Something for Halloween? Here you go...I admit I have not been able to keep up with every crossover title in DC Comics' "Blackest Night," and it's not because it's been uninteresting.
For those who aren't hip to the Night, it's the event series spun from the Green Lantern side of the story-verse where dead heroes and villains are brought back evil-zombie-style by some dark, terrible force. And they go after old lovers, friends and enemies with the aim of feeding off your emotions (and the beating heart from your chest). These creatures are known as the Black Lanterns.
And while I fully expect to catch up and find out what's going on with the other parts of the series, it would be a little too expensive for me to do that right now.
I have been following one of the spin-off books: "Blackest Night: Superman." In this three-issue series, Superman, Conner Kent (the new Superboy), Supergirl and Martha Kent have to face their own undead demons in Smallville -- Earth-2 Superman, Earth-2 Lois Lane and the Psycho Pirate.
There are some interesting moments that give Blackest Night fans a few clues on the weaknesses of the Black Lanterns. I won't give all of those away but I have to say my favorite moment is in the comic excerpt above where Ma Kent tells zombie Lois to "get off her lawn!"OK, she doesn't exactly say it that way but watching her throw down and not be some helpless victim was cool anyway.
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