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BLACKEST NIGHT #5
Cover Date: January 2010
Cover Price: $3.99
Publication Date: 2009-11-25
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ivan Reis (signed)
Inks: Oclair Albert (signed)
Colors: Alex Sinclair (signed)
Variant Cover:
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Credits:
| Story | Geoff Johns |
| Pencils | Ivan Reis |
| Inks | Oclair Albert, Joe Prado |
| Lettering | Nick J. Napolitano |
| Colors | Alex Sinclair |
| Associate editing | Adam Schlagman |
| Editing | Eddie Berganza |
Feature Character(s):
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #48)
- Carol Ferris (last in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #48)
- Saint Bro'dee Walker (last in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #48)
- Indigo-1 (last in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #48)
- Atrocitus (last in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #48)
- Larfleeze (last in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #48)
- Sinestro (last in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #48)
- Flash II
Guest Star(s):
- Animal Man (last in Final Crisis #3; becomes a Black Lantern; also appears in Untold Tales of Blackest Night #1/5 during this story)
- Atom II (last in ???; next in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #49/2)
- Beast Boy (last in Blackest Night: Titans #3)
- Black Canary II
- Cyborg
- Donna Troy
- Dove II (next in Adventure Comics Vol. 3 #7)
- Fire (last in ???)
- Flash III (last in ???)
- Green Arrow (becomes a Black Lantern)
- Green Lantern (Alan Scott; next in Blackest Night: JSA #1)
- Ice (last in issue #1; becomes a Black Lantern)
- Kid Flash II (becomes a Black Lantern)
- Mera (next in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #49/2)
- Starfire III
- Superboy (last in Blackest Night: Superman #3; becomes a Black Lantern)
- Superman (last in Blackest Night: Superman #3; becomes a Black Lantern)
- Wonder Girl II
- Wonder Woman (last in ???; becomes a Black Lantern)
Supporting Character(s):
- Ganthet (last in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #48)
- Sayd (last in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #48)
- Guardians of the Universe
Villain(s):
- Black Lantern Corps
- Nekron
- Scar (destroyed)
- Black Hand
- Damage (last in flashback in Blackest Night: JSA #2; next in Blackest Night: JSA #1)
- Doctor Fate I
- Jean Loring (next in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #49/2)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 666
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- United States of America
- Coast City
- New York, NY
- within Damage's Black Lantern power ring
- United States of America
- Earth
Comment(s):
- As part of the Blackest Night event, this issue was released with a promotional green ring.
Story Reprinted in:
- Blackest Night ([September] 2010)
- Blackest Night ([September] 2011)
- Blackest Night Saga (DC Essential Edition) ([April] 2019)
Solicitation:
- The moment you've hungered for finally arrives! Who controls death in the DC Universe? NEKRON—Lord of the Undead! The dark being behind the undead Black Lanterns makes his presence and purpose known, and our heroes discover they're not only fighting for their lives, but their after-lives as well. Don't miss this game-changing issue from superstar writer Geoff Johns and stellar artist Ivan Reis!
Credits:
- Geoff Johns (script)
Comment(s):
- This feature contains the sixth 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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