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BLACK LIGHTNING: YEAR ONE #1
Cover Date: March 2009
Cover Price: $2.99
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Cover Credits:
Art: Cully Hamner (signed)
Colors: Laura Martin (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Jen Van Meter |
| Art | Cully Hamner |
| Colors | Laura Martin |
| Lettering | Travis Lanham |
| Editing | Rachel Gluckstern, Joan Hilty |
Feature Character(s):
- Jefferson Pierce (first chronological appearance)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lynn Stewart (first chronological appearance; Jefferson Pierce's wife)
- Anissa Pierce (first chronological appearance; Jefferson Pierce's daughter)
- Leona Pierce (Jefferson Pierce's mother)
- Constance "Connie" Pierce (Jefferson Pierce's sister)
- Joanna Pierce (first chronological appearance; Jefferson Pierce's niece)
- Alvin Pierce (Jefferson Pierce's nephew)
- Peter Gambi (first chronological appearance)
Villain(s):
Other Character(s):
- Earl Clifford (a high school student; dies)
- Trey Greer
- students at Garfield High School
- firefighters
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This is a retelling of Black Lightning Vol. 1 #1 (April 1977). Some changes include Jefferson Pierce becoming the principal of Garfield High School rather than a teacher, his powers being internal rather than technological and his mother is alive.
- Story continues in the next issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- Black Lightning: Year One ([November] 2009)
Solicitation:
- Jefferson Pierce returns to his old stomping grounds--the infamous Suicide Slum of Metropolis--to bring hope to the residents of his downtrodden former neighborhood. He'll quickly learn, though, that a lawless place sometimes requires a lawless vigilante to drag it into the light.