#277 – Jefferson Pierce

Today we talk about Jefferson Pierce, also known as Black Lightning, who teaches children by day, and fights crime with electricity powers by night, and sometimes he's on the Outsiders, and these all seem like full-time jobs to us.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Black Lightning (1977)
-Detective Comics (1937) #490-491, 494-495
-World's Finest Comics (1941) #256-261
-Justice League of America (1960) #173
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #16
-Batman and the Outsiders (1983)
-The Outsiders (1985)
-Adventures of the Outsiders (1986) #33-45
-Black Lightning (1995)
-Superman (1986) #166
-Green Arrow (2001) #52-59
-Justice League of America (2006)
-Amazons Attack (2007)
-Final Crisis (2008) reading order
-Trinity (2008)
-The Outsiders (2009) #15-39
-Black Lightning: Year One (2009)
-DC Universe Presents (2011) #13-16
-Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders (2015) #1-2
-Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands (2017)
-Detective Comics (2016) #983-987
-Batman and the Outsiders (2019)
-The Other History of the DC Universe (2020) #1
-Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #1-3, 8-9, 18-19
-Black Lightning tv show

-DC'S Harley Quinn Romances (2023) #1
-Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville announcement

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