Dates
- Cover date
- January 2010
- On sale
- November 11, 2009
- In stores
- November 11, 2009
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #42 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition (original)
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 76194124955104211
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098932424442
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Story arc: Blackest Night
This is part 33 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
pencils: Patrick Gleason, Philip Taninks: Rebecca Buchman, Tom Nguyencolors: Randy Mayor, Gabe Eltaebscript: Peter J. Tomasi, Dan DiDioletters: Steve Wands
Stories
- Hungry Heart · 24 pages
Kyle sacrifices himself to save his fellow Lanterns and take out a number of Black Lanterns.
Publisher’s description
The Green Lanterns' epic fight to preserve Oa and the Central Power Battery from being consumed by the Black Lanterns continues. While the Corps faces the most desperate moment in its entire history, a new threat materializes that will shake them to their very souls.
Characters
Guy GardnerGreen Lantern
Reprinted in
Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps (2010), Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps (2011)