Black Lightning looks into Marvels future

In Justice League of America #173 the JLA asked Black Lightning to join their team and he turned them down. In looking back on that issue the two panels above show BL talking to Inspector Henderson of the Metropolis Police Department. In those two panels they discuss the vigilante law that may go into effect. Black Lightning isn't worried because that would stop Superman as well and he knows Metropolis won't let that happen. In a way this DC comic from 1979 sees into the future what would happen at Marvel with their Civil War Mini-series. Having the heros register and unmasking was a way to curb their vigilante ways. It was just what I thought of when I recently read this book.