Contemporary Black Superheroes

This Black History Month (or any month), check out these teen graphic novels featuring contemporary Black superheroes!

Updated February 3, 2026
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Contemporary Black Superheroes

This Black History Month (or any month), check out these teen graphic novels featuring contemporary Black superheroes!

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Soul beat. Volume 1, The payback
Walker, Morganne
Paper Book
In Soul Beat, Volume 1, after a fateful encounter to save his friend, pro-boxer and 70s-loving soul brother Dante Alfonse will pursue his toughest challenge yet: defeat the Devil himself--or die trying! Dante Alfonse is a promising boxer who's more than capable...
Clock striker. Volume 1, "I'm gonna be a SMITH!"
Galadima, Issaka
Paper Book
Clock Striker, now in graphic novel format, follows Shonen manga's first Black female lead hero, Cast, in her quest to become a member of the SMITHS, the legendary warrior engineers. *2024 YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens**2023 Texas Library...
Quincredible : the hero within
Barnes, Rodney (Producer)
Paper Book
"A heartfelt voyage through time and space." - Kirkus Rodney Barnes and Selina Espiritu return for another Quincredible adventure, this time diving into the world of Voodoo. Quinton West is back as the would-be hero of his city New Orleans, battling against a new enemy who...
The black mage
Barnes, Daniel
Paper Book
When St. Ivory Academy, a historically white wizardingschool, opens its doors to its first-ever black student, everyone believes thatthe wizarding community is finally taking its first crucial steps towardinclusivity. Or is it? When Tom Token, the beneficiary of the school...
Spider-Man : Miles Morales
Bendis, Brian Michael
Paper Book
Miles Morales is hitting the big time! Not only is he joining the Marvel Universe, but he's also a card-carrying Avenger, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Iron Man, Thor and Captain America! And he'll soon be a media sensation in this All-New, All-Different New York! One thing's the same, though-...
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Osajyefo, Kwanza
Paper Book
In a world that already hates and fears them - what ifonly Black people had superpowers. After miraculously surviving being gunneddown by police, a young man learns that he is part of the biggest lie inhistory. Now he must decide whether it's safer to keep it a secret or if...
Black Panther & the crew : we are the streets
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Paper Book
Black Panther, Storm, Luke Cage, Misty Knight and Manifold band together to take on a dangerous wave of street-level threats in a new series by co-writers Ta-Nehisi Coates (New York Times best-selling author of Between the World and Me and Marvel's Black Panther) and Yona Harvey (Black Panther:...
Black Panther. Book 1A nation under our feet
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Paper Book
A new era begins for the Black Panther! MacArthur Genius and National Book Award-winning writer Ta-Nehisi Coates (Between the World and Me) takes the helm, confronting T'Challa with a dramatic upheaval in Wakanda that will make leading the African nation tougher than ever before. When a superhuman...
Black Panther : the complete collection. Volume 1
Priest, Christopher J.
Paper Book
Black Panther reinvented as a sharp and witty political satire? Believe it! T'Challa is the man with the plan, as Christopher Priest puts the emphasis on the Wakandan king's reputation as the ultimate statesman, as seen through the eyes of the U.S. government's Everett K. Ross. As the Panther...
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Vol. 3, The smartest there is!
Montclare, Brandon
Paper Book
Tony Stark, Victor von Doom, T'Challa, Amadeus Cho...the greatest minds in the Marvel Universe all have one thing in common: they're not smarter than a 4th grader! That's right, the rumors are true - Lunella Lafayette is the smartest there is! Now it's time to put her unrivaled intellect to the...
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Reeder, Amy
Paper Book
LUNELLA LAFAYETTE is a preteen super genius who wants to change the world-but learned the hard way that it takes MORE than just big brains. Fearful of the monstrous INHUMAN genes inside her, life is turned upside down when a savage, red-scaled tyrant is teleported from prehistoric past to a far...
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Vol. 2, Cosmic cooties
Montclare, Brandon
Paper Book
She's been so busy worrying about the Terrigen Cloud that would turn her Inhuman, Luna Lafayette might instead fall prey to...Cosmic Cooties?! Because when a new boy moves to town from far, far away, he's oddly interested in her. Meanwhile, the most wanted T-Rex in NYC is running out of places to...
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Vol. 4, Girl-moon
Montclare, Brandon
Paper Book
Journey to the Living Planet! It's Lunella Lafayette's biggest adventure yet, as a voice from the outer reaches of space beckons her and Devil Dinosaur on a truly fantastic voyage - an Ego trip, if you will! Are you ready for Moon Girl to meet... Girl-Moon? Lunella isn't just smart, she's the...
Captain America : Sam Wilson. 1, Not my Captain America
Spencer, Nick
Paper Book
When Steve Rogers was restored to his natural age, he chose one of his closest and most trusted allies to take up his shield: Sam Wilson, formerly the Avenger known as the Falcon! But Sam isn't Steve, and after recent events he's on the outs with both his old friend and S.H.I.E.L.D. Things get...
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