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I seem to remember a Saturday Night Live skit featuring Superman's funeral (shortly after Superman's death in Superman #75). Sinbad played Black Lightening, but the other heroes (including Batman, who should have known him from the Outsiders) acted like they didn't know him. Anyone care to comment?

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at least three such series have contained specially-created black superheroes with electrical powers who weren't Black Lightning - series regular Black Vulcan in Super Friends and guest stars Soul Power in Static Shock (not to mention Static himself) and Juice in Justice League Unlimited

Yes, let's not mention Static himself, since he isn't relevant to the point.

The point is that they could have used Black Lightning in Super Friends instead of creating Black Vulcan, and they could have used Black Lightning in Static Shock instead of creating Soul Power.

They couldn't have used Black Lightning in Static Shock instead of Static, because it's an adaptation of the already-existing Static comic book.

Come to think of it, they couldn't have used Black Lightning in Justice League Unlimited instead of creating Juice, because the whole point of Juice is that he's a riff on Black Vulcan, so he had to be a new character.

Hmm. I think I need to rework that bit, to try and make the point clearer.

--Paul A 02:43, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

This was a well-written article. My only thought is that a) I read in an article once that Black Vulcan basically IS Black Lightning in Superfriends, and that they thought Black Lightning sounded odd for a character on a kids' cartoon, and b) it would be nice to see a "Powers and Abilities" paragraph explaining what he can do, and perhaps hunt down the name of his daughter Thunder's mother. I've always wondered that, since I am new to reading DC. Just a thought. This was well-written. And I love the bit about Sinbad on SNL. That skit rocked. ~~

Should some mention be made of Pierce's daughter Joanna, who died in Green Arrow v3 ? I'd add it if I was totally certain the story was canon. Korvac 18:22, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Similarities

I caught a bit of the 1974 Charlton Heston disaster flick Earthquake on TV last night. And the stuntman character portrayed by Richard Roundtree wears a costume that bears a striking resemblance to Black Lightning's costume. Even some of "blaxploitation" speech patterns are very similiar. Anyone else notice this?--85.158.137.195 14:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)Lucas

Do we want to edit this statement: "Black Lightning is the first fictional african-american superhero published by DC Comics." to read that he is the first major or first stand-alone african-american superhero published by DC? John Stewart predated him by several years as a stand-by for Green Lantern. Also, what is the point of using the phrase "fictional" in that sentence? Please comment; Otherwise I am going to check back in a few days and adjust. KConWiki 15:42, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Im confused .The last issue of green arrow before the year later story line had lightning helping the blown up building that speedy was in and that blew up again when merlin was stabbing arrow ....so what happened ? how did he , speedy, and conner make it out unharmed?plus lightning is now a member of the justice league.

[edit] Joanna?

Who in the name of cheese and crackers is Joanna? She is only mentioned once in the article.

Lots42 00:50, 26 July 2007 (UTC)