The CW's Thrilling 'Black Lightning' Trailer Is Here: Watch

The latest superhero television series ready to take over The CW is Black Lightning. One of the first Black fictional superheroes from DC Comics will be brought to life by Cress Williams (Close to Home, Prison Break, Hart of Dixie). 

“Black Lightning was a savior who kept our streets and our schools safe. He was hope personified, but he was also Jefferson Pierce, my father," his eldest daughter Anissa Pierce/Thunder says in the chilling opening scene. She is played by soap opera and Twin Peaks star Nafessa Williams, while China Anne McClain (Descendants 2) portrays 16-year-old Jennifer a.ka. Lightning. Christine Adams also stars as the superhero's wife Lynn Pierce. The series follows Black Lightning return to the world as a the powerful vigilante after being retired for years.