Justice League Explained: Who Is Bloodwynd? Is He DC's Answer To Spawn?

[@DamonCagnolatti]

Bruh i been telling folks about this dude for the longest!!!! His whole origin story was quite advanced (relative to other black characters’ origin stories in DC) for its day. He was the only hero left standing after going toe to toe with Doomsday (Ice got taken out real quick but she was left standing too). There is so much that could be done his character especially after George Floyd and countless others. A new Blood gem for a new age against the oldest Rot of the nation.

[@kgblitz1294]

Hell yeah!

[@ringgame]

His origin got retconned

[@victorunger]

Idris Elba 👌🏾

[@williambethea8703]

Man, this character is incredible. He would be perfect for Justice League Dark. Thank you Ernie for this awesome review.

[@thatonkgau5221]

Yup I can see it John Constantine, Zatanna, Jason blood, Swamp thing, Looker, Deadman, Bloodwynd

[@caliken10]

Bloodwynd should definitely return! I've always loved his costume!

[@ringgame]

He’s back!

[@lukefuller9638]

I'm today years old but i really feel like there is an opportunity for DC to take a lesser known character and do something great with it. I could definitely see this character have a movie or a peacemaker like run with the ability to visit history like Watchmen...well off to my screenplay notebook

[@philpeterson8803]

Really like Bloodwynd. Was a fan when he was introduced, after the possession of Martian Manhunter. Would really be interested in him being used more. I agree about how DC and Marvel treat black heroes.

[@YTOW85]

Bloodwynd was dope but slept on🔥🔥🔥

[@Supremmo]

He would’ve been perfect in the Blackest Night event years ago! It’s a shame they haven’t used him. Hell, make him a member of Justice League Dark!

[@vincentfranklin17]

An excellent idea! He would be quite an asset to the team!

[@matthewschwartz6607]

You never know.

[@blkmusmecca]

Thank you. I been screaming about this guy for years and finally your giving him some just. Hopefully we can push for him to get a solo series. Especially in this new awaking of America's past

[@The_Backman]

Took the words outta my mouth brother.

[@MrKD1970]

I agree 100 percent with the fact that DC drops the ball constantly with their black characters. Cyborg joining the JLA ruined his Titans origins, Bronze Tiger was totally screwed in the New 52 era and then forgotten even by the Suicide Squad and the list goes on. Great heroes who never got a proper chance. Bloodwynd could have been great with proper handling. P.S. What ever happened to Batwing and the Signal. Also Blerd, I'd love to hear your take on Charcoal, Marvels better combo of the Thing & Human Torch and a character that disappeared for financial reasons.

[@davidpatrick4871]

Bloodwynd was badass. I would love to see his return.

[@silvermaskchicago]

He did return

[@joselaplacaamigo6400]

I miss Bloodwynd 😢

[@bossbradley]

Bring. Him. Back.

[@silvermaskchicago]

He is back

[@dizzahscrapz5411]

I posted a superchat regarding Bloodwynd on a Blerd Cave a while back ... Glad you was able to do some homework and get some content from it

[@aosei]

1 year later. He’s back In DC as the Superman of Hell

[@ginofrancejr555]

Bloodwynd is such a underrated and underused character he should be the DC equivalent of brother voodoo

[@geekprotagonist1139]

I originally thought he was Martian man hunter when I was a kid. Like hiding out as a human. Until later when I learned he wasn't. Great video

[@Super.Dario.daVibediver]

Why wasn't this man in Justice League Dark?? He's literally the Magical Superman of the team 🦸🏾‍♂️

[@ExTriv]

Soooo, they had no idea of what to do with him to the point they let him sit out fights for "reasons" 🤦🏾‍♂️🤣🤣

[@hoodiek6802]

I was just learning more about Blood wynd

[@vincentbillings6907]

Such a criminally underrated character.

[@jamiebaxter7965]

After being revealed that J'Onn was impersonating Bloodwynd, originally and then we got to actually meet the real one, I've always felt this character had more to say/do that just being a short-lived one-off. Hopefully, DC will find something to do with him at some point and not let languish for an eternity,

[@vincentfranklin17]

I wish DC would use Bloodwynd more! I liked the character ever since his first appearance.

[@TripleXGames]

DC is too busy turning Ginger characters into black characters

[@YasharelYahawadah]

A so-called serious straight black male american should play him. It's literally our story.

[@bobmathis-friedman6742]

What appeals to me, in particular, is his fashion sense; GREAT costume!

[@kinggold6321]

He should be the 7th member of the Justice League not Cyborg

[@ZaeArea]

It would be dope to see a new video about Black Lightning and his family!! His daughters are soo underrated!

[@fslayer1290]

I was totally unfamiliar with this character. I’ve gotta check if I have him in my comic collection. Time to add him to my collection of Blacks In Pop Culture. Thank you so much for this information.

[@jazo204]

I only remember him during the death of superman series. I remember him saying he couldve beat doomsday if only he summoned more souls or something like that

[@RubeusArchos]

Give this man his own dam comic. They can cancel all the rest the dc stuff.

[@nosfonader8792]

How can someone who's basically Spawn not have a more prominent booking?! Bloodwyn is ripe with supernatural elements and this guy is tailor made for such a movie. He should be the lead in a Justice League Dark book. Have Bloodwynd see a vision of a dark magical god and he makes a team of magical heroes to fight him off. Go all HP Lovecraft on this guy

[@mellodope8904]

We need THIS movie!

[@Chronic_Gainz]

The big two wants to expand their diversity but do so by replacing established characters while forgetting about their already existing diverse line-up (still not where it needs to be) Bloodwynd could easily get a miniseries and join the Justice League Dark team. Just needs the right writers on the job. The same could be said about a lot of characters... just need a revamp and a talented team behind them. That's how the big named character even became big named characters in the first place.

[@ExeErdna]

This is damn true Bloodwynd works with all the magic peoples. Yet DC doesn't care their new "repsentation" matters more even if those comics aren't really seeing with the demographics they want. Since Manga just isn't a "youth" thing they just have more consistany which the Big Two don't care to do anymore.

[@almightyqdogg]

He’s back now 💪🏾💪🏾

[@00ghostcobra]

The difference between Marvel and DC is that Marvel actually uses their Black/African American characters.. People like Luke Cage, Black Panther, Falcon, Storm, Misty Knight etc. are well known in Marvel.. DC on the other hand has all of these characters like Bloodwynd(who I had never heard of until this video) People like practically all of the characters originally from Milestone Comics that they bought and practically never use.. Icon, Tech9ine, Hardware and so many others would make great actual additions to the DC comics universe, yet we never see them.

[@damianstarks3338]

I remember this guy from death of Superman comic. Thanks for this origin story on this character.

[@lexbryant4564]

Bloodwynd fit justice league dark

[@darylifillifill1677]

Not if they going to do with him what they did to Dr Mist Nommo Balewa

[@iamthew0lf]

Always loved this dude. Such a sick design! His story would translate so well in a modern iteration. Definitely needs to be in some modern JL Dark stuff.

[@cyhimramsay7747]

Pretty dope character

[@nlemieur7516]

Thanks for the great video. I knew of Bloodwynd from the Death of Superman, but didn’t know his story.

[@jravage77]

No, the Comics Gate crowd WOULD like Bloodwynd because he's an original black character and not a race swapped knock off.

[@Michael-hw5wk]

All I remember about Bloodwynd is that I was VERY disappointed when it was revealed he was Martian Manhunter rather than an actual character all his own. They have probably retconned that, but still...a waste of a great character.

[@urccreviews3863]

First off Great video, I enjoy it a learned a lot. I don’t understand why DC comics refuses to use original strong black characters like him and icon but they rather give us black versions of white characters.

[@ExeErdna]

They see those white characters give the blackness validation when really when you notice it ain't working because they're boring.

[@abps9947]

Actually they did use icon in the recent milestone relaunch 🤣

[@urccreviews3863]

@@abps9947 I know that I have a few issues but besides like young justice, they don’t use them in any other animated or live action media

[@mariod1547]

@@urccreviews3863 DC doesn't own the rights to Milestone characters, so that has something to do with it

[@PUREisthename]

As of today's Action Comics: Doomsday Special, Bloodwynd is back!

[@anthonyhorton7839]

I'm actually a fan of Bloodwynd. I really want to see him again in a solo comic book series. I believe it would be amazing.

[@stephenwhite3187]

#BRINGBACKBLOODWYND HE WOULD BE PERFECT FOR JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK

[@LA314ify]

Do Dr. Mist please 🙏

[@carsonjamesiv2512]

BloodWynd A.K.A Blue Marvel 3.0.

[@hollowichigo24x]

You’ve been doing great. I’ve been bothered by the silence of comic KZbin on black history month because I figured they’d do something but you’re part of a handful

[@MarkusSeaberry]

Thank you for this video!! I was a casual DC Comics reader during Bloodwynd's heyday. Once I saw that Martian Manhunter had been impersonating him, I thought that he was another of J'onn J'onnz's aliases. Boy, was I wrong!!

[@dynastyfamily00]

To the question "why he disappears, and has never been brought back". I have the answer. He's a character where the mythology of his powers are from slaves that rebelled and killed the slave owner. I can only think of a handful of times throughout all of comic book history where this subject has been approached. Each and every time it has been, the corporate "overlords" have killed it with swiftness. While those people are very comfortable with all aspects of the slavery part, they are not comfortable with the slaves overthrowing the slave owners. And they are most definitely not comfortable with making a superhero that can "trend" based on that.

[@andresmarrero8666]

I don't think that's the case. The guy doesn't have much in terms of interesting abilities or traits and so was largely passed over by the writers.

[@SoulStarSketchin]

10:30 no lies spoken when it comes to black characters as a whole in DC especially. I can’t even recall the last time BloodWyn was even mentioned in decades now.

[@wagnercolbert737]

WOW I big fan of the character 👏 A true blast from the past. Much cheers BLERD.

[@marcusmoore7003]

I remember him. And i read the death of superman. He would be a great character to bring back. A tv series would be good. A comic where he seem like a bad guy at first because of the blood stone but a arch would flesh him out as mystic hero.

[@Tzensa]

It seems like it would be fairly easy to introduce him as an unknown/antihero in Black Lightning and the launch him into his own series where his nature and story could be explored. It would also give costume designers a chance to play with us look a bit since, to be fair, it’s pretty dated.

[@aarontaylor2808]

I often wondered what became of this character, to me Bloodwynd was a combination of Marvel's Dr Strange and Vision. I lost track of the mystic badass around the time of the death of Superman. It would cool reading to seane the mage again, I don't understand what the deal is when it comes to heroes/people of color. Here fiction is imitating real life, in either world no one knows what to do with people of color.

[@mattchew6426]

I liked Bloodwynd, and was disappointed when he up and left...

[@vernonhampton5863]

Here's the thing, if they don't bring back Papa Midnight from Constantine or Joshua Power from Power Company, they are not going to touch Bloodwynd. I think he would work if you bring him into a Justice League Dark team, but that's just me. I mean, think about how monstrous that blood diamond would be in post Rebirth DC? Who's to say that there aren't more diamonds?

[@kemhug2623]

Enslaved

[@treylakingz9029]

I've always loved this character never understood why DC doesn't use him for justice League dark.

[@mr.e212]

I just learned about him and this is awesome.

[@bobbyneal2619]

Today years old when I heard about this character

[@MEFelicia]

Bloodwynd and Icon movies please

[@PoeArtryCreativeMovementLLC]

Memories! I remember in Death of Superman event, Blue Beetle was so distracted by speculating Bloodwynn being a traitor, he got fucked up by Doomsday😆 (if I'm remembering correctly).

[@georgetinker1292]

You showed Amazing Man @Ernie. You gotta do him now..

[@walterbaptiste4596]

First, I love me some Bloodwynd. Secondly I'm glad to see that you are back online homey 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@ryankillpatrick]

EXCELLENT fan cast for BLOODWYND! That dude is great!

[@babysinclairfan]

I always wondered where they planned to take this character. I remember there was a period where Bloodwynd was revealed to be Martian Manhunter in disguise, but later on, we learned that there was a real Bloodwynd as well. There also used to be a fan theory that Bloodwynd was Mr. Terrific's split personality, mainly because they seemed to be sych opposites. We have a white-clad mystic who uses brute strength and has a t-shaped gap exposing his face. Meanwhile, Mr. Terrific dressed in black, practiced science, fought with gadgets, and had a t-shaped mask over his face. That said, the mr terrific thing was just a theory and they hinted at martian manhunter early on

[@Tiriban]

I can't see why anyone would be opposed to a WELL-WRITTEN black character.

[@The_Backman]

An OG who needs far more love

[@mightyking4619]

They need to write a Vixen story and connect her to the spirit world. DC honestly needs to hiring more black and brown writers that are good at their job and care to write for these characters.

[@rell127]

Hire them for what? Have you not notice what they do to black and brown artist ? Hell have you notice what they do to those characters? I much rather them be at Marvel and other companies because cleary DC isn't good with them and neither do they care. When your biggest black character is Cyborg you are doing something very wrong.

[@mightyking4619]

@@rell127 Vixen is an established character in DC. Instead of saying things like "let's not do anything" because they are bad at it, they should try to improve it. Rn, DC is including more black and brown characters in this new era, Infinite Frontier, but that's not enough. They still need to expand on these characters and make good stories. The best ppl to make these stories are black and brown writers. And we also need them to hiring more artist like Alitha Martinez because a lot of artist claim that they can't draw people or black hair/hairstyles. Fixing the problem is better than shunning it.

[@rell127]

@@mightyking4619 😂🤣😂🤣 they don't matter at DC. Okay here's an example compare Vixen to Storm which one name rangs out and actually does shit? All the characters you named don't matter overall. It's never worked at DC ever they tried with every black character and no one buys their shit they had black and brown writers. Fam they been doing what you claimed and nothing has worked. If DC can't get their non Batman characters to sell you think their black characters can sell?

[@mightyking4619]

@@rell127 Ur literally ignoring the point and being ignorant🤦🏾‍♂️ DC is starting to be more inclusive. Marvel comics has been way ahead of them so of course they're going to have more known black and brown characters.

[@rell127]

@@mightyking4619 I'm ignoring it because they always try and it fails. There is no black characters that matter at DC. There are black characters that can hold a hook down over a year. Hell even Black Batman sells like shit, so why the hell would I except something new and different and I been reading comics for over 25 years and nothing had ever changed from DC. Also it's not just Marvel Image does black and brown character better, Valiant does better black and brown characters, Boom! does better black and brown characters, Darkhorse and ect. DC did give a damn until a few years ago and when they started it's 65 years too late.

[@2gogols]

This would make a great film

[@Dominickudo]

Thank you for the video Ernie this was great.

[@roguedexx938]

Need to bring this dude Back!!

[@marcusrobinson-johnson]

Man this character seems really cool. It would be nice to see DC bring him back.

[@anniaplays4529]

BRING BACK BLOODWYND!

[@GrayifiedX]

It's about time someone covered him! Great video! Keep em coming!

[@DatMfka]

They definitely should update his uniform, and his character. If he’s so powerful, it needs to be on display as feats rather than a telltale version of it. A battle between him and Icon would awesome to know who is powerful enough to keep up either way Superman.

[@kelvinwilliams7645]

Bloodwynd

[@kelvinwilliams7645]

I'm for real serious blood wind Green lantern Jon Stewart icon and a few more black every superheroes that the public isn't popular with in a real Blockbuster movie like I said one of those 300 million blockbuster movies that would be the s***

[@tyking33]

I was told he was martian manhunter and wiki said he was glad you explained everything

[@antwan1357]

I remember THIS character from death of superman comic the original one and remember asking myself "who is this guy" he makes an appearance as superman is fighting Doomsday. If I remember right Superman specifically told him to not fight Doomsday . Instead he evacuated everyone i think if memory serves me right.

[@matthewschwartz6607]

Yeah, me too. I actually thought that this was the guy that Despero merged with .

[@RolandofGilead541]

Got your power back? Good sh*t! Glad I get to watch your videos again!

[@doyscherr]

I am now convinced Marvel's Sentry is a rip-off of Bloodwynd. Copy-paste Sentry for Bloodwynd, Robert Reynolds for Martian Manhunter, Avemgers for JLA, Rott for Void.

[@Chaserhien515]

He does seem cool. The way writers are throwing obscure characters in young justice he would have been a good add on to that zatana and dr fate story line.

[@amethyst7084]

Marked fact that Bloodwynd hasn't featured in any of the DC animations I've seen recently. DC should make a lot more use of him, even if he featured more in the 'magic' circles of John Constantine, Zatana, Captain Marvel / Shazam, Black Adam, et. al. I hope we will see him featured more soon, and hopefully at some point in the DCEU.

[@silentknight837]

Always really liked this mysterious character and his cool costume he'd definitely fit right in on JL Dark.

[@dexxxx_]

He could fit in with JLD..

[@MexicanStoleJob]

They should def make a movie for him or of Icon in the DCEU. it's like what are you waiting for WB. Wondering have you or will you do a vid on Manitou Raven? Or any Native American hero in DC.

[@abps9947]

Icon is in separate universe

[@abps9947]

Lol first we DC fans need Snyderverse Also hopefully due to merger we can watch ZSJL 2 Now without developing dceu with mos 2,jl and other DC stuffs No one will make icon movie

[@hoodiek6802]

@@abps9947 Icon is in the same universe

[@abps9947]

@@hoodiek6802 lol he is not DC is focusing on its original character Icon is not

[@OmarCordy]

I enjoyed this character so much when he first came out in that Justice League run. I could see a cool horror miniseries with him. I better get cracking and get a job at DC!

[@TripleXGames]

What superpower should we give this new hero? Them: Yes!

[@garytucker3563]

Thanks for covering this character Ernie!!! I always wondered what his deal was, it's like "Man, he looks cool but what does he really do? The only thing I think I have of him is the Funeral For A Friend follow up to the Death of Superman Arc where he is on the roof with the other JLA. MAJOR mistake not utilizing him, a horror based update would be cool, in fact I would introduce a new Blood Wind blk. female character that finds the stone and ends up discovering what happened to the O.G., but isn't just one (sort of like Peele's CandyMan) and the ROT still lingers........

[@RavenCoyote]

I did a cosplay of him

[@jamimuhammad3699]

Wow Bloodwynd is very Interesting. Wow so he saw when super man died wow. His powers is amazing. Ah so it can be corrupted. So he is like spawn. He needs to comeback.

[@Sentry0]

Nope. He is not DC answer to Spawn. He is totally separate from Spawn.

[@garydavis3534]

I loved this. Thank you for this video. He would do great in a resurgence of DC Black Heroes.

[@jamessatter7418]

I was reading the JLA when he was introduced and liked him off the bat. Great character!

[@klarsuel1]

Thank you so much brotha

[@Dlo2469]

Can u do one on dc's silencer,onyx, and lynx please?

[@ShainiPS-qh6zv]

Never heard of them I guess dc created more unknown black characters than marvel

[@kgblitz1294]

I always thought he had the best costume in DC

[@devv197]

Seems pretty cool. I like the mystical side more than the superman-ish side though. He could easily get a new 52 adaption with a new suit and the same story. Have Rot be his first real villain after he’s fought petty crime. Then put him in crossovers with other heroes.

[@SCriseup]

Well today year's old finding this to be interesting

[@MavenWalsh]

I expect DC to somehow give his powerset to Bruce/Clark or Grayson. THEN they'll finally put some real focus on a possible Spawn like character in DC.

[@MegaWubba_89]

Which comic book writer would you want to see write a standalone Bloodwynd series in DC Comics

[@aagreenidge]

I wonder if Blerd would do a review of the character Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja. It's an old book.

[@MrKD1970]

I remember owning the first 2 issues of that book as a teenager on a short budget. I'd love a review as I never finished the series. Many of the newer titles make me long for a time when stories had continuity and were not just the next big event.