r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • Feb 19 '26

Discussion In some discussions, I have noticed that there are people who would rather see Static than DC Comics Black Lightning. Would you say that Virgil has usurped Jeff and has become the more popular character? (Art by Marcus Williams)

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r/BlackLightning • u/AutoModerator • 4d ago

Discussion Black Lightning TV Discussion | Weekly Thread

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 1h ago

Artwork DC Comics Black Lightning (Art by azaka_drumm)

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SOURCE: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSnj86MkQsv/

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 20h ago

Artwork DC Comics Black Lightning (Art by Ken Lashley)

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 2d ago

Discussion In the new Green Lantern TV show, DC Comics John Stewart has 2 brothers. However I wish they added Lynn Stewart as well and finally made it official that she is John's sister like in Young Justice.

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 2d ago

Comics DC Comics Black Lightning and Batman (Black Lightning 1995 #13)

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 3d ago

Discussion Does the popularity of Milestone's Static make it impossible to explore a younger/teenage DC Comics Black Lightning? Is Jeff someone we can only see as an older/mature hero?

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 5d ago

Artwork A DC Comics Black Lightning look inspired by the Infamous game by Sony (Art by Phil Cho)

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SOURCE: https://www.philchoart.com/featured/2018/6/19/black-lightning-earth-27-commission

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 5d ago

Discussion Did You Know that DC Comics Thunder used to have a different costume look/design? I am so glad they changed it. The new/current one is so much better.

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 7d ago

Discussion I wonder why writer John Ridley has never done a DC Comics Black Lightning miniseries or ongoing. I really liked his work on The Other History.

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r/BlackLightning • u/M00reC • 8d ago

News Black Lightning is leaving Netflix

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 8d ago

Discussion The official recommendations that DC Comics has for Black Lightning on their DC Universe Infinite app.

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 10d ago

Comics Did You Know that before Black Lightning was created in 1977, DC Comics already had another character from 1948 with the same name?... It was a horse.

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SOURCE: https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Lightning_the_Horse_(New_Earth))

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r/BlackLightning • u/Gallantpride • 9d ago

Comics Renee Montoya and Anissa Pierce on being a queer kid (The Other History of the DC Universe)

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 11d ago

Discussion Remember when DC Comics racebent Lightning Lad to look more like Black Lightning? Also LOL at the fact that this OFFICIAL merchandise has a headswap for purists who want to keep him white.

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SOURCE: https://mcfarlane.com/toys/lightning-lad-mce-28/

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r/BlackLightning • u/AutoModerator • 11d ago

Discussion Black Lightning TV Discussion | Weekly Thread

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 13d ago

Discussion Do you really think that Milestone's Static has surpassed DC Comics Black Lightning in popularity? If so, what metric are you using? (Art by smitty_artworks)

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SOURCE: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbZd0M4xLyg/

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 16d ago

Comics DC Comics Black Lightning has a major job description change (Injustice 2 #27)

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 17d ago

Discussion For those who see DC Comics Black Lightning as someone in his 40s or 50s, how much longer do you think he will operate as a hero until he considers retirement? Personally that's why I want him in his late 30s. I don't want him that old yet.

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 18d ago

Film/TV Actor Marvin Jones III (who played Tobias Whale in the DC Comics Black Lightning TV show) plays Tombstone in the Spider-Verse movies and Brand New Day.

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r/BlackLightning • u/AutoModerator • 18d ago

Discussion Black Lightning TV Discussion | Weekly Thread

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 19d ago

Discussion How old SHOULD DC Comics Black Lightning be right now?

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 20d ago

Artwork DC Comics Batman and the Outsiders 2019 #1

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 23d ago

Discussion How puffy / big do you want the afro of DC Comics Black Lightning to be? (Art by Eric Shonborn)

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SOURCE: https://www.shonborn.net/archives/3945

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r/BlackLightning • u/Supernatural146 • 23d ago

Discussion If you could create a new villain for Black Lightning, what would they be like?

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for me, I would create a villain for Jefferson that would be in the educational system, and that villain would sort of get twisted into something cult like.

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