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Teuthida · 02-15-2010, 05:13 PM

Heh, I only found out about the twitter account last week. Welcome to the board.

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I think one could enjoy BN from just reading the mini, but you need to read the other Green Lantern books to make full sense of it.

I don't remember everything as well as I could but here goes.

1) They're attacking because Black Hand along with Scar (I forgot the deal with her, need to look it up) brought about the Black Lanterns. You read GL 43 so you know BH's messed up story. Johns also retconned Black Hand's origin with Green Lantern Secret Origin to tie him into the mythos more. There was always a prophecy about this "Blackest Night" too and the war of color which goes all the way back to Alan Moore in the 80s.

3) Yeah, the Indigo tribe is pretty deus ex machina. Another one of them showed up in GL (Corps?) in the same way. Drawn to compassion?

5) This lost me too. Wanted a game changer and since was using Bruce's skull as the source of the rings anyway, I guess having a full body would make them more powerful when spewed out. Nekron said his name in quotes and if you read the last Batman and Robin... appears that's not Bruce's body after all but a clone...I think.

6) Who knows? If the prey the ring is after disappears does it become inert? Should have probably went looking for someone else when Barry and Hal disappeared.

Don't have to be a GL to kill them. Dove killed a bunch. That still needs to be explained. BN is more of a Justice League book than a Green Lantern book even though the threat is ring related.

I like that Barry, Mera, and Ray were used. Barry just came back from the dead so this is his first major story after that. Shall be getting his own book very soon. The other two might be getting set up for something too. Ray (or at least his wife) was the major catalyst for DC's dark turn in 2005 (what that it? that's when I got back into comics) and it's about time he confronted that. Mera...well, I'm don't know too much about Aquaman.

Completely agree with you on the baddies.

I look at Blackest Night as a way to bring dead characters back for future stories. Just know a lot of folks are gonna be brought back after this.

02-15-2010, 05:13 PM	#4
Teuthida A. Naef, 1916b Teuthida is offline Location: Sol 3 Now Playing: with power Posts: 6,460	Re: My problems with Blackest Night Heh, I only found out about the twitter account last week. Welcome to the board. ------- I think one could enjoy BN from just reading the mini, but you need to read the other Green Lantern books to make full sense of it. I don't remember everything as well as I could but here goes. 1) They're attacking because Black Hand along with Scar (I forgot the deal with her, need to look it up) brought about the Black Lanterns. You read GL 43 so you know BH's messed up story. Johns also retconned Black Hand's origin with Green Lantern Secret Origin to tie him into the mythos more. There was always a prophecy about this "Blackest Night" too and the war of color which goes all the way back to Alan Moore in the 80s. 3) Yeah, the Indigo tribe is pretty deus ex machina. Another one of them showed up in GL (Corps?) in the same way. Drawn to compassion? 5) This lost me too. Wanted a game changer and since was using Bruce's skull as the source of the rings anyway, I guess having a full body would make them more powerful when spewed out. Nekron said his name in quotes and if you read the last Batman and Robin... appears that's not Bruce's body after all but a clone...I think. 6) Who knows? If the prey the ring is after disappears does it become inert? Should have probably went looking for someone else when Barry and Hal disappeared. Don't have to be a GL to kill them. Dove killed a bunch. That still needs to be explained. BN is more of a Justice League book than a Green Lantern book even though the threat is ring related. I like that Barry, Mera, and Ray were used. Barry just came back from the dead so this is his first major story after that. Shall be getting his own book very soon. The other two might be getting set up for something too. Ray (or at least his wife) was the major catalyst for DC's dark turn in 2005 (what that it? that's when I got back into comics) and it's about time he confronted that. Mera...well, I'm don't know too much about Aquaman. Completely agree with you on the baddies. I look at Blackest Night as a way to bring dead characters back for future stories. Just know a lot of folks are gonna be brought back after this. __________________ Doodles