Black Lightning

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Black Lightning is a male comic superhero that features in DC Comics.

Biography

Origin

Outsiders

Pierce later joined President Luthor's administration where he served as Secretary of Education. (Superman v2 #166)

He was then confronted by the Bomb Squad who froze Parasite with Black Lightning able to knock out Trident and stop a blow from Doctor Impossible though the latter managed to beat him up. The supervillain would have killed Pierce but instead fled to escape from the arrival of Hawkgirl. Together, Black Lightning and her checked the defeated Trident where they discovered a Starro on him whereupon they called Batman to notify the Justice League of this development. (Justice League of America v2 #3)

Post-Flashpoint

A close friend of his was Tommi Colavito who became a police detective and became aware of his superhero identity with her helping him. (Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hand v1 #1)

Whilst in Metropolis, he was visited by Batman who wanted to recruit Black Lightning to help lead a new team initiative he had in combating threats in the world that were outside the Justice League. (Detective Comics v1 #983) Pierce accepted and came to Gotham where they helped stop an attack on Cassandra Cain by the villain Karma though Batman was injured. This resulted in Black Lightning learning Batman's true identity which he agreed to keep and the Dark Knight urged Pierce to help train the young vigilantes he had in his care to better prepare them for threats in the future. (Detective Comics v1 #983)

Overview

Personality and attributes

Powers and abilities

Bruce taught him to generate an electrical shield in front of his arms that were designed to repel attacks though he said that it was hard to stop solid objects. Pierce said he was not great in this ability but that he was good enough to get by in a fight. (Justice League of America v2 #3)

The goggles were powered by his bio-electrical energy with the tech inside the eye piece preventing him from being photographed clearly and even blurred human vision to some extent. (Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands v1 #4)

Notes

• Black Lightning was created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden where he made his first appearance in Black Lightning v1 #1 (April, 1977).

Alternate Versions

In other media

Television

• In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Black Lightning appeared in the animated television series episode "Enter the Outsiders!" where he was voiced by actor Bumper Robinson.
• In DC Nation Shorts, Black Lightning appeared in the animated shorts segment "Thunder and Lightning" where he was voiced by actor Blair Underwood.
• In Young Justice: Invasion, Black Lightning appeared in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Khary Payton.
• In Black Lightning, the character starred in the live-action television series where he was portrayed by actor Cress Williams.

Films

• In Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, Black Lightning appeared briefly in the animated film where he was voiced by actor LeVar Burton.
• In Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Black Lightning briefly appeared in the animated film with an alternate villainous version of him existing on Earth-3 who was known as Black Power.

Video games

• In DC Universe Online, Black Lightning appeared as an NPC in the MMORPG where he was voiced by actor Alexander Brandon.
• In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Black Lightning appeared in the video game where he was voiced by actor Bumper Robinson.
• In Injustice 2, Black Lightning appeared as a playable character in the fighting video game where he was an alternate skin for Raiden with him being voiced by actor Ogie Banks.

Appearances

• Black Lightning:
• Outsiders:
• Justice League of America v2:
• Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands v1:
• Detective Comics:

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry

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