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Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) was one of the first major African American superheroes to appear in DC Comics. He debuted in Black Lightning #1 (April 1977), and was created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden.
The original candidate for DC Comics' first headlining black superhero was a character called the Black Bomber, a black hero who was actually a white racist and later described by comics historian Don Markstein as "an insult to practically everybody with any point of view at all." When the editor who had approved the Black Bomber left the company before the character had seen print, Tony Isabella (whose previous writing experience included Luke Cage, Marvel Comics' first black superhero with his own title) was asked to salvage the character. Isabella managed to convince editors of his Black Lightning character which he had been working on for some time, mentioning that his characters along the way were merely stepping stones.
Tony Isabella wrote the first 10 issues of Black Lightning, before handing it over to Dennis O'Neil. Only one O'Neil-scripted issue came out before the series was canceled in 1978 as part of a general large-scale pruning of the company's superhero titles known as the DC Implosion (which also canceled the debut of Vixen, which would have been DC's first title starring a female black superhero).[citation needed] Issue #12 was published in Cancelled Comic Cavalcade and World's Finest Comics #260.
DC Nation - Thunder & Lightning - \Clothes Make the Hero\" (full)"
The Black Lighting Trailer - english subs
Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Black Lightning Il padrone del cielo
Del McCoury Band's "Vincent Black Lightning" from BLUEGRASS UNDERGROUND
Black Lightning Tribute
Sean Rowe - "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"
DC Universe Origins: The Origin of Black Lightning #1 (Animated Comic)
The Bellrays - Black Lightning
Black Lightning - Exclusive clip 1 from UK DVD - Out on September 6th 2010
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
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