In 1977 Tony iseballa and Trevor Von Eeden came up with a great idea, give a black man the powers of lightning and call him probably the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Are you ready? His name was....
- Q: Am I black?
- A:Yes
- Q: Am I offended by this name.
- A:No
- Q: Do I find this name stupid
- A: Yes
Please know I really don't read comic books too often, so I don't know much about the lore of most any comic book characters. The original idea for Black lightning was, "The black bomber" he was scraped because he was racist towards white people.
Again.
This name though is just the most unoriginal name I have ever heard. The reason for DC putting "Black" before lightning was obviously because they wanted to show that they had a "dynamite" and "far out" African American superhero! I would guess that his the first release of his comic was a big deal, in the 70's he was the first DC's first black superhero and he was actually cool. I like Black lightning he has cool powers, he can control electricity, he can fly ( a little bit), create force fields, and he knows martial arts and competes in the Olympics. Above all he inspired Static Shock and he's cool and doesn't have a stupid name.
That's cool.
I leave you with a few pictures of black lightning that I thought would be a good idea to end this blog with.
1970's Black Lightning
1970's Black Lightning with his famous "Afro mask" (not official name)
Black Lightning as he appeared in the "Year one" six issue comic series.
Black lightning as he appeared in the DC nation's short: Thunder and Lightning.