Instead of spending early episodes filling Black Lightning with other DC heroes, the show will focus on the core cast of characters in Jefferson Pierce’s family and neighborhood.
Black Lightning is the story of a relatively little-known hero and his two daughters learning to accept their potential roles as heroes to their community.
Black Lightning already has plenty going on with Jefferson Pierce and his daughters learning to use their powers on top of the crime on the streets of Freeland.
The Black Lightning character from DC Comics canon isn’t exactly the most well-known hero, and the show can’t just assume that viewers can fill in the blanks of his backstory the way they could for a Batman or a Superman.