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One of the things that makes the new CW show Black Lightning so interesting is that this hero has already do the superhero thing before, and that means his characters are already established, we just have to learn more about them. One of them is Peter Gambi, the man who helped make the suit for Jefferson Pierce, and the one who believes that he is needed now more than ever. James Remar talked with ComicBookResrouces.com about his character, and what the future holds for him, as well as reveals of what his past was before he was a “tailor”. “I can say that he has a background in covert operations, maybe a little bit of military, prior to his becoming a “tailor.” So all this scientific expertise and technological know-how is birthed from his backstory, which will be revealed as we go on. But I think it’s cool that, in the beginning, he’s got this tailor shop with a sliding bookcase and — all of a sudden — you’ve got

Next Tuesday will mark the arrival of Black Lightning on the CW. The show is the first superhero show on the network to have an African American lead, and will dive head-first into some very poignant issues about race and the burden of power (as you’ll see in the clip below). For star Cress Williams, he’s very excited to be in this show and be this character. For he told ComicBookResources: “You know, I wanted this job even before I read the script. I wanted this job just because I’ve always wanted to play a superhero. I’ve been watching superhero cartoons for as long as I can remember, and — as it became a genre in film and television — it just quickly shot up to the top of my list. I’m like, “I want to do that someday!”” As for him playing Black Lightning, he notes that one of the best things about the character is that he doesn’t have everything figured out yet. He doesn’t have all the

This week marks the midseason finales for all the CW/DC Comics shows, with Arrow ending them tomorrow night. But, with the ending, teases a new beginning in the form of Black Lightning. Since “Crisis On Earth-X”, we’ve been seeing more and more about the newest hero in the CWverse, and now, we’ve gotten a brand new trailer to herald his arrival. In this trailer, we hear from an unknown character who is talking to Black Lightning about him coming back. What’s important in this dialogue is that he says “we knew this day would come”, then, recites why Jefferson Pierce became the hero in the first place. The trailer shows not only Black Lightning in action, but also teases the villains he will face, including Tobias Whale. What makes this character different from Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, and the Legends of Tomorrow is that Pierce was a hero before, but after trying to make a difference in his home of Atlanta, he gave up the life to try and live a

What makes heroes great aren’t just the powers or skills that they have, but the villains that they face off against. When you think of Batman, Spider-Man, even The Flash, you don’t just think about the heroes, but the bad guys they square off against. For the superhero TV shows that are around, you often hear how great, or terrible, the show is based on the villains that they have. For the upcoming Black Lightning series, it’s honestly very important to have a worthy foe for the titular character, and it appears we may know who it is. Black Lightning showrunners Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil were at the ATX Television Festival and was talking about how the show wouldn’t do the whole “villain of the week” format that Arrow and Flash have done. But rather, focus on one hero and one villain and bring them depth. “It’s a character-driven show. I don’t know if there’s going to be a fight every week,” Salim Akil said, according to International Business