#black lightning and the outsiders

[duke-thomas-stan-blog]

DC has been announcing so many new titles (Black Lightning, Batgirl, etc) and im just On My Knees begging for a Duke Thomas title. anything please I'll even take a 5 issue mini like Black Lightning. he's such an interesting character with so much going for him and the last time he had his own title was Batman & The Signal. PLEASE just one small run DC that's all I ask for

[shyjusticewarrior]

[everwalldigan]

Bruce Wayne they can never make me hate you

[livsoulsecrets]

Cass and Duke in Batman and the Outsiders #3

[ahfrickenfrick]

everyone knows that the bats (mostly) aren’t powered, or invincible, but it’s hard to really get a grasp on it

with the way they all move and act in and even out of the field, it’s unnerving in a way. they all have a certain aura of otherworldly power, even the newer members

everyone of the original members of the league has had a run in with batman injured and in need of help, being the first few to earn the vulnerability and subsequently trust from the bats

when wally held dick’s limp body in his hands as he rushed him back to the base for the first time, feeling his best friends pulse stop between his arms and subsequently jostling the injuries more. he almost wasn’t fast enough, dick was out of commission for three months

or when roy was told of jason’s death, ollie had to hold the kid as he scream cried for a friend and the life his friend never got to live, even though they were just joking the other day about how nothing could touch the bats

with kon still not 100% understanding his powers, and understating tim’s calcium intake, felt the bone crush in tim’s arm underneath his touch during a training exercise. it takes years for kon to trust himself again

jon and damian fought a lot, and damian was as stubborn as jon was determined. both are young when damian tells jon to not treat him ‘fragile’ and it ends with damian in the infirmary, and jon shaking and crying, telling his father he needs to put himself into a kryptonite prison for doing so

jefferson being the leader of the outsiders and understanding that, but it still being hard to grasp with both cass and duke. both are strong, and often taken for granted, but that makes them more powerful, enhanced it enough that when they both get knocked down by the villain of the week it’s really startling

and it’s a cycle that never ends, everyone seeing the bats as godly, and then inevitably losing it and freaking out when it’s revealed that they bleed like anyone else

[verydonegoldfish]

Oh my god this man is sooooo emo edgelord 3000

im so sick of him & i love him so much

from batman n the outsiders 2019 book 10 btw

p.s. do u think he pre-plans his "poetic" sentences in the mirror like a true autistic

[dailydccomics]

The Other History of the DC Universe variant covers by Jamal Campbell

[celadons-penultimate]

Duke Thomas once took the Robin hero name (& even led a group of upstarts in the We Are Robin movement); now, as The Signal, he's being mentored for his own heroic destiny, using his metahuman powers (perception & manipulation of light) to fight evil & save the day alongside Batman's family of vigilante heroes, as well as Black Lightning's team of Outsiders!

[dailythundergrace]

Anissa Pierce/Thunder by James Jean

[sebeth]

Is He As - As Intense As Everyone Says He Is?

[nihte-gala]

Black Sails - season 2, episode XI

[shamlesspandanerd]

[shyjusticewarrior]

I love when comics imply that Jason is a common gossip topic in vigilante and criminal circles.

Like in Batman and the Outsiders (2019) #7, when Jefferson says "From what people tell me... [Batman] gets kids killed."

And in Gotham War Red Hood, when Simpson tells Jason "they say he trained you."

[docgold13]

Heroes & Villains The DC Animated Universe - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Elseworlds Addendum - Black Lightning

Jefferson Pierce grew up in the impoverished neighborhood of Metropolis colloquially known as ‘Suicide Slum.’  After his father was killed by criminals, Jefferson’s mother did her best to raise him into an honorable and dedicated young man.  A gifted athlete, Jefferson excelled at track and field and ended up winning a medal in the decathlon at the Olympic Games.  He later went to college and earned a degree in education, returning home he became a teacher at his local high school, ultimately becoming the school’s principle.  

Sadly the violence in the neighborhood continued on and one of Jefferson’s students was murdered by men working for the mob boss known as Tobias Whale.  With the police unable or unwilling to do anything about it, Jefferson decided to take matters into his own hands.  Jefferson was a metahuman possessing eletrokinesis (the ability to manifest and control powerful surges in electrical energy).  He had kept this gift a secret fearing use of his powers might accidentally hurt someone.  Yet now he felt compelled to use his abilities to bring about justice.  

He fashioned a costume to hide his identity and ventured out as ‘Black Lightning.’  After numerous adventures, Black Lightning encountered Batman and the two became allies.  Shortly thereafter, Batman recruited Black Lightning into his covert team of heroes, The Outsiders.  Some time later, Black Lightning joined the Justice League, proving an invaluable member of the team.  Jefferson was briefly married to Lynn Stewart in his younger adulthood.  Although the marriage did not last especially long, the couple had two daughters, Anissa and Jennifer.  Both daughters inherited their father’s meta-gene, endowing the sisters super powers of their own.

Although a pivotal character in the DC Comics pantheon, intellectual property rights and cost-cutting so to avoid paying royalty fees resulted in Black Lightning being left out the original DCAU.  Although the character did finally feature in the second season of the Young Justice animated series, becoming a central character in the series moving forward; voiced by actor Khary Payton.  

The hero first appeared in the pages of Black Lightning #1 (1977)    

[splooosh]

“His Fabulous Five”

Alan Davis

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