In his introduction to this volume, Tony Isabella says that this series was only supposed to reprint Tony's work on Black Lightning, not everyone's work. But he insisted that this be a chronological reprinting, skipping nothing. I agree with him. While I think it's cool that DC was going to do just Tony's stuff, I think it's important to give us all the stuff.
The first volume was Tony, plus a couple stories by others. This volume is Tony free. We get BL back up stories from World's Finest and Detective Comics as well as the two part Justice League of America story where BL turns down membership.
I loved this book. Is it great? No. But it's really good, at least to me. It's reprinting stories from an era of DC that means a lot to me. Most of these stories I'm reading for the first time, or at least that's what my memory is telling me. Minor details are very fluid in this book. Writer to writer things change, like what kind of teacher Jefferson Pierce is. But who cares. It's a great time to be a Black Lightning fan right now. Embrace him and enjoy.
Black Lightning Vol 2
Written by: Dennis O'Neil, Gerry Conway, J.M. Dematteis, Martin Pasko, Paul Kupperberg
Illustrated by: Dick Dillin, George Tuska, Rich Buckler, Marshall Rogers, Mike Nasser, Romeo Tanghal, Joe Staton, Pat Broderick, Dick Giordano, Gerald Forton, Frank Chiaramonte, Bob Smith, Vince Colletta, Frank McLaughlin
DC Comics
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