Dates
- Cover date
- December 2010
- On sale
- October 13, 2010
- Pages
- 60
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
Story arc: Blackest Night
This is part 66 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: Tyler Kirkham, Patrick Gleason, Ivan Reis, Jason Fabok, Ed Benes, Brett Booth, Ethan Van Sciver, Shane Davisinks: Matt Banning, Sandra Hope, Oclair Albert, Ryan Winn, Ed Benes, Brett Booth, Ethan Van Scivercolors: Nei Ruffino, Brian Buccellato, Rod Reis, Alex Sinclair, Andrew Dalhouse, Ethan Van Sciverscript: Peter J. Tomasi, Geoff Johns, Adam Schlagman, J. T. Krul, Jeremy Love, Ethan Van Sciver, Ian Sattler, J. Michael Straczynskiletters: Steve Wands, Nick Napolitano, Travis Lanham, Rob Clark Jr., John J. Hill
Stories
- Sea of Fear · Untold Tales of Blackest Night · 6 pages
- Deleted Scene from Blackest Night · 2 pages
- Deleted Scene from Blackest Night · 2 pages
The new Rainbow Raiders kill themselves, hoping to be reborn as Black Lanterns. But, since they have no emotional ties to the heroes, they stay in their graves.
- The Evolution of the Species · Untold Tales of Blackest Night; Animal Man · 12 pages
In the battle between Black Lantern and White Lantern, Animal Man falls and rises.
- A Losing Battle · Untold Tales of Blackest Night · 10 pages
Donna Troy struggles to avoid becoming a Black Lantern.
- Blackest Nightmare · Untold Tales of Blackest Night; Scarecrow · 8 pages
Scarecrow is invited to join the Sinestro Corps.
- An Incident on Korugar · Untold Tales of Blackest Night · 6 pages
Reprinted in
Absolute Blackest Night (2013), Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus (2015), Blackest Night Saga (DC Essential Edition) (2019)