History Main / ElectricBlackGuy

* ComicBook/{{Storm}} from ''Franchise/XMen'' uses this as her primary offensive power.

* Aqualad in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' primarily has water powers, but has electricity as a secondary one used to electrify said water attacks. The same show also featured Static and Black Lightning meaning half the powered male black cast fit this trope. Black Lightning's lightning is also literally black.

* ComicBook/{{Static}} of Milestone the DC Comics Imprint.

* Baal Hadad of ''ComicBook/TheWickedAndTheDivine'' being a god of thunderstorms in an avatar as a black man.

* ''TabletopGame/Aberrant'' supplement ''Aberrant: Year One'' includes the NPC "Electric" William Greene, an African-American "nova" with electrical powers.

** Sister comic Incorruptible [[PowerDegeneration very briefly]] features a man with electrical powers who is revealed to be black when they fail.

In 1977, DCComics revealed their first headlining African-American superhero with BlackLightning. However, due to numerous controversies and licensing disputes, in the [[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends many]] ''[[Franchise/{{DCAU}} many]]'' adaptations of the DCU he has often been used via CaptainErsatz. This eventually [[TropeCreator developed]] into a consistent pattern in which Black superheroes had [[ShockAndAwe electricity-themed powers]].

!!Examples

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* Baal Hadad of [[ComicBook/TheWickedAndTheDivine The Wicked+TheDivine]] being a god of thunderstorms in an avatar as a black man.

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* ''WesternAnimation/NextAvengersHeroesOfTomorrow'' has Azari, the son of ComicBook/BlackPanther and Storm. He has his mothers lightning and his fathers speed and strength.

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* Electro in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan 2'' got [[RaceLift Race Lifted]] and is played by Jamie Foxx, fitting this trope.

* DCComics' mid-1980s revamp Jonni Thunder, aka Thunderbolt Jonni is a black woman who comes into posession of a statue which gives her the power to become human lightning.

* UrExample ComicBook/BlackLightning. Most other examples are deliberate [[{{Expy}} Expies]] or {{Shout Out}}s to him.

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In 1977, DCComics revealed their first headlining African-American superhero with BlackLightning. However, due to numerous controversies and licensing disputes, in the [[SuperFriends many]] ''[[{{DCAU}} many]]'' adaptations of the DCU he has often been used via CaptainErsatz. This eventually [[TropeCreator developed]] into a consistent pattern in which Black superheroes had [[ShockAndAwe electricity-themed powers]].

* UrExample BlackLightning. Most other examples are deliberate [[{{Expy}} Expies]] or {{Shout Out}}s to him.

* Volt from ''{{Irredeemable}}''; he's very [[LampshadeHanging self-conscious about the trope.]]
* DCComics character [[SupermanVsTheElite Coldcast]] has "electro magnetic" powers which gives him a slightly broader range of abilities (he can theoretically affect electrons on the subatomic level) but largely boils down to ShockAndAwe.

* Rapture from ''TheSavageDragon'' is an Electric Black Girl.

* ''WesternAnimation/NextAvengersHeroesOfTomorrow'' has Azari, the son of BlackPanther and Storm. He has his mothers lightning and his fathers speed and strength.

* Aqualad in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' primarily has water powers, but has electricity as a secondary one used to electrify said water attacks. The same show also featured Static and Black Lightning meaning half the powered male black cast fit this trope.

* Electro in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan 2'' got [[RaceLift Race Lifted]] and is played by JamieFoxx, fitting this trope.
* Storm from the ''Film/XMen'' films. Lightning is just another aspect of weather after all.

* WesternAnimation/TeenTitans has Bumblebee, a young African-American woman who uses a pair of stingers that blast electricity at the targets. She has the same stinger abilities when she appears in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.

* Electro in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan 2'' got [[RaceLift Race Lifted]] and is now played by Jamie Foxx, fitting this trope.

* Rapture from ''TheSavageDragon'' (along with a heaping helping of subversion and UnfortunateImplications)

* Black Vulcan from ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'', created as an CaptainErsatz of Black Lightling to save on licensing fees.

* WesternAnimation/TeenTitans has Bumblebee, a young African-American woman who uses a pair of stingers that blast electricity at the targets.
** She has the same stinger abilities in the aforementioned ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.

* ''WesternAnimation/NextAvengersHeroesOfTomorrow'' has Azari, the son of Black Panther and Storm. He has his mothers lightning and his fathers speed and strength.

* Thunder Fall of the Congolese superhero team [[BatWing The Kingdom]].

* DCComics character Coldcast has "electro magnetic" powers which gives him a slightly broader range of abilities (he can theoretically affect electrons on the subatomic level) but largely boils down to ShockAndAwe.

* NextAvengersHeroesOfTomorrow has Azari, the son of Black Panther and Storm. He has his mothers lightning and his fathers speed and strength.

* Black Vulcan from ''[[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends Superfriends]]'', created as an CaptainErsatz of Black Lightling to save on licensing fees.

* DCComics' mid-1980s revamp Jonni Thunder, aka Thunderbolt Jonni is a black woman who comes into posession of a statue which gives her the power to become human lightning. In Kingdom Come she and Black Lightning have a daughter who has both of their powers, named Lightning.

* Storm from ''Franchise/XMen'' uses this as her primary offensive power.

* TeenTitans has Bumblebee, a young African-American woman who uses a pair of stingers that blast electricity at the targets.

* [[StaticShock Static]] of Milestone the DC Comics Imprint.