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Black Lightning: Year One 1

BLACK LIGHTNING: YEAR ONE #1

Cover Date: March 2009
Cover Price: $2.99

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Cover Credits:
Art: Cully Hamner (signed)
Colors: Laura Martin (signed)


Story: "Black Lightning: Year One" (23 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJen Van Meter
ArtCully Hamner
LetteringTravis Lanham
ColorsLaura Martin
EditingRachel Gluckstern, Joan Hilty

Feature Character(s):

Jefferson Pierce

Supporting Character(s):

Lynn Stewart (Jefferson Pierce's wife)
Anissa Pierce (Jefferson Pierce's daughter)
Leona Pierce (Jefferson Pierce's mother)
Constance "Connie" Pierce (Jefferson Pierce's sister)
Joanna Pierce (Jefferson Pierce's niece)
Alvin Pierce (Jefferson Pierce's nephew)
Peter Gambi

Villain(s):

The 100

Other Character(s):

Earl Clifford (a high school student; dies)
Trey Greer
students at Garfield High School
firefighters

Location(s):

Metropolis
Suicide Slum

Comment(s):

This is a retelling of Black Lightning Vol. 1 #1 (April 1977.) Some changes include Jefferson Pierce becoming the principal of Garfield High School rather than a teacher, his powers being internal rather than technological and his mother is alive.
Story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Black Lightning: Year One ([November] 2009)

Solicitation:

Jefferson Pierce returns to his old stomping grounds--the infamous Suicide Slum of Metropolis--to bring hope to the residents of his downtrodden former neighborhood. He'll quickly learn, though, that a lawless place sometimes requires a lawless vigilante to drag it into the light.


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