| Jefferson Pierce | |
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| Jefferson Pierce | |
| Aliases: | Black Lightning |
| Series: | Black Lightning |
| Gender: | Male |
| Notability: | Main character |
| Occupation: | School principal |
| Race: | Metahuman |
| Location: | Freeland |
| Associations: | Garfield High School |
| Relatives: | Anissa Pierce Jennifer Pierce Lynn Stewart |
| Status: | Alive |
| First: | "The Resurrection" |
| Actor: | Cress Williams |
Jefferson Pierce is a fictional comic book superhero who goes by the code name of Black Lightning. He is the main character in his own line of titles published by DC Comics and was introduced in the first issue of his own ongoing Black Lightning comic book series in April, 1977. He also headlined a second Black Lightning title, which ran for thirteen issues from 1995 to 1996 as well as a Black Lightning: Year One six-issue limited series in 2009 and the Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands series in 2018. The character was adapted into a live-action Black Lightning television series in 2018, which aired on the CW Network. He was played by actor Cress Williams in the series.