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SuperFriends Team Member

Black Vulcan

Information
Real name:	not known
Species:	Metahuman
Homeworld:	Earth
Universe:	Earth-1A
Hair:	black
Eyes:	Black
Base:	Hall of Justice
Affiliations:	Super Friends
Abilities:	electricity manipulation, time travel, flight
Weaponry:	lightning bolts
Voiced/Played:	Buster Jones
Black Vulcan Gallery

Black Vulcan is a superhero with the ability to control lightning. He can also travel at the speed of light and beyond, allowing him to break the time barrier, and travel through time. He's also a member of the Justice League of America.

Earth-1A History

Bv 5 — Black Vulcan in his first appearance

Nothing is know about Black Vulcan's origin.

Continuity from the William Street Universe

In the William Street Universe, a counterpart of Black Vulcan exists.

In this universe, the Black Vulcan is a former Superfriend who also has the power to control electricity. He says his power is "Pure electricity... in my pants." He was fired from the Super Friends for budgeting reasons, but he thinks it's because they were always pairing him with a white Super Friend, like he was going to start super looting the minute they weren't watching (which isn't true as he does it in the first episode.) He also says that he used to go by "Supervolt" and the name "Black Vulcan" was Aquaman's idea, to which he said "Maybe we should call you 'White Fish'!"

Black Vulcan soon joins Harvey Birdman, and together with a group of other minor heroes (as well as Jesse Jackson) they decide to form the "Multi-Culture Pals."

Powers & Abilities

Super powers

Transformation: He can transform his whole body, or half of his body into lightning.
Flight: He can turn himself into a living lightning bolt in order to travel through the sky
Superhuman Speed: He can turn himself into a living lightning bolt in order to travel at the speed of light
Electrokinesis: He can control electricity in multiple ways.
Lightning Bolts: He can also generate lightning bolts from his hands
Force field: He can also generate lightning bolts from his hands as force fields. The force field can even protect him from the vacuum of space.
Time travel: He can travel back in time by fluctuating his body's electrical energy

SuperFriends Team Members

Members of the Justice League

Justice League:
Aquaman (founding member) • Batman (founding member) • Superman (founding member) • Flash (founding member)
Green Lantern (founding member) • Martian Manhunter (founding member) • Wonder Woman (founding member)

Comic Book JLA Team Members:
Black Canary • Elongated Man • Red Tornado • Zatanna Zatara
Phantom Stranger (part-time Leaguer) • Sargon, The Sorcerer (honorary Leaguer)

Other Known Justice Leaguers:
The Huntress • Black Orchid • Captain Marvel • Supergirl • Green Fury • Plastic Man • Atom • Green Arrow

SuperFriends Founding Members:
Superman • Batman • Wonder Woman • Aquaman
Hawkman • Samurai • Green Lantern • Flash • Black Vulcan

Other Known SuperFriends Members:
Hawkgirl • Apache Chief • El Dorado • Rima

Junior SuperFriends:
Robin • Cyborg • Firestorm
Zan • Jayna
Marvin White • Wendy Harris

Mascots:
Gleek • Wonder Dog

Appearances

Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends, Season 2 (1977):

Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends, Season 3 (1978):

Wanted: The Superfriends
The World's Deadliest Game
Secret Origins of the Superfriends
Conquerors of the Future
Journey Through Inner Space (originally, he was then replaced with Aquaman)
Superfriends: Rest in Peace
History of Doom

Hanna-Barbera’s Super Friends, Season 5 (1980)

Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law (2000-2007):

Very Personal Injury
X the Exterminator
The Devlin Made Me Do It
Peanut Puberty
Droopy Botox
Booty Noir

Notes

As originally depicted, Black Vulcan's costume had the super-hero equivalent of pants, but in later episodes his legs are bare.
Black Vulcan was created to replace an already existing hero named Black Lightning when legal reasons with Black Lightning's creator, Tony Isabella and DC, prevented the character from being used.
- Black Lightning originally being intended for the show is referenced in the Black Lightning DC Nation short "Clothes Make the Hero", as viewers can see the Black Vulcan costume in the background. This seems to indicate that the Jefferson Pierce of this universe once was Black Vulcan at a certain point in his career as a superhero.
- This has been debunked as a certain popular fan depiction as Black Vulcan presents him as a separate character named Michael Jones.
The character of Black Vulcan was created by Jeffrey Scott and Hanna-Barbera Productions and is unique to the continuity of the Super Friends television series.
Black Vulcan made his first DC Comics appearance in DC One Million 80 Page Giant # 1,000,000 (August 1999).^[1]
Black Vulcan was originally going to make a guest appearance in the Season 3a episode "Journey Through Inner Space," being who Wonder Woman and Superman would travel inside. However, he eventually did not appear in the episode and the role was taken by his usual partner Aquaman.
Black Vulcan is the only team member who remembers to wear a helmet while in space or in the ocean.

Other Versions

Black Lightning

Black Vulcan was a take off on Black Lightning, a character who already existed in the DC Comics Universe. Apparently there were challenges with the creator of Black Lightning, so Black Vulcan was invented.

When Black Lightning wasn't generating electricity through his body, he was a high school teacher and former Olympic decathlete. Jefferson Pierce returned to his old neighborhood in the Southside (Suicide Slum) of the city of Metropolis, with his wife Lynn Stewart and his daughter Anissa to become the principal of Garfield High School. Black Lightning debuted in Black Lightning vol.1, #1^[2] (April 1977), and was created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden.

Juice

Juice is a fictional character featured in the animated series Justice League Unlimited and is a member of the Ultimen, a team of heroes deliberately made to be represent the members of the SuperFriends created for the TV show.^[3]

Gallery

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External Links

Reference

↑ Click here] for more information about this comic.
↑ Go to the DC Database for more on Black Lightning vol.1, #1
↑ For more on Juice member of the Ultimen go to the DCAU

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 *''Black Vulcan'' was created to replace an already existing hero named ''[[Black Lightning]]'' when legal reasons with ''Black Lightning's'' creator, [[Tony Isabella]] and [http://www.dccomics.com/dccomics/ DC], prevented the character from being used.
 **Black Lightning originally being intended for the show is referenced in the Black Lightning ''DC Nation'' short "Clothes Make the Hero", as viewers can see the Black Vulcan costume in the background. This seems to indicate that the Jefferson Pierce of this universe once ''was'' Black Vulcan at a certain point in his career as a superhero.
-**This has been debunked as a certain popular fan depiction as Black Vulcan presents him as a separate character named Michael Johns.
+**This has been debunked as a certain popular fan depiction as Black Vulcan presents him as a separate character named Michael Jones.
 * The character of ''Black Vulcan'' was created by Jeffrey Scott and [[Hanna-Barbera]] Productions and is unique to the continuity of the [[Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends|Super Friends television series]].
 *'''Black Vulcan''' made his first [[DC Comics]] appearance in '''DC One Million 80 Page Giant # 1,000,000 (August 1999)'''.<ref>Click [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/DC_One_Million_80-Page_Giant_Vol_1_1000000 here]] for more information about this comic.</ref>