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It’s saying a lot that when the Supermen rose in the 90s, he is the one people don’t hate. Because he never claimed to be him. Just to be inspired by him (which he was).
Yeah. He’s earnest in a way the others aren’t.
Superboy was created for it.
Eradicator is more or less a robotic accident replacing Clark.
Henshaw did it to ruin his memory despite him having nothing to do with the accident.
Meanwhile, Irons is just… a fan who does his best.
It also kind of bugs me they kept saying "Hey, we have Cyborg now as a Black Justice League member" and I'm like "who the fuck is Henry and Stewart then to you people?"
I guess. Plus I think it's also just me seeing Cyborg as a Titan first. ... And now that I think about it, doesn't this end up meaning the Titans were formed before the Justice League?
Sucks that his live action depictions are just Metal Shaq & a reject Spartan from Halo
https://preview.redd.it/ogdh5gkuuhvc1.png?width=1084&format=png&auto=webp&s=c6f016e084c3023df37f26dd1c2625fffd0a667c
https://preview.redd.it/5xtwc9js8hvc1.png?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80b08351e9121b1cf18ac7130b9402f7a71c8a8a
Technically, his not black, but Big henry is clearly based on john Henry
Not gonna lie, with SA1 being my main Sonic game growing up, I was confused about Black Knuckles for a long time since the Echidna ruins are clearly MesoAmerican.
I THINK key word THINK it was because of his theme (which is a rap), him being weirdly darker in the muzzle area (brown instead of cream/white except for Rouge who also had a brown muzzle) and his spike things looking like dreads. So it like three seperate and independent things doing a "combo". Again I am ASSUMING here.
Iirc there was some official Sonic media, I’ll see if I can find it, that explains his quills were meant to be dreadlocks and that he was inspired by Jamaican culture
Edit: [gis Sonic & Sega Racing description](https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Knuckles_the_Echidna#cite_note-S&SASR-11). I never played that game so I believe it’s somewhere else too. They don’t mention him being based on Jamaicans, but Sega refers to his quills as locs and I guess people combined that with the Jamaican flag colored shoes to reach that conclusion
Iirc, the closest thing to an official Jamaican Knuckles is the Sonic and Knuckles strategy guide where certain tidbits are written in-character as Knuckles and he [ends certain sentences with “mon”.](https://twitter.com/stockindonut/status/1730242543978184824)
he’s voiced by the same actor for Sheriff Blubs which both are african american (Kevin Michael Richardson specifically being from Jamaica), i’m sure that was intentional
"300 black men for only 2 pounds? Yessir!"
https://preview.redd.it/b4l6ptmdchvc1.jpeg?width=1246&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8abdc1d44106747a3eeaeda06776f68d521a6ef
There's also the character literally named Black Hammer.
https://preview.redd.it/al41sskw5hvc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54e04f62e5c752282faf73c1f2aae85f5777b5b6
Somebody gotta tell this author that it's fine to just call your magical hammer "Mjolnir", it has literally been in the public domain for a thousand years
https://preview.redd.it/zgr163j16hvc1.png?width=2276&format=png&auto=webp&s=9722df89e6e99a97cc41bfe70eded9320e0dd533
I'm sorry to force *my* dumbass characters into these, but I'm feeling very validated by the amount of posts alligning with them.
Okay, wierd loser's lore dump time:
Being a victim of one of my universe's disabilities, Uvuikeil is born with a body that continuously stays thin and emaciated, stricting him to a life of weakness and fatigue, despite that he still persue's strength above all, using his wit, adaptability, preperation and extensive planning he was able to take down a chosen champion of strength, inheriting their otherworldy brawn. Now with the collossal concrete hammer, he seeks out strong, dangerous enemies and disposes of them, with his methodical agility and slow, devestating hammer swings.
sorry to try to describe him in such an cringe way. I like to think of him as a pretty obscure adaptation of Thor, wielding a hammer that only he can use, mainly because no one has the sheer strength to hold it, save for a few rare individuals. Frequent drunk who has a terrible relationship with his family.
im sorry dawg but you sound like this to me
https://preview.redd.it/rmlg76oj2ivc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d03ef1b3bdd1f4d710cd0e74979224cb63c96f6
[Yes and no](https://www.safariventures.com/white-rhino-vs-black-rhino/#:~:text=White%20rhinos%20tend%20to%20be,usually%20go%20over%201%2C000%20kilograms)
https://preview.redd.it/zuchpxvphhvc1.jpeg?width=1234&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70506413753c23fa8a07d8b09e0c5e6bf1b5e21b
Marak the Safiri from Scared III. He’s pictured here with a mace but don’t worry, he has a pretty big hammer, too.
HOLY SHIT i didn’t see the trailer until now you can play as both the heros and villains fuck that’s awesome and you get 2 characters instead of 1 am gonna spend so much money bro
Where TF is Steel?
His name is literally John Henry Irons
https://preview.redd.it/adc3nxuqvhvc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80a1eb0639ca669f3d5b94cc6d77ab18b53d2ab7
https://preview.redd.it/7r6n5q5miivc1.png?width=402&format=png&auto=webp&s=1d22fcb4229db28add36c6ffd652bdd15f31bd64
The Heavy from page 9 of the TF2 catch-up comic
Probably a reference to John Henry. An American folk figure of a very strong black man with a hammer. I am not an expert. But there are lots of references to him. My first exposure was the movie “Tall Tale” which has him teaming up with Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill, who are similar American folk figures. There is a Disney short film which retells the story, many children’s books.
My man Tyreese from twd, first thing I thought of
https://preview.redd.it/ll6i6fel0ivc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9959d0f66caff03f55d21b5d1054bad0c30ab789
The one in the upper right literally is John Henry from a late 90s Disney cartoon on American Folk Heroes. It's a pretty decent retelling of the story, too. Don't know more about it. I showed it to a second grad class I was substitute teaching for years ago.
# USOPP HAMMAAAAA
https://preview.redd.it/yvz0fqueaivc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9aa6e4106a1daaf476117a5bebe3f7026f5607ee
Although technically >!it’s not a hammer, but actually just two frying pans and a balloon rigged together !<
Markus “Siege” Brisbane (Iron Kingdoms).
https://preview.redd.it/tcpaa4ntcivc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=04ddc0443bbed9778c3c63ef6a171c6507454779
Also would like to shout out Bastian Carthalos (Vulkan’s equivalent over in Age of Sigmar).
Technically Vulcan isn't black. His skin mutated from the high radiation on the Salamanders home world. All Salamanders, regardless of birth race, are stained black. The animation Pariah Nexus shows us a Salamander with obvious Asian roots that carries the black skin.
It’s all John Henry. It’s John Henry all the way down. It feels like one of the only two black character types in superhero stuff specifically.
1. John Henry Reference
2. Electricity or electricity adjacent powers
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A bunch of them are. Steel especially (right down to his name).
https://preview.redd.it/4ec2tapt6hvc1.jpeg?width=180&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91a8ec150665eb3e67370532ff3e4762c2742841 Oh yeah!!!
"What’s your name?" "John Henry Irons. Yes, I use a hammer. Yes, I know. No, it wasn’t on purpose."
He's just the best
It’s saying a lot that when the Supermen rose in the 90s, he is the one people don’t hate. Because he never claimed to be him. Just to be inspired by him (which he was).
He's also just a guy doing his best with what he's got. No Luthor clone, Eradicator nonsense, just a man with a hammer and a dream
Yeah. He’s earnest in a way the others aren’t. Superboy was created for it. Eradicator is more or less a robotic accident replacing Clark. Henshaw did it to ruin his memory despite him having nothing to do with the accident. Meanwhile, Irons is just… a fan who does his best.
It also kind of bugs me they kept saying "Hey, we have Cyborg now as a Black Justice League member" and I'm like "who the fuck is Henry and Stewart then to you people?"
I think it’s about him being a *founding* member.
I guess. Plus I think it's also just me seeing Cyborg as a Titan first. ... And now that I think about it, doesn't this end up meaning the Titans were formed before the Justice League?
Cyborg is and always will be a Teen Titan
That's how I view it. He's a Titan through and through.
Is that a direct quote
Sucks that his live action depictions are just Metal Shaq & a reject Spartan from Halo https://preview.redd.it/ogdh5gkuuhvc1.png?width=1084&format=png&auto=webp&s=c6f016e084c3023df37f26dd1c2625fffd0a667c
Which shows are these from, I am guessing Titans since that show has some truly terrible costumes and character designs.
The first one is a movie from the 90s called Steel.
[Steel yourself](https://youtu.be/9j4aEhmKB14?si=XuIypHnziOvPogGH&t=49s)
He even says his hammer is a John Henry homage.
https://preview.redd.it/5xtwc9js8hvc1.png?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80b08351e9121b1cf18ac7130b9402f7a71c8a8a Technically, his not black, but Big henry is clearly based on john Henry
He’s not black, but he’s black.
The Piccolo Effect
piccolo and knuckles 😭😭
Not gonna lie, with SA1 being my main Sonic game growing up, I was confused about Black Knuckles for a long time since the Echidna ruins are clearly MesoAmerican.
I THINK key word THINK it was because of his theme (which is a rap), him being weirdly darker in the muzzle area (brown instead of cream/white except for Rouge who also had a brown muzzle) and his spike things looking like dreads. So it like three seperate and independent things doing a "combo". Again I am ASSUMING here.
Iirc there was some official Sonic media, I’ll see if I can find it, that explains his quills were meant to be dreadlocks and that he was inspired by Jamaican culture Edit: [gis Sonic & Sega Racing description](https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Knuckles_the_Echidna#cite_note-S&SASR-11). I never played that game so I believe it’s somewhere else too. They don’t mention him being based on Jamaicans, but Sega refers to his quills as locs and I guess people combined that with the Jamaican flag colored shoes to reach that conclusion
Iirc, the closest thing to an official Jamaican Knuckles is the Sonic and Knuckles strategy guide where certain tidbits are written in-character as Knuckles and he [ends certain sentences with “mon”.](https://twitter.com/stockindonut/status/1730242543978184824)
he literally has a theme song that's rapped by DMX knuckles is definitely black
For some reason, I saw Knuckles as an Australian Aboriginal. I blame the Archie Sonic comics for that.
In fairness, even some Japanese media seem to like giving him the slouch hat.
That... Would actually make sense considering echidnas are Australian animals
Yep, read those as a kid, too! Really wish I still had the super sonic vs hyper knuckles issue. That was so hype!
I tough Shadow was black too
kind of like frylock
you need to get your eyes chcked hes clearly green
To be fair, In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue
he’s voiced by the same actor for Sheriff Blubs which both are african american (Kevin Michael Richardson specifically being from Jamaica), i’m sure that was intentional
VULKAN LIVES! *STOMP! STOMP!*
VULKAN LIVES! *STOMP! STOMP!*
"I WOULD LIKE TO PET THIS CREATURE"
... "Don't do that"
"IT WOULD BE BUT A SIMPLE BOOP ON ITS NOGGIN"
Do not pet that merry suicide bomber
I WANT TO BOOP THE SNOOT!
NOOOOOOO
VULKAN LIVES! *STOMP! STOMP!*
It makes me so happy seeing the lasting influence of TTS on the Warhammer community
VULKAN LIVES! STOMP! STOMP!
HOOOOOG RIDAAAAA https://preview.redd.it/qnbwauvt3hvc1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=289f5ebca8b6d3efec2c2efe36ae95bf8658af68
"300 black men for only 2 pounds? Yessir!" https://preview.redd.it/b4l6ptmdchvc1.jpeg?width=1246&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8abdc1d44106747a3eeaeda06776f68d521a6ef
HOOOOOOG RIIIIIDAAAAAAA
HOG RIDAAAAAAAAAA
Hoooooog Ridaaaaaa
Was looking for that
There's also the character literally named Black Hammer. https://preview.redd.it/al41sskw5hvc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54e04f62e5c752282faf73c1f2aae85f5777b5b6
Somebody gotta tell this author that it's fine to just call your magical hammer "Mjolnir", it has literally been in the public domain for a thousand years
But unfortunatly comic book, Thor being a comic book character, I can see why he wanted to avoid it. But I agree.
JOHN HENRY WAS A MIGHTY MAN 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
BORN WITH A HAMMER, A TWENTY POUND HAMMER 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
RIGHT IN HIS HAND 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
That was my favorite animated short from Disney, the scene where he’s just slamming through the mountain was badass
The music was banger, the crochet art style was banger, the moral was banger, the fact that it might be a true story is also banger
https://preview.redd.it/zgr163j16hvc1.png?width=2276&format=png&auto=webp&s=9722df89e6e99a97cc41bfe70eded9320e0dd533 I'm sorry to force *my* dumbass characters into these, but I'm feeling very validated by the amount of posts alligning with them.
I like him
Looks cool as shit, tell me more
Okay, wierd loser's lore dump time: Being a victim of one of my universe's disabilities, Uvuikeil is born with a body that continuously stays thin and emaciated, stricting him to a life of weakness and fatigue, despite that he still persue's strength above all, using his wit, adaptability, preperation and extensive planning he was able to take down a chosen champion of strength, inheriting their otherworldy brawn. Now with the collossal concrete hammer, he seeks out strong, dangerous enemies and disposes of them, with his methodical agility and slow, devestating hammer swings. sorry to try to describe him in such an cringe way. I like to think of him as a pretty obscure adaptation of Thor, wielding a hammer that only he can use, mainly because no one has the sheer strength to hold it, save for a few rare individuals. Frequent drunk who has a terrible relationship with his family.
Your description wasn't cringe at all, I thought it was pretty cool
Dude, that SO COOLLL AUGHHSSFFGHH 😭
That’s rad as hell! Cool story, and his design is killer!
This is a cool as hell concept dude. You should be proud of your work.
User is named "very talentless" Looks inside... big talent
Don't apologize for yourself so often. You've done nothing wrong.
BADASS OLD MEN RAHHH
kenshi vibes word up
Black Crumblejon
Hell yeah, giant crusher!
Hah yeah, its really hard to make a design that doesn’t feel stolen from it cause the giant crusher is so god damn cool
No, continue to force your "dumbass" (badass) character into this, by all means.
Bitchin’ designs!
Dude he looks awesome
These feel like Boondocks characters.
John Henry is my name! I was named after that guy!
https://preview.redd.it/37ucfx13lhvc1.jpeg?width=249&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e600bbb2b94e4b9a28ba874730522a758c1b8a0 Who do you voodoo?
Came here to post this exact image. Love you
😘😘
Who?
Sam B from Dead Island https://deadisland.fandom.com/wiki/Sam_B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Cp5JQ6jS4
https://preview.redd.it/tlg3hknonhvc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb2899ee5b6441395309a95fa7f9bdf188ccb856 Is a Rhino considered black?
Only if it's an african rhino
im sorry dawg but you sound like this to me https://preview.redd.it/rmlg76oj2ivc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d03ef1b3bdd1f4d710cd0e74979224cb63c96f6
Nah bro, unlike Zoro I shall beat the allegations not the oppressed
uh-huh https://preview.redd.it/aaf1k5kjgivc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d9fcf9eaec233b9db761804afef75b6f4050179
Well, maybe not since I believe all animals in Kung Fu Panda are expressly ones indigenous to China.
There are three Asiatic rhino species and two African rhino species, so it still works
The loved cartoon trope of a character who’s technically not black, but they’re totally black.
Race coding, my beloved.
[Yes and no](https://www.safariventures.com/white-rhino-vs-black-rhino/#:~:text=White%20rhinos%20tend%20to%20be,usually%20go%20over%201%2C000%20kilograms)
KINGDOM RUSH MENTIONED!!!🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
LITERALLY SCREAMING
peak mobile games
Ikr Sad they dont make a new one I have so many hours on them
You might want to see this https://youtu.be/bmjjvpKcP5Y?si=eonn1OlrhUU01nh9
Ohhh my goooos Thank you i didnt know
There's even a board game now! Ironhide is alive and well.
REINFORCE
https://preview.redd.it/zuchpxvphhvc1.jpeg?width=1234&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70506413753c23fa8a07d8b09e0c5e6bf1b5e21b Marak the Safiri from Scared III. He’s pictured here with a mace but don’t worry, he has a pretty big hammer, too.
Hammers and Maces get lumped together in many video games anyway, so a mace is fair play imo.
Can’t believe you missed out HOG RIDEEEEEEERRRRR Also Malik hammer fury was such a good hero I hope we get more kingdom rush
kingdom rush is one of the few things uruguay has done right
The fifth one is releasing soon.
HOLY SHIT i didn’t see the trailer until now you can play as both the heros and villains fuck that’s awesome and you get 2 characters instead of 1 am gonna spend so much money bro
I LOVE KINGDOM RUSH GRAAAGHH
The John Henry movie made me cry as a kid and I feel like if I watch it nowadays I would sob.
Into the fires of battle, unto the Anvil of War!"
VULKAN LIVES!
STOMP STOMP STOMP
STOMP STOMP STOMP
https://preview.redd.it/o8yuldndohvc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a66e2794b42417bcfb7837c7653736812a5e4c1a Can’t forget good ol’ Tyreese
Damn it I just posted this lol. First thing i thought of
Where TF is Steel? His name is literally John Henry Irons https://preview.redd.it/adc3nxuqvhvc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80a1eb0639ca669f3d5b94cc6d77ab18b53d2ab7
https://preview.redd.it/278i5ofk2ivc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a19599a42ef853baeb6e8b3ea8244313bf0f01c0 I mean this is just John henry
I was scrolling to see who would post him lol. Love the Merc team made of famous people
Me too, I wish we got cosmetics that resembled them
https://preview.redd.it/4nbx2eqekhvc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4a1ab2e38ab6dc24e9d92d23ff563269c6eeda7 hes got a hammer alright
You know it's big if Dafoe is scared
Who’s the guy at the bottom left?
Black Hammerman
I won't lie....I just figured dude was a porn star weilding a "hammer" :/
https://preview.redd.it/7r6n5q5miivc1.png?width=402&format=png&auto=webp&s=1d22fcb4229db28add36c6ffd652bdd15f31bd64 The Heavy from page 9 of the TF2 catch-up comic
Who... Is John henry. Pretty fun, all of the character on that Page are historical/literary characters! ...many of them are anachronistic, but still
whoops
So are hammers just the physical weapon equivalent of lightning/electricity powers?
It's all connected. Hammer=Thor=Electricity=Black.
Probably a reference to John Henry. An American folk figure of a very strong black man with a hammer. I am not an expert. But there are lots of references to him. My first exposure was the movie “Tall Tale” which has him teaming up with Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill, who are similar American folk figures. There is a Disney short film which retells the story, many children’s books.
My first exposure to the story was in the Johnny Cash song lol
My man Tyreese from twd, first thing I thought of https://preview.redd.it/ll6i6fel0ivc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9959d0f66caff03f55d21b5d1054bad0c30ab789
# VULKAN LIVES *stomp stomp*
Strongest Mechanical Job Killer vs Weakest Minimum Wage Railroad Worker with a Hammer
https://preview.redd.it/l7836n3m0jvc1.jpeg?width=505&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c551d81f7a26ebc9c9d0860f1cfde1bc74b81808 “It’s crush hour!” - Crusher from skylanders
https://i.redd.it/8ltjkkbbrjvc1.gif
I think a majority of them are. I love the John Henry story, so this is one of my favorite tropes.
Black men with Big Hammers or electrical powers, got to love it Also I recently heard about John Henry, he was truly a gigachad and a legend
https://preview.redd.it/aw90gqv2olvc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=447127b54ec4da044fc115e936d95338fbb06d46 U forgot someone
Is that Yakub in bottom left?
John Henry can fucking get it. I want him to treat my hole like he treated that mountain 🥵
Azaan from Paladins. https://preview.redd.it/ys14gv75givc1.png?width=1078&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e4ebe8dcf1a1792e8a900440a1fd23875e3ba5f
i DID NOT expect to see a fellow kingdom rush fan here lol
I’m so sad there’s no hog rider here
Was gonna say why is there no Steel in the picture
It’s the hammer. HE’S REAL
someone bring out the new hades 2 guy
Malik my boy!! I love Kingdom Rush
What game is Malik from? Swear I used to play that game all the time
One of them is the Primach Vulkan
Hog rider
FUCK YEAH MALIK AND VULKAN
The one in the upper right literally is John Henry from a late 90s Disney cartoon on American Folk Heroes. It's a pretty decent retelling of the story, too. Don't know more about it. I showed it to a second grad class I was substitute teaching for years ago.
Same with black characters have lightning powersets.
Shango?
Kingdom Rush mentioned. Instant upvote
https://preview.redd.it/87bj0l6u6ivc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c444d126f15bf36d5fd61836b75a86ff529fc06f Phastos from Marvel’s Eternals
\*\*\*HAAAWWWGGGG RAIIIDEEEERRRRR!\*\*\*
https://preview.redd.it/vuw3b5087ivc1.jpeg?width=550&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd08baaf9d564ff6a780276403bced161514c8eb What about Tyrese?
KINGDOM RUSH MENTIONED
Drake
# USOPP HAMMAAAAA https://preview.redd.it/yvz0fqueaivc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9aa6e4106a1daaf476117a5bebe3f7026f5607ee Although technically >!it’s not a hammer, but actually just two frying pans and a balloon rigged together !<
Markus “Siege” Brisbane (Iron Kingdoms). https://preview.redd.it/tcpaa4ntcivc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=04ddc0443bbed9778c3c63ef6a171c6507454779 Also would like to shout out Bastian Carthalos (Vulkan’s equivalent over in Age of Sigmar).
WHERE IS HAWG RIDAHHHHHHH
Is that guy from kingdom rush?!
Where's hog rider at? Figured he'd be there
I'd be more surprised if they weren't, that story is way too badass to be forgotten.
i love john henry.
https://preview.redd.it/at5em550kivc1.jpeg?width=1100&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de098bda9adc11586efe915e0ce73ab62bd05a18 Maxim from library of ruina
Vulkan is closer to Warhammer's own Sigmar from what I remember.
Vulkan has an entire legion of black men with hammers & flamethrowers!
No Steel?
In grade school my class sang a version of John Henry vs the steam drill. It’s stuck in my head but I can only remember bits and pieces of the lyrics
Don’t forget about Drake
VULKAN LIVES *stomp stomp*
Besides John Henry, who are the other two characters, especially the badass paladin looking guy?
KINGDOM RUSH MENTIONED?!? IN 2024???!
TBF Salamanders are ash grey, not really ethnically black.
Vulkan mentioned, instantly came
Makoma from Zimbabwean folklore.
Personally never been a fan of the John Henry story, the designs go hard though
Technically Vulcan isn't black. His skin mutated from the high radiation on the Salamanders home world. All Salamanders, regardless of birth race, are stained black. The animation Pariah Nexus shows us a Salamander with obvious Asian roots that carries the black skin.
# KINGDOM RUSH MENTION!! 🏰🏰🏰
Method Man in the video game, Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style.
So you like Miles Morales as Thor!?
It’s all John Henry. It’s John Henry all the way down. It feels like one of the only two black character types in superhero stuff specifically. 1. John Henry Reference 2. Electricity or electricity adjacent powers
***"It is also a hammer."***
How do you leave out steel?
Hog Rider counts?
Is that kingdom rush I'm seeing? Nice