1) CAPTAIN MARVEL (1989)
One of the most shocking things in the research for this edition of Ten Things was discovering that, while T’Challa arrived in the 1960s and Luke Cage, Black Lightning and Black Goliath had their own monthly series in the 70s, it was Monica Rambeau who was the first black female hero to headline her own book, a one-shot that came out in 1989. Though many others have followed in her footsteps, including Vixen at DC Comics and the aforementioned Storm, it seems fitting that “Auntie Monica” was such a trailblazer, not only as the first black woman to lead The Avengers but also given how wonderful the character’s modern adventures have been. (Nextwave changed my life. And afterwards, we all exploded.)
Thanks to Faithful Spoilerite Supreme and Major Spoilers head honcho Stephen (@MajorSpoilers) for this week’s topic. Feel free to follow along @MightyKingCobra for more Ten Things madness on Twitter or check out the full archive here! As with any set of like items, these aren’t meant to be hard and fast or absolutely complete, especially since I totally left out Blade, Bumblebee of the Teen Titans and Wonder Woman’s sister Nubia!
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I’d like to put an honorable mention for Nubia, the black Wonder Woman, who appeared in Wonder Woman comics in the early 1970s.
While Nubia may not be the first black female superhero, she was the first to have a Mego doll made of her:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NmsbnVvWuM
“Gotchya Majyer!”
Mal Duncan (1970), aka Hornblower, aka Guardian, aka Herald, aka Vox, of the Teen Titans deserves an honorable mention.