When we meet him for the first time, Jefferson Pierce will have been retired from his side job as Black Lightning for nearly a decade, which makes the series premiere the vigilante’s ostensible rebirth.
The series promises to be unlike The CW’s other DC Comics offerings, which is why, for now anyway, Black Lightning won’t be affiliated with the Arrowverse.
But Black Lightning also stands out by virtue of it skipping over the hero’s origin — at least at first.
Black Lightning premieres Tuesday, January 16 @9pm on The CW.