Angelus Errare
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Most badass black weeaboo: Shinobu (No More Heroes 1/2)
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Shinobu deserves her own game.
BEM: Best & Worst Black Heroes & Villains
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Shinobu deserves her own game.
John Stewart is trash and we done better
Mr. Smiley
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Might as well add
Most badass black antihero: Garcian Smith (Killer 7)
If you know nothing else about Killer 7, at least watch this video of a game of russian roulette
Most badass black weeaboo: Shinobu (No More Heroes 1/2)
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This month is closing out on a beautiful note!
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Get Out is a genuinely great movie.
Reward excellence, go see it.
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Chris - Get Out
The play-in team just won the whole damn torunament on a buzzer beater.
Not a stereotype.
Uses his brains.
An actual fucking human being with personality and character.
Get Out is a genuinely great movie.
Reward excellence, go see it.
Huh?! Since when Lex is black?! Maybe you must have been mistaken by the Michael Clarke Duncan version of Kingpin in Daredevil (though he was beaten by the actor who played Kingpin in the Daredevil series):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg-w7_NR0V0
and / or the even far better, Mahershala Ali's Cotton Mouth in Luke Kage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrVGKVExsJU
Either way... I never heard of any black Lex Luthor, especially one that stuck as a potential main lex to remember.
Lex was dark as hell in the JL cartoons, plus having that deep ass Clancy Brown voice? I thought he was black for years
TheSkullPrince
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Not one mention of Meteor Man?!?! Y'all done fucked up now.
Valkerionseven
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Only using the lame screen versions of these characters come on with that.
Black Manta and John Stuwart are great.
Favorite part of DC comics in recent years is them making Manta sooooo much more than he was and giving a pretty damn legit reason to hate Aquaman.
Super recommend Forever Evil as well.
Black Manta and John Stuwart are great.
Favorite part of DC comics in recent years is them making Manta sooooo much more than he was and giving a pretty damn legit reason to hate Aquaman.
Super recommend Forever Evil as well.
You mean this Lex Luthor from the Justice League cartoons?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZcOmIN4o8Y
Sorry, my friend. Lex is 100% white even in this and note how I purposely selected images with Lex standing next to other race characters. However, he would have been really cool if he was black and played by someone awesome who sounds just as great as the actor that played Cotton Mouth in the Daredevil series. The outcome would have been far better than this disaster:
Very very un-Lex. I still cannot believe they came up with this.
I'm dissapointed in you man
SamuelSupreme
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eerrr, what?!
Lex Luthor in the DCAU is Black as hell man.
Also this list is WACK as shit.
SamuelSupreme
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My man was deadly. I was really petitioning for him to be Black Panther in the MCU...he seems wasted as Mordo
TheSkullPrince
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Skeeter from Doug is black. But he doesn't count as a hero, sadly.
Wow. Sorry if I have potentially ruined both your childhood but no. no. NO. NO. Lex Luthor always has been white despite the sound of his awesome voice. You, both, nor anyone else cannot go against facts:
1) The creators said themselves that Lex is inspired by Telly Savalas.
2) All those blatant images I put up. Even Superman and Lex have the near exact colour tone though slightly tan here and there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZcOmIN4o8Y
3) Here is something from wiki: Due to Lex Luthor's pronounced lips and tanned skin, several fans mistakingly thought he was African-American. This is due to the Telly Savalas inspiration for his look - the reason for which is that producer Bruce Timm thought of Clancy Brown's take on Luthor as a "cultured thug", the same way he saw Savalas' Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Timm's favorite Bond film). Sometimes, the animated Luthor is portrayed as being distinctly darker than the people around him, and sometimes (like the shot in "A Little Piece of Home" where Luthor literally puts his face right into Superman's) his skin color is exactly the same as everybody else. Timm is rumored to quip that his Lex Luthor must "tan easily."
4) As black as the voice sounds, THIS is the voice actor for Lex Luthor:
IMDB proof - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000317/
- Justice League Unlimited (TV Series) - Lex Luthor
- Justice League (TV Series) - Lex Luthor
End of discussion on Lex. Unless someone brings in facts then, sorry, no matter what you think, Lex is not nor never have been black.
Yep he is definitely black in dcau.
NipplesAndToes23
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Clancy brown doesn't sound black to me. Earlier this month was the first time I heard black dudes calling Luthor black.
I'm surprised as you are. Yes, he voice did sound awesome in the JL series but despite this and certain features, there was no way on earth did I ever thought Lex was black when I first watched the series. No way. Ok, some people think that Lex is black due to his mannerism, but that only shows that they were limited in their exposure to how people can be - attitude/characteristics - at that time, which sadly embed into their mind and stuck in the representation of Lex over time.
If anyone still says Lex is black at this point either didn't see my post or they are completely ignorant. Let's hope any mentioning is due to the former and not the latter.
After reading my posts, what is your basis on thinking this?
Massive Duck. C.M.
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lol just having bass in your voice and a tan doesn't make you black. DCAU Lex wasn't on some Ultimates Nick Fury steez, he just had presence.
Says the man with a H'el avatar
His black skin
ArgyleReptile
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Was never enough into Sonic to care about Knuckles, but yeah, I will always see DCAU Lex and Piccolo as black.
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Wow. Sorry if I have potentially ruined both your childhood but no. no. NO. NO. Lex Luthor always has been white despite the sound of his awesome voice. You, both, nor anyone else cannot go against facts:
1) The creators said themselves that Lex is inspired by Telly Savalas.
2) All those blatant images I put up. Even Superman and Lex have the near exact colour tone though slightly tan here and there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZcOmIN4o8Y
3) Here is something from wiki: Due to Lex Luthor's pronounced lips and tanned skin, several fans mistakingly thought he was African-American. This is due to the Telly Savalas inspiration for his look - the reason for which is that producer Bruce Timm thought of Clancy Brown's take on Luthor as a "cultured thug", the same way he saw Savalas' Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Timm's favorite Bond film). Sometimes, the animated Luthor is portrayed as being distinctly darker than the people around him, and sometimes (like the shot in "A Little Piece of Home" where Luthor literally puts his face right into Superman's) his skin color is exactly the same as everybody else. Timm is rumored to quip that his Lex Luthor must "tan easily."
4) As black as the voice sounds, THIS is the voice actor for Lex Luthor:
IMDB proof - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000317/
- Justice League Unlimited (TV Series) - Lex Luthor
- Justice League (TV Series) - Lex Luthor
End of discussion on Lex. Unless someone brings in facts then, sorry, no matter what you think, Lex is not nor never have been black.
thank you for dropping telly savalas. of all the characters that people seen as black( even that lame ass shadow the hedgehog) luthor has always been kojak.
UnemployedVillain
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Rick Astley is not even remotely tanned
Man is pale as all hell
Transistor
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Loved the list when I saw the best
Hated it when I scrolled down to the worst
Hated it when I scrolled down to the worst
I'll always respect JJBA for not only having a black person as an antagonist, but also having him be the primary villain of an entire arc. Sure he's not the best of the JoJo villains but i love his design, plus white snake is one of my favorite stands.
It's been a while since I read it but Joco from shaman king was pretty cool I guess. at one point he was even the most powerful member of the main cast iirc.
Neither was Lex Luthor in the DCAU, that was kind of the joke but I guess I should have emphasized that aspect more.
Manmademan
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Holy shit where on earth did you dig up M.A.N.T.I.S
The "For Free" bin full of old VHS tapes at your local libraries annual book sale.
Crimson_Echidna
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I acutally do remember back when I was in middle school my mom watched an episode of Justice League with me and she ask if the writers were intentionally portraying Luthor as black. lol
sleverfunk
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One of the best for sure.
You mean this Lex Luthor from the Justice League cartoons?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZcOmIN4o8Y
Sorry, my friend. Lex is 100% white even in this and note how I purposely selected images with Lex standing next to other race characters. However, he would have been really cool if he was black and played by someone awesome who sounds just as great as the actor that played Cotton Mouth in the Daredevil series. The outcome would have been far better than this disaster:
Very very un-Lex. I still cannot believe they came up with this.
Comparing the facial features, the brow, eyes, nose and mouth of Lex looks much closer to the black character you posted than to supes. If I didn't know Lex from the comics and expect him to be white, I wouldnt have thought he was white.
Dr Duncan Steel
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Aaron Burr, sir.
Hero or villain, you choose.
BKatastrophe
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Lex Luthor in the DCAU is dark, but he's not black. Especially not with white man Clancy Brown voicing him.
If I recall, his complexion was supposed to be Greek or in that Mediterranean area. Olive, but not black.
If I recall, his complexion was supposed to be Greek or in that Mediterranean area. Olive, but not black.
BKatastrophe
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Billy Zane would make a perfect a lot of things.You know, all this talk is making me realize Billy Zane would make a perfect live action Lex Luthor. Tanned, bald, and not black.
SamuelSupreme
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