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*Green Lantern: The Blackest Night*
Green Lantern: The Blackest Night
	Teaser for The Blackest Night in the back page of Green Lantern (vol. 4) #25.; Art by Ethan Van Sciver.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Standard U.S., 4 color.
Publication date	Summer 2009
Main character(s)	Green Lantern Corps; Hal Jordan; Sinestro Corps; Sinestro
Creative team
Written by	Geoff Johns
Penciller(s)	Ethan Van Sciver (involved)

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Green Lantern: The Blackest Night is an upcoming event in the monthly Green Lantern titles scheduled for Summer 2009. It has been alluded to in most issues of the monthly Lantern title, and was unveiled as the next Lantern event at the conclusion of the Sinestro Corps War.

Allusions

Other Corps will rise. They will go to war.

And the Blackest Night will descend upon us all.
— Sinestro, reciting The Blackest Night

At the conclusion of the Sinestro Corps War, the Anti-Monitor was transported to an unspecified location. He is recognized by a dark voice that bids him rise. Too weak to resist or escape, he is engulfed by a black power battery.

The teaser continued to proclaim that "...the armies of fear and willpower must come together, because across the Universe, the dead will rise."

A rotted hand was shown coming out of the ground, with a black ring on it's finger. The logo on the ring was the insignia of Lantern villain Black Hand.

In Green Lantern #28, after the Guardians of the Universe authorized lethal force against all of the Corps' enemies, Sinestro told Hal Jordan that "...they don't yet realize that instead of trying to prevent the prophecy, they should be preparing for it." He also predicted that when the Guardians realize that they can do nothing to prevent it, they will panic.

Jordan believes that Sinestro caused these events with the intent of making the Green Lantern Corps the rulers of the universe, as he was on his homeworld of Korugar. Sinestro himself has confirmed this in direct conversation with Jordan.

This issue also saw the beginning of the orange power being harnessed, which (as revealed in Green Lantern #25) is the emotional power of avarice. The Controllers, one-time rivals to the Guardians, seek this power out in an attempt to control the Lantern Corps.

Facts from Creators

Both Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver have stated that The Blackest Night will be the third part of a Green Lantern trilogy that began with Rebirth and continued with the Sinestro Corps War.^[1] In an interview with IGN, Johns stated that he has the monthly Green Lantern book plotted up until issue #55, which (presuming there are little or no delays in the book) would come out in August of 2009.^[2]

More details for the event will be in the upcoming DC Universe #0, which sets the stage for most of the DCU line in 2008-2009.^[3]

References

^ Rogers, Vaneta (2007-12-13). "Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) - Geoff Johns on Green Lantern #25". Newsarama. Retrieved 2008-03-04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Geoff Johns IGN Interview
^ DC Nation Panel at Wondercon '08

[Finale_Newsarama-1] Rogers, Vaneta (2007-12-13). "Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) - Geoff Johns on Green Lantern #25". Newsarama. Retrieved 2008-03-04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[2] Geoff Johns IGN Interview

[3] DC Nation Panel at Wondercon '08

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 ==Allusions==
 {{cquote|''
+:''Other Corps will rise. They will go to war.''<br>
-:''A face of metal and flesh shall speak of the secrets of [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|the 52]]. Fear will rise. Willpower will gather.''<br>
-''And a war of light will unleash the truth behind the power of [[Power ring (weapon)|the ring]].''<br>
+''And the Blackest Night will descend upon us all.''<br>
-|||[[Guardians of the Universe|Guardian]] [[Sayd]], reciting ''The Blackest Night''}}
+|||[[Sinestro]], reciting ''The Blackest Night''}}
 At the conclusion of the ''[[Sinestro Corps War]]'', the [[Anti-Monitor]] was transported to an unspecified location. He is recognized by a dark voice that bids him rise. Too weak to resist or escape, he is engulfed by a black power battery.
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 A rotted hand was shown coming out of the ground, with a black ring on it's finger. The logo on the ring was the insignia of Lantern villain [[Black Hand]].
+In ''Green Lantern'' #28, after the [[Guardians of the Universe]] authorized lethal force against all of the Corps' enemies, [[Sinestro]] told Hal Jordan that "...they don't yet realize that instead of trying to '''prevent''' the prophecy, they should be '''preparing''' for it." He also predicted that when the Guardians realize that they can do nothing to prevent it, they will panic.
+Jordan believes that Sinestro caused these events with the intent of making the Green Lantern Corps the rulers of the universe, as he was on his homeworld of Korugar. Sinestro himself has confirmed this in direct conversation with Jordan.
+This issue also saw the beginning of the orange power being harnessed, which (as revealed in ''Green Lantern'' #25) is the emotional power of avarice. The Controllers, one-time rivals to the Guardians, seek this power out in an attempt to control the Lantern Corps.
 ==Facts from Creators==