Black Lightning

Black Lightning is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character, created by writer Jenny Blake Isabella with artist Trevor Von Eeden, first appeared in Black Lightning #1, during the Bronze Age of Comic Books. Although his precise origin story has varied over the years, he is generally depicted as a metahuman superhero of Metropolis who uses the ability to generate and control electricity to defend his community – and the world – as Black Lightning.