– 1976
A quick sketch
Karen Beecher-Duncan aka Bumble Bee
9 x12 watercolor
- 1972
Carl Lucas aka Luke Cage or Power Man
Luke Cage was the first black superhero to have their own comic book.
Created by: Archie Goodwin, John Romita Sr., Roy Thomas and George Tuska
Collaboration w/ Terrell Jefferson
16X20 Acrylic on Canvas
- 1966
T'Challa aka Black Panther
Black Panther is the first black superhero in mainstream American comics
Collaboration w/ Terrell Jefferson
16X20 Acrylic on Canvas
- 1975
Ororo Munroe aka Storm
She was the first black and woman lead of a Marvel superhero team.
Created by: Len Wein and Dave Cockrum
Collaboration w/ Terrell Jefferson
16X20 Acrylic on Canvas
- 1992
Al Simmons aka Spawn
Portrayed by Michael Jai White (1997)
Spawn was the first black character brought to the big screen and to be the lead character.
Created by: Todd McFarlane
16X20 Acrylic on Canvas
-1993
Virgil Hawkins aka Static
Static was the first Black lead superhero for a T.V series "Static Shock".
Created by: Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis, Derek T. Dingle and Christopher Priest
Collaboration w/ Terrell Jefferson
16X20 Acrylic on Canvas
- 1942
Harvey Dent aka Two Face
Portrayed by Billy Dee Williams in Tim Burton’s Batman (1989)
Although Harvey Dent did not start out as a black character or currently is black, he was depicted as black in the movie. I felt that this was note worthy seeing how we’re seeing this more and more (Jimmy Olson, Aquaman, Wally West, Nick Fury and many more)
Harvey Dent is the first character to be depicted as black in a movie.
Collaboration w/ Terrell Jefferson
16X20 Canvas (unfinished)
- 1959
Floyd Norman was Disney's first black animator in 1957.
He was a betweener on Sleeping Beauty.
Jane Baer was a black assistant on Sleeping Beauty.
- 1984
Lothar
Lothar is from "Mandrake the Magician", a Newspaper Comic Strip Published June 11, 1984.
He is the first African crime-fighting heroes ever to appear in comics.
***by what I could find, Lothar is the first. If you know something I don’t PLEASE let me know.***
Collaboration w/ Terrell Jefferson
16X20 Canvas (unfinished)