Dates
- Cover date
- January 2010
- On sale
- November 25, 2009
- Pages
- 44
Editions and covers (5)
Copies of #5 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 76194128446000512
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098932423705
This edition’s page
Story arc: Blackest Night
This is part 28 of 76. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Blackest Night (2009) #4
- Blackest Night: Titans (2009) #3
- Green Lantern (2005) #47
- Green Lantern Corps (2006) #42
- Adventure Comics (2009) #4 / 507
- Blackest Night (2009) #5
- Green Lantern (2005) #48
- Blackest Night: The Flash (2010) #1
- Blackest Night: Wonder Woman (2010) #1
- Adventure Comics (2009) #5 / 508
- Green Lantern Corps (2006) #43
- Blackest Night: JSA (2010) #1
- Green Lantern (2005) #49
- Blackest Night (2009) #6
- Blackest Night: Wonder Woman (2010) #2
- Suicide Squad (1987) #67
- Weird Western Tales (1972) #71
- Catwoman (2002) #83
- 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
- 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 Lantern Corps (2006) #46
- Green Lantern (2005) #52
- 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
pencils: Ivan Reis, Nicola Scottinks: Oclair Albert, Joe Pradocolors: Alex Sinclairscript: Geoff Johns, Ian Sattlerletters: Nick Napolitano, Steve Wands
Stories
- Blackest Night [Part 5] · 26 pages
Hal Jordan has convened a gathering of Lanterns, one from each color of the spectrum. Barry Allen confronts Nekron on the former site of Coast City where the dead population has been raised. Wally arrives with a crowd of superhero reinforcements. Hal's group joins Barry's, but Nekron transforms the several heroes who have previously returned from the dead into Black Lanterns.
- The Burned in Thoughts of William Hand: Chapter 1, Verse 4 · The Book of the Black · 2 pages
Characters
Clark KentSupermanPrincess DianaWonder WomanHal JordanGreen LanternOliver QueenBarry AllenGreen ArrowThe FlashConner KentSuperboyBart AllenKid FlashTora OlafsdotterIce
Reprinted in
Blackest Night (2010), Blackest Night (2011)