Unofficial Blackest Night Director's Cut Index

BLACKEST NIGHT DIRECTOR'S CUT

Cover Date: June 2010
Cover Price: $5.99
Publication Date: 2010-04-21

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

Feature: "A Word from the Author..." (1 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns (script)

Adam Schlagman and Eddie Berganza (edits)

Comment(s):

Introduction by Geoff Johns.

Feature: "Blackest Night Director's Commentary" (15 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns (script)

Ivan Reis (pencils)

Oclair Albert and Joe Prado (inks)

Nick J. Napolitano (letters)

Alex Sinclair (colors)

Adam Schlagman (associate edits)

Eddie Berganza (edits)

Comment(s):

The creative team behind Blackest Night look back at their favorite moments of the series. Commentary designed by Steve Wands, with panels/pages from each of the eight issues.

Feature Reprinted in:

Blackest Night ([September] 2010)

Blackest Night ([September] 2011)

Blackest Night Saga (DC Essential Edition) (DC, 2019 series) ([April] 2019)

Feature: "Blackest Night Cover Gallery" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Various, see Comment (art)

Comment(s):

Cover gallery designed by Steve Wands. Features the covers of the Blackest Night series, as well as spin-offs, tie-ins, and variant covers with a quote from each of the Blackest Night issues.

Feature: "The Script - Blackest Night #1" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns (script)

Adam Schlagman (associate edits)

Eddie Berganza (edits)

Comment(s):

The script to Blackest Night #1.

Feature: "Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor" (2 Pages) "Blackest Night - Deleted Rainbow Raiders Scene"

Credits:

Geoff Johns (script)

Adam Schlagman (associate edits)

Eddie Berganza (edits)

Comment(s):

A scripted scene featuring the Rainbow Raiders which was cut from Blackest Night #1, it would later appear in Untold Tales of Blackest Night #1/3.

Feature Reprinted in:

Blackest Night ([September] 2010) [only scenes, not cover]

Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps ([September] 2010) [unused cover only]

Blackest Night ([September] 2011) [only scenes, not cover]

Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps ([September] 2011) [unused cover only]

Blackest Night Saga (DC Essential Edition) (DC, 2019 series) ([April] 2019)

Feature: "Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor" (1 Pages) "Blackest Night - Deleted Ragman Scene"

Credits:

Geoff Johns (script)

Adam Schlagman (associate edits)

Eddie Berganza (edits)

Comment(s):

A scripted scene featuring Ragman which was cut from Blackest Night #1, it would later appear in Untold Tales of Blackest Night #1/2.

Feature: "Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor" (1 Pages) "Blackest Night - Deleted Rainbow Raiders Scene"

Credits:

Greg Horn (art)

Eddie Berganza (edits)

Comment(s):

A cover featuring Kilowog as a Black Lantern, it was not used as the story focused on Earth's heroes that had escaped death.

Feature: [DC Direct Action Figures] (4 Pages)

Credits:

Comment(s):

A quick overview of the creation of the Hal Jordan Blackest Night action figure and a two page spread of most of the action figures from that line.

Feature: [Black Lantern Corps] (30 Pages)

Credits:

Ethan Van Sciver (signed) and Alex Sinclair and Joe Prado and Scott Kolins and Ivan Reis and Pat Gleason (art)

Comment(s):

Pencilled and inked designs for Black Lanterns and other characters in Blackest Night.

Black Lantern Superman of Earth-2, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Reverse Flash, Firestorm, Batman, Superman, Superboy, Animal Man, Hal Jordan, Kilowog, Wonder Woman, Donna Troy, Ice, Green Arrow, Metamorpho (unused), Kid Flash.

Deputy Lanterns Red Lantern Mera, Orange Lantern Lex Luthor, Sinestro Corps Scarecrow, Blue Lantern Flash, Indigo Atom, Star Sapphire Wonder Woman.

The Entity, Nekron, White Lantern Sinestro.

Black Lantern Titans Aquagirl, Bushido, Dolphin, Hawk, Kole, Omen, Pantha, Phantasm, Tempest, Terry Long, Wildebeest. Black Lantern Titan villains Doctor Light, Terra, Madame Rogue, Ravager.

Black Lantern Batman villains Abattoir, Azrael, 10-Eyed Man, Black Mask, Blockbuster, Magpie, Deacon Blackfire, KGBeast, King Cobra, Sensei, Spook, Tony Zucco, Trigger Twins, Ventriloquist.

Black Lantern Justice Society Brainwave, Atom, Doctor Mid-Nite, Mr. Terrific, Damage, Sandman, Starman, Earth-2 Lois Lane, Johnny Quick, Fiddler, Psycho-Pirate. Red Lantern Guy Gardner, Black Lantern Doom Patrol Negative Woman, Celsius, Tempest, Robotman.

Black Lantern Western characters Firehair, Bat Lash, Jonah Hex, Scalphunter, Quentin Turnbull, Super-Chief. Other Black Lantern heroes Ballistic, Blue Beetle, Breach, Crimson Fox, Harbinger, Element Lad (Earth-Prime), Geist, Jade, Nightblade, Razor Sharp, Sun Boy (Earth-Prime), Stealth, Spectre, Steel, Question, Vibe, Deadman, Zor-El, Windfall.

Other Black Lantern villains Alexander Luthor, Atom, Charaxes, Bolt, Copperhead, Major Disaster, Maxwell Lord, Manticore, Psi, Ravan, Twister, Shrike, Punch, Solomon Grundy.

Feature Reprinted in:

Blackest Night ([September] 2010) [3 pages only]