Black Lightning Year One. I mean, you had to know this story was coming sooner or later. Jefferson has gotten a lot of attention lately . . between the Justice League and Final Crisis. I have to say, I'm not a huge fan of Cully Hamner's work, but . . I really liked what he did with this issue. It had more of an 'urban' style than we usually see from him. I like it. Plus . . it fit the book perfectly. This story seems to take place when Jefferson is first realizing his powers. He knows that he has them, but . . he doesn't want to use them. He's a teacher and he'd rather change the world through the class-room than any other way. He was born and raised in the South-side of Metropolis, but . . he hasn't lived there in years. His wife has talked him into moving back and reestablishing his roots. There's a few things going on here that will probably rear their head through this series. First Jefferson's dad, Alvin, was set up and killed her by a local developer, Swann, and Tobias Whale. Whale is now a city councilman. Also there's a gang that runs rampant through this part of town called the Hundred. And there's one member in particular that will probably pose a problem . . Frank Tanner. They call him Twenty-five because he runs a fourth of the Hundred's business. He's also, kind of, a friend of the family. And there's a another guy in town, Peter Gambi who is also a friend of the family and seems desperate to change the place where he lives. Unfortunately, until Jefferson showed up, I think he'd given up hope. And of course there's the local High-School that Jefferson is the new principal of and he wants to change. We don't really know which direction things are going to go yet . . it's only the first issue. But in terms of movie references, it kind of reminds me of a cross between the Principal, and 187. Both excellent movies. Anyways, Jen Van Meter is writing it, and right now . . it looks like she's got her hands full.
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