I've noticed a theme. It's in the subject line: unwilling villains and the mothers who try to save them.  Equinox and his mother Margay Sorenson, Proteus and Moira Mactaggert.  Not so much the mom thing with this one or the villain thing, but Liz Sherman.  
 
Basically characters whose powers are out of control. I guess Jean Grey/Pheonix sort of falls into that category.
 
Any other examples of this would be awesome!

poor little Kuuuhhht Vaaaahhhgnuhhh.



His whore of a mother, Mystique, throws him over a freaking waterfall as an INFANT (btw - how many kids did she pop out and/or adopt over the years???) - so he comes into the world dealt a bad hand.

SPEAKING OF BAD HANDS - his actual hands look like mittens.  That's gotta suck.

Oh yea... he's blue. with yellow eyes. and has a tail. where does it end for this guy?

I forgot.  His half brother founded The Friends of Humanity... pretty much the equivalent of the mutant KKK.





and he spent most of his life traveling with the circus after Margali takes him in but ends up accidentally killing the only brother he knows in the world - which pretty much ruins that deal for him.

I want to cry for him - but he finds God and overcomes it all - learns to forgive and somehow doesn't hate humans (who are terrified of him) and didn't end up a villain.

So I call worst luck for Nightcrawler.  Wouldn't want to be at that family reunion once you throw in Rogue and Sabretooth ... and everyone else.

She's a bad bitch!  is there any other criteria????



She's beyond sexy - her superlife is a coping mechanism she uses to deal with her shitty childhood....



She's just pure unadulterated awesomeness boiled down to its most potent form....



and she has her own series - which got more and more ADULT as it progressed. no complaints here.

Check this out: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,483544,00.html



This is the picture they use!  I'm speechless.

The article is called "Captain Obama... Is it Time For a Black Superhero?".  That title alone is red flag enough, but it gets worse.  Here are some of the most egregious errors I found.

" Robert J. Walker is the creator of Delete, one of the only black female superheroes in comics..." <--- This statement isn't misguided.  It's false and the result of a lack of research.  The author, S.E. Cupp, obviously didn't even use Google as a verification tool and that's the least that could have been done.

Even more maddening was this: " Before Obama won the presidency, blacks were largely implausible as superheroes, Craft said. "  Again, an unfounded and speculative statement in an article that many will read and accept as hard journalism.  For each of the 140+ Black Female Superheroes (and other peripheral female comic book characters of color), there are at least 4 male counterparts - and that's a fact.

The article as a whole was laughable and the rest of the thinking world seems to agree.  I have ‘black female superheroes’ on my Google Alerts so whenever the phrase appears on the internet, I get an email.  Today, after this article was published, several blogs responded to this erroneous and ill-considered article, several of them linking to my personal blog, where I have over 100 Black Female Superheroes profiled.  Check out Fox getting ripped a new one:

http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=254764

http://www.audioshocker.com/2009/01/27/fox-news-claims-there-are-only-a-few-black-superheroes


and this from Fox yesterday: 'Leading Artist Say Obama Makes Room For New Black Superheroes' - which makes a helluva lot more sense.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482836,00.html


Fox News needs to hang it up or insure that their staff works harder for their paychecks... we're in a recession.

I'm new to Comic Vine - getting the hang of things (still don't know if they points system has a purpose or is just for bragging rights lol), but it's coming along well.  I actually joined early last month but didn't become active until last week or so.  I love the collaborative atmosphere - everyone's pitching in to make the site as exhaustive as possible - and doing a bang up job, if I might add... It's like a community garden lol.

I'm feeling my way around the site and just yesterday discovered the 'Concepts' section and have been reading over the 'Women in Comics' topic - and it's very thorough, in depth, and a GREAT and informative read.  My area of interest is in 'Black Female Superheroes/Black Women in Comics' and I don't know whether to start a concept for that by itself or to add it as a section in the 'Women in Comics' concept.

There are so many knowledgeable people on this site (who also happen to be competent, often exemplary writers), that I'm sure no matter how I start it off, someone will whip it into shape in no time. 

The thing is, I'm not sure where or how to start or how to organize the concept because, frankly, I've compiled an overwhelming amount of raw information about Black Female Superheroes and at this point, I don't know which end is up lol.  I've unearthed 100+ Black Superheroines (and peripheral, non-hero female characters of color) so I've got to make sense out of it all before I start writing about the subject in a way that'll make sense and be coherent.

I'm thinking I can group them into categories like in the 'Women in Comics' did.... That makes the most sense. Until I wrap my head around this, I'm at an impass.  Any thoughts or suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.

Here are the heroes/characters I've come up with so far... not all are HEROES, or from comics (some are from movies, cartoons, television,etc), and there are a handful of characters that are Hispanic and Middle Eastern.  I included them because it can't hurt to bring attention to a wide spectrum of minority women in comics.

• Storm
• Frenzy
• Lady Hawk
• Lady Trident
• LightBright

• Jet
• Amanda Waller aka THE WALL
• Bling
• Empress
• Debrii
• Diana
• Flint
• Heather Hudson aka Sasquatch
• Powerhouse
• Cassie
• Isis
• Venus Dee Milo
• Yellow Ranger
• Captain Marvel
• Kendra Young
• Numbuh 5
• Pantha
• Numinus
• Onyx
• Pathway
• Promethea
• Shondra Kinsolving
• Uhura
• Valerie Brown
• Sky Rocket
• Black Mariah
• Blood Storm
• Brillalae
• Bumblebee
• Cecilia Reyes
• Crimson Avenger
• Dr. Midnite
• Dreadlox
• Embyrre
• FoxFire
• Louise Hastings
• Misty Knight
• Murmur
• Nefertiti Jones
• Night Shade
• Nubia
• Shard
• Silencer
• Silhouette
• Supergirl
• Synaesthesia
• Threnody
• Thunder
• TimeSlip
• Vixen
• Wildstreak
• XS
• Agent 355
• Aliyah Bishop
• Amina Franklin
• Arisa Hines
• Ant
• Catspaw aka April Dumaka
• Catwoman
• Charly Beck
• Misty Magic
• Niobe
• Maya & Monica (Heroes)
• Rocket aka Raquel Ervin
• Casey McKenna
• Fatality
• Lightening aka Jennifer Pierce
• Becka Monroe
• Fox
• Microwoman
• Shuri/BlackPanthress
• Jasmine Destine aka Kay Cera aka Cuckoo
• Kid Quantum aka Jazmin Cullen
• Computo aka Danielle Foccart
• Microwavabelle aka Microwave Mom aka Belle Jackson
• Natasha Irons aka Steel aka VaporLock aka Starlight
• Martha Washington
• SheBang
• Splice
• Valida Payton
• Jenny Swensen/Jennifer Swan - Spitfire/Chrome
• Adept
• Lucille Butler/Boy
• Delilah (Gargoyles)
• Blacklight
• Carla White
• Sojourner
• Longstrike/Tattoo
• Meteorite
• Betty Clawman
• Captain Confederacy - Kate Williams
• Starlight - Stella Maxwell
• Plus (Bina & Aputra Chawney)
• Iron Butterfly - Kahina Eskandari
• Iota - Isadora Wellington-Smythe
• Masquerade
• Flashback - Sara Quinones
• Technique - Tiffany Evans
• Juanita JJ Sachs
• Indigo & Ivory (Fusion)
• WordGirl - Becky Botsford
• MindBlast - Danielle Forte
• Knockout
• Dragonfly - Veronica Dultry
• Impala
• Heather Tucker - Tempo
• Haven - Radha Dastoor
• Fatale - Pamela Greenwood
• Genocide
• Vertigo
• Torrent - Kendall Logan
• Calypso Ezili
• Netossa Princess of Power (She-Ra)
• Shana Elmsford
• Rebecca Chambers
• The Butterfly - Marian Michaels
• Tesla Strong
• Dhalua Strong
• Amanda Spence
• Seraph DNAngels
• Conjura
• Zuni
• Vibrania
• Rite
• Melba Manton
• Sela
• Krystalin
• Charlotte Jones
• Gorilla Girl - Fahnbullah Eddy
• Georgianna Castleberry
• "M" - Monet St. Croix
• M-Plate
• M-Twins - Nicole and Claudette St. Croix
• Neurotica
• Neorotap
• Neuronne
• Tempest - Angel Salvadore
• Armena Ortega
• Twilight
• Elisa Maza
• Teresa Roberts
• Yrial
• Aura - Morgan Dubay
• Zoanne Wilkins

& I'm 100% sure there are MANY MANY more that I just haven't found or heard of yet.  Let me know who I'm missing.