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&;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!

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!

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.