Green Lantern: Blackest Night ***SPOILERS***

[marhawkman]

Um, I got a story thing about "Doomsboy". Kinda neat actually. Hehe... New member for Teen Titans!

[AfghanAnt]

Um, I got a story thing about "Doomsboy". Kinda neat actually. Hehe... New member for Teen Titans!

How did you miss it? It was right at the top - http://afghanant.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/green-lantern-43-blackest-night/

[Deaths Jester]

All I know is this...us undead are finally getting our due without all the brain eating involved!   

[marhawkman]

O_O! they're already showing the black version of Ion!?!?!?

[Midnite]

For those buying the first issue. Remember to ask your local comicbook store for the black ring. 

[GhostMachine]

Picked up issue #1 and got the plastic black ring.

[Silver Shocker]

I picked it up today, and I thought it was awesome.

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I really enjoyed the short cameos by other DC characters, including Connor and Bart. The shot of the Rogues was cool, The scenes with the Hawks I found kind of boring until the Black Lanterns showed up, and though the issue was mostly buildup, I thought it was really cool when the action started up. Art was really good, but the female guardians looked like males. I didn't even realize they were women until someone else pointed it out to me.

[tommyboy]

I've read the first issue and my reaction is mostly positive...mostly...
I do have reservations about what could be viewed as yet another late entry to the Zombie bandwagon.
I also think that those opposed to death and extreme violence will not like this series, if the first issues ending is a taste of what to expect.
But, having said that, it's a good read, and seems like a fair attempt to graft a Zombie type story onto the DCU without copping out and saying it's an imaginary alternate universe (waves at Marvel Zombies).
And if you absolutely have to have a Zombie superhero story, it might as well at least pretend to be tied into a larger storyline that fits in with some of the established premises of the universe it's in, rather than just say "heres everyone as zombies, isn't that cool?" (waves at Marvel Zombies).
However, they are several years late to the Zombie party, and this really should have appeared years ago to not feel like a bandwagon-er (waves at Marvel Zombies for at least appearing several years earlier than this).
The art is good, and the story, though a little slow to get going, is genuinely shocking when the action starts, and rather moving. But, I'm sure some will just see what many criticize Johns for, death, violence and a fair amount of moderately angst-y talking.
I enjoyed it. I have no idea what's coming or why, really, and a moderate amount of faith in Johns and co. to get us there.

[murs47]

I liked it. Just thought you all should know....heh. 

[Podmark]

I thought it was great.

[Spe-Dog]

I really dug it.  I'm not sure what to make of the Black Lanterns though.  Obviously not run-of-the mill zombies. Still wanting to know if these are the real souls of the characters reanimating the bodies and forced into service by the ring or if the power behind the rings reanimates them with a semblence of the true personality of the characters just to unnerve the heroes...

[Midnite]

Aquaman and GL#44 preview

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Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #2 Preview

Blackest Night's Future: October 2009

[daglob]

What I think is interesting is that this indicates that, if he had a power ring, The Flash would have a blue one.

Yeah, Superman Blue coming up...

[marhawkman]

Yeah, I bet there'll be a lot more of that soon.

[Zippo]

So, I was looking at IGN's preview for Batman: Blackest Night...

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From the looks of things, the ring animates Deadman's corpse, but his ghost is still out and about completely unaffected by it. This might mean that there isn't actually any of the real person's spirit/mind in the Black lanterns, and they just have access to the memories of the deceased.

As a side note, the cover of Batman: BN seems to indicate that Black Lantern Deadman has deadman's powers (or a varriation). But how would that work, I wonder, if it is his actual physical body? Then again, it might just be cover shenanigans.

[daglob]

Wonder what happens when Jim Corrigan(or whoever is The Specter these days)'s body gets ressurrected. Perhaps Black hand wouldn't like meeting the right hand of the almighty.

[marhawkman]

I concur Zippo. I don't think it really does.

[Midnite]

DAMN YOU GEOFF JOHNS!  

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Kyle is dead 

[Podmark]

DAMN YOU GEOFF JOHNS!  

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Kyle is dead 

Technically Johns didn't write that.

Also:

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He was my favorite

[Glitch Girl]

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Kyle was my favorite too.  That sucks.   

Then again, there's probably going to be some serious resurrectin' goin' on after this event is over.  Not that that helps much...

[Midnite]

DAMN YOU GEOFF JOHNS!  

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Kyle is dead 

Technically Johns didn't write that.

Also:

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He was my favorite

He was planning his death ever since, he brought back Hal.

[lugaru]

I always thought comic fans in general did not like him, but I always considered him one of the best characters for that sort of power, even though writers loved doing awful things to him.

I love making vague statements so I dont have to use spoiler text.

[Tomato]

Y'know, I'm not even sure most fans ever did dislike him, it was more that they disliked what was done with Hal to make way for kyle... not that I'd know, really, because most of my exposure to Hal was post mortem.

It is sort of bizzare though... inevitably when GL discussions come up between my Dad and I, he's the Kyle supporter while I'm more of a fan of Hal. Not that I have anything against Kyle mind, but to me Rebirth and the subsequent issues of GL really made me love the character

[Podmark]

He was planning his death ever since, he brought back Hal.

Has he actually said this? I just find it hard to believe considering

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He brought Hal back years ago and could have Killed Kyle in a number of high profile series he's written including the Sinestro Corps war. Only to let Peter Tomasi kill him off in Green Lantern Corps. Kyle's just barely appeared in Blackest Night.
Also I can't say I'm ready to write Kyle off just yet. A lot of characters have died through Blackest Night and I'm not sure all of them will stay that way.

[Silver Shocker]

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Sad to hear the news. I was always a Kyle fan. I only just now realized something. Kyle can come back as a Black Lantern now can't he?  (haven't read the issue so if that already happened it's news to me.

[Glitch Girl]

C'mon guys, We all know how this is gonna end...  

(Sorry, could NOT resist.)

On a more serious note, I am tending to agree with Podmark on his theory.  There a "whole lotta fixin'" vibe I'm getting for when this event is finally resolved.

[The_Baroness]

I tend to agree with GG's impression.. i think many heroes and villains will come back to life...

[daglob]

I tend to agree with GG's impression.. i think many heroes and villains will come back to life...

Omega Hour?

[AfghanAnt]

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The Batman rose.

[bat1987]

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Yeah, I find it interesting that Nekron called him "Bruce Wayne" (with quotation marks), and that he didnt respond to any of the people calling him Bruce, there were some speculations that it wasnt Bruce`s corpse, and all of this seems to support that fact. BN 6 will probably make it clearer.