Black Lightning

Jefferson Pierce grew up in a bad neighborhood and saw most of his childhood friends have their dreams shattered. He rose above his adversity, though, and prospered, becoming a teacher, to better help others fight their environment. He realized, though, that they needed more help than he could provide at school and, therefore, donned a costume with electrical implants and went out to help his fellow man. Somewhere along the way, he became imbued with the power to create electricity and was thrust into the mainstream of the hero society. He joined up with the outsiders for a while, and then went back to being solo. During the Invasion, the meta-gene bomb triggered a dramatic increase in his powers and changed his outlook. While he was once carefree, he's now very grim, much like his one time mentor, the Batman.

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