The finished product stars Cress Williams (*) as Black Lightning, and shares some trappings with the other Berlanti shows: a large
family presence (including Christine Adams as ex-wife Lynn, and Nafessa Williams and China Anne McClain as daughters Anissa and Jennifer), a cop (Damon Gupton's Inspector Henderson) who's not sure what to make of this superpowered vigilante, a trusty tech support sidekick (James Remar as Peter Gambi, who in the comics is a tailor specializing in making costumes for supervillains), and an
archnemesis (Marvin Jones III — aka rapper Krondon — as vicious gangster Tobias Whale).