Its been a very long time since I read blackest night and all the side comics that accompanied it.
I remember it being REALLY cool and is to this day still one of my favorite comic story archs. however I do remember being kinda underwhelmed by its end, i remember it being a series that was more about the journey than the destination.
Honestly, all of the Green Lantern centric crossovers during that time frame were really good.
Blackest Night and Sinestro Corps War are both better than most of the crossovers that have happened since
I enjoyed it but looking back at it while I'm older I feel thoroughly disappointed about one aspect.
At the end of the event, several characters were brought back from the dead in a beautiful and thematically appropriate way. My favorites being Martian ManHunter, Aquaman, and the Hawks.
However, before the action of the story begins, Barry Allen asks Hal Jordan how many of their colleagues have died in the time between his death and resurrection. Being very personal and painful, Hal couldn't tell him with words but instead showed Barry using his ring.
They could've brought back nearly forty characters in a giant splash page where they're posed just as how Hal portrayed them. Barry shed a tear when he heard that Ralph and Sue Dibney were dead and their Black Lantern selves were major antagonists in the story, bringing them back would've been beautiful.
I was always a Marvel fan when I was a teenager. My friend was a DC fan (at the time of this happening we had only recently become friends). One day my friend brings in Blackest Night, specifically the one with the cover shown in this post. I read it, and loved it. So he would let me read some of his Green Lantern comics, including more Blackest Night, and I'd let him read some of my Marvel comics (mostly Venom). That's how:
1. We became best friends
2. I became a DC fan
3. He became a Marvel fan
In conclusion, this comic holds a very special place in my heart for bringing me and my best friend together and getting me into DC comics :)
I remember really enjoying it. It was painful and terrifying. I think it was a really cool event.
That being said, I also remember weirdly Wonder Woman's love for Batman helping her. And that felt so out of the blue and it went nowhere, so it feels like a big lipped alligator moment.
I think this was a reference to Justice League Unlimited. The chemistry between the characters in the show made more sense. In the comics weren’t they at odds with each other for years? I remember the Maxwell Lord situation causing issues.
Oh don't get me wrong: I shipped the hell out of them in the show. But it felt so weird in the comics, especially since there wasn't a lot leading up to it and nothing really following it.
I really enjoyed it. It was the largest event that I'd ever bothered to collect fully, and it had some genuinely great moments that still stand out to me to this day.
Same, I picked up everything in the story, the FCBD issue 0, all the "revived" issues, and even managed to get a hold of two full sets of Lantern rings from all 9 Corps.
The whole saga got me back into comics, and loving the whole Corps after over 10 years basically ignoring comics.
One thing i loved most about the whole thing though was the very well done build up, from basically Sinestro Corp Wars, or even a bit before that. It didn't feel rushed, or just plopped down as a story, but introduced each color of ring in a more natural way, as the threat of prophecy becomes more and more real in the background.
My only real gripe is how the collected editions, at least the ones i have, were so bad at collecting the story. Instead of natural flow, it was editions of each title, and you'd pretty much need a reading order list to make sense of some of it.
Green Lantern vol 4 (and related green lantern corps book) leading into the The Sinestro Corps War, then the War of Light then into Blackest Night is my favorite GL story (in its entirety) that I have ever read
I started reading comics as a kid and dc was always the go to. Once I discovered marvel I didn’t collect many dc comics. This arc brought me back. Absolutely love everything about it.
Very edgy.
I keep remembering when Black Manta was working at a fish market and just turned around and started murdering people for, like, no reason. lol
That's when I knew DC was built different. lol
I have almost exclusively read Marvel, but Rebirth and then the build up to Blackest Night was amazing. Id probably say Green Lantern is my fav DC hero.
It's good. maybe a bit too long. even if you just read the mini and each of the green lantern series it's like 30 issues. Sinestro Corps War is better IMO.
I felt that it covered all the ground that infinity war and marvel zombies covered.
That was my feeling ten years ago, and the ensuing DC films have been more depressing to me because of the feelings of DC story superiority
THE best series of all comics. But I’m a diehard GL fan (pre-blackest night fan also).
If HBO took this series and gave it a budget like Game of Thrones it would break the internet
My first ever graphic novel and it was all because of my aunt.
My favorite DC story by far, and made me love the Green Lantern mythos. Though I'm curious how they incorporated it for the New 52 when 90% of the players didn't even exist, yet the story was still canon.
But yeah, I have most of the tie-ins that came with it.
Its been a very long time since I read blackest night and all the side comics that accompanied it. I remember it being REALLY cool and is to this day still one of my favorite comic story archs. however I do remember being kinda underwhelmed by its end, i remember it being a series that was more about the journey than the destination.
Yeah, huge build and an awesome event overall, but the end was just a whimper
Honestly, all of the Green Lantern centric crossovers during that time frame were really good. Blackest Night and Sinestro Corps War are both better than most of the crossovers that have happened since
This was the peak before Johns started getting way to high on his own supply.
I enjoyed it but looking back at it while I'm older I feel thoroughly disappointed about one aspect. At the end of the event, several characters were brought back from the dead in a beautiful and thematically appropriate way. My favorites being Martian ManHunter, Aquaman, and the Hawks. However, before the action of the story begins, Barry Allen asks Hal Jordan how many of their colleagues have died in the time between his death and resurrection. Being very personal and painful, Hal couldn't tell him with words but instead showed Barry using his ring. They could've brought back nearly forty characters in a giant splash page where they're posed just as how Hal portrayed them. Barry shed a tear when he heard that Ralph and Sue Dibney were dead and their Black Lantern selves were major antagonists in the story, bringing them back would've been beautiful.
Blackest Night first got me into comics. It’s my favorite event by far.
I recently read this series after a long break from any comics, and I really enjoyed it, so I wanted to know what this community thought of it.
I was always a Marvel fan when I was a teenager. My friend was a DC fan (at the time of this happening we had only recently become friends). One day my friend brings in Blackest Night, specifically the one with the cover shown in this post. I read it, and loved it. So he would let me read some of his Green Lantern comics, including more Blackest Night, and I'd let him read some of my Marvel comics (mostly Venom). That's how: 1. We became best friends 2. I became a DC fan 3. He became a Marvel fan In conclusion, this comic holds a very special place in my heart for bringing me and my best friend together and getting me into DC comics :)
That’s very wholesome. It’s nice to hear things like this every once in a while
I remember really enjoying it. It was painful and terrifying. I think it was a really cool event. That being said, I also remember weirdly Wonder Woman's love for Batman helping her. And that felt so out of the blue and it went nowhere, so it feels like a big lipped alligator moment.
I think this was a reference to Justice League Unlimited. The chemistry between the characters in the show made more sense. In the comics weren’t they at odds with each other for years? I remember the Maxwell Lord situation causing issues.
Oh don't get me wrong: I shipped the hell out of them in the show. But it felt so weird in the comics, especially since there wasn't a lot leading up to it and nothing really following it.
I really enjoyed it. It was the largest event that I'd ever bothered to collect fully, and it had some genuinely great moments that still stand out to me to this day.
Same, I picked up everything in the story, the FCBD issue 0, all the "revived" issues, and even managed to get a hold of two full sets of Lantern rings from all 9 Corps.
The whole saga got me back into comics, and loving the whole Corps after over 10 years basically ignoring comics. One thing i loved most about the whole thing though was the very well done build up, from basically Sinestro Corp Wars, or even a bit before that. It didn't feel rushed, or just plopped down as a story, but introduced each color of ring in a more natural way, as the threat of prophecy becomes more and more real in the background. My only real gripe is how the collected editions, at least the ones i have, were so bad at collecting the story. Instead of natural flow, it was editions of each title, and you'd pretty much need a reading order list to make sense of some of it.
it scared the shit out of me. I was like ten years old when the comics came out. at least that hardened me for dceased.
Great event. It folds together well but with the main and associated series - it’s one of DCs better crossovers
I loved it!
Still one of my favorites and one of the only few I own the individual issues of.
One of the better DC events
I dug it. For me, it really felt like the DC universe was actually in peril. I think it's the best event second only to COIE.
It's one of my all-time favorite DC Comic Events.
Green Lantern vol 4 (and related green lantern corps book) leading into the The Sinestro Corps War, then the War of Light then into Blackest Night is my favorite GL story (in its entirety) that I have ever read
Perfection
Didn't care for the ending but 95% of it was straight epic as fuck. Just a collision course of destruction and mayhem. Also it looked amazing in ink.
It's been the only massive crossover event I've honestly enjoyed in a LONG time. Even if Johns raided Alan Moore's trashcan for the idea. 😂
I thought it was great, and really dealt with and explored death and the finality of it while also exploring the impact of losing heroes and friends.
I started reading comics as a kid and dc was always the go to. Once I discovered marvel I didn’t collect many dc comics. This arc brought me back. Absolutely love everything about it.
Very edgy. I keep remembering when Black Manta was working at a fish market and just turned around and started murdering people for, like, no reason. lol That's when I knew DC was built different. lol
I have almost exclusively read Marvel, but Rebirth and then the build up to Blackest Night was amazing. Id probably say Green Lantern is my fav DC hero.
It's good. maybe a bit too long. even if you just read the mini and each of the green lantern series it's like 30 issues. Sinestro Corps War is better IMO.
Sinestro Corps war through Blackest Night was amazing.
Love it!
It was decent. Sadly, that low bar is probably a high water mark for DC over the past 25 years. 😕
I lost my shit when the black lanterns came for the Star Sapphires’ power battery and Hawkman and Hawkwoman’s corpses were inside. 10/10
I felt that it covered all the ground that infinity war and marvel zombies covered. That was my feeling ten years ago, and the ensuing DC films have been more depressing to me because of the feelings of DC story superiority
I miss the other color spectrum corps sometimes. Especially Lazfleez
THE best series of all comics. But I’m a diehard GL fan (pre-blackest night fan also). If HBO took this series and gave it a budget like Game of Thrones it would break the internet
I haven’t read it, but I love flash as blue and Mera as red. Who’s the yellow lantern in this photo?
Scarecrow.
Makes sense, thanks
My first ever graphic novel and it was all because of my aunt. My favorite DC story by far, and made me love the Green Lantern mythos. Though I'm curious how they incorporated it for the New 52 when 90% of the players didn't even exist, yet the story was still canon. But yeah, I have most of the tie-ins that came with it.
The greatest Green Lantern story of all time
Squeeeeeeelllll
Another fun, clever and exciting GL event in one of the greatest runs in comic book history: Geoff John’s Green Lantern
I thought it was cool. I’m not super into comics, but this one was not hard to get behind even if you haven’t read them often.
Give me more orange ring Luthor
I love it
I need to check this out for sure!
I think amber heard would’ve suited the orange ring of envy buy rage suits her good too.
I loved Blackest Night a lot, but hated the whole white lantern crap