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'''Black Lightning''' was [[DC Comics]]' first black superhero with his own series. He was created by Tony Isabella and debuted in ''Black Lightning'' #1 (April, 1977), although his series only lasted a year before falling victim to a mass cutback that resulted in twenty DC titles being cancelled. He continued to make guest appearances, was a founder member of ''[[Batman and the Outsiders]]'', and served with the [[Justice League of America]]. He got another series of his own in the [[The Nineties|1990s]], again written by Tony Isabella, which lasted slightly longer than the first one had.
Black Lightning was Jefferson Pierce, who grew up in a slum in Metropolis, made good as an athlete, and returned to his old neighborhood to teach at the high school and help the next generation make something of themselves. Finding the neighborhood in the grip of organised crime, he became a costumed superhero equipped with a belt that gave him [[Shock and Awe|electrical powers]]. Later in his career, as so often happens, he developed the ability to manifest the powers without the belt.
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