Black Lightning (Collected Editions)

Series · 4 books · 2009-2019

By Tony Isabella, Martin Pasko, J.M. DeMatteis, and more

Books in series

Black Lightning Year One

2009

Starring one of the heroes of FINAL CRISIS! Meet Jefferson Pierce. He's the greatly renowned teacher who's going to clean up Metropolis' Suicide Slum as the school's new principal and restore hope to the community of Southside. Unfortunately, it's a community completely in the grip of Tobias Whale and the crime organization known as the 100, and the only way to fight it may be on the outside as BLACK LIGHTNING.

Black Lightning, Vol. 1

2016

Black Lightning&;s first solo series and origin story! With the power to generate electricity from within, Jefferson Pierce has donned a colorful costume and the secret identity of Black Lightning! However, it will take all of his abilities to protect his Metropolis neighborhood of Suicide Slum from those who seek to destroy it. With guest appearances by Superman and some familiar villains, Black Lightning makes DC Comics history. Collecting for the first time BLACK LIGHTNING #1-11 and WORLD&;S FINEST #260, featuring work by creators Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden, along with veteran inkers Frank Springer and Vince Colletta!

Black Lightning, Vol. 2

2018

Presenting never-before-reprinted adventures of Jefferson Pierce, a.k.a. Black Lightning, from the pages of WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #256-260, DC COMICS PRESENTS #16, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #173-174 and DETECTIVE COMICS #490-491 and 494-495!

Black Lightning

Brick City Blues

2019

When violent urban decay overwhelms his city and threatens to destroy those around him, long-absent hero Black Lightning returns to dispense his own electrifying brand of justice. Currently featuring characters from the hit TV series on The CW network! Written by the co-creator of Black Lightning, Tony Isabella, whose original work on the character comes full circle in this thrilling, never-before collected series! The world's a very different place from the one schoolteacher Jefferson Pierce once knew, and Black Lightning isn't the same hero he was. Older and wiser, Black Lightning reluctantly resurfaces with a ferocious new look and a dangerous edge in a city desperately needing a hero. Collects Black Lightning #1-13 and DC Universe Holiday Bash #2.

Authors

Tony Isabella

Author · 45 books

Tony Isabella is an American comic book writer, editor, artist and critic, known as the creator and writer of Marvel Comics' Black Goliath; DC Comics' first major African-American superhero, Black Lightning; and as a columnist and critic for the Comics Buyer's Guide. Contents

Dennis "Denny" O'Neil was a comic book writer and editor best known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until his retirement. His best-known works include Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman with Neal Adams, The Shadow with Michael Kaluta and The Question with Denys Cowan. As an editor, he is principally known for editing the various Batman titles. From 2013 unti his death, he sat on the board of directors of the charity The Hero Initiative and served on its Disbursement Committee.