5 Black Heroes Who Dropped Off the Face of the Earth

I’ve had entirely too many conversations in the BNP virtual offices that start with “Hey, whatever happened to…?” And it’s usually concerning a Black character whose debut we could hardly wait for at one point. At a time when representation matters more than ever, and we’re a savvier audience than we’ve probably ever been, giving characters like these flowers while they’re here makes a difference in how we support them, so they don’t fall to the wayside. That’s what inspired this list of Black superhero characters that we haven’t heard from in a while. Spyke

This young mutant hero, able to wield large spikes from his body, debuted in the 2000 cartoon, X-Men: Evolution. Storm’s nephew, Evan Daniels, first discovered he was a mutant when his powers awakened at a basketball game. Not long after that, he was framed for theft by his rival/nemesis Quicksilver. After teaming up with Cyclops and Jean Grey to beat him, Storm convinced him to stay at the Xavier Institute and develop his powers as an X-Man. Spyke was a fun character that often incorporated skateboarding and improvisation into his combat strategies. Eventually, his powers changed with his appearance to a point where he joined the Morlocks and became a champion for mutants with more appearance related mutations that were persecuted and shunned by humans. All in all, this was an interesting enough character that it’s a wonder he never translated over to more mainstream venues like movies or even representation in the comi…