Black Lightning (vol. 1) #4 (Sep. 1977):
“Beware the Cyclotronic Man”
by Tony Isabella, Trevor Von Eeden, Vince Colletta

Black Lightning (vol. 1) #4

Title: “Beware the Cyclotronic Man”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1977

Publisher:
Written by: Tony Isabella
Art by: Trevor Von Eeden, Vince Colletta

12 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) (lead character)	Northern Baptist (ABC/USA)	black; The Justice League...  The Network; The Outsiders		353
Superman (Clark Kent)	Methodist / Kryptonian religion	Kryptonians; Super Friends...  The Justice League		13,409
Jimmy Olsen	Lutheran	The Legion of Super-Heroes [Superman's pal]		1,896
The 100	manifestly non-religious	[ 1st app: Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #105 (Oct. 1970) ]		28
Inspector William Henderson		[police commissioner; police detective]		123
Lynn Stewart		black [teacher, ex-wife of Black Lightning]		8
Tobias Whale		The 100		26
Jim Corrigan		black [not the Spectre]		8
Cyclotronic Man (Ned Creegan)		[ 1st app: (as Bag O'Bones): Batman #195 (Sep 1967); (as Cyclotronic Man) Black Lightning (vol. 1) #4 (Sep. 1977): "Beware the Cyclotronic Man"; (as One-Man Meltdown) Batman and the Outsiders (vol. 1) #4 (Nov. 1983): "One-Man Meltdown" ]		5
Andy Henderson		[son of Metropolis police detective Bill Henderson]		4
Batman (Bruce Wayne) (cameo)	Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed); atheist	Batman family; Quinntets...  Super Friends; The Justice League; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City; The Outsiders (leader)		11,112
Robin (Dick Grayson) (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown); raised Gypsy/Roma	Batman family; Super Friends...  The Network; The Outsiders; The Teen Titans		4,498

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Black Lightning #4 (Sep. 1977) created 16 December 2009. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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