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Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns Kindle & comiXology

by Geoff Johns (Author), Greg Rucka (Author), Peter J. Tomasi (Author), Format: Kindle Edition
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This essential BLACKEST NIGHT tie-in title written by event architect, Geoff Johns along with collaborator James Robinson, Peter J. Tomasi and others, is an essential part of the Blackest Night storyline. Eight classic titles from DC's past return for stories featuring characters from their original runs, dealing with the events unfolding in the DC Universe which show the amazing reach of this mega-crossover event. Includes POWER OF SHAZAM! #48, CATWOMAN #83, SUICIDE SQUAD #67, QUESTION #37, PHANTOM STRANGER #42, WEIRD WESTERN TALES #71, ATOM AND HAWKMAN #46, STARMAN #81.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0064W67NW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ DC (September 11, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 11, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 847029 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 242 pages
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Geoff Johns

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Geoff Johns is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling writer, film and television producer, showrunner, and entrepreneur known for re-imagining superheroes and other iconic mythologies, past and present. Johns is best known for his work on properties such as Green Lantern, Aquaman, The Flash, Superman, Batman, Justice Society of America, and most recently, the creator-owned hit series Geiger, currently being adapted for television at Paramount.

Since the beginning of his creative career, Johns' hallmark has been writing heroic and inclusive characters, including teenage hero Courtney Whitmore aka Stargirl, inspired by his real-life late sister; the Shazam Family, which he re-imagined into a diverse modern family of today; and the first Arab-American Green Lantern, Simon Baz, as well as the explosive multi-colored Lantern mythology that defined his decade-long bestselling Green Lantern run, among many, many others.

Johns’ most recognized work in television is the critically acclaimed Stargirl series which he created and ran. Some of his film credits include Wonder Woman (executive producer), Wonder Woman 1984 (also co-writer), Aquaman (also story) and Shazam! (executive producer), based on his graphic novel with longtime collaborator and modern legendary artist Gary Frank.

In 2023, Johns co-founded Ghost Machine, the first-of-its-kind creator-owned company. This groundbreaking collective includes some of the industry’s most legendary writers and artists, disrupting the old industry model by giving ownership to its creators, and paving the way for them to retain creative control and financial participation.

Born in Detroit to a Lebanese father, Johns was honored with his own permanent section at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

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warlord
5.0 out of 5 stars Rise of the Black Lanterns
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2019
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For years, the Green Lantern titles have been on fire! The stories are great. Blackest Night is one of the best. The sense of dread and urgency was palpable. "Rise of the Black Lanterns" is required reading.
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T. Wheeler
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb story, near the end of an era
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2012
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BLACKEST NIGHT, although it came a little too close to the "zombie" motif, which I detest, was nevertheless a superb and universe-spanning story that was largely the last major epic before "Flashpoint" and the end of the DC Universe as we knew it, leading into the abhorrent and repugnant "New 52". For fans of the TRUE DC Universe, there is only trade paperbacks and other reprints at this point. BLACKEST NIGHT is one of the more impressive. Definitely recommended!
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clairetoldmetochangemyscreenname
4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Collection of Tie-Ins
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2016
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Rise of the Black Lanterns is much like The Black Lantern Corps books: pure tie-in filler that further expands on the awesome Blackest Night event. If you don't want to read the filler, you don't have to; it isn't a necessary read to understand the main event but it is excellent none the less. This volume mostly focuses on members of the Justice League who get conscripted into the Black Lantern Corps based on their previous deaths and resurrections (Green Arrow and Superboy) as well as some characters who don't fit into the main arc like Catwoman and The Question. The Green Arrow and Catwoman arcs are the stand outs for me as the latter is once again faced with her arch-enemy Black Mask and Green Arrow is forced to watch his Black Lantern self attack and torture his loved ones. Overall a great collection although some of the C-List characters who show up aren't the most interesting.
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Idylliac
5.0 out of 5 stars Great stories. Touches on a little bit of everyone ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2014
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Great stories. Touches on a little bit of everyone that was affected by the Black Lanterns. I'f you don't know the DC universe very well some of them can be a little hard to understand because every issue has different characters, but if you have a decent knowledge of it everything makes perfect sense. It's a great perspective for a lot of the minor heroes.
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Adam
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Green Lantern stories.
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2016
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I really like Green Lantern, and the Blackest Night series is super interesting.
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K. D. Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars great read, got it super fast
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2015
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great read,got it super fast,will use them in the future
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David Swan
3.0 out of 5 stars Not Spectacular But Probably Worth the Price
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2010
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This isn't a book I would have normally purchased. Generally I avoid single issue tie-ins like the plague but I bought this one on a whim since I'm a fan of the DC western heroes. I thought it might be a neat to see Bat Lash come back from the dead. My expectations were set low for this collection so I'm pleased to say that many of the stories are actually quite decent. As a tie-in to Blackest Night it's completely unnecessary but it does add a new facet to the events. If you've read Blackest Night you'll know that the Black Rings not only raise the dead they are also capable of controlling any DC character who has ever died and returned which includes almost every member of the JLA. It wasn't mentioned in the core Blackest Night story but apparently the minds of the heroes (and sometimes villains), under the control of the Black Rings, are still fully active, essentially captive audiences to the events around them as their bodies physically attack and verbally assault their most cherished friends.

The book starts off with a story by Geoff Johns featuring the Atom that was ok but I didn't understand the ending. This was followed by a Deadman tale that again didn't really make much of an impression on me. The first story in the collection that stood out for me was Green Arrow by J.T. Krul and Diogenes Neves. Black Lantern GA's cruelty as he attacks his closest friends and allies is acutely painful knowing that within the rotting husk the mind of Oliver Queen is able to perceive everything even as he has almost no ability to control what's going on. I haven't been much of a fan of GA mostly because I don't like the way he's generally written but I was rather impressed with the story here. The art is extremely sharp, bold and clean and good lord Black Canary's breasts are huge. Poor Canary must find it so difficult in hand to hand combat encumbered by those two mountainous protrusions. I would love to see more of Neves art (and no not just because of the way he drew Black Canary dimensions).

The Superboy story was similar to the one with GA as the reader gets to see Conner Kent's horrified thoughts as his Black Ring controlled body assaults Wonder Girl and Krypto. I wasn't a fan of the rough art style in the Starman/Shade story but I was impressed by the writing of James Robinson in particular his ability to create compelling characters that feel more realistic than the often cookie cutter personalities in the DCU. The Questions story was rather forgettable including the sub par artwork. In that issue we discover a new weakness of the Black Rings (a weakness which seems rather unlikely) but this defect never carries over into the main storyline. Apparently it took four artists to produce the Catwoman story and it is pretty slick if uneven but the story is bland while at the same time being a bit more grotesque than I might prefer.

It only took one artist and one writer to produce the Jonah Hex story but this one stands out if for nothing else than the villains are attacked by heroes. Simon Stagg (whose villainy is apparent even as he works with heroes) and Joshua Turnbull the great great grandson of Quentin Turnbull come into possession of one of the Black Rings and are beset upon by the DC Western heroes returned from the dead. Besides the awesomeness of getting Jonah Hex, Scalphunter, Bat Lash and Super-Chief this story also has the best ending of any of the stories. The final story in the collection sees the return of Osiris and Sobek who died during the 52 series. I think the writer misunderstood the directive in writing the tie-in because the undead Osiris is fully in control of his actions (I know there was an explanation but it makes no sense).

I'm undecided as to whether or not I regret getting this collection. On the one hand the stories are repetitive with the dead rising and the heroes fighting against them and ultimately winning. It also makes the Black Lanterns look a bit weak by continually losing. On the other hand some of the stories and art are quite nice and it gave me the opportunity to sample some issues that would normally pass me by. I also got my brief but awesome appearance by Black Lantern Bat Lash. Fifteen dollars seems like a fair price for what you get here and you really don't want to miss Diogenes Neves' rendering of Black Canary.
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Anna Chervits
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2016
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great comic!
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Jim
5.0 out of 5 stars Not essential but still great stories
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2018
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Blackest Night tie-ins that don’t affect the central story but adds layers and develops characters in a way that adds to their mythos nonetheless. Even these ‘lesser’ characters have time to shine in these tales that occur during the Blackest Night.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the MONEY .
Reviewed in India on June 23, 2017
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Good quality but cover on the edges was slightly bent . Overall great book for comic fans .
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