DC Comics, Inc., Isabella, Jenny Blake, Von Eeden, Trevor
Size: 0.5 linear feet (1 archival box) Collection ID: MC 00779
The Black Lightning Comic Book Collection contains issues of DC Comics' Black Lightning series, featuring the superhero of the same name. The collection has all 11 comic book issues of the first Black Lightning series which ran from 1977 to 1978. The character was co-created by writer Jenny Blake Isabella and artist Trevor Von Eeden.
Arneson, D. J., Tallarico, Tony, 1933-2022
Size: 0.05 linear feet Collection ID: MSS 00479
This is the first issue of Lobo, the first major comic book series to be headlined by a Black character. Written by Don "D.J." Arneson and illustrated by Tony Tallarico, the comic follows a Black cowboy wrongly accused of a crime. Branded a fugitive, Lobo becomes a vigilante defender of justice in the Old West.