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What shows do we know about that might be announced? Back in September we learned that Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter were working with Fox to bring Black Lightning to TV The series is being adapted by Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil and will focus on Jefferson Pierce, a character created in the late 70's by[...]

It began with Bill Finger's first proper published co-creator credit for Batman, on the Robot Chicken DC Special III… Which was followed up on Gotham… And in the comic books themselves, in Batman & Robin Eternal. Next up, the battle moves to Jerry Robinson. But in that first screen from Robot Chicken, there was also a change in the credits for[...]

The creator of DC's first prominent African-American character, Black Lightning, Tony has felt betrayed by DC's handling of his contract since Whether writing in the trade press thirty years ago, or the more easily quotable blog of his of recent years I understand he was also annoyed that the comics press spoke up regarding Gerry Conway's[...]