Black Lightning No. 1
date: label: date made
content: 2009
name: label: maker
content: D. C. Comics, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Black Lightning Year One No. 1</i> was written by Jen Van Meter, with art by Cully Hammer. It is the first of a 2009 six-issue limited series documenting the origins of the titular DC superhero.
label: Description
content: Created by writer Tony Isabella artist Trevor Von Eeden, Black Lightning was introduced to comic readers in 1977. The first African American to headline a DC title, the hero, a man named Jefferson Pierce, has the ability to create and manipulate electricity. The character has been featured in animated film and series and video games, and headlined his own television program on The CW from 2018-2021.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.3010.263
label: catalog number
content: 2018.3010.263
label: nonaccession number
content: 2018.3010
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 10 in; 15.875 cm x 25.4 cm