Black Vulcan

This is the best picture I could find of Black Vulcan. The Internet is racist.

If Wikipedia is to be believed, Black Vulcan was created because Black Lightning wasn't deemed valuable enough to purchase the TV rights for. I choose to think of it as Joesphe Hanna saying to William Barbera "Black Lightning is lame, we need to Vulcanize this cartoon!" and then lightning strikes their sketch pads and the scorch marks formed the first ever drawing of Black Vulcan. What I'm trying to say here is that I like Black Vulcan more than I like Black Lightning.

Of course, one thing always stood in Black Vulcan's way to cartoon super stardom: the Man of Steel himself. Superman was spring boarded into cartoon fame by his status as a comic book icon, a privilege Black Vulcan never had. The last laugh is Black Vulcan's though, as he is the more powerful of the two, and could easily take Superman in a fight.

Black Vulcan's powers closely resemble that of a previously listed African American superhero: Monica Rambeau. They both have the power to turn into pure energy, which is a great advantage against Superman, who is a primarily physical hero. This also gives him the ability to move at the speed of light, another great advantage.

So being capable of moving at the speed of light and, as a being of pure energy, also being intangible should make Black Vulcan pretty much immune to Superman. Just in case though, BV has an ace in the hole. Black Vulcan's cotrol of energy is so great that he can actually open rifts in space and time. How even comic-book science can explain this is beyond me. All I know is that he need to travel though time in an episode of Superfriends, so he fluctated his energy until it happened. That's right, Black Vulcan can travel through time at will. Eat that, Superman.

This blog has been Vulcanized!

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