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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf DC Comics storyline
comic book crossover event
centralAntagonist Black Hand NERFINISHED
Nekron NERFINISHED
centralConcept Black Lantern Corps rings resurrect the dead
emotional spectrum of the DC Universe NERFINISHED
colorist Alex Sinclair NERFINISHED
comicUniverse DC Universe NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Aquaman NERFINISHED
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
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
Blackest Night (trade paperback collection) NERFINISHED
hasTieIn Blackest Night: Batman NERFINISHED
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
redefined the Green Lantern mythos
inkers Oclair Albert NERFINISHED
language English
mainSeriesIssueCount 8
notableEvent introduction of White Lantern concept
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
life versus death
resurrection of dead heroes and villains

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Mera appearsIn Blackest Night
Green Lantern hasStoryline Blackest Night
Geoff Johns notableWork Blackest Night