Dates
- Cover date
- September 2009
- On sale
- July 15, 2009
- In stores
- July 15, 2009
- Pages
- 52
Values
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Editions and covers (8)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Diamond Retailer Summit CoverThis edition’s page
- 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 76194128446000112
This edition’s page - 3rd printing
Third Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 76194128446000113
This edition’s page - 4th printing
Fourth Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 76194128446000114
This edition’s page 
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Story arc: Blackest Night
This is part 4 of 102. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Green Lantern #39
- Blackest Night [Free Comic Book Day Edition] (2009) #0
- Green Lantern (2005) #43
- Blackest Night (2009) #1
- Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2009) #1
- Titans #15
- Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2009) #2
- Green Lantern (2005) #44
- Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2009) #3
- Blackest Night (2009) #2
- Blackest Night: Batman (2009) #1
- Green Lantern Corps (2006) #39
- Blackest Night: Superman (2009) #1
- Blackest Night: Titans (2009) #1
- Green Lantern (2005) #45
- Solomon Grundy #7
- Blackest Night: Batman (2009) #2
- Green Lantern Corps (2006) #40
- Blackest Night (2009) #3
- Blackest Night: Superman (2009) #2
- Blackest Night: Titans (2009) #2
- Green Lantern (2005) #46
- Blackest Night: Batman (2009) #3
- Green Lantern Corps (2006) #41
- Blackest Night: Superman (2009) #3
- Justice League of America #38
- The Outsiders #23
- Blackest Night (2009) #4
- Blackest Night: Titans (2009) #3
- Green Lantern (2005) #47
- Doom Patrol #4
- Booster Gold #26
- Green Lantern Corps (2006) #42
- R.E.B.E.L.S. #10
- Adventure Comics (2009) #4 / 507
- Superman / Batman #66
- The Outsiders #24
- Blackest Night (2009) #5
- Green Lantern (2005) #48
- Justice League of America #39
- Teen Titans #77
- Blackest Night: The Flash (2010) #1
- Blackest Night: Wonder Woman (2010) #1
- Adventure Comics (2009) #5 / 508
- Booster Gold #27
- Doom Patrol #5
- R.E.B.E.L.S. #11
- Green Lantern Corps (2006) #43
- Justice League of America #40
- Superman / Batman #67
- The Outsiders #25
- Blackest Night: JSA (2010) #1
- Green Lantern (2005) #49
- Teen Titans #78
- Blackest Night (2009) #6
- Blackest Night: Wonder Woman (2010) #2
- Suicide Squad (1987) #67
- Weird Western Tales (1972) #71
- Catwoman (2002) #83
- R.E.B.E.L.S. #12
- Secret Six #17
- The Power of SHAZAM! (1995) #48
- Blackest Night: The Flash (2010) #2
- Green Lantern Corps (2006) #44
- Starman (1994) #81
- The Phantom Stranger (1969) #42
- Blackest Night: JSA (2010) #2
- Green Lantern (2005) #50
- The Atom & Hawkman (1968) #46
- The Question (1987) #37
- Blackest Night: Wonder Woman (2010) #3
- Adventure Comics (2009) #7 / 510
- Secret Six #18
- Blackest Night: The Flash (2010) #3
- Green Lantern (2005) #51
- Green Lantern Corps (2006) #45
- Blackest Night (2009) #7
- Blackest Night: JSA (2010) #3
- Green Arrow #30
- Green Lantern Corps (2006) #46
- Green Lantern (2005) #52
- Blackest Night #8
- Green Lantern Corps #47
- Action Comics #890
- Blackest Night (2010) #nn
- Blackest Night: Green Lantern (2010) #nn
- Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps (2010) #nn
- Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps (2010) #1
- Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps (2010) #2
- Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns (2010) #nn
- Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2010) #nn
- Untold Tales of Blackest Night (2010) #1
- Blackest Night (2011) #nn
- Blackest Night: Green Lantern (2011) #nn
- Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps (2011) #nn
- Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps (2011) #1
- Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps (2011) #2
- Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns (2011) #nn
- Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2011) #nn
- Absolute Blackest Night (2013) #nn
- Blackest Night Saga (DC Essential Edition) (2019) #nn
- Dollar Comics: Blackest Night 1 (2020) #nn
Creators
Stories
- Blackest Night [Part 1] · 40 pages
On a day when the world honors all the heroes who have died, a sinister force is bringing the dead heroes and villains back to life as zombies.
Publisher’s description
Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis raise the dead in the most anticipated comics story of the year! Throughout the decades, death has plagued the DC Universe and taken the lives of heroes and villains alike. But to what end? As the War of Light rages on, the prophecy of the Blackest Night descends upon us, with Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps at the center of it all.
Reprinted in
Blackest Night (2010), Blackest Night (2011), Absolute Blackest Night (2013), Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus (2015), Blackest Night Saga (DC Essential Edition) (2019), Tales from the DC Dark Multiverse (2020), Dollar Comics: Blackest Night 1 (2020), Tales from the DC Dark Multiverse (2021)