Dates
- Cover date
- December 2010
- On sale
- October 13, 2010
- In stores
- October 13, 2010
- Pages
- 60
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Editions and covers (2)
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Story arc: Blackest Night
This is part 92 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
- 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
Publisher’s description
The Book of the Black is pried open once more to reveal the untold horrors that occurred during BLACKEST NIGHT as guided by Sinestro Corps member Lyssa Drak. Be witness as swarms of Black Rings scavenge for souls within the tatters of Ragman! Cringe as Scarecrow bathes in the fear he constructs as a newly minted Sinestro Corpsman! Scream as Donna Troy transforms into a Black Lantern! Squirm as Animal Man literally feels his world--and himself--die! It's the emotional spectrum at its darkest in one special standalone issue!
Reprinted in
Absolute Blackest Night (2013), Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus (2015), Blackest Night Saga (DC Essential Edition) (2019)