Black Lightning Appreciation

[JasonTodd428]

Everything he's saying has been filling me with confidence. He seems like a writer who truly gives a damn.

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I agree. I can't wait to see what he does with Jefferson in Detective.

[Iconic]

Season 1 of Black Lightning is now available on Netflix in the US!

[JasonTodd428]

Season 1 of Black Lightning is now available on Netflix in the US!

Thanks for the heads up on that. I wasn't able to watch it because it was on the one night in the week I work. Looking forward to spending a weekend watching it soon.

[4sake Baned]

Everything he's saying has been filling me with confidence. He seems like a writer who truly gives a damn.

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Sounds great

[Frontier]

Variant cover for the Black Lightning/Hong Kong Phooey one-shot:

[Jackalope89]

That version compared to this;

[alton]

NO thanks.

That book would have been set on fire if it had a Marvel banner on it.

There was way too much play by the numbers and pandering to certain folks.

I agree with Alton that this needed a director's cut showing everything that got cut out. Because this should have been a 12 part series to where a lot of the stuff the writer wanted to say get stated.

I finally got my back up copy courtesy of my LCS because I was just cherry picking this mini and missed it the week it came out. Read 5 and 6 back to back tonight and thought this really came together in a big way. The pummeling of BL was brutal but the pulling together however briefly of community and authorities against Whales conspiracy of guns was well thought out. This was really the stories core for me. The aliens and their minions were too easily dispatched earlier which is where things needed more time I thought. It seems that the intermingling of SF themes does work it's way into a lot of contemporary DC these days and there is nothing wrong with that if it's well done. BL needs to be multifaceted to remain relevant. The show has been terrific by the way as well.

[Iconic]

I know it's everywhere but it needs to be here too.

Looks like BL's going to maintain his most iconic suit. I'm a big fan of the full head of hair as well as facial hair like the tv show.

[Frontier]

I know it's everywhere but it needs to be here too.

Looks like BL's going to maintain his most iconic suit. I'm a big fan of the full head of hair as well as facial hair like the tv show.

Jefferson with hair just feels weird to me at this point, unless they're deliberatley going classic and give him the afro .

The costume and goggles seem to the same as his Invasion design.

[Raijin]

I've always been curious about BL with goggles. They're supposed to protect him from the sparks, right? I mean it be due to wanting to conceal his identity because..... it'll be obvious.

[Frontier]

I've always been curious about BL with goggles. They're supposed to protect him from the sparks, right? I mean it be due to wanting to conceal his identity because..... it'll be obvious.

They probably serve a lot of different purposes, like "electric vision" on the show or just in general letting Jefferson see things he wouldn't have been able to otherwise.

Sort of like how Batman's cowl has been updated over the years.

[Iconic]

Looks like Bryan Hill's Detective Comics run, featuring Black Lightning, is pushed back from #982 to #983. An extra 2 week wait.
https://www.newsarama.com/39973-new-...rought-in.html

[Frontier]

And Cress Williams will be voicing Steel in the Death of Superman/Reign of the Supermen animated movies, which is kind of cool .

Curious to see how his John Henry will compare to his Jefferson Pierce, especially if Natasha shows up.

[Raijin]

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There's an interview on Newsarama too. Good stuff.

[Cville]

Tobias Whale on The Breakfast Club.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FRhneAHCT-Q