*DC: As part of their late-Seventies expansion programme, DC attempted to diversify their lineup, and one major event was their first black super-hero to headline his own title, with 1977’s Black Lightning. Jefferson Pierce, a crusading erudite teacher and Olympic gold athlete, donned a false ‘fro and adopted ghetto-talk to defend the Metropolis suburb of Suicide Slum, tackling street-level crimes that the high-flying heroes didn’t deign to touch. This being the DC Universe, though, it wasn’t long before he teamed up with Superman and became thoroughly ‘mainstreamed’, but while it lasted, scripter Tony Isabella (who had previous on Marvel’s streetwise African-American hero, Luke Cage) and artist Trevor Von Eeden did impart a different flavour. A casualty of the DC implosion, this series ended with #11, but we have the full run back in stock in very nice grades, including the scarce extra-length final issue!