Best Male Character
- Black Lightning; Final Crisis: Submit; Grant Morrison, writer, Matthew Clark, Norm Rapmund, Rob Hunter & Don Ho, artists; created by Tony Isabella & Trevor von Eeden
- Black Panther; Black Panther Annual #1; Reginald Hudlin, writer, Larry Stroman & Ken Lashley, artists; created by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby
- Lwanga Moses; Unknown Soldier; Joshua Dysart, writer, Alberto Ponticelli, artist; inspired by the character created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert
- The Spectre; Final Crisis: Revelations; Greg Rucka, writer, Philip Tan, Jeff de los Santos & Jonathan Glapion, artists; inspired by the character created by Jerry Siegel & Bernard Bailey
- Zane Pinchback; Incognegro; created by Mat Johnson, writer, and Warren Pleece, artist
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Best Female Character
- Destiny Ajaye; Pilot Season: Genius; created by Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman, writers, Afua Richardson, artist
- Lee Wagstaff; Bayou; created by Jeremy Love, writer and artist
- Storm; X-Men: Worlds Apart; Christopher Yost, writer, Diogenes Neves, artist; created by Len Wein & Dave Cockrum
- Vielle; Fungus Grotto; created by Shatia Hamilton, writer and artist
- Vixen; Vixen: Return of the Lion; G. Willow Wilson, writer, Cafu, artist; created by Gerry Conway & Bob Oksner
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