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Blackest Night 3 (Cover A)

BLACKEST NIGHT #3

Cover Date: November 2009
Cover Price: $3.99
Publication Date: 2009-09-16

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ivan Reis (signed)
Inks: Oclair Albert (signed)
Colors: Alex Sinclair (signed)


Variant Cover:
Cover B
Art: Ethan Van Sciver (signed)
Colors: Hi-Fi (signed)

Story: "Blackest Night" (26 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeoff Johns
PencilsIvan Reis
InksOclair Albert, Joe Prado
LetteringNick J. Napolitano
ColorsAlex Sinclair
Associate editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; next in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #46)
Flash II (last in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #44)
Atom II
Mera
Firestorm III (last in issue #1)
Gehenna (last in issue #1; dies)

Guest Star(s):

Indigo Tribe
Indigo-1 (last in Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1/3; next in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #46)

Villain(s):

Black Lantern Corps
Black Hand
Alexander Luthor, Jr. (last in issue #1)
Aquagirl III (next in Blackest Night: Titans #2)
Aquaman
Atom I
Black Bison (last in issue #1)
Black Condor II
Brain Wave I (first actual appearance as a Black Lantern; last in issue #1)
Captain Boomerang (next in Blackest Night: Batman #3)
Copperhead (last in issue #1)
Doctor Light III (last in issue #1; next in Suicide Squad #67)
Dolphin (next in Blackest Night: Titans #2)
Elongated Man
Enforcer II (last in issue #1)
Everyman (last in issue #1)
Firestorm II
Golden Glider (next in Blackest Night: The Flash #2)
Hawk I (in between panels of Blackest Night: Titans #1)
Hawkgirl II
Hawkman
Madame Rouge (last in issue #1)
Martian Manhunter
Max Lord (last in issue #1)
Osiris (last in 52 #43)
Pantha (last in Infinite Crisis #4; next in Blackest Night: Titans #2)
Psycho-Pirate II (last in issue #1)
Rainbow Raider (next in Blackest Night: The Flash #2)
Rocket Red (last in OMAC Project #4)
Spectre III
Sue Dibny
Tempest II (next in Blackest Night: Titans #2)
Top (next in Blackest Night: The Flash #2)
Ugg-I (last in Green Lantern Corps Vol. 2 #40)
Unknown Soldier
Weasel (last in issue #1)
Wildebeest III (last in Infinite Crisis #4; next in Blackest Night: Titans #2)
Atrocitus
Agent Orange
Sinestro (next in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #46)

Guest Appearance(s):

Dove II (in between panels of Blackest Night: Titans #1)
Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
Stargirl
Ragman III
Saint Walker (in between Green Lantern Vol. 4 #45 and #47)
Star Sapphire (Carol Ferris; next in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #46)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2682
Odym
Space Sector 2814
Earth
United States of America
Gotham City
New York, NY
Columbia University
Washington, DC
Hall of Justice

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Blackest Night ([September] 2010)
Blackest Night ([September] 2011)
Blackest Night Saga (DC Essential Edition) ([April] 2019)

Solicitation:

As the dead attack in full force, Green Lantern is faced with an impossible decision and the scattered remains of the Justice League suffer a terrible loss. Who can stop the Black Lanterns? Why are they rising? And how can the Spectre help?


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Feature: "The Book of the Black - The Burned-In Thoughts of William Hand: Chapter 1, Verse 2" (2 Pages)


Credits:

Geoff Johns (script)



Comment(s):

This feature contains the second verse in the Book of the Black by William Hand.

Feature Reprinted in:

Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps ([September] 2010)
Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps ([September] 2011)
Blackest Night Saga (DC Essential Edition) ([April] 2019)

 

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