the Elemental

Black Vulcan

Real Name: Unknown

Group Affiliation: Justice League America 

(the Superfriends)

Power Set: Ability to manipulate lightning 

from his hands. 

Flight: transforms his lower body into pure energy, he becomes living lightning.  Can travel at the speed of light, spot weld microelectronics. Vulcan can go where ever light and electricity goes and even operate proficiently underwater.  Time travel is also within Vulcan's range of powers.  He fluctuates his body into pure energy in such a way that it opens a rift in space and time.

Like his comrade's Apache Chief and Samurai, Black Vulcan first appeared on the Superfriends cartoon. for that era Vulcan set the standard and opened the doors for the Black Superheroes of the right now.

He's also been locked into comedic roles and a target for so many jokes and hilarious cameos. Surprisingly  they've all been good for the most part.

And after all is said and done.  Vulcan still comes across as a legitimate Superhero.  At one time Alex Ross proposed to bring Black Vulcan into the Captain Marvel mythos.  Update him as a hero connected to Shazam.  DC rejected the idea. Imagine Black Vulcan painted by 

Alex the Great One Ross.  How can you not buy into that?  OK, they didn't like the way Ross was going with it.  So rework it! Suburban kid rescues little girl from collapsed drain enclosure; secret passageway...rock of eternity...seven deadly sins blah blah blah, 

speaks the new magic words _________and is transformed into Vulcan!  One of the champions of earth. Shazam is only one of the wizards so each wizard has a champion voila. Let's go fight some crime.

  

I also found out that DC alludes to Black Vulcan and Black Lightning being the same guy.  

Retcon if you will.

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check the outfit in the background

A rework is definitely what's called for. 

Because Super Volt needs some pants.

Invested Interest

Invisibly Vested

Instead of doing the right thing and pay your creator and make Black Lightning apart of mainstream animation history. They allow the theft of a creators idea. It's no denying the greatness of Black Vulcan and the importance of the character, however he's still trapped in the comic book abyss with so many other DC minority originals.

the Gears of War

COG's and Customs

 

 

 

Lately I've been into customizing, and at the moment DCUC and Marvel Legends are the artisans choice (comics are at the forefront). Anyway my nephew is into Gears of War. So for his birthday, a personal COG soldier was his present from uncle OA1.

 

 

 

 

 I used a Marvel Legends War Machine. I like the Gears of War video game and the action figures have all kinds of detailed goodness. But for me they are to chunky looking, especially the boots. I hate the boots and I hate the stiff static movements. Most of them can't even hold their weapons with two hands.

Enter Dominique Damir: COG commander
 fully articulated action figure, battle ready, detailed and ready to join my nephew's legion of 6inch figures. He looks like a younger COG soldier posed with Marcus Phenix and company . So he works well with both lines of figures.

Every figure that I do has to have removable gear of some kind and extra weapons. With this guy it's a removable helmet, lancer and a golden original lancer. Still for me it's the option to pose your figure that's most important. It has to be good quality, but the articulation is king.

I AM Vigilant and Unyielding in my pursuit of the enemy.
I will Defend and Protect my family and fellow man.

I AM GEAR