dear OP,

let me commend you on yet another superficial article that i whole-heartedly hated. i think it's well established that your picks for the best of (black, african, african descent, aboriginal) heroclix could at best be described as way off.

ps: my pics: V steel, E war machine, SR storm, and let's not forget SR apocalypse (he is egyptian, right?) there's nothing wrong with nick fury.

Well that seems uncalled for and contributes very little to an article..
Why do you like those particular pieces? What makes them better than his picks, why was his opinion wrong in your opinion?

Dear person-who-woke-up-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-bed,

let me commend you on a superficial post that i whole-heartedly hated. I think its well established that youre being a huge tool by overreacting so much to one persons opinion/article. it always amuses me at how ambitious you are to announce your shallow opinion that was probably thought out with all the careful planning of an episode of viva la bam.

ps. what does egyptian have to do with being black?

i overreacted. i'm an @$$. everyone hate me with abandon.

You're welcome!

-The Le

I will hate you with focus.

That's KQ II in clix form. Jazmin is the Sister of the original KQ.

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Tarnish

Probably should be bypassing the swear filter with your ingenious use of symbols either...

the le;

interesting choices there.

i have to disagree with goliath , as much as i loved him as a comic character, but there are quite afew that was overlooked.
oh, i'm not sure how this piece was missed:

some guy called the Spectre (from Origins).

crispus allen was a black male you know, right?

Actually, my understanding is that all the SPECTRE figures in HeroClix are tailored after Jim Corrigan, not Crispus Allen.

-The Le

I'll settle for hating you with indifference.

As for the OP, interesting history part, way off with the ratings. If you think Sinister Nick Fury is overrated, you're playing him horribly wrong. Stealth, outwit, willpower and 8 range makes for a pretty nasty combo. Do NOT stay on the first click, thoughness does NOT compare at all to the playability lift he sees on his second click.

Also, MnM Storm, Avengers Black Panther and James Rhodes generally better choices than your top 3, with the possible exception of Goliath. I've seen Bronze Tiger getting shot to uselessness before getting in a single blow so many times now that his first click doesn't impress me much anymore. Why Black Lightning got a place at all I guess I'll never get. Too much of a first click wonder that one too.

Props for taking the time to write an article, though. Major step up from your former one.

I will abandon you with hate.

Clearly.

My top 3 would be

SR Storm M&M - The 19 dv at range and wide array of powers available to her make her one of my favorite pieces. All that for only 100 points.

V Steel Origin - The amount of damage this guy can inflict is crazy. And he has the scientist keyword.

U Jakeem Thunder - Being a fan of JSA teams he is a great addition. But he fits on any team with his 19 defend, perplex, and prob.

Don't agree that Sinister Fury is overrated. He's made to hang back and support the rest of the team, then come in and clean up. Works great with some ultimates members.

My sentiments exactly. If it weren't for Bronze Tiger, I'd think he was going for jobbers on purpose.

As an aside, I'd like to point out John Ostrander's brilliant work in the 80's that was IMO groundbreaking in terms of upping the color quotient in 4-color funnybooks.

Case in point: The Suicide Squad was a well written non-blaxploitation book that featured a number of leading rolls for minorities, more than I've ever seen in a book in that time frame, and perhaps beyond.

The book featured several African Americans including:

Amanda Waller as Leader of the squad (how I hate it when someone villainizes her)
Bronze Tiger, who was apointed to team leader after Flag steppped out of the picture
Vixen, again in another team leader role.

It was so against the grain that it was refreshing.

Now if only we could get DC to reprint his work...