DC’s huge announcement for November 2024 continue with yet another solo series for a fan-favourite character. Launching November 13, writer Brandon Thomas and artist Fico Ossio are bringing Jefferson Pierce back to the DCU with Black Lightning.
The five-issue miniseries will mark the first time Pierce has starred in his own title since 2018’s Cold Dead Hands limited series. The new series finds Black Lightning and his family in the middle of brewing tensions between humans and metahumans.
Speaking with ComicsBeat Thomas says “In the wake of Absolute Power, everything’s changed for Jefferson Pierce and his family. He’s embraced a critical front-facing role within the newly reborn Justice League Unlimited, and has also created a crisis response unit that confronts and defuses newly emerging Metahumans before their powers become a danger to themselves and others.”
Issue #1 features cover art from series artist Fico Ossio, plus variant designs from Taurin Clarke, Sanford Greene and Juliet Nneka. Here’s your first look at the cover art:
BLACK LIGHTNING #1
Written by BRANDON THOMAS
Art and cover by FICO OSSIO
Variant Covers by TAURIN CLARKE and SANFORD GREENE
1:25 Variant Cover by JULIET NNEKA
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variants $5.99 US (card stock) | US (card stock)
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Black Lightning is back, and this time, it’s a family affair! Jefferson Pierce leads the Justice League’s new metahuman outreach initiative, helping those with powers before they can cause harm to themselves or others— but everything changes when its his own daughter, Anissa Pierce, who comes to him for help. With Thunder’s dangerous new powers and the new Masters of Disaster jeopardizing the coexistence between humans and Metas, Black Lightning is on the front lines of a culture war brewing in the suburbs of Metropolis!
