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Cover of DC Comics Presents (1978) #16

DC Comics Presents (1978) #16

DC 1978–1986 series Cover date Dec 1979

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About this issue

DC Comics Presents #16 (1978) is issue #16 of DC's DC Comics Presents (1978–1986), with a cover date of December 1979. Written by Denny O'Neil and drawn by Joe Staton.

Creators

Writer
Denny O'Neil
Penciller
Joe Staton
Inker
Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist
Jerry Serpe
Letterer
Ben Oda
Cover artists
Ross Andru, Dick Giordano

Characters

The story

“The De-volver!”

Black Lightning stops a robbery on a subway train as it travels through Suicide Slum but causes one of the robbers to inadvertently shoot and kill another passenger, Trina. This angers Trina's boyfriend, Hugh Bryant, who is also one of Jefferson Pierce's students. Hugh, actually an alien trapped on earth for millions of years, "devolves" into his true form as an energy creature. Black Lightning and Superman subdue the creature and help him finally leave the planet.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.