African American SuperHeroines

Time for the African American women of the superhero universes to represent. Here are my top 20 african american superheroines.

1. Storm

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Co-leader of the X-men

Can control and manipulate the weather at will

Able to control both Earthly and extraterrestrial ecosystems on several occasions

Can modify the temperature of the environment

Control all forms of precipitation, humidity, and moisture

Generate lighting and other electromagnetic atmospheric phenomena

Control over atmospheric pressure

Former Queen of Wakanda and was consider an African goddess in her youth

2. Jet

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Ability to fly

Create blasts of heat , force and electricity

Generate electromagnetic pulses

Manipulate metal

Detect frequencies of spectrum like ultraviolet and infrared

3. Silhouette

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Able to teleport over short distances by traveling through the Darkforce dimension

Can melt and reemerge from any shadow or dark area

Expert in hand to hand combat

Expert martial artist

Enhance senses such as speed, strength, agility, and sight

*She's crippled due to gun-related injuries and have a special pair of combat-related crutches/leg braces.

The crutches include:

Hidden electric taser

An anesthetic needle that contains paralytic toxins

Equipped with smoke gas and metal firing pellets

4. Crimson Avenger (Jill Carlyle)

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Teleportation

Intangibility

Her Guns (Colt pistols) always hit their target

The bullets are able to penetrate any substance and can injure even the strongest of heroes. I.E. Superman and Powergirl

5. Vixen

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Ability to mimic the abilities of any animal using her Tantu Totem, a mystical item said to be created by the African god, Anansi the Spider

Some of her powers include:

The ability to spit venom like a spitting cobra,

The strength of a rhinoceros beetle (about 65 tons),

The constriction strength of an anaconda,

The speed of the cheetah,

Flight of a hawk,

The wall-crawling ability of a spider

6. Captain Marvel/Spectrum

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Can transform herself into any form of energy within the electromagnetic spectrum such as cosmic rays, gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet radiation, visible light and electricity.

Can be invisible and intangible in most of her energy forms

Able to project the energy from her body while in human form

7. Nu'bia

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An Amazonian warrior with 3,000 years of combat experience

Expert in hand-to-hand combat

Expert in weaponry

Immortality

Superhuman strength

Super durability

Super stamina

Enhanced Agility

Enhanced intellect

In 1973, Nubia was supposedly identified as the twin of Wonder Woman since she was formed from black clay. She possess a magic sword created by Mars, a greek god who wanted to eliminate Wonder Woman. The sword is the only weapon that can counteract Wonder Woman's magic lasso.

8. Thunder

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Density manipulation, which gives her the ability to increase her body's mass while preserving volume, which effectively increases her density.

Can create massive shockwaves just by stomping the ground

Computer knowledgeable

Bilingual

Trained doctor

9. Ladyhawk (twin sisters Regina & Rosetta)

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Skilled in a variety of martial arts

Experts in weaponry such as falcon-shaped shuriken, smoke bombs, capture rings, and sonic-throwing blades

10. Fatality

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Eldest child of the planet Xanshi's ruling family

1st to be trained by the Warloads of Okaara, who train the best and brightest children in the Vegan star system in the art of combat

Superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, stamina and endurance

Expert in all forms of combat and weaponry

Employs an energy staff and has a pair of jet boots that allow her to fly

11. XS

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Granddaughter of Barry Allen, aka The Flash

31st century speedster

Super Speed

Can vibrate at super-human speeds, that can allow her to phase through matter

12. Skyrocket

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Due to her military career, she is an experience US Navy aviator.

Trained in survival military weapons and hand-to-hand combat

Dons the Argo Harness, an experimental device developed by her parents for their company Argo Technologies.

The Argo Harness can absorb, convert, and redirect any form of energy

Uses stored energies as bolts of heat, kinetic energy, and electromagnetic fields

The harness is able to recharge itself from any type of energy

Harness allows Skyrocket to fly

13. Wildstreak

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Superhuman strength and speed due to her exoskeleton

Enhanced agility

Remarkable acrobat

14. Flint

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Body is nearly indestructible

Can withstand explosions

Impervious to energy blasts and other forms of physical trauma

Superhuman strength

Expert martial artist

Superhuman reflexes and agility

15. Bling

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A mutant with a crystalline body

Superhuman durability

Able to manipulate the shape and quality of diamonds that protrude from her body

Limited shapeshifting abilities

Controlled bone growth

Enhanced agility and stamina

16. Pantha

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As a werecat, Pantha possesses:

Superhuman strength, agility, speed, reflexes and leaping

Razor sharp claws that can cut through metal and crab into stone

Superhuman swiftness

Superhuman sight, smell, and hearing

17. Shard

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Able to absorb light particles and convert it into photonic energy blasts

Density control

Holographic projection

Electronic interaction

Psionic

Expert in weaponry and hand-to-hand combat

18. Rocket

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Rocket has an inertia belt that allows her to fly and form shields of kinetic energy

Former gymnast

Very agile

Quick reflexes

Expert in hand-to-hand combat

19. Bumblebee (Karen Beecher)

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Highly intellectual

Designed and created a power suit that allows her to fly

Her suit also gives her enhanced strength and durability

She can manipulate her size

Can project energy and create powerful sonic blasts

She uses other bee-theme gadgets like electric stingers, honey entangles, and U-V vision

20. Misty Knight

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Former NYPD officer with a bionic arm

Her bionic arm is 75x times stronger than a normal arm

Can punch with incredible force

Can crush objects in a vise-like grip

Can liquefy all known metal at close range

Expert in hand-to-hand combat

Highly skilled martial artists

Superb detective skills

Excellent marksmanship