Slate Blackthorne

Slate Blackthorne is a character from Jay Faerber's Noble Causes, a soap-opera-style series following the Noble family, a dynasty of superheroes navigating personal drama alongside their powers. Slate enters their world as an outside figure drawn into the family's complex relationships.

Emerging from Jay Faerber's richly character-driven corner of the Image Universe, Slate Blackthorne made his debut in Noble Causes #13 in 2005 — stepping into one of Modern Age indie comics' most compelling family dramas alongside the likes of Rusty, Zephyr, Celeste, Olympia, and Surge Noble. Though his catalog footprint is select, his appearances span an impressive seventeen years across titles like Dynamo 5 Annual and the celebratory Image! 30th Anniversary Anthology, marking him as a figure with genuine staying power in Faerber's interconnected world. For readers who love the soap-opera heart and superhero spectacle that made Noble Causes a beloved Image gem, Slate Blackthorne is exactly the kind of character worth tracking down.