Blackest Night
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Blackest Night is a major DC Comics crossover event centered on the Green Lantern mythos, in which dead heroes and villains are resurrected as Black Lanterns to wage a cosmic war fueled by the emotional spectrum.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blackest Night canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4506352 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Blackest Night Context triple: [Green Lantern, hasStoryline, Blackest Night]
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A.
Goodnight Gotham
"Goodnight Gotham" is a high-energy, sample-driven bonus track by Rihanna featured on the deluxe edition of her album "Anti."
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B.
New Earth
New Earth is the renewed, perfected creation in Christian eschatology where the redeemed will dwell eternally in God’s presence.
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C.
Mister Miracle
Mister Miracle is a DC Comics superhero and master escape artist created by Jack Kirby as part of his Fourth World saga.
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D.
Nightwings
Nightwings is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores a far-future, decadent Earth through the story of a watchman tasked with guarding against a long-prophesied alien invasion.
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E.
Black Reign
Black Reign is a critically acclaimed 1993 hip-hop album by Queen Latifah that blends socially conscious lyrics with jazz and R&B influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Blackest Night Target entity description: Blackest Night is a major DC Comics crossover event centered on the Green Lantern mythos, in which dead heroes and villains are resurrected as Black Lanterns to wage a cosmic war fueled by the emotional spectrum.
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A.
Goodnight Gotham
"Goodnight Gotham" is a high-energy, sample-driven bonus track by Rihanna featured on the deluxe edition of her album "Anti."
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B.
New Earth
New Earth is the renewed, perfected creation in Christian eschatology where the redeemed will dwell eternally in God’s presence.
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C.
Mister Miracle
Mister Miracle is a DC Comics superhero and master escape artist created by Jack Kirby as part of his Fourth World saga.
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D.
Nightwings
Nightwings is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores a far-future, decadent Earth through the story of a watchman tasked with guarding against a long-prophesied alien invasion.
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E.
Black Reign
Black Reign is a critically acclaimed 1993 hip-hop album by Queen Latifah that blends socially conscious lyrics with jazz and R&B influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DC Comics storyline
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comic book crossover event ⓘ |
| centralAntagonist |
Black Hand
NERFINISHED
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Nekron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
Black Lantern Corps rings resurrect the dead
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emotional spectrum of the DC Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorist | Alex Sinclair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comicUniverse | DC Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresCharacter |
Aquaman
NERFINISHED
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Barry Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Batman NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Hand NERFINISHED ⓘ Firestorm NERFINISHED ⓘ Hal Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mera NERFINISHED ⓘ Nekron NERFINISHED ⓘ Scar (Guardian of the Universe) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinestro NERFINISHED ⓘ Superman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Atom NERFINISHED ⓘ Wonder Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization |
Black Lantern Corps
NERFINISHED
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Blue Lantern Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Lantern Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigo Tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ Orange Lantern Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Lantern Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinestro Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Sapphire Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTeam |
Green Lantern Corps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Justice League NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice Society of America NERFINISHED ⓘ Teen Titans NERFINISHED ⓘ The Flash Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOnFranchise | Green Lantern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Brightest Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | limited series ⓘ |
| hasCollectedEdition |
Blackest Night (hardcover collection)
NERFINISHED
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Blackest Night (trade paperback collection) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTieIn |
Blackest Night: Batman
NERFINISHED
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Blackest Night: JSA NERFINISHED ⓘ Blackest Night: Superman NERFINISHED ⓘ Blackest Night: The Flash NERFINISHED ⓘ Blackest Night: Titans NERFINISHED ⓘ Blackest Night: Wonder Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Lantern (Blackest Night tie-in issues) NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Lantern Corps (Blackest Night tie-in issues) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact |
led to the Brightest Day follow-up series
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redefined the Green Lantern mythos ⓘ |
| inkers | Oclair Albert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSeriesIssueCount | 8 ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
introduction of White Lantern concept
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temporary deputization of multiple heroes into various Lantern Corps ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Green Lantern (Geoff Johns run) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preceededBy | Sinestro Corps War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryArtist | Ivan Reis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryWriter | Geoff Johns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationEndYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| publicationStartYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| publisher | DC Comics ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional spectrum as cosmic force
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life versus death ⓘ resurrection of dead heroes and villains ⓘ |
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Subject: Blackest Night Description of subject: Blackest Night is a major DC Comics crossover event centered on the Green Lantern mythos, in which dead heroes and villains are resurrected as Black Lanterns to wage a cosmic war fueled by the emotional spectrum.
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