Black Lightning eventually defeats them both with the help of Superman. Earl is killed and this starts the end of the 100 and Tobias Whale. He is the principal of Garfield High School and he gets to know a student by the name of Earl Clifford. He becomes Black Lightning after seeing the quote "Justice-Like Lightning- Should Ever Appear To Some Men Hope, To Other Men, Fear." He fights local crime at night as a super hero. They look at him as "our last best hope for successful leadership in urban education reform." Jeff sees how bad it is, mostly due to the 100 and Tobias Whale, so he decides to do something with his hidden electricity powers discovered by his wife. The Wayne Education Trust gives him a grant to come back to South Side to try to do the same there. Jefferson is a principal at several schools and is respected for all the good he has done in the neighborhoods and schools he had been in previously. They have a daughter they name Anissa (Thunder), and later Lynn becomes pregnant with Jennifer ( Lightning). He is killed after trying to open the eyes of the public to the scams of local con man Tobias Whale. The main reason they move is the death of his father, Alvin Pierce. After becoming an Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon and a college graduate, he moves to Metropolis with his wife, Lynn Stewart. Jefferson Pierce is a normal man who grows up in South Side, Suicide Slums, with a dream of success one day. Modern Age/Black Lightning: Year One "I want you to help protect the streets of Suicide Slum!" With the addition of a mask and an afro wig, Jefferson's identity becomes secure, but he also disguises his voice and adds a lot of street slang while he is in his Black Lightning persona. When Jefferson returns, he presents it to him. Peter made a costume for Jefferson for when he came back, as if he knew that he would want it. Gambi owns a tailor shop that Jefferson and his mother lived above while he was growing up and he became very close to as a child. This is the catalyst that leads Jefferson into becoming Black Lightning.ĭistraught over the death of Earl, Jefferson turns to a man named Peter Gambi. In a fight, a student named Earl Clifford helps Jefferson and is later killed for his efforts by a gang leader known as Joey Toledo. He does this by trying to clean the school of the pushers. Jefferson wastes no time in getting into trouble with a gang of drug pushers who are connected with the 100 organization. As a teacher, he works for New Carthage and later at the same Garfield High that he graduated from. He graduates from Kent State University with a teaching degree in physics. Jefferson Pierce is a graduate from Garfield High in Metropolis who goes on to be an Olympic decathlon star and later a teacher at the school. Origin Bronze Age The Death of Earl Clifford Jeff is uncomfortable with the idea of magic and recognizes that Danny's suit is a skin. He reads his grandfather's letter, which reveals that all the props from his cheesy movies are real artifacts that he has been bleeding the power of by cheapening them in his movies. After revealing that he is Blue Devil, Danny convinces Jeff to meet him at Graveyard Studios, which his grandfather left him. They meet again, out of costume, at the funeral of Danny's grandfather and after the service, Danny, his old high school friend and teammate, reveals that he recognizes Jeff as Black Lightning, as his father did. Before Blue Devil kills a thug that he dropped onto a car, Black Lightning reminds him that he is a hero, and Danny regains control of the suit. He protects his dad from Tobias's thugs though Blue Devil is the one who finishes them off. Refusing to do so, Jefferson dons his Black Lightning outfit and follows his father that night to watch over him. Their fight is ended when LAPD intercedes and Jefferson meets up with his father after classes the next day and tries to convince him to stop going after Whale. During one of these excursions, he comes into conflict with the Blue Devil, believing him to be on Whale's payroll. The high school teacher is operating as a superhero during the night to take out Whale's operations before his dad gets himself hurt. His dad is a reporter who has been investigating Tobias Whale as he feels that the police aren't doing anything because they are being paid off Whale. Black Lightning appears in DC Universe Presents #13-17 alongside Blue Devil.
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