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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 a member of the Justice League of America.

"1"
— Great Lightning!

Earth-1A History

Bv 5 — Black Vulcan in his first appearance

Nothing is know about Black Vulcan's origin except that he was a founding member of the Super Friends.

Black Vulcan was the most surprised member of the Super Friends after Robin. Almost 80% of his dialogue was "Great Lightning!" You'd think he'd stop being so genuinely surprised considering the people he hangs out with! Aside from his physical appearance and the sound of his voice, there was no way to tell he was black, as he was written like any other character. (At the time, black characters were written with dialects or spoke jive.) He did, however, talk in electricity-related puns. "I'll electrify you with the shock of your life!"

Black Vulcan raided the Pyramids of Egypt while his unconscious mind was being controlled by Lex Luthor's dream machine. He seemed to be enjoying it, though, implying he was the only Super Friend that was conscious throughout the entire ordeal.

In 1985, he was replaced with Cyborg, another black superhero who was well-established in the DC continuity. Cyborg was notably inferior compared to B.V.

Continuity from the William Street Universe

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

In this universe, Black Vulcan is a former Super Friend who also has the power to control electricity. He says his power is "Pure electricity... in my pants." This becomes a running gag: whenever someone makes a double entendre, he will appear and utter some variation on "...In my pants." He was fired from the Super Friends because of some sort of budget thing, but he thinks it's because he complained they were always pairing him up 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 "Well, 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." "That's SUPERVOLT!"

He later shows up and gives advice to Peanut as he goes through superhero puberty and discovers his powers. ("I felt something... happenin'..." "In your pants?" "That's right. In my pants...")

He's also shown to have an ex-girlfriend named Norlisa, who's now dating Reducto. They eventually decide to have a threesome.

Debbie has a crush on him, which is referred to as "sexual harassment."

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 Super Friends
The World's Deadliest Game
Secret Origins of the Super Friends
Conquerors of the Future
Journey Through Inner Space (originally planned to be in the episode, he was then replaced with Aquaman)
Super Friends: Rest in Peace
History of Doom (in JLA flashback)

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

Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends, Season 7 (1983):

Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends, Season 8 (1984):

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2000-2007):

Very Personal Injury
X the Exterminator
Blackwatch Plaid (non-speaking cameo)
Trio's Company
Peanut Puberty
Droopy Botox
Guitar Control (voice-only cameo)
Booty Noir
Sebben and Sebben Employee Orientation
Babysitter (non-speaking cameo)
The Death of Harvey: Part 2
Harvey Birdman, Attorney General

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 #10's story "The Other Black Lightning" is about this predicament, as Isabella did not like his character being stolen. But because Black Vulcan's powers ended up being different, he is treated as a separate character.
- Black Lightning originally being intended for the show is referenced in the Black Lightning DC Nation short "Clothes Make the Hero", as one 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 theory has been the case with old Super Friends fan websites as well.
- This has been debunked as a certain popular fan depiction of 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.
In Cracked's video "Wonder Woman's Sex Tape," Black Vulcan is shown hosting a show on BET entitled Once You Go Black.
Black Vulcan was going to get a Super Powers Collection action figure, but it was shelved as Cyborg proved to be the more popular black superhero.
Black Vulcan, in his first appearances, would shout his name before using his powers. This subsided in later appearances.
His catchphrase "Great Lightning!" has become a popular Internet meme.

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 Tony Isabella (the creator of Black Lightning), so Black Vulcan was invented. Isabella is known to not like the fact HB stole his character.

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 villains deliberately made to be represent the members of the SuperFriends created for the TV show.^[3]

Gallery

Click here.

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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[2] Go to the DC Database for more on Black Lightning vol.1, #1

[3] For more on Juice member of the Ultimen go to the DCAU

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-[[File:Bv 5.png|thumb|left|200px|Black Vulcan in his first appearance]]
+'''''Black Vulcan''''' is a [[superhero]] with the ability to [[Electrokinesis|control]] [[lightning]]. He can also travel at the speed of [[light]] and beyond, allowing him to break the [[time]] barrier and [[Time travel|travel through time]]. He's a member of the [[Justice League of America]].
+{{quote|1|Great Lightning!|Black Vulcan}}
-'''''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]].
 __TOC__
 ==[[Earth-1A]] History==
+[[File:Bv 5.png|thumb|left|200px|Black Vulcan in his first appearance]]
-Nothing is know about ''Black Vulcan's'' origin.
+Nothing is know about ''Black Vulcan's'' origin except that he was a founding member of the Super Friends.
+Black Vulcan was the most surprised member of the Super Friends after [[Robin]]. Almost 80% of his dialogue was "Great Lightning!" You'd think he'd stop being so genuinely surprised considering the people he hangs out with! Aside from his physical appearance and the sound of his voice, there was no way to tell he was black, as he was written like any other character. (At the time, black characters were written with dialects or spoke jive.) He did, however, talk in electricity-related puns. "I'll electrify you with the shock of your life!"
+Black Vulcan raided the [[Pyramids of Egypt|Pyramids of]] [[Egypt]] while his unconscious mind was being controlled by [[Lex Luthor]]'s dream machine. He seemed to be enjoying it, though, implying he was the only Super Friend that was conscious throughout the entire ordeal.
+In 1985, he was replaced with [[Cyborg]], another black superhero who was well-established in the DC continuity. Cyborg was notably inferior compared to B.V.
 ==Continuity from the [[William Street Universe]]==
-In the [[William Street Universe]], a counterpart of ''Black Vulcan'' exists.
+In the William Street Universe, a counterpart of ''Black Vulcan'' exists.
+In this universe, [http://harveybirdman.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Vulcan ''Black Vulcan''] is a ''former'' [[Super Friend]] who also has the power to control electricity. He says his power is "Pure electricity... in my pants." This becomes a running gag: whenever someone makes a double entendre, he will appear and utter some variation on "...In my pants." He was fired from the Super Friends because of some sort of budget thing, but he thinks it's because he complained they were always pairing him up 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 [[Wanted: The Super Friends|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 "Well, maybe we should call you 'White Fish'!"
-In this universe, the [http://harveybirdman.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Vulcan ''Black Vulcan''] is a ''former'' [[Superfriend]] who also has the power to control electricity.
-Black Vulcan soon joins [http://harveybirdman.wikia.com/wiki/Harvey_Birdman Harvey Birdman], and
+Black Vulcan soon joins [http://harveybirdman.wikia.com/wiki/Harvey_Birdman Harvey Birdman], and together with a group of other minor heroes (as well as Jesse Jackson) they decide to form the "[http://harveybirdman.wikia.com/wiki/The_Multi-Culture_Pals Multi-Culture Pals]." "That's SUPERVOLT!"
-together with a group of other minor heroes (as well as Jesse Jackson) they decide to form the "[http://harveybirdman.wikia.com/wiki/The_Multi-Culture_Pals Multi-Culture Pals]."
+He later shows up and gives advice to Peanut as he goes through superhero puberty and discovers his powers. ("I felt something... happenin'..." "In your pants?" "That's ''right''. In my pants...")
+He's also shown to have an ex-girlfriend named Norlisa, who's now dating Reducto. They eventually decide to have a threesome.
+Debbie has a crush on him, which is referred to as "sexual harassment."
 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Birdman,_Attorney_at_Law ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law''] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page wikipedia.org]
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 ==Powers & Abilities==
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+===[[Super power]]s===
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+* '''[[Transformation]]''': He can [[transform]] his whole body, or half of his body into [[lightning]].
-* He can turn himself into a ''living lightning bolt'' in order to travel '''''through the sky'''''
-* He can turn himself into a ''living lightning bolt'' in order to travel at the '''''speed of light'''''
+* '''[[Flight]]''': He can turn himself into a living lightning bolt in order to travel through the sky
-* He can also generate ''lightning bolts'' from his hands as '''''energy bolts'''''
+* '''[[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.
-* He can also generate ''lightning bolts'' from his hands as '''''force fields'''''
+*'''[[Energy Projection|Lightning Bolts]]''': He can also generate ''lightning bolts'' from his [[hand]]s
-* He can '''''travel back in time''''' by fluctuating his body's energy
+* '''[[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.
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+* '''[[Time travel]]''': He can '''''travel back in time''''' by fluctuating his body's electrical energy
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 ==[[SuperFriends]] Team Members==
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+[[Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends]], [[Season 2]] (1977):
+*[[The Whirlpool]]
+*[[The Day of the Rats]]
 [[Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends]], [[Season 3]] (1978):
+*[[Wanted: The Super Friends]]
-*Coming Soon!
+*[[The World's Deadliest Game]]
+*[[Secret Origins of the Super Friends]]
+*[[Conquerors of the Future]]
+*[[Journey Through Inner Space]] (originally planned to be in the episode, he was then replaced with Aquaman)
+*[[Super Friends: Rest in Peace]]
+*[[History of Doom]] (in JLA flashback)
+[[Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends]], [[Season 5]] (1980):
+*[[Dive to Disaster]]
+*[[The Voodoo Vampire]]
+*[[The Killer Machines]]
+[[Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends]], [[Season 7]] (1983):
-Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law (2000-2007):
+*[[Terror on the Titanic]]
+*[[The Malusian Blob]]
+[[Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends]], [[Season 8]] (1984):
+*[[Darkseid's Golden Trap (Part One)]]
+*[[Darkseid's Golden Trap (Part Two)]]
+[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]] (2000-2007):
 *Very Personal Injury
+*X the Exterminator
-*More coming soon!
+*Blackwatch Plaid (non-speaking cameo)
+*Trio's Company
+*Peanut Puberty
+*Droopy Botox
+*Guitar Control (voice-only cameo)
+*Booty Noir
+*Sebben and Sebben Employee Orientation
+*Babysitter (non-speaking cameo)
+*The Death of Harvey: Part 2
+*Harvey Birdman, Attorney General
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 ==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 [http://www.dccomics.com/dccomics/ DC], prevented the character from being used.
+*''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 #10''<nowiki/>'s story "The Other Black Lightning" is about this predicament, as Isabella did not like his character being stolen. But because Black Vulcan's powers ended up being different, he is treated as a separate character.
+**Black Lightning originally being intended for the show is referenced in the Black Lightning ''DC Nation'' short "Clothes Make the Hero", as one 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 theory has been the case with old Super Friends fan websites as well.
-* The character of ''Black Vulcan'' was created by [[Hanna-Barbera]] Productions and is unique to the continuity of the [[Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends |Super Friends television series]].
+**This has been debunked as a certain popular fan depiction of 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.fandom.com/wiki/DC_One_Million_80-Page_Giant_Vol_1_1000000 here]] for more information about this comic.</ref>
+*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.
+*In Cracked's video "Wonder Woman's Sex Tape," Black Vulcan is shown hosting a show on [[BET]] entitled ''[[Once You Go Black]]''.
+*Black Vulcan was going to get a [[Super Powers toyline and products|Super Powers Collection]] action figure, but it was shelved as Cyborg proved to be the more popular black superhero.
+*Black Vulcan, in his first appearances, would shout his name before using his powers. This subsided in later appearances.
+*His catchphrase "Great Lightning!" has become a popular Internet meme.
 ==Other Versions==
+{{box1 start}}
 ===Black Lightning===
-[[File:Black Lightning.jpg|thumb|left|600px]]
+[[File:Black Lightning.jpg|thumb|left|400px]]
+''Black Vulcan'' was a take off on ''[[Black Lightning]],'' a character who already existed in the DC Comics Universe. Apparently there were challenges with Tony Isabella (the creator of Black Lightning), so Black Vulcan was invented. Isabella is known to not like the fact HB stole his character.
-''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'''''<ref>Go to the [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page DC Database] for more on [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Lightning_Vol_1_1 ''Black Lightning vol.1, #1'']</ref> '''(April 1977)''', and was created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden.
+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'''''<ref>Go to the [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page DC Database] for more on [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Lightning_Vol_1_1 ''Black Lightning vol.1, #1'']</ref> '''(April 1977)''', and was created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden.
+{{boxes end}}
+{{box1 start}}
 ===Juice===
-[[File:Juice.JPG|thumb|left|100px|Juice]]
+[[File:Juice.JPG|thumb|left|175px|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..<ref>For more on [http://dcanimated.wikia.com/wiki/Juice Juice] member of the [http://dcanimated.wikia.com/wiki/Ultimen Ultimen] go to the [http://dcanimated.wikia.com/wiki/DCAU_Wiki DCAU]</ref>
+''Juice'' is a fictional character featured in the animated series ''Justice League Unlimited'' and is a member of the Ultimen, a team of villains deliberately made to be represent the members of the SuperFriends created for the TV show.<ref>For more on [http://dcanimated.wikia.com/wiki/Juice Juice] member of the [http://dcanimated.wikia.com/wiki/Ultimen Ultimen] go to the [http://dcanimated.wikia.com/wiki/DCAU_Wiki DCAU]</ref>
+{{boxes end}}
+==Gallery==
+Click [[Black Vulcan/Gallery|here]].
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