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Constantine Returns to Arrowverse, Black Lightning’s War on Drugs

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DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is back…and it’s bringing the greatly missed John Constantine with it! In today’s edition of #DCTV, Hector Navarro dives deep into tonight’s much anticipated new episode of Legends, which finds Matt Ryan’s Constantine returning to the Arrowverse. Plus, we look at this week’s powerful Black Lightning, read off some of your answers to our last Question of the Week and offer up a couple of comic books connects.

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Black Lighting: The CW Series’ Villains Debut

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Created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden, Black Lightning debuted in 1977 in Black Lightning #1 as the first major African-American superhero at DC Comics. The first season of the upcoming superhero drama will see Jefferson Pierce going up against Tobias Whale, a mobster who heads up the One Hundred in DC Comics canon. Debuting Tuesday, January 16, Black Lightning stars Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning, China Anne McClain as Jennifer Pierce, Nafessa Williams as Anissa Pierce, Christine Adams as Lynn Pierce, James Remar as Peter Gambi, Damon…

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John Constantine Confirmed For 2 Episodes Of Legends Of Tomorrow

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There was talk a month or so back that Legends of Tomorrow wanted to get Matt Ryan to reprise his role as John Constantine this season. Over the weekend, along with the release of the first look at the Constantine animated series, executive producer Phil Klemmer let slip that Ryan would indeed be appearing on the show this season. And now we know exactly when and how long. Ryan will appear in two episodes, numbers 9 and 10, which will include Constantine performing an exorcism. Counting the DC animated movie…

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Black Lightning | First Look Trailer | The CW

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The CW released the first trailer for the new Black Lightning TV series! Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man wrestling with a secret. Nine years ago, Pierce was gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, which he used to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning. However, after too many nights with his life and his family on the line, he left his Super Hero days behind. Almost a decade later, Pierce’s crime-fighting days are long behind him…or so he thought. But…

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Black Lighting: First Look At Costume

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Check out a first look at the Black Lighting TV series costume. Cress Williams is playing Black Lightning, and the series has officially begun filming in Atlanta. Black Lightning is coming to The CW from executive producers Greg Berlanti, Salim Akil, Mara Brock and Sarah Schechter, from Berlanti Productions and Akil Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Salim Akil is directing and wrote the Black Lightning pilot. “I knew way too much about the world as a young boy growing up in Richmond, California,” Akil said. “I was no…

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