I can't let you take me, Superman. There's just too much at stake. Take a good look at what goes on down there! The streets I grew up in have become infected with a vicious human cancer called The 100-- And it's malignant as hell! Every day that disease eats away at our city... At another part of our souls. They're all down there-- Pushers and pimps and vermin of every size and shape. And you can't stop them, Superman. They see you coming and they just crawl right back into the gutters until you pass. It takes someone like me to fight them: someone who fights them where they're strongest. In the gutters. But I'm no killer, Superman-- And maybe that's the only thing that makes me better than the scum I fight. 
- — Black Lightning
Black Lightning #5 is an issue of the series Black Lightning (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 1977.
Synopsis for "Nobody Beats a Superman"
Black Lightning and Superman patch up their difficulties and take on the Cyclotronic Man after the Man of Steel becomes convinced that his new friend is not guilty of murder.
Appearing in "Nobody Beats a Superman"
Featured Characters:
- Black Lightning (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Superman
- Jimmy Olsen (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- The 100
- Cyclotronic Man (Flashback and main story)
- Merlyn (Flashback only)
- Joey Toledo (Flashback only)
- Syonide (Behind the scenes)
- Andy
Other Characters:
- Metropolis Police Department
- Nurse Swyrinsky
- Doctor Miles Randall
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