Black Lightning (2nd Series)

    (DC, 1995-1996)
™ and ©1995 DC Comics, Inc.

The second Black Lightning series comes almost two decades after the first. As presented by original writer Tony Isabella, this series finds Jeff Pierce still fighting crime as a super-powered avenger, only now armed with strange electrical powers instead of mere athletic ability. This is fortunate, since the neighborhood has gotten much worse in the past twenty years.

Brick City, as the slums are called, is the very picture of urban blight. Crack cocaine has devastated the city, children “play doctor” with the syringes that litter doorways, and gangs like the B.W.R. (“Brothers Who Rule”) terrify law-abiding residents. High school teacher-turned-super-hero Jefferson Pierce has returned to his old neighborhood, and is determined to make the city safe again. But what can one person do against a city so far in decay—especially when the mayor and police stand against him?
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  • 1
    #1
    Feb 1995
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Tony Isabella  ·  A: Eddy Newell
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    #2
    Mar 1995
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    W: Tony Isabella  ·  A: Eddy Newell
    1st appearance Painkiller
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    #3
    Apr 1995
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    W: Tony Isabella  ·  A: Eddy Newell
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    #4
    May 1995
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    W: Tony Isabella  ·  A: Eddy Newell
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    #5
    Jun 1995
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    W: Tony Isabella  ·  A: Eddy Newell
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    #6
    Jul 1995
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    W: Tony Isabella  ·  A: Eddy Newell
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    #7
    Aug 1995
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    W: Tony Isabella  ·  A: Eddy Newell, Chris Batista, Chip Wallace, Sergio Cariello
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  • 8
    #8
    Sep 1995
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    W: Tony Isabella  ·  A: Octavio Cariello, David A. Zimmerman, Eddy Newell
    Versus Ishmael; Versus Queequeq; Versus Tobias Whale
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    #9
    Oct 1995
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    W: Dave DeVries, Lane Shiro  ·  A: Mike Huddleston
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    #10
    Nov 1995
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    W: Dave DeVries  ·  A: Octavio Cariello
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    #11
    Dec 1995
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    W: Dave DeVries  ·  A: Octavio Cariello
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    #12
    Jan 1996
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    W: Dave DeVries  ·  A: Eddy Newell, Octavio Cariello
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  • 13
    #13
    Feb 1996
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    W: Dave DeVries  ·  A: Eddy Newell, N. Steven Harris
    Final Issue
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  • Ash 1
    Ashcan #1
    Feb 1995
    W: Tony Isabella  ·  A: Eddy Newell
    8-page preview of issue 1; B&W
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