r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • Feb 19 '26

Discussion In some discussions, I have noticed that there are people who would rather see Static than DC Comics Black Lightning. Would you say that Virgil has usurped Jeff and has become the more popular character? (Art by Marcus Williams)

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r/BlackLightning • u/AutoModerator • 3d ago

Discussion Black Lightning TV Discussion | Weekly Thread

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 55m ago

Discussion Actor Sinqua Walls is currently playing an undisclosed role in the upcoming James Gunn / DCU Superman: Man of Tomorrow. Do you think this could be DC Comics Black Lightning?

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 4d ago

Meme Have you ever had this exact interaction with someone in real life or online when talking about DC Comics Black Lightning?

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 5d ago

Discussion Did You Know that DC Comics Black Lightning is playable in the Injustice 2 video game? If so, was he your main?

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 6d ago

Discussion Do you own the DC Comics Black Lightning TV show on Blu-ray or Digital? Now that it's no longer on Netflix, that's probably the only way to watch this.

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r/BlackLightning • u/Darktaco_ • 6d ago

Film/TV Where can I watch black lightning now 😭

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I was literally in the middle of watching black lightning season one when it got removed from Netflix my fiancée had never seen it before and i never finished the last season mostly because I didn’t want the show to end, went to bed last night watching the show woke up this morning and now i can’t find it streaming anywhere anyone got any info or know what platform has all the seasons.

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 7d ago

Discussion Have you been watching the DCU Lanterns TV show? I'm curious what DC Comics Black Lightning fans feel about the way this show portrays the Black family experience in comparison to the CW BL show.

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 8d ago

Artwork The DC Comics Black Lightning Family (Art by drawings_by_drake)

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SOURCE: https://www.instagram.com/p/DEK8QLXpdb1/

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 11d ago

Discussion Which of the official DC Comics Black Lightning Funkos do you own?

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r/BlackLightning • u/AutoModerator • 10d ago

Discussion Black Lightning TV Discussion | Weekly Thread

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 13d ago

Comics The JLA talk about potentially adding DC Comics Black Lightning to the team. (Justice League of America #173)

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 14d ago

Film/TV Jefferson's daughters cosplaying as DC Comics Black Lightning and Bumblebee in the Young Justice animated TV series.

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r/BlackLightning • u/JFMisfit • 13d ago

Film/TV Tyler James Williams as

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Top choice for me.

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 15d ago

Discussion Did You Know that before Black Lightning was created, DC Comics' first black hero was supposed to be "the Black Bomber, a white racist who would turn into a black superhero under stress" (Justice League of America #26)

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The image above is modern-day comics making fun of the sheer absurdity of the whole idea.

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 16d ago

Discussion If DC Comics ever does Absolute Black Lightning, I hope the Pierce family would be portrayed younger than they are in mainline canon comics.

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 16d ago

Discussion Which of these was your starting point into Black Lightning comics? Which of these would you recommend to a first-time fan who wants to start reading DC Comics?

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 18d ago

Comics The debut biography of DC Comics Black Lightning (Who's Who 1985 #3)

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r/BlackLightning • u/AutoModerator • 17d ago

Discussion Black Lightning TV Discussion | Weekly Thread

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 18d ago

Artwork DC Comics Black Lightning (Art by davidjamison222)

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SOURCE: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGju3ATRIyY/

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 20d ago

Artwork DC Comics Black Lightning (Art by azaka_drumm)

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SOURCE: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSnj86MkQsv/

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 20d ago

Artwork DC Comics Black Lightning (Art by Ken Lashley)

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 22d ago

Discussion In the new Green Lantern TV show, DC Comics John Stewart has 2 brothers. However I wish they added Lynn Stewart as well and finally made it official that she is John's sister like in Young Justice.

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 22d ago

Comics DC Comics Black Lightning and Batman (Black Lightning 1995 #13)

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r/BlackLightning • u/nightwing612 • 23d ago

Discussion Does the popularity of Milestone's Static make it impossible to explore a younger/teenage DC Comics Black Lightning? Is Jeff someone we can only see as an older/mature hero?

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