She rejoined the team, when Grace invited her on a mission, without Batman's approval. Thunder was recently kicked off The Outsiders upon Batman's reorganization of the team, being replaced by the Martian Manhunter. It was revealed that Thunder has been in a romantic relationship with her teammate Grace, making her one of a handful of LGBT people of color in the DC roster. ![]() She compromised the team's mission when she revealed her cover and attacked Mali's army, who were going to slaughter a village. ![]() Her role has been instrumental in the mission, having gone undercover amongst the government, a role that has required her to pretend she was having a sexual relationship with the country's ruler Ratun Bennin in actuality Metamorpho used a hallucinogenic compound to fool the dictator. OYL, Anissa remains a member of the Outsiders (a team that was currently believed to be dead), and has been involved in the attempted toppling of the regime of Mali. She recovered and continued to serve with the Outsiders. The matter transmuter Shimmer converted the air in her lungs to water, which caused an inflammation so great that she had pulmonary edema and Acute respiratory distress syndrome, which nearly killed her. The extent of her invulnerability was tested during a fight with the re-formed Fearsome Five. During that adventure, the two came to respect each other's abilities, neither having seen the other in action before, and Thunder was allowed to remain an Outsider. Naturally, she refused and when the danger of Sabbac arose again, her father even decided to accompany the Outsiders. Įventually her father appeared at the Outsiders headquarters, demanding her resignation from the team. They were however quite effective as a team, and the two slowly came to a grudging respect between them later on they became lovers. Although she got along with most of her teammates, she seemed to come into conflict with Grace, a tough promiscuous bouncer, constantly. Reasoning that she could best learn the superhero trade with a team, she agreed to this offer and became an Outsider. ![]() Shortly after Thunder had started her solo career, she was approached by Arsenal, who offered her a spot on the new team of Outsiders. She is also the older sister of Lightning. She did, and the same night of her graduation she donned a costume and became Thunder. Her father Jefferson Pierce ( Black Lightning) and her mother Lynn Stewart did not want her following in his footsteps, and he struck a bargain with her: she would graduate from college before considering a career in crimefighting. Pierce is involved in a relationship with her teammate Grace Choi.Īlong with her presence in various comic books Thunder has made appearances on a number of television shows and appeared in the live action Arrowverse series Black Lightning, portrayed by Nafessa Williams.įictional character biography Daughter of Black Lightning Īlthough it is not clear but one assumes she got her powers genetically from her father who is also a metahuman. She is invited and accepts a position with the superhero team the Outsiders. Against her parents' wishes, Anissa chooses to utilize her abilities to fight crime. Pierce is also the older sister of Jennifer, herself a superhero operating under the alias Lightning. ![]() Born Anissa Pierce, she is a metahuman and daughter of superhero Black Lightning, able to increase her physical density and durability and create massive shockwaves. 2) #26 (July 2003) and first appears a month later in Outsiders (vol. She is first mentioned in Green Arrow (vol. The character was created by writer Judd Winick and artist Tom Raney in the Modern Age of Comic Books. Thunder is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Anissa Pierce as the Thunder, as she appeared in The Other History of the DC Universe #5 (July 2021), art by Giuseppe Camuncoli (pencils), Andrea Cucchi (inks), and Jose Vallarrubia (colors)
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