Black Lightning: Year One
DC · 2009 · 0 issues
About the series
DC’s 2009 one-shot Black Lightning: Year One is a tight, self-contained origin story by writer Jen Van Meter and artist Cully Hamner. It reimagines the early days of Jefferson Pierce, the teacher-turned-vigilante, grounding his path from Olympic athlete to metahuman hero in the gritty streets of Suicide Slum. Hamner’s clean, expressive art and Van Meter’s character-driven script give a fresh, focused take on a classic DC icon.