IT'S DC UNIVERSE VS ZOMBIES SHOWDOWN!!! Not bad at all and Ivan Reis amazing hyperdetailed artworks are just over the top, but my knowledge about DC characters is still too much flawed to fully appreciate this event basing its roots on several past events that I've not read about like main villain past appearances and the (temporary, of course) demises of iconic characters like Batman, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter and something like a thousand of heroes/villain I've never heard of... Lu

I liked it, but the last couple issues were hard to get through, because -- as other reviews have already said -- things quickly turn into an ordinary slugfest without any real plot. Sure, it was cool to see Lex Luthor with a ring, but what did it do to develop the story? Nothing. Same with Superman and Wonder Woman and all the rest. Guess what I am saying is this should have been even better than it was.

The truly epic Johns led space opera sees the entirety of the Green Lantern continuity combine with the entirety of Crisis continuity to see the coming of the Black Lanterns and the evil they bring… and the uniting of the seven Lanterns and DC Universe heroes to combat them, with a shocker of a shocker finale! 7 out of 12

A bunch of people were talking about how much they enjoyed this story, and Green Lantern is one of the very few comics I used to read and enjoy as a kid (though very briefly). So I decided to try it out.Maybe it's the fact that I don't read many mainstream superhero comics, so I have trouble following these big crossover events where everyone and their 30 years of dramatic baggage is brought into the spotlight. I don't know who so-and-so's dead girlfriend was 10 years ago. I didn't read that sto...

I'm sure I'll annoy Green Lantern fans everywhere by saying I don't honestly see what the big deal about this cross-over event is.I should probably preface that by saying that I'm more a Marvel than a DC reader, so part of this could be my own natural bias coming into play. And part of it could be that I haven't read every single issue of Green Lantern leading up this storyline, so I could be at a huge loss on picking up the nuances of the tale.That said, I found this storyline tedious and a bit...

MINI REVIEW: in which Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps must save Earth from an undead apocalypse which includes fallen heroes and villains. Impressive artwork and character reveals are good but the plotting of the story goes back and forth at the expense of the over the top action (and we have to read crossovers to “get” the entirety of the tale). Then again, this is Green Lantern. It makes Superman seem mundane in its action sequences.I finally learned what all those different green lante...

No. It is bad. All the build up led to a terrible story. Confused, irrelevant and mixed up.

Reread: 2015And my opinion still hasn't changed...This was probably my favorite event...ever. When I read this for the first time, it blew me away! Not only that, but it solidified me as a Green Lantern junkie forever.Exhibit A:At this point, I don't even know how many GL titles I've read, and I'll be the first to admit that I find very few of them exceptional these days. But.I can't stop. I keep chasing the dragon in the hopes of finding another book that makes me feel the way this one original...

For me, and for I suspect for a lot of readers, The Blackest Night crossover was the perfect culmination of everything that was going on in the DC Universe in the 2000s. Written by the legendary Geoff Johns--featuring Ivan Reis's gorgeous art in the vein of Alan Davis--in the climax of his Green Lantern run, the brilliant idea of multiple colored corps led up to this event. As Green was will, there was the Yellow of fear, Red of rage, Blue of hope Orange of Avarice, Indigo of love, and Saphire o...

Totally freaking kick-ass.It took a hell of a long time to get through, considering that it is interspersed through a whopping 106 issues of story set-up, main and side action, and the epic fight on so many different fronts. One issue here, one issue there meant that I was eagerly checking the list to see when the main action would come back around.I could have cheated and read this and a few of the Black Lantern volumes and ignored the rest, but I'm very pleased to have gone ahead and read them...

>>>before this review...read mine for Blackest Night: Green Lantern....Okay. Confession: I misunderstood the order of the graphic novels and read BN:GL first. Wrong! Don't do that! Like any series, reading it out of order messes it all up.I read all the preludes and buildups first. And while I appreciated the grand setup for the large event coming...i've got to show my crankiness. Specific subtleties aside: every one had the same basic plot = new color in the spectrum revealed, Hal Jordan comes

The dead will rise and the universe will fall! I bought this in its single comic book issues, but I’ve chosen this TPB edition to be able of making a better overall review.This TPB edition contains “Blackest Night” #0-8. Featuring the main story of the “Blackest Night” event.Creative Team:Writer: Geoff JohnsIllustrators: Ivan Reis with Doug Mahnke (in issue #0) DEATH V LIFE: DAWN OF BLACK LANTERNS The Guardians of the Universe were afraid of the Blackest Night, and not only because it was a

Zombie superheroes vs. non-zombie superheroes – that’s basically what Blackest Night is. The storyline entails both sides punching one another until – guess what? – the superheroes win! This is a 300+ page book that really doesn’t explore further than this basic this premise and therefore could’ve been far, far shorter than it was. From the moment the Black Lanterns show up at the start, resurrecting dead superheroes to fight the ones who’re alive, nothing much changes until the book ends. It’s

Easily in my all-time favorite comics. I told myself I was just going to finish part 3 last night and sleep. Then I read parts 4 and 5. Then I gave up and read it before I went to sleep. And let me tell you, it was better than sleep.Geoff Johns really crafted something amazing here. The storytelling was phenomenal and the dialogue was impeccable. Ivan Reis... *slow clap evolves into a disturbing cacophony of congratulation* ... This guy can illustrate. He's one of my favorite artists now. His wo...

Just did not like this at all. Could not follow the plot, which was basically re-animated dead zombie superheroes battling current alive ones. I do not know enough of the DC League of Justice characters and their normal personas to follow who is who, and what animosities exist. The story was presented in a very disjointed and non-linear way. SO gGlad to be done so I can read something enjoyable again.

My Blackest Night: A Victim Speaks Out Right back at ya, big guy. And Geoff Johns sucks too.Please excuse the 300-proof hatred; I'm a vitrioholic. And apologies to my GR friends who liked 'Blackest Night'. I feel terrible that you genuinely find this shit entertaining (I'm kidding, of course; it's theoretically possible that people who deliberately baptize themselves in the Hulk-piss Kool-Aid of Spandex-wearing cosmic super-douchebags Hal Jordan & Kyle Rayner, it all makes perfect sense.Even

After reading the meandering and disappointing Countdown to Final Crisis and confusing and disappointing Final Crisis, it was so, so nice to read a DC crossover that delivers. If you haven't been keeping up on the new spectrum of Lanterns, I'd suggest reading Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps first. So, where does Blackest Night succeed where Countdown and Final Crisis didn't? Unlike Countdown, Blackest Night has a tight, focused story that, while epic in scope, doesn't wander from what's reall...

Here it is, the culmination of everything that Geoff Johns has been doing in his groundbreaking Green Lantern run. And it's so epic that it affects more than just the Green Lantern stories, it becomes a major DC Comics event that rocks the entire universe! As prophesied, the rise of the different colors of the emotional spectrum and the ensuing conflict between them has stirred Nekron, the embodiment of death. He begins to re-animate the dead across the universe to join the "Black Lanterns" in a...

Other Useful Reviews: Sam Quixote's review Book Info: This collection contains Blackest Night issues #0-8.ABSOLUTE RATING: {2/5 stars}STANDARDIZED RATING: <2/5 stars>In Blackest Night, Black Hand – under the orders of his dark lord Nekron – sets out to spread his infectious Black Lantern rings throughout all of existence. Starting on Earth, the power rings are used to reanimate some of the planet's greatest heroes. Feeding off their feelings of guilt, anger, and fear, the power source of the...

I'm not a comic book fan. Let me just say that up front. I am not normally so interested in any comic book series and I am quite sure I'm the least qualified person on earth to say anything about this title or any comic book on the planet. And most comic book readers are quite geeky about it so I wouldn't want to step on anyone's toes by pretending I'm an expert. However, allow me to say this: Geoff Johns, I'm a fan.I read the Blackest Night series after a colleague recommended it to me. She sai...