Have you been reading "Blackest Night" or as some like to jokingly call it, "DC Zombies?"Here's the skinny: The Green Lanterns, the space cops who are bastions of courage (willpower) with their GREEN power rings, represent only one aspect of the emotional color spectrum in the universe.
Dramatic circumstances (are there any other kind?) have set in motion the emergence of numerous Lanterns -- especially after the excellent "Sinestro Corps War" series a couple years ago. Now there are Red Lanterns for rage, Blue Lanterns for hope, Sinestro Corps ("Yellow Lanterns") for fear and the most dangerous of them all... Black Lanterns for death.
The BLACK LANTERNS have arrived and they are raising dead heroes and villains to fight against the Green Lantern Corps and destroy everything. In only two issues we have seen the return of several recently deceased characters. And in the first issue some new ones have been recruited to the cause.
That means some characters you know are getting smoked.
Like most event series, this one runs through more than a few DC Comics titles. So far, I've limited myself to only the main "Blackest Night" series. And it may be Green Lantern and there may be a cape or two in there, but this book is not for the little kids.
There are lots of guest stars in this book not seen anywhere in years. And the story comes equipped with the kind of big-ticket suspense I expect from writer Geoff Johns and artists Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert.
"Blackest Night" is playing at a comic store near you.
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