| BLACK LIGHTNING (Jefferson Pierce) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Tony Isabella with Trevor Von Eeden |
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CHRONOLOGY
Black Lightning first appeared in Black Lightning Vol. 1 #1 (April 1977): "Black Lightning".
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Black Lightning in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Black Lightning Chronology
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| Black Lightning Vol. 1 #1 (April 1977): "Black Lightning" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 1 #2 (May 1977): "Merlyn Means Murder" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 1 #3 (July 1977): "Every Hand Against Him" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 1 #4 (September 1977): "Beware the Cyclotronic Man" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 1 #5 (November 1977): "Nobody Beats a Superman" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 1 #6 (January 1978): "One Man's Poison!" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 1 #7 (March 1978): "The Conscience of the Killer" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 1 #8 (April 1978): "Deadly Aftermath" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 1 #9 (May 1978): "Fear and Loathing at Garfield High" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 1 #10 (July-August 1978): "The Other Black Lightning" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 1 #11 (September-October 1978): "All They Will Call You Will Be...Deportee!" |
| World's Finest Comics #256/2 (April-May 1979): "Encounter With a Dark Avenger" |
| World's Finest Comics #257/2 (June-July 1979): "Death Ransom" |
| World's Finest Comics #258/2 (August-September 1979): "The Blood of the Lamb" |
| World's Finest Comics #259/4 (October-November 1979): "The Last Hideout" |
| DC Comics Presents #16 (December 1979): "The De-Volver" |
| Justice League of America #173 (December 1979): "Testing of a Hero" |
| Justice League of America #174 (January 1980): "A Plague of Monsters" |
| World's Finest Comics #260/3 (December 1979-January 1980): "Lure of the Magnetic Menace" |
| World's Finest Comics #261/3 (February-March 1980): "Return of the River Rat" |
| Brave and the Bold #163 (June 1980): "Oil, Oil...Nowhere" |
| Detective Comics #490/5 (May 1980): "Lightning Strikes Out" |
| Detective Comics #491/4 (June 1980): "Short-Circuit" |
| Detective Comics #494/5 (September 1980): "Explosion of the Soul" |
| Detective Comics #495/4 (October 1980): "Animals" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #10 (May 1984): "The Execution of Black Lightning" [Flashback] |
| Batman and the Outsiders #1 (August 1983): "Wars Ended... Wars Begun!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #2 (September 1983): "Markovia's Last Stand!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #3 (October 1983): "Bitter Orange!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #4 (November 1983): "One-Man Meltdown" |
| New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #37 (December 1983): "Light's Out, Everyone!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #5 (December 1983): "Psimon Says" |
| Brave and the Bold #200/2 (July 1983): [No Title] |
| Batman and the Outsiders #6 (January 1984): "Death Warmed Over!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #7 (February 1984): "Cold Hands, Cold Heart!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #8 (March 1984): "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" |
| World's Finest Comics #300 (February 1984): "A Tale of Two Worlds", or, "Planets In Peril" |
| World's Finest Comics #302 (April 1984): "No Rest for Heroes" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #9 (April 1984): "Enter: The Masters of Disaster!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #10 (May 1984): "The Execution of Black Lightning" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #11 (June 1984): "A Sword of Ancient Death" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #12 (July 1984): "To Love Honor and Destroy" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #13 (August 1984): "In the Chill of the Night" |
| Tales of the Teen Titans Annual #3 (1984): "The Judas Contract, Part 4: The Finale" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Annual #1 (1984): "Land Where Our Fathers Died" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #14 (October 1984): "Two By Two" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #15 (November 1984): "Going for the Gold" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #16 (December 1984): "Goodbyes" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #17 (January 1985): "We Are Dying, Egypt--- Dying" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #18 (February 1985): "Who Wears the Crown of Ra?" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #19 (March 1985): "Who's Afraid of the Big Red S?" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #20 (April 1985): "Death and Remembrance" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #21/3 (May 1985): "The Roar of the Ghetto Blaster" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #22 (June 1985): "The Truth About Halo, Part 3: What She Is and How She Came to Be" |
| Shadow War of Hawkman #3 (July 1985): "My Worlds Opposed" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #23 (July 1985): "The Truth About Halo, Part 4: The Search for Halo" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #24 (August 1985): "...I Went to the Animal Fair..." |
| Batman and the Outsiders #25 (September 1985): "A Serpent in Eden!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #26 (October 1985): "Serpent in the Sky!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #27 (November 1985): "War Stars!" |
| DC Comics Presents #83 (July 1985): "Shadow of the Outsider" |
| New Teen Titans Vol. 2 #13 (October 1985): "Crisis!" [Pages 1 through 18] |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (June 1985): "Oblivion Upon Us" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July 1985): "And Thus Shall the World Die!" |
| New Teen Titans Vol. 2 #13 (October 1985): "Crisis!" [Page 19] |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo" |
| Justice League of America Annual #3 (1985): "Force of Nature" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Annual #2 (1985): "Dissembler at the Wedding" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #28 (December 1985): "The Truth About Looker, Part 1: Abduction From Below" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #29 (January 1986): "The Truth About Looker, Part 2: The People of the Abyss" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #30 (February 1986): "The Truth About Looker, Part 3: This Envious Race!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #31 (March 1986): "The Truth About Looker, Part 4: Pawn of the World Below!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #32 (April 1986): "A New War's Winning!" |
| Adventures of the Outsiders #33 (May 1986): "A Tiny, Deadly War!" |
| Adventures of the Outsiders #34 (June 1986): "Against All Odds!" |
| Adventures of the Outsiders #35 (July 1986): "Sympathy for the Fûhrer" |
| Adventures of the Outsiders #36 (August 1986): "Agents of Change" |
| Adventures of the Outsiders #37 (September 1986): "Won't You Let Me Take You on a... Sea Cruise?" |
| Adventures of the Outsiders #38 (October 1986): "Many Brave Hearts Are Asleep in the Deep" |
| Adventures of the Outsiders #38/2 (October 1986): "Welcome to L.A." |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #1 (November 1985): "Nuclear Fear, Part 1: Beginning With A Bang!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #2 (December 1985): "Nuclear Fear Part II: Family Ties" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #3 (January 1986): "Breaking the Bank!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #4 (February 1986): "Chasing the Dollar!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #5/2 (March 1986): [No Title] |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #5 (March 1986): "A Christmas Carol 1985" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #6 (April 1986): "...Nothing Can Stop -- The Duke of Oil!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #7 (May 1986): "Assault on Station Markovia!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #8 (June 1986): "Ladies Day" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #9 (July 1986): "Bentama Means Betrayal" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #10 (August 1986): "The People's Heroes" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #11 (September 1986): "No Escape!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #12 (October 1986): "Nothing Left to Lose" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #13 (November 1986): "Marooned" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #13/3 (November 1986): "Ten Minutes" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #23 (September 1987): "...And The Rockets Red Glare..." [Flashback] |
| Outsiders Annual Vol. 1 #1 (1986): "The Skull, The Serpent and the Outsiders" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #14 (December 1986): "The Looker Murder Case" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #15 (January 1987): "BioHazard" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #16 (February 1987): "The Firefly's Blaze of Glory" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #17 (March 1987): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #18 (April 1987): "Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #19 (May 1987): "The Winds of Change" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #20 (June 1987): "...An Ill Wind..." |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #21 (July 1987): "Strike Force Kobra" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #22 (August 1987): "Showdown with the Strike Force" |
| Outsiders Special #1 (1987): "From Here to Infinity!" |
| Infinity, Inc. Special #1 (1987): "Siding with the Outsiders!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #23 (September 1987): "...And The Rockets Red Glare..." |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #24 (October 1987): "Night of Camp David" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #25 (November 1987): "The Eve of Disaster" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #26 (December 1987): "Uneasy Lies the Head" |
| Millennium #1 (January 1988): "Over" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #8 (January 1988): "Purple Haze" [Appearance same as Millennium #1] |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #67 (January 1988): "Dialogues" [In between pages 14 and 15 of Millennium #1] |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #27 (January 1988): "Robot Tyrants of Kadeyland" |
| Millennium #3 (January 1988): "Back" |
| Green Lantern Corps #220 (January 1988): "Sacred Identities" [Behind the scenes] |
| Millennium #4 (January 1988): "Forth" |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #23 (February 1988): "The Secret Origin of the Guardians of the Universe" [Behind the scenes] |
| Millennium #5 (February 1988): "In" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #28 (February 1988): "...a Land Down Under..." |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #26 (May 1988): "The Secret Origin of Black Lightning" |
| Invasion! #3 (1989): "World Without Heroes" |
| War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 2 #1 (February 1995): "The Weekend Report" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 2 #2 (March 1995): "Teachers" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 2 #3 (April 1995): "Students" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 2 #4 (May 1995): "Lessons" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 2 #5 (June 1995): "Blowed Away" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 2 #6 (July 1995): "Return of the Warlord" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 2 #7 (August 1995): [No Title] |
| Black Lightning Vol. 2 #8 (September 1995): "Armies of the Street" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 2 #9 (October 1995): "Demolition" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 2 #10 (November 1995): "The Lights of Broadstrip" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 2 #11 (December 1995): "Family Values" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 2 #12 (January 1996): "Dead to Rights" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 2 #13 (February 1996): "To Protect and Serve" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #39 (February 1996): "Merriment, Mistletoe, and Mayhem!" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #81 (December 1996): "Funeral for a Hero" |
| DC Universe Holiday Bash #2/4 (1998): "'Twas the Night Before Kwanzaa" |
| JLA #27 (March 1999): "The Bigger They Come..." |
| Day of Judgment #4 (November 1999): "The End of the World As We Know It" |
| JLA #41 (May 2000): "World War Three, Part 6: Mageddon" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #166 (March 2001): [10] "Fathers" |
| Action Comics #781 (September 2001): [37] "Thousand Yard Stare" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #175 (December 2001): "The Witch is Back, Part Two: Girl Frenzy" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #175 (December 2001): [46] "Doomsday Rex" |
| Joker: Last Laugh #3 (December 2001): "Lunatic Fringe" |
| JSA #33 (April 2002): "Stealing Thunder Part 1: Wish Fulfillment" |
| JSA #34 (May 2002): "Stealing Thunder Part 2: Troublestruck" |
| JSA #36 (July 2002): "Stealing Thunder Part 4: Time-Bound" |
| JSA #37 (August 2002): "Stealing Thunder Part 5: Crossing Over" |
| JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice (2003): [Virtue & Vice] |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #3 (October 2003): "Role Call, Part Three: The Joke's On You" |
| Superman/Batman #1 (October 2003): "The World's Finest" |
| Superman/Batman #3 (December 2003): "The World's Finest Part Three: Running Wild" |
| Superman/Batman #4 (January 2004): "The World's Finest Part Four: Battle On" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #209 (June 2004): "Fast Friends" |
| Identity Crisis #1 (August 2004): "Coffin" |
| Identity Crisis #7 (February 2005): "The Hero's Life" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #20 (March 2005): "Back to Normal" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #26 (September 2005): "Tick Tock, Part One" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #27 (October 2005): "Tick Tock, Part Two" |
| OMAC Project #6 (November 2005): "Loss of Signal" |
| Infinite Crisis #5 (April 2006): "Faith" |
| Infinite Crisis #6 (May 2006): "Touchdown" |
| OMAC Project: Infinite Crisis Special #1 (May 2006): "The Lazarus Protocol" |
| Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special #1 (June 2006): "A Hero Dies But One" |
| Green Arrow Vol. 3 #52 (September 2005): "Identity Crisis Again!" |
| Green Arrow Vol. 3 #54 (November 2005): "Heading Into the Light, Part One: His Name Is My Name, Too" |
| Green Arrow Vol. 3 #55 (December 2005): "Heading Into the Light, Part Two: Cold Reflections" |
| Green Arrow Vol. 3 #56 (January 2006): "Heading Into the Light, Part Three: School's Out" |
| Green Arrow Vol. 3 #57 (February 2006): "Heading Into the Light, Part Three: House Warming" |
| Green Arrow Vol. 3 #58 (March 2006): "Until the End of the World, Part One: Persistance Is Futile" |
| Green Arrow Vol. 3 #59 (April 2006): "Until the End of the World, Part Two: When It All Comes Down to This, It'll All Just Come Down" |
| 52 #1 (July 2006): "Golden Lads & Lasses Must..." |
| World War III #4 (June 2007): "United We Stand" |
| 52 #50 (June 2007): "World War III" [Appearance same as World War III #4] |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #1 (October 2006): "The Tornado's Path, Chapter One: Life" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #2 (November 2006): "The Tornado's Path, Chapter Two: Tornado-Red / Tornado-Blue" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #3 (December 2006): "The Tornado's Path, Chapter Three: The Brave & the Bold" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #4 (January 2007): "The Tornado's Path, Chapter Four: Being Human" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #5 (February 2007): "The Tornado's Path, Chapter Five: Born Again" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #6 (March 2007): "The Tornado's Path, Final Chapter: Iron Man" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #7 (May 2007): "The Tornado's Path, Epilogue: Roll Call" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 4 #15 (December 2006): "Wanted: Hal Jordan, Chapter Two" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 4 #16 (February 2007): "Wanted: Hal Jordan, Chapter Three" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #8 (June 2007): "The Lightning Saga, Chapter One: Lightning Lad" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #6 (July 2007): "The Lightning Saga, Chapter Four: Three Worlds" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #13 (November 2007): "Unlimited, Chapter 2" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #14 (December 2007): "Unlimited, Chapter 3: Two Against Nature" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #15 (January 2008): "Unlimited, Chapter 4: Unleashed" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #17 (March 2008): "Sanctuary, Part One" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #18 (April 2008): "Sanctuary, Part Two" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #19 (May 2008): "Sanctuary, Part Three" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #20 (June 2008): "Back Up to Speed" |
| Final Crisis #1 (July 2008): "D.O.A.: The God of War!" |
| Final Crisis #2 (August 2008): "Ticket to Blüdhaven" |
| Final Crisis #3 (September 2008): "Know Evil" |
| Final Crisis #4 (November 2008): "Darkseid Says" |
| Final Crisis #6 (January 2009): "How to Murder the Earth" |
| Justice League: Cry for Justice #1 (September 2009): "Cry for Justice" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #15 (April 2009): "The Deep Part One" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #16 (May 2009): "The Deep Part Two" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #17 (June 2009): "The Deep Part Three" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #18 (July 2009): "The Deep Part Four" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #19 (August 2009): "The Deep Part Five" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #20 (September 2009): "The Deep Conclusion" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #21 (October 2009): "The Hunt Part 1" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #22 (November 2009): "The Hunt Part 2" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #23 (December 2009): "The Hunt Part 3" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #24 (January 2010): "Matter of Trust" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #25 (February 2010): "Turn to Stone" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #26 (March 2010): "Best Intentions" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #27 (April 2010): "The Road Divided" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #28 (May 2010): "Hell On Earth" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #30 (July 2010): "Family Matters" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #31 (September 2010): "Elements of Mass Destruction" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #34 (January 2011): "Of Friends and Enemies" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #35 (February 2011): "Betrayal" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #36 (March 2011): "New Year's Resolutions" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #37 (April 2011): "Reign of Doomsday, Part 2: Doom's Day" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #38 (May 2011): "Beginning of the End" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #39 (June 2011): "Who Handles the Truth?" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #40 (July 2011): "Land's End" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| Action Comics #818 (October 2004): "Enemies as Numerous as Grains of Sand" |
| Action Comics #872 (February 2009): [7] "New Krypton, Part Seven: Brainiac Lives" |
| Amazons Attack #1 (June 2007): "The Last Full Measure of Devotion" |
| Amazons Attack #2 (July 2007): "Battle Lines" |
| Amazons Attack #3 (August 2007): "The Road to Hell..." |
| Amazons Attack #4 (September 2007): "Things Fall Apart" |
| Amazons Attack #5 (early October 2007): "Trouble on the Home Front" |
| Amazons Attack #6 (late October 2007): "Pyrrhic Victory" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #11 (November 2008): "Outsiders No More, Part 1 of 2" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #12 (December 2008): "Outsiders No More, Part 2 of 2" |
| Black Adam: The Dark Age #3 (December 2007): "Black Adam: The Dark Age" |
| DC Universe: Decisions #1 (early November 2008): "The Green Endorsement" |
| DC Universe: Decisions #3 (early December 2008): "Time to Take a Stand" |
| DC Universe: Decisions #4 (late December 2008): "Power to the People" |
| Green Arrow Vol. 3 #26 (late July 2003): "Straight Shooter Part One: Hired Guns" |
| Green Arrow Vol. 3 #31 (December 2003): "Straight Shooter Part Six" |
| Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special #1 (November 2007): "And They Said It Wouldn't Last" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #16 (November 2004): "A Change of Plans..." |
| Superman Vol. 1 #682 (January 2009): [6] "New Krypton, Part Six: Invasive Surgery" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #683 (February 2009): [9] "New Krypton, Part Nine: Hard Times" |
| Tangent: Superman's Reign #3 (July 2008): "Chapter Three" |
| Tangent: Superman's Reign #4 (August 2008): "Chapter Four" |
| Tangent: Superman's Reign #5 (September 2008): "Chapter Five" |
| Tangent: Superman's Reign #7 (November 2008): "Chapter Seven" |
| Tangent: Superman's Reign #8 (December 2008): "Chapter Eight" |
| Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files 2003 (December 2003): "A Day After" |
| Trinity #3 (August 2008): "Kplow" |
| Trinity #4 (August 2008): "Caped Simoid Thinks So, Hm?" |
| Trinity #7 (September 2008): "A Third Symbol Now..." |