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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Spider-Man : Miles Morales
Bendis, Brian Michael
Paper Book
Miles Morales has been doing the super hero thing for a while, now, but after Secret Wars, he'll be a full-fledged member of the Marvel Universe. Swinging next to The Invincible Iron Man, The Mighty Thor and the All-New Captain America as a card-carrying member of the Avengers is an adventure, but...
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 for the Black Panther starts here! The indomitable will of Wakanda, the famed African nation known for its vast wealth, advanced technology and warrior traditions - has long been reflected in the will of its monarchs, the Black Panthers. But now the current Black Panther, T'Challa, finds...
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...
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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