Dates
- Cover date
- February 2010
- On sale
- December 9, 2009
- In stores
- December 9, 2009
- Pages
- 44
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Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #5 / 508 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Newsstand edition
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Story arc: Blackest Night
This is part 44 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
Also part of: The Boy of Steel, He Primed Me
Creators
Stories
- He Primed Me, Part Two: Flame War · 20 pages
Realizing his destiny is controlled by the people at DC, Superboy-Prime tries to leave his fight with the Black Lanterns and take out his frustrations on the DC employees. But Black Lantern Alexander Luthor transports the Black Lanterns and Superboy-Prime to Prime's basement to continue the fight. Prime tries to take possession of one of the Black Lantern rings, but it refuses to let him, exploding in a burst of light and leaving him alone in his basement remembering his love for Laurie. Just then, Laurie arrives and tells Clark that everything will be all right from now on.
- The Boy of Steel · 10 pages
Superboy finds Lori vandalizing a doctor's office and also finds out a little bit more about Lori's life.
Publisher’s description
Concluding the 2-part BLACKEST NIGHT tale of Superboy-Prime! The Black Lanterns have forced Prime to face his deepest and darkest fears, but what--and who--are they? And how will Superboy-Prime strike back after this devastating attack? Plus, Conner Kent faces off with Superman's greatest enemy in an exciting co-feature by Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul. That's right: Superboy confronts Lex Luthor!
Characters
Reprinted in
Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2010), Superboy: The Boy of Steel (2010), Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2011), Superboy: The Boy of Steel (2011)