Feb. 7

Black History Month
Feb 7


Yesterday's Answer.

The character is Luke Cage.



Today's Question


Name the character and the actor that voiced him


This superhero was created by Marvel Comics and first appeared in 1966. He is a "humanoid with metallic skin who can travel space with the aid of his surfboard-like craft."  He can travel faster than light.  In the 2007 movie, Fantastic Four, this actor was the voice of this character.*

* info from Wikipedia

Feb 6-

Black History Month

Feb. 6
Yesterday's Answers:
The character was Steel played by Shaquille O'neal.

Today's Question:

Name the character:

This character known as Power Man  was introduced by Marvel Comics in 1972. He was introduced during the time when movies starred to featured African American characters.  He was born and raised in Harlem, New York.   He gained his powers while imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and while in prison he volunteered for experimental cell regeneration.  However, the controls are altered by his enemy and  the treatment is accelerated past its intended limits, inducing body-wide enhancements that give him superhuman strength and durability. *  " He is an exceptional street fighter and was a gifted athlete before receiving superhuman abilities. He has also studied martial arts under Iron Fist's instruction, learning how to couple leverage with his strength in order to increase his combat effectiveness against more powerful opponents."*

*info from Wikipedia

Feb 5th- Black History Month

Feb 5th, 2015


Yesterday's Answers:

The character is Black Lightning and the actor is Blair Underwood



Today's Question:

Can you name the actor and character?

This character, real name is John Henry Irons, first appeared in the comics in 1993.  "Doctor John Henry Irons was a brilliant weapons engineer for AmerTek Industries, but became disgusted when a powerful man-portable energy cannon he had designed, fell into the wrong hands and killed innocent people.  John faked his death, and eventually came to Metropolis. While working a construction job high up on a skyscraper, he fell off while saving a friend from the same fate and was saved by Superman."*  At this time, he dedicated his life to helping others. 

"John Henry Irons has no superhuman abilities; however, he is an extraordinary inventor and engineer, and a natural athlete who frequently displays an impressive degree of strength. In addition, he wears a suit of powered armor which grants him flight, enhanced strength, and endurance"*

*info from Wikipedia

Feb 4th- Black History Month

Feb 3rd Answers:


Will Smith is John Hancock and appeared in the Hancock.



Can you name the character and actor who have voiced him a series of animations shorts. The actor has played a lawyer, a investigator and a Cuban President.




Other actors  including Levar Burton and Bumper Robinson have voiced this character on television and in film.

His real name is Jefferson Pierce and he was an Olympic decathlon gold medalist.  He is a high school principal and first appeared in DC comics in 1977.  He is a "metahuman who was born with the ability to generate and magnify external localized electromagnetic phenomena, by manipulating intense bio-electric fields generated by his body. This is a power that he internalized and kept hidden for much of the early part of his adult life.  He has demonstrated the ability to create an electromagnetic repulsion field which grants him limited flight capabilities. Pierce also maintains his Olympic-level physical conditioning, giving him above average strength, speed, and stamina. Under Batman's tutelage, he has become a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist."*

*info from Wikipedia.

Feb 3- Black History Month

Feb 2nd Answers:

Samuel L. Jackson appeared as Nick Fury in the 2012 Avengers Movie



Today's Question

Can you name the Actor and Character

This 2008 movie tells the story of a vigilante superhero who lives in Los Angeles.  He is a superhero that has a drinking problem.   He is "invulnerable, immortal, possess superhuman strength, reflexes and stamina, highly developed regeneration and can fly as supersonic speed."*

* info from Wikipedia

Feb. 2nd- Black History Month

Day 1 Answers:

Halle Berry appeared as Catwoman in the 2004 movie.


Can you guess the Actor and Character

This actor has played different good guys.  He recently appeared in the movie the Avengers. .  "He is the leading agent of the fictional espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D."

"He has been taking a special medication called the Infinity Formula that halted his aging and allows him to be active despite being nearly a century old."

" He is depicted as an active athletic man despite his advanced chronological age and his eye was injured by a grenade during World War II.  He is an unarmed and armed combat expert and holds a black belt and brown belt."*

* info from Wikipedia

February is Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month

This year I am focusing on characters that do good to help their fellow neighbors or get rid of the evil. The dolls and action figures are superheroes or heroes.  I will also add a few super villains too.

I will describe the character and you have to guess the character and the actor/actress that played the part.

Day 1:

She was created by DC Comics and was originally a supervillianous.  She is known as a cat burglar and jewelry thief.  However, in the 2004 movie, her name was Patience Phillips and graphic artist and designer.  She is "brought back to life by an Egyptian Mau cat, and develops cat-like abilities and a desire for vengeance." *

* info from Wikipedia