Black Lightning

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. 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, and be later described by comics historian Don Markstein as "an insult to practically everybody with any point of view at all." 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.

Black Lightning (2009 film)

Black Lightning (Russian: Чёрная Молния; translit. Chornaya Molniya) is a 2009 Russian action superhero film directed by Alexandr Voitinsky and Dmitry Kiseliov, and produced by Timur Bekmambetov.

Plot

Dmitry "Dima" Maykov (Grigoriy Dobrygin) is a plain student at Moscow State University. For his birthday, his father (Sergei Garmash), gives him a black '66 Volga. In the glove compartment, Dima finds an old photo of three scientists and an old audio record, but he gives them no mind.

Dima is in love with his classmate Nastya Svetlova (Yekaterina Vilkova). Dima believes that the only way to her heart lies through money and status, which in turn are only attainable through ambitiousness and egoism. This belief is strengthened when Dima sees the success of Nastya's friend, Max (Ivan Zhidkov), who also happens to have a Mercedes.

Black Lightning (disambiguation)

Black Lightning may refer to:

Black Lightning (1924 film)

Black Lightning is an extant 1924 American silent drama film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Clara Bow and a dog named Thunder. It was made by independent Gotham Pictures.

Prints of the film are held at Gosfilmofond and UCLA Film and Television Archive.

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