In the first issue of Black Lightning, Jefferson Pierce appeared to be on top of the world, acting as a top member of the Justice League and working with his family along the way. Black Lightning #2 serves as the flip side of that coin, showing how Jefferson’s daughter Anissa, aka Thunder, gradually gains control of her powers due to their absolute power influencing the metahuman community. Find out what you are losing. But that’s not the only problem. It turns out there’s a new movement to evaluate Amanda Waller as her metahuman powers get out of control.
It throws a lot at the reader, but to Brandon Thomas’ credit, he manages to handle all these different plot threads with ease. It becomes clear that Anissa’s predicament is partially influenced by her feeling abandoned by her father during an era of absolute power, and the dysfunction of her powers becomes clear. This leads to conflict with her sister Jennifer, aka Lightning, and Thomas enjoys writing their dynamic. Anissa’s feelings haven’t diminished, but Jennifer correctly points out that avoiding Jefferson won’t help Anissa recover. This nuance is very welcome, as is the way Thomas sows the work of the Wallerian movement. It feels less like a rip-off of how people treat mutants in the Marvel Universe and more like a genuine complaint about how superpowers upend the lives of ordinary people.
Fico Osio’s art depicts how terrifying superpowers can be in the real world. Each time Anissa loses control of her powers, blood-red lightning begins to dance around her body, followed by a massive, destructive explosion. Black Lightning also has to deal with the emergence of more metahumans. One takes the form of a giant monster carved from lava, and the other summons dinosaurs out of thin air. Oshio terrorizes these beasts as they tower over Black Lightning and leave a swath of destruction in their wake.
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On the other hand, Osio can also depict some pretty heroic moments. Finally, we get a close-up of Jennifer’s outfit. This costume follows a similar design to her father’s, but is more tailored to her own golden lightning bolts, thanks to Ulises Arreola. Osio and Arreola chronicle the best moments of Natasha Irons, aka Steele. When the trio of supervillains show up at the steel mill, they devote an entire page to Natasha wearing armor, and the final page features her wielding a giant warhammer and wearing head-to-toe gunmetal gray armor. It is shown covered. (What we get from this is that Oshio is really into anime.)
Black Lightning #2 continues the strong momentum of the first issue, delivering family dynamics along with superheroes and even more great art. This is a book that deserves your attention. It’s a little different than other DC books, but it does some interesting things and looks gorgeous.
“Black Lightning” #2 deals with family dynamics
Black Lightning #2
Black Lightning #2 continues the strong momentum of the first issue, delivering family dynamics along with superheroes and even more great art. This is a book that deserves your attention. It’s a little different than other DC books, but it does some interesting things and looks gorgeous.
Thomas focuses on the dynamics of the Pierce family while retaining the superhero element.
You can be sure that some of the pages drawn by Ossio are 100% inspired by anime. I love it.
The aftermath of Absolute Power continues to impact the DC Universe, setting it apart from other events.
It really shows how terrifying superpowers can be.
