She keeps this a secret from Kiesha and later consciously attempts to recreate the earlier conditions and confirms she has abilities, further destroying her phone. emerging victorious. Then she meets Gravedigger when he was given orders to take over the operation from Mosin. He has since become an occasional informant for Black Lightning.[11][12]. Painkiller is later assigned Black Lightning as a target. He is the former boyfriend of Jennifer Pierce and works with Tobias Whale under the alias Painkiller. After provoking and publicly attacking Will (a member of the 100 and Lala's nephew) in defense of Jennifer after he got Jennifer into trouble with the gang, Anissa and her sister are kidnapped by Will and small group of gangsters during the class she was teaching. commandos, Odell sends Painkiller to a house where some Markovians are hiding out and slays them. Episode 10 of Black Lightning saw Peter Gambi save the day by helping Jefferson and his team get through the power shortage orchestrated by Tobias and make the most of their suits.. As one of the most popular characters in the Arrowverse series, Gambi proved over and over that it didn't take superpowers to make the world a better place while also demonstrating exceptional craftsmanship in . When he was young and part of the mob, he actually killed Pierce's father, but has since reformed and designed Black Lightning . After apprehending Looker, Khalil is intercepted by Ishmael where Painkiller kills him by getting his poison on the hilt of Ishmael's sword. Following the death of Mayor Billy Black, Lopez starts the Meta Task Force while appointing Hassan Shakur as its leader. Black Lightning and Thunder try to recruit Lala and the remnants of the 100 to help fight the Markovians with no avail. He starts his "Zero Tolerance" policy on Sekou Hamilton and another student that were fighting where Sekou was expelled for throwing the first punch and the other student was suspended much to the dismay of Jefferson. In season three, Marcel taught one of his classes when Jennifer accidentally fried the computers. In season two, Jennifer starts to get control of her abilities. He then plans to do some redemption by resuming his revenge plot on Tobias Whale. During the raid of the Markovian facility, Khalil faced off against Gravedigger and got overpowered. When Black Lightning and Lightning's experiences with alternate realities was brought up, Gambi has no memories of that and had found traces of anti-matter energy explaining that they are the only ones who remember. The fourth and final season of the American television series Black Lightning, which is based on the DC Comics character Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning, premiered on The CW on February 8, 2021. Tobias requested Black Lightning's identity, but Gambi feigned any knowledge of it. It was later revealed in season two that she was an old friend of Lazarus Prime who taught him some of her tricks. Years later, Gravedigger was sent by his superiors to take over the operation from Mosin where he used his mind-control to get Lynn Stewart to work on the metahuman stabilization faster. plans to nuke Freeland if the Markovians can't be defeated, This causes Lala and the remnants of the 100 to join the fight where they assist Chief Henderson in shooting the Markovian soldiers. He receives help from Brandon to rescue Lightning. Gambi reassured Jefferson that they would find Lala. Lala later fights Ishmael who slays him and buries his body in cement. He pays a visit to Jesse Gentilucci who gives him the location of the hidden ledger that would help him deal with Tobias Whale. When in the Pit, Thunder and Grace confront Gravedigger who controls Grace into attacking Thunder. Painkiller manages to kill Ishmael by getting his poison onto the hilt of Ishmael's sword. After this, Gambi assisted Jefferson in a mission to find a stash of Green Light, but Jefferson was distracted by explosion-like sounds. He later leads different raids on the A.S.A. Upon getting suspicious of what has been placed on Erica, TC deactivated the chip that contained the programmed contingency plan which he later revealed to Black Lightning and Gardner Grayle. who reports on metahuman sightings at the school to them. Girlfriend 1 episode, 2021 Luke Deal . Pete Davidson is "having fun" with his latest flame. Grey paired Grayle up with Specialist Travis to bring Jennifer to Odell. Dr. Darius Morgan (portrayed by Todd Anthony) is a doctor that becomes Anissa's co-worker. He informed Gambi that Jennifer and Anissa were kidnapped by The One Hundred. Voil les gars, j'ai fait un feat avec Gambi..c'est pas une blague , en journe on fait un feat ensemble et c'tait trop bien J'espre que ce son va . The morning after LaWanda's murder, Gambi called Jefferson to let him know that he found Will's body along with his phone. Sometime after this, Tobias and his sister are subsequently attacked by Black Lightning while attending a club. Kyrie (portrayed by Renell Gibbs) is a man who later joins the resistance against the A.S.A. Grace lost her parents and was placed in an orphanage. They don't have to appear in the same scene, or in the same episode. Later, Tobias and Syonide convince Khalil that they have a way to make him walk again. 's experiments as well as Markovia's own experiments. Peter Gambi Status In the final part, Jefferson is restored when his Earth is merged with Earth-1 and Earth-38 to form Earth-Prime. Before succumbing to the virus, King directed Henderson to a fake floor in her locker and advised her to give the contents of the envelope to her husband. Current universe It was mentioned that Tobias got away as Mosin reports to Gravedigger that his men can't find him. After a meeting with Lady Eve which resulted in a shootout, Major Grey and her soldiers attacked Gambi's tailor shop. She calls Percy up to let him know about her minions' encounter with Painkiller. [1], Having been beaten up by Toledo, Gambi went after Jeff, rescuing him in a van, taking him back to his shop to be treated by Lynn. do to her son. Peter Gambi. After meeting up with Gambi years later, Lauren and the rest of Monovista International start to work on the DEGs. Inspector William "Bill" Henderson (portrayed by Damon Gupton; seasons 1-3) is a police detective and Jefferson's best friend who is oblivious to his alter ego as Black Lightning and hunts him due to believing he is an outlaw and vigilante. Gambi sacrifices his life to save Black Lightning, and Pierce forgives him as he dies.[1]. Black Lightning has his final showdown with Tobias Whale which ends with Tobias accidentally falling out the window and getting impaled on a spike. He wears black pants, a dark blue T-shirt with a white and black heart and a black vest. Henderson had no choice but to agree to the terms. Michael Allen (portrayed by Euseph Messiah) is an A.S.A. Both of them managed to escape partially due to a combination of Jennifer overloading the inhibitor collars and Sergeant Grayle knocking out Specialist Travis. Erica Moran (portrayed by Gabriella Garcia) is a kinetic energy-absorbing metahuman in the A.S.A. [9], Installing the ability for Jefferson to fly into his suit, Gambi watched on as he tested it out. 's activities in Freeland while operating a bar. Tobias later dispatched Red to find out from Marshall Bates on why a specific item has been delayed. Though he took back his resignation and Jefferson found that he had been taking part in Lala's cage fights. In the aftermath of the Crisis that merged his Earth with Earth-1 and Earth-38 to form Earth-Prime, Odell continues to have the metahumans weaponized when Jennifer hasn't returned his calls. Alex works at the Department of Extra-Normal Operations, or D.E.O for short to help her adopted . It was revealed during Issa's truth-extraction interrogation on Tobias Whale that Proctor worked for Odell who works for the President of the United States. Alors who is loosely based on Windfall. He was unleashed into Freeland where Tobias Whale broadcast his attack on the Dark Web to promote the metahuman arms race. or. commandos that he rescued after Odell claimed to her that the Markovians killed Nichelle. The Saturday . Mike Lowry had him expelled for starting the fight while the other student was suspended. Peter Gambi first appeared in Black Lightning #1 and was created by Tony Isabella and Trevor von Eeden. Black Lightning begins to fight him. As Black Lightning approaches the battle zone, he calls Gambi about what appears to be a projectile; it is Lightning, rejected from her battle with Gravedigger. The season is produced by Berlanti Productions, Akil Productions, Warner Bros. Television, and DC Entertainment.It is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with the other television series of . During Gravedigger's raid on the Pit, he mind-controlled those on the outside to sleep, mind-controlled Grace into attacking Thunder, and knocked down Lightning and Brandon. The process works, but Jennifer's appearance drastically changes. Upon discovering he is alive, Tobias attempts to have Black Lightning killed while citizens of Freeland pay tribute to his return, but the bullet instead hits Jennifer's boyfriend Khalil, severing his spinal cord and crippling the track star. 's facility and later assists in Blackbird's metahuman version of the Underground Railroad. helps Khalil and Painkiller get rid of the kill code at the cost of Khalil's memories of the Pierce family. while planning to do some tinkering on the side. Once when she was in second grade she got suspended for kicking her teacher because she thought that they had made her friend cry. Then the two of them have their engagement party to get that out of the way before the Markovians begin their invasion. Menu. Katie. Unbeknown to Latavius, she has recorded the event and it is found by the police, who use this as evidence to imprison Latavius. When Lightning confronts Tobias Whale after Cutter leaves him, she nearly kills him for what he did to Painkiller until Black Lightning shows up and talks her out of it. Anaya (portrayed by Birgundi Baker) A pregnant girl that Anissa attends to at the clinic. When Tavon Singley is taken from a class for being a suspected metahuman, Lowry objects to this and is knocked down by Major Sara Grey. Lala was not pleased with what happened and later killed Lydell during the confrontation causing Lydell's tattoo to manifest on the back of Lala's right hand. After Painkiller briefly broke free from the firewall due to a glitch, Khalil fought him back and elected to keep his distance from Jennifer. She states to Black Lightning, Lynn, Thunder, and Lightning that the A.S.A. Gravedigger later appeared at the facility where he had received orders from his superiors to take over the operation from Mosin. Gambi later makes a special suit for Jennifer when she becomes Lightning. See Photos. 's vaccine that gave some children meta-human powers, but was also killing some of these said children, he leaked the information to Alvin Pierce, not only to end the A.S.A. youth custody centre. This DC Comicsrelated article is a stub. agent from Gotham City investigating the "rogue operation" conducted by Martin Proctor who has connections with Lady Eve and was the one who trained Peter Gambi. In their discussion, Odell learns that Lazarus Prime is still around. 20 Jan 2023. Anissa always felt the need to help people. The pair were spotted out and about together several times, including one sweet date in Venice while Qualley was promoting her film at the Venice Film Festival. Officials suspect that Jeremy Giambi, who passed away at the age of 47 Wednesday, died by suicide, according to TMZ. 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Peter Gambi death - dead, obituary, funeral plans, cause of death: Peter Gamba coronavirus. While using a filtered version of Green Light, Lynn was able to come up with the vaccines which also involved some DNA samples taken from Tobias Whale. At some point, Gambi became a member of a government organization called the A.S.A.. Lynn analyses Anissa's wounds and realizes she has very fast healing abilities like her father. This is a list of recurring actors and the characters they portrayed in multiple episodes, which were significant roles, sometimes across multiple seasons. Proctor escaped, but they got the briefcase he had. It is based on the DC Comics character of the same name, created by Tony Isabella. He is also shown to have a daughter named Maya who is operating in Akashic Valley. Peter Gambi, like his brother Paul, was a tailor, though Peter worked out of a shop in Metropolis's Suicide Slum, not Central City. Anissa Pierce is the tritagonist in the CW series Black Lightning. and Gambi work on a machine to put her back together. Jefferson sent Gambi photos of Lady Eve's burnt corpse, figuring her death to be from some sort of nuclear weapon. Following the death of Tobias Whale, T.C. At the beginning of season one, Jefferson has retired crime-fighting as Black Lightning due to the urges of his ex-wife Lynn and the safety of his two daughters and is the benevolent school principal of Garfield High who is loved by his students and his daughters. Following his split from Beckinsale, Davidson and . After researching those who rescued Lynn, Gravedigger leads the invasion on Freeland. Rebecca Jones / New Wave (portrayed by Brooke Ence) An aquakinetic metahuman released by Tobias Whale to serve him. He urged him to not go after Toledo in his condition, but Jeff ignored him. skookum house. She is the adopted sister of Kara Danvers who is also known as Supergirl. He is secretly allied with the 100. The police later found Lydell's body and Lopez suspected that Lightning was responsible. Because of this, Jennifer takes up the alias of J.J. Stewart who is Jefferson's niece from Lynn's side of the family. After killing him and trapping his body in a cement casket, Ishmael states to Destiny that he is planning to kill 100 metahumans in order to get into the League of Assassins. During Gambi's early work with the A.S.A., Lauren turned down his offer to join with them. Afterwards, Gambi and T.C. Jefferson Pierce is the titular hero Black Lightning, played by Cress Williams. Herbert King (portrayed by Antwan Mills) The husband of Detective Sergeant King. He served as a spotter for 30 years until he was replaced by Kara Fowdy. After Black Lightning tries to reason with him while mentioning that they are related, Gravedigger uses a microwave move to cause some burns to Black Lightning. Brandon later held Dr. Jace at his apartment so that she can tell him all about his father. He speaks to Latavius (who insists to be called "Lala"), one of Jeff's former students and a high-ranking member of the 100 gang, and asks him to back off to no avail, forcing LaWanda to confront Lala only for him to shoot and instantly kill her. He hung up and left the alley. who oversees the stasis pods that the captured metahumans in Proctor's possession are in. This enabled Odell to win Black Lightning into assisting against the Markovian invaders. Initially set on an unnamed alternative Earth separate from the other Arrowverse media, the show was later merged with Earth-1 (the setting of Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Batwoman) and Earth-38 (the setting of Supergirl) into Earth-Prime during Crisis on Infinite Earths. While in police custody, she is taken by Instant who was hired by the Markovians to reclaim Jace. After Lightning exploded, T.C. In comics, Lady Eve is a ranking member of the evil Kobra Cult who participates in plans to use mind control on high-ranking officials of the US Army for the purpose of stealing a defense program . Gambi holds a gun to Dr. Jace and reminds her of their past, that he spared her life forty years ago. Prior to learning about her heritage, she grew up in the foster system and believed herself to be a metahuman. She refused to do so, both as he made her plenty of money and for fear of ruining the social ecosystem, and so instead suggested he kill Joey Toledo. In one instance, Lynn had to ask for his DNA sample which she secretly used for her 20-minute Green Light. [8], Shortly following, Gambi was led to a crime scene following the death of Ronald Wright, a dealer of Green Light. Gambi creates the costume that enables him to become Black Lightning. Jefferson argued that he originally became Black Lightning to kill Tobias as revenge for murdering his father, Alvin Pierce. After taking out his men, Khalil and Painkiller do a good cop/bad cop technique on anything related to Tobias Whale framing Jefferson Pierce for embezzlement. Following the incident, TC helps Gambi open the briefcase that Lady Eve gave him after she got it from Lala. Dr. Matthew Blair (portrayed by Brandon Hirsch) is a young scientist who assists Lynn in her work with the metahumans in A.S.A. Helga Jace then takes Tobias Whale to where the remaining pod children are. One man starts firing a machine gun, but Gambi's bullet proof windows shield him from sudden death. During a confrontation at one of the warehouses storing the metahuman stasis pods, Martin is briefly attacked by Jennifer and shot by Gambi. When some Markovian soldiers attack, Painkiller breaks free and kills them. Peter Gambi is a former ASA scout who turned his back on his life of crime, he became a tailor like his brother Paul Gambi. [6], Nine years later, working from his tailoring shop, Gambi arrived to find an injured Jefferson in his shop. The Resurrection A wounded Lady Eve gets away and contacts Destiny to have Lala and the remnants of the 100 fight the Markovian invaders. Peter Gambi is introduced right off the bat in Black Lightning #1 as Jefferson Pierce's closest friend. Jefferson, noting that he couldn't forgive him for his prior actions, acknowledged all that Gambi had done for him. After confirming his suspicions and following Tobias Whale's defeat, Odell confronts the Pierce family to tell them that the pods have started to attract the attention of the Markovians as he would like Black Lightning, Thunder, and Lightning to help the A.S.A. See All Credits. When Odell is shot during an A.S.A. Jennifer and Anissa later reconcile and she shows her older sister her online presence and following far exceeds even Black Lightning's. He . Jefferson disagreed, but after his daughters were taken, he returned to Gambi, who unveiled a new vigilante suit for him. Photo: Marvel Comics. It is later revealed that Jefferson's father was a journalist who was killed by Tobias after he wrote an article about him. During the Markovian invasion on Freeland, Erica assists Grayle in the evacuation of the suspected metahumans. Gambi cautiously walked in and immediately came to Jefferson's aide as he laid on the floor unconscious. He later dies in front of Anissa where he then emits some metal-like substance in front of Anissa and Henderson. After recapping that he killed his friend Earl to keep the 100 from killing him, Lala sees Earl's ghost and gets his tattoo on him. Peter Gambi was created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden. Grace Choi (born May 16, 1991 as Shay Li Wylde) is a woman with a troubled past who grew up in the foster system and was apparently born with a shape-shifting meta-human . Gambi later passes his torch to T.C. General Information He served as a spotter for 30 years until he was replaced by Kara Fowdy. See Photos. Log In. rescued him. She manages to perfect them when she finally confronts Tobias Whale for what he did to Khalil and takes up the name of Lightning. He assisted Sara Grey in pulling suspected metahumans out of houses. Val Seong (portrayed by Helen Joo Lee) is Tobias Whale's lawyer who has ALS and a meta-gene that grants her power-negating abilities. Red (portrayed by Matt Roszak) is a man with magnetic abilities who becomes Tobias Whale's latest minion. Then he used his mental abilities to stop the group from evacuating. She finds her mother who has turned the tide on Yuri Mosin and helps to evacuate her. After being hit by the anti-boost serum shot by Lynn, Black Lightning defeated Gravedigger. He used his talents when fighting Nazi soldiers. 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During the Markovian invasion of Freeland, Jamillah was shot by a Markovian soldier while broadcasting about the attack. After working in the lab, Lynn informs Jefferson that his DNA and Gravedigger's DNA are a match meaning that they are related. Unknown to him, she recorded the entire exchange, which leads to his arrest at the hands of Inspector Henderson and eventual death at the hands of Tobias Whale. Years later, Lynn and Jefferson begin to get close again, giving Jeff hope of reconciliation before their daughters are kidnapped and he is forced to use his powers for the first time in years to save them, although he promises Lynn that it would be a one-time deal. He later helped Jefferson to create a detour route for Reverend Holt's march, sending them on a route that Jefferson could easily watch over the crowd safely from a high vantage point. Brandon revealed to Jennifer that he came to Markovia to look for Helga Jace who was responsible for killing his mother. Kiesha Henderson (portrayed by Kyanna Simone Simpson[5]) is Henderson's daughter and Jennifer's best friend, who encourages Jennifer to challenge her perfect image.[6]. Due to him hearing a lot of current technology speaking after being freed, Baron took residence at an old radio station where he met Peter Gambi and assisted him and Thunder in getting Jamillah's message to outside of Freeland. custody for being a suspected metahuman. Figuring out that the A.S.A. Gambi later plans to officiate the engagement of Anissa and Grace. Peter Gabriel has had encounters with Fracesca Gonshaw (1992) and Laurie Anderson. Paul Gambi last edited by Darkside_of_the_Sun on 01/02/19 05:11PM View full history Origin Presumably born in Central City and brought up alongside his brother Peter . Anissa does not immediately realize that she is a metahuman and continues to briefly go on with life, believing it to have been an "accident". Shortly after, Gambi led Jefferson and Anissa through Freeland City Morgue. Peter Gambi; Season 3; Fluff; post 3x05 i think; some jefferson bashing; because hes been helllla outta pocket lately; Summary. Fantastic Negrito cameos as a hologram version of himself in Philky's bar. Alex is also the daughter of Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers, the ex-fiance of Maggie Sawyer, and the girlfriend and later wife of Kelly Olsen. She determines that she has enhanced strength and density when taking deep breaths that she can activate and deactivate at will by controlling her breathing. Tobias makes his way to Nurse Michael Allen's house where he has killed his dad and spared his mom. In season two, Lala is put together again through an unknown method by a man named Lazarus Prime. Briefly copying Erica's powers, Lynn kills Commander Williams in self-defense. The next morning, Anissa confesses the truth about her and their father being metahumans and that she is the crime fighting Thunder. Lynn started to surrender to Gravedigger due to him being immune to other mind-control attacks only for Black Lightning to catch up to them and shock Gravedigger into submission. In The Resurrection, Khalil was mentioned by Jennifer as she lied to her sister about him throwing a party. Human Gambi told him how Freeland needed him and asked what he would do next. At the start of the series, she is bailed out of jail by her sister and father due to her joining a protest against the 100 that turns violent. Following his wife's death, Herbert received an envelope of money from Henderson that his wife had saved for him. Jefferson told him that he wasn't protecting the city, but only wanted to protect his daughters. He is an occult detective who starred as the titular main protagonist in his own show, Constantine, a minor character in Season 4 of Arrow, a major character in the crossover event, Crisis on Infinite Earths and a former main character in DC's Legends of Tomorrow, serving as a supporting protagonist in Season 3, the main deuteragonist in .