Black Lightning opens on the south side of Metropolis, an area facing Gotham-levels of rising crime nine years after the titular hero mysteriously vanished. His true identity is Jefferson Pierce ...

Black Lightning has also received some completely ridiculous comments calling it "anti-white," and when asked about that, Akil definitely didn't mince his words. "That's silly, I don't have time ...

Cress Williams and Marvin Jones III are two on-camera highlights in the early going of The CW's latest comic book adaptation. The start of the new CW series “Black Lightning” isn’t so much ...

TV Review: ‘Black Lightning’ on the CW The Greg Berlanti/DC Comics empire adds its first African-American lead — and injects new life into the superhero show ...

The potential for “Black Lightning” to be heavy-handed yet shallow was high, because it tackles complex issues of race and power on the same platform that gave us “Riverdale.” ...