was defeated by Black Lightning and the Gangbuster. Lamar Henderson - A kid in Brick City and cousin of Gail Harris who was pressured into joining the Home Crew gang. Malcolm Merlyn the Dark Archer - An evil archer and member of the League of Assassins. Miss Pequod - Tobias Whale's enigmatic secretary. Painkiller - A supervillain who was sent to kill Black Lightning. Queequeg - A shapeshifting servant of Tobias Whale and brother of Ishmael. Sick Nick - A doctor-themed villain. Warhog - An assassin who was sent to kill Black Lightning. White Thunder - An alien with flight and sound manipulation powers. Other versions Black Lightning has appeared in the Justice League Unlimited spin-off comic book. His appearances are in issues #15 and 27. During a Justice League mission, the Vixen encounters an alternate version of Black Lightning called the "Brown Bomber", a contemporary version of the original Black Bomber envisioned prior to Tony Isabella's involvement with the character. In the 1997 Tangent Comics series, "Black Lightning" is the codename of Francis Powell, a member of the Earth-Tangent variation of the Metal Men, as well as one of the key members of the government organization Nightwing. He is in charge of a mission to apprehend the Lia Nelson version of the Flash with the help of "Dark Star" (Todd Rice). Jefferson Pierce is featured in the Smallville Season 11 digital comic based on the TV series. He is a member of the Outsiders. Black Lightning appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic as a member of Batman's Insurgency. He aids them for Year One, but disappears from the team in following years. The Year Five Annual reveals this is because he became disillusioned by the drastic measures the Insurgency took, as he felt it made them no better than the Regime. However, he joins the Regime so that he can help rebuild Metropolis. He is visited by Batman and is informed that the Insurgency's plans are not yet over. In the sequel comic/prequel to Injustice 2, he rejoins the Insurgency after the fall of the Regime and is elected President of the United States after the deaths of several government officials caused by the actions of Aqualad on the order of Ra's al Ghul. A version of Black Lightning appears on Earth-23 in The New 52 as part of a predominately African American Justice League led