This was the first black superhero to be featured as the title character of a comic book.
- Black Lightning
- Black Panther
- Luke Cage
- Static Shock
Luke Cage. Cage appeared in Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1, published in June 1972. He is an ex-convict imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, who gets super-strength and unbreakable skin after volunteering for a medical experiment.
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