hero with lightning powers.
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Anonymous
This revelation of racism stereotyping in comics is shocking
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>>34789850 I think yeah.
Also isn't Jakeem Thunder just magic?
Magic with a thunder motif.
Anonymous
BALLGUM
Inspector Redwood !Rcd8kmTONE
That MAD skit had me rolling
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Can I get a better picture of that hotness on the right?
Anonymous
>>34789935 >>34789951 Seriously! I'm shocked to see this news!
Anonymous
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>>34789896 Well one kid in an alternate reality was just a Panther like him, there's another reality where he has a daughter named Sky Panther or something.
But we don't see her powers and apparantly has mad martial art skills.
Anonymous
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>>34789926 But you have to admit there isn't much change. It's very
static. Anonymous
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Well, this is quite stunning.
Anonymous
If we notify Aaron McGruber about this, what's the probability that we could get a superhero Boondocks?
Anonymous
>Thunder >Electricity based powers
Anonymous
>>34789965 You mean Super Friends one?
Anonymous
Why was the pun ethnictricity not used?
Anonymous
>>34789986 They'd probably make a joke about it.
Anonymous
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Why lightning? Is it due to some past association with voodoo (I could kinda see that for Storm and Shango). Why not fire? That's also a plasma.Black people packing heat[/spolier]
Anonymous
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>>34789991 It explains that Thunder technically doesn't count, just the name, outfit, and her family.
Anonymous
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I have to admit I don't like this current
Anonymous
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Looks like a DC problem....
Anonymous
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>>34789967 It sends a jolt through my system just thinking how long they've gotten away with this!
Anonymous
>>34790013 Huey's Black Power Stun glove. Anonymous
Anonymous
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You're really reaching with the Ultimate Spider-Man.
Anonymous
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I'm just glad someone remembered Volt.
Anonymous
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guys
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>>34790012 Blacktricity is was Batman called Black-Lightning in a MAD Super friends sketch last week.
Newdog15 !iY.gz4t4uI
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I'm going to argue with the relevance of Thunder Fall within the context of this list just because he was a part of a large group of other black heroes called The Kingdom with a diverse set of powers. I mean, sure, you could have an entire team without any lightning-y or electricity-ish powers, but how often does that actually happen?
Anonymous
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Alternate versions of the same character shouldn't count.
Anonymous
>>34789712 Is this image from a short?
Anonymous
>Jakeem Thunder (DC) - black, electricity based powers (Flash character)
Anonymous
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Thugner : Thug Soljah by Night, Electric Super-hero by... night.
Inspector Redwood !Rcd8kmTONE
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>>34790141 Yeah, in the interview the creator said he originally wanted to do a silly 70's Blaxploitation commercial, but the DC studio told him to do a BL family sketch instead.
Anonymous
Also the Raikage, his brother, and half the people from their village are black with lightning powers
Anonymous
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>Jakeem Thunder > Electricity What? WRONG. He controls a fifth dimensional genie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakeem_Thunder >Jakeem has the ability to summon and control a powerful genie in the form of "Johnny Thunderbolt". The genie can fulfill any wish made by Jakeem, though he occasionally follows Jakeem's wishes too literally. The Thunderbolt's abilities have become limited due to certain limitations according to the new rules of the Tenth Age of Magic. Hourman stated that Thunderbolt can follow the commands from the recordings of Jakeem's voice that were recorded on Mr. Terrific's T-Spheres, although this was never seen in action Anonymous
>>34790213 Even the Japs are onto the trend.
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Anonymous
>>34790216 1. His powers have nothing to do with electricity. He controls a genie.
2. He has nothing to do with Flash. What the fuck, dude?
Anonymous
>>34789896 BP? British Petroleum?
Inspector Redwood !Rcd8kmTONE
Hey /co/
Glow
Anonymous
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>>34790279 Stop trying to make this about yourself you piece of shit.
Anonymous
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>>34790279 Like just Lightning zapping to different degrees, or control of electric objects and magnetic fields, like Static?
Either way, I'd tell them soon as possible. It's not something necessary like a secret Identity hidden from strangers and villains.
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>>34790242 Powered by electricity.
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>>34790279 Make a bunch of hints to let them figure it out if they're good enough. Nation-wide blackouts where houses/buildings are lefts with lights so you can see 'MUM DAD REMEMBER THAT TIME THERE WAS A BLACKOUT AND AUNTIE HAD THAT FALL AND DIED A WEEK LATER WELL I GUESS I COULD'VE HELPED ALSO WE'RE OUTTA MILK' from space, manipulate the static on a tv-set to show your face from the right angle, shit like that.
Anonymous
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>>34789965 Waiting on this, only one I see is a shitty camera recording of someone watching it on TV.
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Black Panther - Generates Electricity
Anonymous
>>34790250 maybe there should be an "honorable mentions" section in a list like this, the power itself isn't over electricity but it seems to follow the theme
Anonymous
Inspector Redwood !Rcd8kmTONE
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>>34790390 That actually sounds pretty badass
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Anonymous
You know what's weird? Whenever the subject of hypothetical superpowers comes up in conversation with my friends, the black dudes almost always think the idea of electrical powers is ridiculously cool. It's usually their first choice.
Anonymous
>>34790420 That defeats the purpose of the list of Black characters with lightning powers.
Anonymous
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I bit if all these capes got together in the same place, they'd try to steal all of the electricity from the whole world. Then hold it hostage for a lifetime supply of chicken, waffles, and purple drink.
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>>34790450 To my knowledge, only one of them is African.
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>>34790503 We like electric powers because they are better than the other powers black characters get like animal powers or powers dependent on others.
Anonymous
>>34790504 I don't really see that, it still illustrates the tendency of black characters to be associated with lightning
hence honorable mentions and not the main list
Anonymous
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>>34790589 Heh.
But most of these guys don't even read comics. They're more the /tg/ type of nerd. Only one of them really keeps up with any kind of /co/ material, and it's not cape stuff (he reads American Vampire).
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Thor - Aryan Master Race - Thunder
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>>34790589 >powers dependent on others Why are there no Black Blue Lanterns?
Anonymous
I'd call Fire Emblem an aversion but considering it's only because he's gay and the pun was too easy to pass up...
Anonymous
>>34790856 But he was also a Badass. He's a Gay, Black Bruce Wayne. Runs the company he Hero's for.
And only hires hot as balls secretaries.
Anonymous
Looks like this discussion is pretty racially charged .
Anonymous
A lot of these characters don't count.
Anonymous
Anonymous
>>34790609 Well I guess XS count as a honorable mention then since the speed force counts as looking like lightning not to mention any black character that uses yellow colored energy blasts could also look like lightning.
Anonymous
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>>34790856 Fire Emblem was awesome though, too bad he didn't have more screentime.
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>>34790947 Well of course. Also kinda funny that the Chinese girl with the dragon motif has the lightning powers.
Anonymous
>>34791071 The majority still do.
Anonymous
>>34789712 Hope they get Penny Proud's VA for Thunder. But I swear to god, if Black lightning is Phil Lamarr or Kevin Michael Richardson I well flip my shit.
Anonymous
>>34791500 Only Black Lightning, Static Shock, and Lightning count.
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Jakeem Thunder isn't electricity based. He is magic. He uses a pen and the words "So Cool" to summon an extra-dimensional genie. Said genie was once partner to Johnny Thunder during WWII. Also Jakeem is more of a JSA character than a Flash character, His first full appearance was in JLA.
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>>34791815 Storm, Volt, Black Vulcan, Big Thunder, Shango The Thunderer, and Thunder Fall all count.
BALLGUM
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picture unrelated
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Anonymous
>>34791730 It'll be one of those two or Khary Payton.
Place your bets.
Anonymous
I think you guys should pull the PLUG on this thread. The amount of contributions to this thread are AMP le
Anonymous
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>>34792138 Probably him, he's already around the studio doing Aqualad in YJ and Cyborg on the Teen Titan shorts.
Anonymous
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Isn't it obvious? Benjamin Franklin (a black man, but the whites will tell you that he was black) invented electricity and they're showing you the truth in a very subtle way
Glow
>>34792138 They should get Michael B. Jordan, from Chronicle.
Anonymous
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>>34792423 Why am I laughing so hard...
Anonymous
>>34792642 To young to play a cool black father, even as just the voice.
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>>34790050 That HAD to be on purpose.
Anonymous
Writer, Director, and producer for this short. he's got a good history, I trust him to make this good.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1415570/ Anonymous
>>34793890 God, why can't these be full series?
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>>34789712 Marvel has a Shango, too, who is also a thunder god.
Anonymous
>>34794216 Because Batman cartoon where Alfred has a gun is going to need airing space more than these shows.
Anonymous
>>34795457 Ugh, I forgot about Bug-face man, Samurai girl, and Rambo Alfred. Is that shit gonna be on CN?
Anonymous
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>>34795698 Yep.
Remember when the last episode of Brave and the Bold gave off a hopeful feeling that the next Batman show would be good?
Why did it lie to us?
Anonymous
>Spawn >Blade >Batwing >Shadowhawk >Aqualad
ColdFusion智 !!jbouFAho9ee
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I'm gonna say it's a combination of hatred of steam power stemming from John Henry and the fact that brown skin (and hair for that matter) looks really good with dark blue and purple with yellow trim
Anonymous
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At least Volt is aware that this is a cliche
Glow
Anonymous
Let's make a black speedster.
Anonymous
>>34798462 We already have MPH from Astro City.
If DC didn't have the Speedforce, or manchildren fans, we would have been had a black speedster. I mean, shit, would anybody really be against a black guy that can run really fast?
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>>34798462 You'd just get sued by the real deal.
Glow
>>34798532 He should be named Bolt. Get it...
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>>34789712 >loli Thunder and Lightning That is adorable. There hasn't been enough of the Pierce family as an actual family, unless you count the 2 issues of Outsiders.
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>>34798694 Isn't XS like half black/ half future alien panther or some shit?
Her backstory is retarded, I know that much. She hasn't really been in a lot of shit lately... At all, really.
Anonymous
>>34798532 You don't remember XS?
Anonymous
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Hey guys, I've got a good name for a black speedster.Black Bolt
Anonymous
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>>34798779 She was already brought up. Nobody mentioned mah nigga MPH, though. Astro City gets no love.
Glow
Anonymous
Am not going to lie /co/, I love plasma based power....and I happen to be black....why is this?
Glow
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>>34798907 It's in our nature
Anonymous
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>>34798907 You're not the only one, trust me.
Anonymous
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>>34798462 Fast-o from Minorateam already takes the cake.
Anonymous
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>>34798907 Who dont like blowing shit up?
Anonymous
>>34789712 dammit people
JAKEEM THUNDER does not have electric powers, he controls a magic genie name called the Thunderbolt. its just a name, there is no electric powers there.
Anonymous
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>>34799608 Just skipped over the whole thread, huh?
GreymonGuy !7WNJbI4PQ.
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>>34797437 Really everybody ignored this post!!! Man I'm fucking sick of these threads. I wonder if OP isn't dumb enough to realize about half the characters he listed are the same person or that Miles deosn't belong on the list?
You know DC isn't the only one who has a habit of giving a lot of there characters common characteristics. How many white Marvel character control fire or shoot lasers from there body How many DC characters have dead parents
>Shango The Thunderer (DC) - black, storm god Holy Shit DC did base a character off of the Yoruba God! I wonder if they know he is also the god of Fire?
Anonymous
Does Egyption count as African-American?
Anonymous
Guys, you're missing one.surprise but don't be alarmed by this reveal.
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>>34806460 Egypt isn't in America, so I think it counts as African-African.
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>>34807496 >GUYS, HOW DO WE MAKE AQUALAD COOL?? >OH, I KNOW, WE MAKE HIM BLACK!! >A BLACK SUPERHERO? BUT HOW DO WE EXPLAIN HIS LACK OF ETHNICTRICITY?? >LACK?? HE'S AN ELECTRIC EEL, NIGGA!! >OH SHIT NIGGA, DATS GENIUS!! Anonymous
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>>34806460 >They're not African-American if they're not from America! I hunt blaculas, okay, there is no PC term for that! Anonymous
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does THE GLOW count as ethnictricity?
Anonymous
Did anyone answered this guy's question (
>>34789850 )?
What the hell is it with electricity and black people?
Anonymous
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Soul Power from the Static Shock cartoon.
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>>34807717 My theory is because of Superfriends that this sticks around. Black Vulcan was pretty much the only black superhero on TV at that time and then in the 90s came Storm with electric powers.
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Too bad we don't do /co/rps threads anymore, you could make one out of this
Anonymous
Holy shit, ignore the shit music, but I just realized this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJVmu6yttiw >dat black kid Anonymous
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Has there ever been a scientific study in the DCU if black people can channel electric currents better then whites? If not, someone should probably get on it.
Inspector Redwood !Rcd8kmTONE
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>>34808643 I'm all for open mindedness and I even have some dubstep I listen to but come on.
That much bass is like a chocolate cake covered in fudge and peppered with chocolate sprinkles and the inside is strawberry, or peaches or something.
Bass is good but that music just ruins it for everyone.
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>>34789965 Still waiting on this.
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