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Black Lightning (real name Jefferson Pierce) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was one of the first major African American superheroes to appear in DC Comics.〔DC Comics' first superhero of African descent is Mal Duncan, who debuted in ''Teen Titans'' #26 (March–April 1970).〕 He debuted in ''Black Lightning'' #1 (April 1977), and was created by writer Tony Isabella and artist Trevor Von Eeden. ==Publication history== The original candidate for DC Comics' first headlining black superhero was a character called the Black Bomber, a white racist who would turn into a black superhero under stress,〔(The Hembeck Files )〕 and be later described by comics historian Don Markstein as "an insult to practically everybody with any point of view at all."〔(Black Lightning ) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia〕 When the editor who had approved the Black Bomber left the company before the character had seen print, Tony Isabella (whose previous writing experience included Luke Cage, Marvel Comics' first black superhero with his own title) was asked to salvage the character. Isabella managed to convince editors of his Black Lightning character which he had been working on for some time, mentioning that his characters along the way were merely stepping stones. Tony Isabella wrote the first 10 issues of ''Black Lightning'', before handing it over to Dennis O'Neil. Only one O'Neil-scripted issue came out before the series was canceled in 1978 as part of a general large-scale pruning of the company's superhero titles known as the DC Implosion. Issue #12 was published in ''Cancelled Comic Cavalcade'' and ''World's Finest Comics'' #260. Black Lightning made a number of guest appearances in various titles over the next few years, including a string of issues of ''World's Finest Comics'' written by O'Neil, then shifting to ''Detective Comics'' and a two-part story in ''Justice League of America'' in which the League invited him to join, but he turned them down. In 1983, with his powers restored, he regularly appeared again as a member of the Batman-led superhero team the Outsiders. When ''The Outsiders'' ended, he returned to making occasional guest appearances. In 1995, a new ''Black Lightning'' series began, with art by Eddy Newell, again written by Tony Isabella,〔Manning, Matthew K. "1990s" in Dolan, p. 269: "Writer Tony Isabella returned to his prized character, Black Lightning, in an ongoing series with artist Eddy Newell."〕 who was fired after the eighth issue with the series then being written by Australian writer Dave de Vries. After Isabella left, the series was canceled five issues later, the decision being made before these issues had seen print. Isabella has stated that he believes the editor fired him because of a wish to bring in a new writer to "create his own power base at DC Comics".〔(Tony Isabella's post ) at Newsarama〕 A "Black Lightning: Year One" six-issue limited series, written by Jen Van Meter and illustrated by Cully Hamner〔(DC Nation: #31 ) DC Comics website, October 18, 2006〕 saw a bi-weekly release in 2009, and was nominated for two Glyph Awards〔(Newsarama ) February 17, 2010〕 in 2010. As part of the New 52, a revamped version of Black Lightning appeared in ''DC Universe Presents'' where he was paired with Blue Devil. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black Lightning」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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