Greg Berlanti’s newest DC Comics project is headed for The CW, as the network has just picked up “Black Lightning” to pilot.
The project, previously set up at Fox, follows Jefferson Pierce, who hung up the suit and his secret identity years ago. But with a daughter hell-bent on justice and a star student being recruited by a local gang, he’ll be pulled back into the fight as the wanted vigilante and DC legend — Black Lightning.
Created by writer Tony Isabella and artist Trevor Von Eeden, Black lightning is one of the first major African American superheroes to appear in DC Comics.