Dumb question (Black Lightning)

[Andrew NDB Shot Caller Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew NDB]

He can't fly, can he?

[GLJIMT Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close GLJIMT]

Nope, Black Vulcan can though.

[Old School Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Old School]

nope, Black Vulcan can though.

and aquaman also flew during the superfriends introduction

[Guest Close DrakeGrayson]

ANd what did happen to Black Vulcan?

[Ωmega Man Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Ωmega Man]

Wasn't he on Harvey Birdman in that whole internet sex site scandal with them stealing cartoon characters names for porn?

And no, BL can't fly. He's badass enough that he doesn't have to. Like Chuck Norris.

~KL~

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Black Vulcan is enjoying the power of pure electicity.... in his pants.

Really though from what I understand Black Vulcan was just a tweaked Black Lightning, from what I understand DC only owned the comicbook publishing rights to Black Lightning not his use in other media and they didn't want to pay up so they just made a nearly identical character with a different name for the cartoon.

[Maverick_GL Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Maverick_GL]

Black Vulcan should be the hero in one of the 52, like the main, Superman type of guy.

[Guest Close DrakeGrayson]

Who were the rest of those superfriends names? Apache Chief? sumauri? what was the other one? El Dorado?

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Super Friends (alternately spelled as "SuperFriends") is the collective name attributed to a series of animated programs produced by Hanna-Barbera between 1973 and 1984. Over the course of a decade, the series ran through several iterations including title changes such as, the All-New Super Friends Hour, Challenge of the Super Friends, the World's Greatest Super Friends, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, and Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians.

The series was originally spawned from earlier animated works in the 1960s such as the Adventures of Batman, the New Adventures of Batman, the New Adventures of Superman, the Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, and the Batman/Superman Hour. Many of the original voice talents from those programs went on to contribute material to the subsequent Super Friends projects as well.

The Super Friends functioned as a child-friendly version of the Justice League of America – a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1960 until 1987. They headquartered themselves inside of the Hall of Justice, a centrally located fortress set within the confines of Metropolis. The heroes routinely monitored global catastrophes with the aid of an automated warning system called the Trouble Alert (or TroubAlert).

Although the Super Friends roster has varied over the years, the team has always consisted of a core group of flagship characters central to the spirit of comic book heroism: Superman, Batman, Robin, Aquaman and Wonder Woman. Later incarnations included celebrated DC Comics properties such as the Flash, Green Lantern and Hawkman. In addition to the numerous guest appearances, the program also introduced several unique characters in the hopes of adding ethnic diversity to its lineup. One of the more memorable new characters was Apache Chief, a Native American gifted with enhanced size and strength. Samurai was an Asian crime fighter who could rotate the lower half of his body for locomotion (among other powers) similar to the Justice League character Red Tornado. There was also Black Vulcan, an African American with powers similar to that of the comic character Black Lightning. The final original character added was El Dorado, a Hispanic hero with a number of abilities including teleportation.

Rounding out the colorful cast of characters were two sets of team-sidekicks. In the first season of the series, the Super Friends associated with two non-powered teenagers, Wendy Harris and Marvin White. Wendy and Marvin (along with their caped-pet Wonder Dog) functioned as a sounding board for other characters, and often became the instruments through which the Super Friends were able to communicate valuable lessons to young viewers. When the series changed its title and format to the All-New Super Friends Hour, Wendy and Marvin were replaced by twin siblings from the planet Exxor named Zan and Jayna. Like Wendy and Marvin, they too came packaged with a pet side-kick – Gleek the Space Monkey. The inclusion of Zan and Jayna to the cast was reminiscent of the characters of Jan and Jace from the 1966 animated series Space Ghost. Like their super-powered successors, they too adventured with an alien simian, named Gleek.

By 1978, the Super Friends re-imagined themselves once again into what is arguably their most popular incarnation to date – the Challenge of the SuperFriends. This series expanded the Super Friends roster to include characters such as the Flash, Green Lantern, and Hawkman. Further, the Super Friends now faced a team of recurring super-villains – the Legion of Doom. Led by the villainous Lex Luthor, the Legion of Doom consisted of thirteen of the most well-known super-villains in DC Comics history. Notably, all of the villains included in the team corresponded to a particular Super Friend.

Despite the success of Challenge of the SuperFriends, Hanna-Barbera changed the series format again the very following year. 1979 launched The World’s Greatest SuperFriends, which maintained many of the same characters and plot devices as previous incarnations, but the Legion of Doom were no longer mainstay villains. This version of the series however, only released eight episodes and nearly signaled the end of the Super Friends franchise.

The series entered weekday syndication in the United States in 1983 when the series was no longer aired on Saturday mornings. Hanna-Barbera continued to produce additional shorts despite the ABC network being no longer interested in purchasing new installments. All but three of these shorts aired only in Europe and other foreign markets. It wouldn't be until 1995 when these "lost" installments finally aired in the United States.

Hanna-Barbera revived the series however in 1984 with SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show. This animated series coincided with the Super Powers series of comic book titles, as well as a line of Super Powers action figures. The animation style was different from that of previous incarnations, and many of the original voice actors had been replaced. Adam West, more popularly known for playing the character of Batman on the 1966 live-action series, returned to his alma matta and provided the voice for his namesake character in Super Powers (in previous versions of the show, the late actor Olan Soule lent his voice to the role of Batman).

The show also introduced Firestorm to the line-up. Firestorm joined the Justice League in the comic book shortly before his appearance on the series. The primary villain for this series was the alien demogogue Darkseid and his crew of minions from the other-dimensional world of Apokolips. Each week, Darkseid would engage upon a new and daring plan to conquer the Earth, forcing the Super Friends into action.

In 1985, Super Powers changed its title to the Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians and added Cyborg to the team roster. In the comics, Cyborg was a member of the New Teen Titans, and often worked alongside Robin in the Titans; the cartoon versions of these characters did not appear to share a history with one another. This iteration was the only version of the franchise that did not have Super Friends in the title. This series lasted only ten episodes and became the swan song of the franchise. The final episode, The Death of Superman, was aired on November 6th, 1985.

[Parrylakks Neko Samurai Find all posts View Profile Close Parrylakks]

*pretends like he's scratching records*

Wiki wiki wiki...

[Old School Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Old School]

*pretends like he's scratching records*

Wiki wiki wiki...

wasnt wiki