Portrayal of black people in comics 1990s. One of the rare contemporary African-American-created and published comics, "Real Deal" depicted Los Angeles underworld life with deadpan visceral humor and gross-out violence (termed "Urban Terror" by the creators). Very few Black female characters were present in superhero comics before the Civil Rights Movement. Afterwards, several notable Black female characters began to appear. One of the most notable Black female character in comics appeared in the Bronze Age of Comic Books. Storm (Ororo Munroe) of the X-Men is introduced as being worshiped as an African goddess, the Professor Xavier quickly reveals her to be a mutant who possesses the
Pixie (X-Men) missions and teams and places her as one of the titles' primary magic users. She was first introduced as a student on the Paragons training squad at the Xavier Institute in "" #5 (November 2004), later joining the New X-Men team, and later graduating to the Uncanny X-Men team. Though only a side character in her initial appearances, she has since become a prominent character in various X-Men titles. Pixie first appeared in "" #5 (November 2004) and was created by Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir and Michael Ryan. Megan Gwynn is a Welsh teenager from a fictional mining town called