All-female teams were once a rarity, but we are seeing more and more of them these days. DC has done a great job of showcasing some of their lesser known characters with their various Birds of Prey series. Marvel now has The Fearless Defenders, to serve that purpose as well. Even their latest Uncanny X-Men line-up is featuring an all female cast - goodness knows there are enough mutants to fill it with. Then you have Danger Girl and The Powerpuff Girls, a couple of trios that have been kicking butt for over a decade now. Heck, this won't even be my last all-female team on the blog. The day of the damsel in distress is over!
Black Cat! Awesome! (Referring to the original Black Cat here...)
ReplyDeleteA favourite character of mine. I cut up a bunch of Black Cat comics last year (digitally, of course!) and made a motion comic promo for a friend's bakery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UniGvgfMhCk
I always get a big grin when I see the old black Cat!
This won't be her last appearance on the blog, Ted!
ReplyDeletefor the white named characters i know white queen white witch white lantern any others?
ReplyDeleteBlack really is beautiful! Good one Ross!
ReplyDeleteSeeing the group's name, I thought this was going to be a bunch of African-American heroines, led by Storm. This concept works just as well, though.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, it made me think that a Defenders of Africa group might be possible, starting with Black Panther, Tarzan, and the Phantom. I don't know who else would be possible, though, unless you throw in someone from DC's Gorilla City or maybe the Champions Universe's Dr. Silverback.
Bob Greenwade ... why stop there? Why not throw in the Pre-Crisis versions of B'wana Beast, Impala (from Superfriends) and Sheena & Rima. Shanna the she-devil can make an appearance too, along with She (H. Rider Haggard) and Dr. Mist (also from Superfriends). I can't think of anymore. Maybe you guys out there in Super-team family land can help me out?
ReplyDeleteIt depends on how broadly you want to define Africa. People brought up on Tarzan movies think of the jungle, but a lot of the continent is veldt and desert. There's got to be a ton of Egyptian characters, including the Golden Age Hawkman, the Living Mummy, Black Adam(?), the Sphinx,etc. And what about Morocco Mole?
ReplyDeleteOriginal and modern Black Cat!! Yay!
ReplyDeleteYeah, when I saw the title, I was thinking 70's blaxpoitation style heroines. Nothing wrong with what you've done, of course, just not what I was expecting. (Were there enough African-American heroines in 1970s to form a super team?)
ReplyDeletepblfsda, you forgot about Ibis the Invincible and Sargon the sorcerer{like I did, both from Egypt. Which is in Africa.) Ross, just a thought, could you have included images of both the car and the horse named Black Beauty? Just to screw with folk's minds?
ReplyDeleteIs this for Black history month?
ReplyDeleteI've been harassing Ross for an all African-American cover (and an all Native-American superhero cover) forever. C'mon, Big R, make it happen!
ReplyDelete@Lizard: African-American heroines in the 70's? Well..., Storm was African, but not American. Vixen's origin involved being lied to about her heritage, but I'd call her American. Misty Knight would definitely count. Monica Lynne and Gloria Grant had no super powers (or even much crime-fighting experience). Bumblebee is in there, for certain. Nightshade and Malice would be in the villain column, unfortunately. I'm not sure what the licensing situation would be for Blaze Kendall, the Human Fly's pilot (she's probably an original Marvel character).
ReplyDeleteThere was plenty of variety in the 70's, but you really have to look.
I would SO buy this book!
ReplyDeleteI've always preferred teams that had both male and female members. I like the Birds of prey, but I feel that the focus for making new super teams needs to be less on making all female teams and more on avoiding making all male teams.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you like to mix-up companies.... but for a while I've thought it would be funny if Marvel answered Dc's Birds of Prey with Mammals of Prey: X-23, Squirrel Girl, White Tiger, Black Panther (Shuri), Black Cat, maybe Tigra.
ReplyDelete@Isaac: Sargon the Sorcerer was an American superhero/stage-mage. Born Thomas Sargent, he was the son of archaeologist Dr. Richard Biddle Sargent who found the Ruby of Life on a Latin American dig. Thomas adopted the stage name from a king in ancient Middle Eastern history. And the Middle East is technically in Asia!
ReplyDelete@pbifsda: Storm's birth name is Ororo Munro. African mother/Black American father.
ReplyDelete@Ross: let us not forget AC Comics' FemForce!*
ReplyDelete*Who should get to meet that other FF, someday. ;-)