Black Lightning Showrunner Shares That He's Making A New Kind Of Superhero Show
- 7 years ago
Salim Akil's Black Lightning, which comes to The CW in January, is not going to look or feel like the rest of the network's DC superhero lineup -- in part becuase Akil wants to tell a different kind of story than other comic book shows are setting out to tell.
IN a recent interview with comicbook.com Akil revealed,
“I’m not really doing a show about a superhero,” Akil said. “I’m doing a show about a man who has a family and is trying to affect his community.