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It's been years since Olympic gold medalist Jefferson Pierce ran from a past plagued by his father's murder and a superhuman power he couldn't understand. In that time, decay has transformed his home, Metropolis Southside, into the notorious "Suicide Stum."

Accompanied by his wife and daughter, Pierce returns to make a difference in his old community as the new principal of Garfield High School. Jefferson Pierce must now harness the electrical powers he once feared to become a beacon of hope... and strike down crime as Black Lightning!