Black Lightning made a number of guest appearances in various titles over the next few years, including a string of issues of "World's Finest Comics" written by O'Neil, then shifted to "Detective Comics" and a two-part story in "Justice League of America" in which he declined an offer of membership. In 1983, with his powers restored, he regularly appeared again as a member of Batman's spinoff superhero team, the Outsiders. When "The Outsiders" ended, he returned to making occasional guest appearances.