User blog comment:Dtuck010/Who is The Light's Partner?/@comment-175.143.168.187-20120608203241/@comment-71.56.118.1-20120616223659

No the black kid is Mal Duncan, a different DC hero who has gone by different identities including Guardian, Hornblower, Herald, and Vox. And I don't recall him calling anybody "meat" in this series at all. Cyborg has yet to make an appearance, but I highly doubt he would be the Partner.