Jefferson Pierce Archives

Each member of the Pierce family are great characters, but the one that stands out a little bit more than the rest has to be Jefferson Pierce — Black Lightning himself. Black Lightning — Photo: Richard Ducree/The CW — © 2018 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. Cress Williams's portrayal of the retired superhero turned high[...]

Marshall) that they believe Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is Black Lightning She has a hard time believing it and seems to have had a bit of a crush on Jefferson since the beginning of the season She is ordered to deal with him, which involves her giving Deputy Chief Cayman (Anthony Reynolds) and Detective Glennon[...]

Black Lightning Season 1: Jefferson Finds a Secret He Didn't Anticipate

A recap and review of the Black Lightning season one episode, Equinox: The Book of Fate, which has one of the most surprise endings of the season

Executive producer Salim Akil takes us inside the episode as Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) and Peter Gambi (James Remar) figure out new ways for Black Lightning to use his powers… and the first one we get to see is him flying. Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce — Photo: Richard Ducree/The CW — © 2018 The CW[...]

Executive producer Salim Akil takes us inside the next episode of Black Lightning and the CW releases two new promotional posters

It is a strong, powerful scene that addresses the decision Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) has in front of him, to keep trying to repair the dream of a family and help the people of Freeland as a principal or to suit up again as Black Lightning and put his life on the line every night[...]

Executive Producer Salim Akil takes us inside tonight's second episode of Black Lightning, LaWanda: The Book of Hope, as a spark of hope returns to Freeland.

Does Tobias Whale think Black Lightning is dead? Why didn't Jefferson Pierce's daughters recognize him in costume? Learn the answers here, along with a few other light spoilers.

It's also the strongest pilot I've seen on the CW, period. Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a principal on his way to a fund raiser but has to stop and pick up his eldest daughter, Anissa (Nafessa Williams), from jail after she'd been arrested as part of a protest against the local gang, The 100 On[...]

We are a day away from the premiere of Black Lightning, and actor Cress Williams is in a new video released by the CW, talking about his character of Jefferson Pierce. Unlike the other members of the CW hero club, Black Lightning has been there, done that and has the scars to prove it He's fought[...]

The scene takes place on a rainy night as Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is pulled over by the police With him in the car are his daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne McClain) There seems to be no reason why they're pulled over when the police tell Jefferson to exit the vehicle. The police[...]

The new teaser focuses on the reason Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) first went into retirement and the reason he will come out It also shows us a bit of the power that his daughters Anissa and Jennifer have. The official synopsis says: Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret Nine years ago, Pierce was gifted[...]

the street level thugs giving more practical fight scenes with added special effects instead of most of the fights taking place on the computer. Black Lightning tells the story of hero-turned-school principal Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) A father of two girls that left his days of being a lightning-powered masked vigilante behind nine years ago and now[...]

In this new seven second teaser we see Jefferson Pierce standing in the rain with lightning in his eyes There is a voice over that says, "People out there need me Black Lightning is back." This is a pretty intense-looking scene with Pierce in a suit, not his battle outfit, so it's fair to say[...]

It is based on the DC Comics character created in 1977 by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden. Black Lightning tells the story of former hero now school principal Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) A father of two girls that left his days of being a lightning powered masked vigilante behind nine years ago and now runs[...]

It was recently revealed that on January 16th, when the Flash returns from their midseason break, instead of being followed by DC's Legends of Tomorrow, the 9 PM slot will be filled by Black Lightning. The show from executive producers Greg Berlanti, Salim Akil & Mara Brock Akil and Sarah Schechter is based on the DC Comic character created by artist Trevor Von[...]

The sculpt was done by ALTERTON and stands just under 12.5" tall. The synopsis for the series reads: "Black Lightning centers on Jefferson Pierce (Williams) He made his choice: He hung up the suit and his secret identity years ago, but with a daughter hellbent on justice and a star student being recruited by a local gang,[...]

Unfortunately, the police aren't ready to trust Jefferson Pierce He's up against both criminals and the police in this struggle for the soul Cleveland. In the shadows, the original Tobias Whale is making moves, and Black Lightning may find himself in Whale's path. Black Lightning #1 cover by Clayton Henry and Tomeu Morey The cover says "A hero[...]

The CW has released the first look trailer for Black Lightning. Cress Williams stars as Jefferson Pierece, China Anne McClain as Lynn Pierce, Nafessa

Isabella would write the first ten issues before Denny O'Neil took over for one issue and then the series was cancelled in a large scale pruning of titles referred to as the DC implosion. Black Lightning is Jefferson Pierce, a gold medal Olympic decathlete who would go on to become a teacher and eventually principal of[...]