 black vulcan is a fictional african-american superhero on the animated series super friends created by hanna-barbera. he was voiced by buster jones. ==fictional character biography== unlike most of the super friends, black vulcan was not a pre-existing dc comics character. this is particularly notable since dc comics' roster did include an african american superhero with electricity-based powers, black lightning, who could not be used on the show due to disputes between dc and black lightning's creator tony isabella.lightning rod how black lightning hurdled racism, knockoffs and wars between creators to become the new powerhouse of justice league of america by ben morse posted march 3, 2007 black vulcan appeared in the all-new super friends hour cartoon series (episode "the whirlpool"). his powers include the ability to emit electricity from his hands. he can also fly by charging his lower body with energy. on a few occasions, he exhibited powers he had not shown before, such as the ability to assume a form of pure energy and travel at the speed of light (in an unsuccessful attempt to escape a black hole.challenge of the superfriends episode: the world's deadliest game, pt. 1, september 23, 1978) he was able to travel back in timechallenge of the superfriends episode: secret origins of the superfriends, pt. 2, october 28, 1978, youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsk2lj6igyq&feature=playlist&p=08f43b2ee17be792&playnext=1&playnext_from=pl&index=17 4:11 by fluctuating his body's energy to open a rift in space-time. black vulcan is able to spot-weld microelectronics.world's greatest superfriends episode: dive to disaster, pt. 3, youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jmibjwoykw 1:24 in the final incarnation of the series, the super powers team: galactic guardians, he was replaced with cyborg, another black superhero that was already well established in dc comics. ==in other media== ===television=== * black vulcan made several appearances on the show harvey birdman, attorney at law voiced by phil lamarr. he debuted in the season one episode, "very personal injury", in which he was present at the trial when apache chief sued a coffee shop. in the episode, he describes his power a
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