Unbeknownst to Anissa, her father – high school principal Jefferson Pierce – is the titular superhero Black Lightning.
Black Lightning continues Tuesday, February 6 with ‘Black Jesus’ on The CW.
Of course, Anissa taking after her father was teased with pictures of actress Nafeesa Williams in her Thunder costume, even before the first episode of Black Lightning aired.
Black Lightning is also shown here fighting men inside of a bar and electrocuting one man in a parking lot.