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** ComicBook/TheRay, Dr. Light, and Halo of the [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Outsiders]] discover by accident that, since they command the full light spectrum already, they can destroy Black Lanterns on their own.

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** ComicBook/TheRay, Dr. Light, and Halo of the [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Outsiders]] ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}} discover by accident that, since they command the full light spectrum already, they can destroy Black Lanterns on their own.
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* {{ReCut}}: The "DC Essential Edition" for the crossover added some snippets featuring other characters in between Ivan Reis's artwork for the main mini-series. These snippets were previously published independently in one-shot ''Untold Tales of Blackest Night'' (dated October 2010).

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* {{ReCut}}: The "DC Essential Edition" for the crossover added some snippets featuring other characters Ragman and the Rainbow Raiders in between Ivan Reis's artwork for the main mini-series. These snippets were previously published independently in one-shot ''Untold Tales of Blackest Night'' (dated October 2010).
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** When Jason Rusch, the second Comicbook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}}, [[spoiler:is absorbed by the undead Ronnie Raymond as his new Firestorm matrix, Jason is trapped inside Ronnie's head. Ronnie then proceeds to turn Jason's girlfriend into salt, while Jason is screaming in agony inside Ronnie's head. The fact that Ronnie's a dumb lug and only remembered the chemical formula for salt by reading it from Jason's mind and that Ronnie could not affect organic matter until he absorbed Jason, who COULD affect organic matter, made it infinitely worse]].

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** When Jason Rusch, the second Comicbook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}}, ComicBook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}}, [[spoiler:is absorbed by the undead Ronnie Raymond as his new Firestorm matrix, Jason is trapped inside Ronnie's head. Ronnie then proceeds to turn Jason's girlfriend into salt, while Jason is screaming in agony inside Ronnie's head. The fact that Ronnie's a dumb lug and only remembered the chemical formula for salt by reading it from Jason's mind and that Ronnie could not affect organic matter until he absorbed Jason, who COULD affect organic matter, made it infinitely worse]].



* EldritchAbomination: The various alien entities that are incarnations of the various colors of the emotional spectrum, which has led to some fan speculating that these beasts may be like infant Chaos Gods from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' in training, all except for [[spoiler:The Entity, which was born on Earth]]. [[UndeadAbomination Nekron]] especially counts; born from the original darkness of the universe itself to consume life and the Emotional Spectrum it created, Nekron had been subtly moving pieces to his advent since ''Hal Jordan'' first became ComicBook/GreenLantern, and it has tried on one or two occasions to expand it's realm into ours. Nekron fits the bill of an E.A. so much, '''''it shouldn't be able to exist in the physical universe.''''' It is only able to do so through an avatar, a link to the Living World: Black Hand. Arguably a subversion, since Nekron is displayed as being mostly powerless on his own. He needs Black Hand to exist in the physical universe (and actually have a body), and needed to use the power of the Anti-Monitor (who was trapped inside the Black Battery at the time, and was what powered it) in order to create the Black Rings, control dead heroes and villains, and (temporarily) keep Comicbook/TheSpectre at bay. Without those things, he's reduced to being an empty spirit locked at the bottom of whatever hole he was tossed down in ''Blackest Night'' #8.

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* EldritchAbomination: The various alien entities that are incarnations of the various colors of the emotional spectrum, which has led to some fan speculating that these beasts may be like infant Chaos Gods from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' in training, all except for [[spoiler:The Entity, which was born on Earth]]. [[UndeadAbomination Nekron]] especially counts; born from the original darkness of the universe itself to consume life and the Emotional Spectrum it created, Nekron had been subtly moving pieces to his advent since ''Hal Jordan'' first became ComicBook/GreenLantern, and it has tried on one or two occasions to expand it's realm into ours. Nekron fits the bill of an E.A. so much, '''''it shouldn't be able to exist in the physical universe.''''' It is only able to do so through an avatar, a link to the Living World: Black Hand. Arguably a subversion, since Nekron is displayed as being mostly powerless on his own. He needs Black Hand to exist in the physical universe (and actually have a body), and needed to use the power of the Anti-Monitor (who was trapped inside the Black Battery at the time, and was what powered it) in order to create the Black Rings, control dead heroes and villains, and (temporarily) keep Comicbook/TheSpectre ComicBook/TheSpectre at bay. Without those things, he's reduced to being an empty spirit locked at the bottom of whatever hole he was tossed down in ''Blackest Night'' #8.



** The only dead person who does not come back? [[Comicbook/HawkAndDove Don Hall]]. Why? "Don Hall of Earth is at peace". [[spoiler:This also ends up being the reason how Dawn manages to destroy many of those zombies for good - kind of a variation on GoodHurtsEvil.]]

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** The only dead person who does not come back? [[Comicbook/HawkAndDove [[ComicBook/HawkAndDove Don Hall]]. Why? "Don Hall of Earth is at peace". [[spoiler:This also ends up being the reason how Dawn manages to destroy many of those zombies for good - kind of a variation on GoodHurtsEvil.]]



** Batman and Robin recruit Deadman and Comicbook/{{Etrigan}}, neither of whom the Black Lanterns can see, to bring them Mr. Freeze's cold gun, which they use to [[HarmlessFreezing freeze themselves solid]].

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** Batman and Robin recruit Deadman and Comicbook/{{Etrigan}}, ComicBook/{{Etrigan}}, neither of whom the Black Lanterns can see, to bring them Mr. Freeze's cold gun, which they use to [[HarmlessFreezing freeze themselves solid]].



** The Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica weaponizes the power of the Thunderbolt genie against the Black Lanterns of their former members.

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** The Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica weaponizes the power of the Thunderbolt genie against the Black Lanterns of their former members.



** ComicBook/{{The Shade|DCComics}} seals off Black Lantern Comicbook/{{Starman|DCComics}} into the Darkforce Dimension.
** Comicbook/TheRay, Dr. Light, and Halo of the [[Comicbook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Outsiders]] discover by accident that, since they command the full light spectrum already, they can destroy Black Lanterns on their own.

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** ComicBook/{{The Shade|DCComics}} seals off Black Lantern Comicbook/{{Starman|DCComics}} ComicBook/{{Starman|DCComics}} into the Darkforce Dimension.
** Comicbook/TheRay, ComicBook/TheRay, Dr. Light, and Halo of the [[Comicbook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Outsiders]] discover by accident that, since they command the full light spectrum already, they can destroy Black Lanterns on their own.



** What is really important is that the Black Lanterns only kill specific victims, namely those feeling strong levels of one or more of the seven emotions; they do not kill with abandon. A Black Lantern will not harm (or even detect) someone who feels no emotion at all (i.e. Jonathan Crane AKA Scarecrow) or who can empty themselves of emotion (i.e. Shiva and Renee Montoya), nor will they initially go after someone who doesn't have a heart to take (i.e. [[ComicBook/TheFlash Tarpit]] and [[Comicbook/DoomPatrol Robotman]]).

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** What is really important is that the Black Lanterns only kill specific victims, namely those feeling strong levels of one or more of the seven emotions; they do not kill with abandon. A Black Lantern will not harm (or even detect) someone who feels no emotion at all (i.e. Jonathan Crane AKA Scarecrow) or who can empty themselves of emotion (i.e. Shiva and Renee Montoya), nor will they initially go after someone who doesn't have a heart to take (i.e. [[ComicBook/TheFlash Tarpit]] and [[Comicbook/DoomPatrol [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol Robotman]]).



** Mera as well. If anyone even knew who she was, it was usually just as Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}'s wife. Now there's talk of her own spin-off after Blackest Night. She gets some gut-wrenching character development: "I never wanted children." Mera is so hardcore that ''Atrocitus'' complements her.

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** Mera as well. If anyone even knew who she was, it was usually just as Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}'s ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'s wife. Now there's talk of her own spin-off after Blackest Night. She gets some gut-wrenching character development: "I never wanted children." Mera is so hardcore that ''Atrocitus'' complements her.
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* CreepyChild: "The Book of the Black Hand", featured at the end of the main issues, portray William Hand, during his childhood and teenage years, as one ''very'' disturbed person.
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* {{Backstory}}: ''Green Lantern'' issues #49 and 52 are tie-ins to the crossover, and bring explanations, respectively, about Nekron's origin and the birth of the seven avatars of the emotional spectrum.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The only dead person who does not come back? [[Comicbook/HawkAndDove Don Hall]]. Why? "Don Hall of Earth is at peace". [[spoiler:This also ends up being the reason how Dawn manages to destroy many of those zombies for good - kind of a variation on GoodHurtsEvil.]]

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The only dead person who does not come back? [[Comicbook/HawkAndDove Don Hall]]. Why? "Don Hall of Earth is at peace". [[spoiler:This also ends up being the reason how Dawn manages to destroy many of those zombies for good - kind of a variation on GoodHurtsEvil.]]]]
** In the Black Hand's annotations at the end of the first issue, he comments about the love of the Hawks' Egyptian incarnations mirrored the love fossilized in the Star Sapphire's power battery. [[In Green Lantern #46, the black rings resurrect the corpses of Chay-era and Khufu, which were the Hawks' previous incarnations.]]
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* {{ReCut}}: The "DC Essential Edition" for the crossover added some snippets featuring other characters in between Ivan Reis's artwork for the main mini-series. These snippets were previously published independently in one-shot ''Untold Tales of Blackest Night'' (dated October 2010).

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* DemBones: In his Black Lantern form, Deadman becomes this. Half of the Black Lantern corps is this, depending on how decayed they are. [[spoiler:Batman's clone comes back as a skull.]]

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* DemBones: In his Black Lantern form, Deadman becomes this. a skeleton. Half of the Black Lantern corps is this, Corps are skeletal as well, depending on how decayed they are. [[spoiler:Batman's clone comes back as a skull.]]


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* DisneyDeath: Kyle Rayner at one point seemingly sacrifices himself during the Black Lantern Corps' attack on Oa and came close to becoming a Black Lantern himself. Fortunately, Munk was able to fend off the incoming black rings and Soranik Natu and Star Sapphire Miri Riam were successfully able to resuscitate Kyle.
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It's also part of Geoff Johns' cycle of epic Green Lantern stories (the others being ''Green Lantern: Rebirth'' and the ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'', followed up by ''Brightest Day'') Along with having major impact on the Lanterns, it's used the concept of the dead rising to force many heroes to confront their dearly departed in unexpected ways, leading to some surprisingly emotional stories for a crossover.

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It's also part of Geoff Johns' cycle of epic Green Lantern stories (the others being ''Green Lantern: Rebirth'' ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'' and the ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'', followed up by ''Brightest Day'') Along with having major impact on the Lanterns, it's used the concept of the dead rising to force many heroes to confront their dearly departed in unexpected ways, leading to some surprisingly emotional stories for a crossover.
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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Nekron tries to split Sinestro in half. Sinestro uses the power of the white light to heal himself and resume his attacks.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: When Owen Mercer is sacrificing people to his Black Lantern father in an attempt to restore him back to life, one of his victims is a villain called Sandblast, who is mentioned to be a sex offender just before Owen leaves him at his father's mercy.
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Largely focusing on the Franchise/GreenLantern mythos, the [[BigBad villain]] is an EldritchAbomination named ''Nekron'' who represents the forces of death on a cosmic level, and wishes to consume all positive and negative life force in the universe. To take it, he needs to draw everyone into his realm... effectively making him an OmnicidalManiac.

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Largely focusing on the Franchise/GreenLantern ComicBook/GreenLantern mythos, the [[BigBad villain]] is an EldritchAbomination named ''Nekron'' who represents the forces of death on a cosmic level, and wishes to consume all positive and negative life force in the universe. To take it, he needs to draw everyone into his realm... effectively making him an OmnicidalManiac.



On the 10th anniversary, it had a ''[[ExpendableAlternateUniverse Dark Multiverse]]'' spinoff, where everything goes wrong.

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On the 10th anniversary, it had a ''[[ExpendableAlternateUniverse ''[[ComicBook/TalesFromTheDarkMultiverse Dark Multiverse]]'' spinoff, where everything goes wrong.



* BrickJoke: Back in ''Agent Orange'', Hal's first reaction to Larfleeze was that the greedy glutton reminded him one of [[Franchise/TheMuppets the Mupppets]]. He couldn't remember which one until later in their fight (it was Gonzo). When Hal and the 'Rainbow Rodeo' catch up to Larfleeze here during the Black Lantern attack on Okarra, Hal again compares him to Gonzo (with Carol lampshading that analogy doesn't work; if anything, he's [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Uncle Scooge with a Power Ring]]).

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* BrickJoke: Back in ''Agent Orange'', Hal's first reaction to Larfleeze was that the greedy glutton reminded him one of [[Franchise/TheMuppets the Mupppets]].Muppets]]. He couldn't remember which one until later in their fight (it was Gonzo). When Hal and the 'Rainbow Rodeo' catch up to Larfleeze here during the Black Lantern attack on Okarra, Hal again compares him to Gonzo (with Carol lampshading that analogy doesn't work; if anything, he's [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Uncle Scooge with a Power Ring]]).



* CallingTheOldManOut: Done metafictionally, with Superboy Prime calling out ''the writers'' for all the crap that he and the rest of the DCU are going through.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: Done metafictionally, with Superboy Prime Superboy-Prime calling out ''the writers'' for all the crap that he and the rest of the DCU are going through.



* CreepyMortician: Franchise/GreenLantern villain Black Hand was reinvented as one of these in the lead-up to ''Blackest Night''.

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* CreepyMortician: Franchise/GreenLantern ComicBook/GreenLantern villain Black Hand was reinvented as one of these in the lead-up to ''Blackest Night''.



* ADayInTheLimelight: The event as a whole was one for the [[Characters/GreenLantern various Lantern Corps]], whilst the main series featured [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] and [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]] as the primary characters, with Mera & The Atom as secondary characters.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: The event as a whole was one for the [[Characters/GreenLantern various Lantern Corps]], whilst the main series featured [[Franchise/GreenLantern [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] and [[Franchise/TheFlash [[Characters/TheFlashBarryAllen Barry Allen]] as the primary characters, with Mera & The Atom as secondary characters.



* EldritchAbomination: The various alien entities that are incarnations of the various colors of the emotional spectrum, which has led to some fan speculating that these beasts may be like infant Chaos Gods from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' in training, all except for [[spoiler:The Entity, which was born on Earth]]. [[UndeadAbomination Nekron]] especially counts; born from the original darkness of the universe itself to consume life and the Emotional Spectrum it created, Nekron had been subtly moving pieces to his advent since ''Hal Jordan'' first became Franchise/GreenLantern, and it has tried on one or two occasions to expand it's realm into ours. Nekron fits the bill of an E.A. so much, '''''it shouldn't be able to exist in the physical universe.''''' It is only able to do so through an avatar, a link to the Living World: Black Hand. Arguably a subversion, since Nekron is displayed as being mostly powerless on his own. He needs Black Hand to exist in the physical universe (and actually have a body), and needed to use the power of the Anti-Monitor (who was trapped inside the Black Battery at the time, and was what powered it) in order to create the Black Rings, control dead heroes and villains, and (temporarily) keep Comicbook/TheSpectre at bay. Without those things, he's reduced to being an empty spirit locked at the bottom of whatever hole he was tossed down in ''Blackest Night'' #8.

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* EldritchAbomination: The various alien entities that are incarnations of the various colors of the emotional spectrum, which has led to some fan speculating that these beasts may be like infant Chaos Gods from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' in training, all except for [[spoiler:The Entity, which was born on Earth]]. [[UndeadAbomination Nekron]] especially counts; born from the original darkness of the universe itself to consume life and the Emotional Spectrum it created, Nekron had been subtly moving pieces to his advent since ''Hal Jordan'' first became Franchise/GreenLantern, ComicBook/GreenLantern, and it has tried on one or two occasions to expand it's realm into ours. Nekron fits the bill of an E.A. so much, '''''it shouldn't be able to exist in the physical universe.''''' It is only able to do so through an avatar, a link to the Living World: Black Hand. Arguably a subversion, since Nekron is displayed as being mostly powerless on his own. He needs Black Hand to exist in the physical universe (and actually have a body), and needed to use the power of the Anti-Monitor (who was trapped inside the Black Battery at the time, and was what powered it) in order to create the Black Rings, control dead heroes and villains, and (temporarily) keep Comicbook/TheSpectre at bay. Without those things, he's reduced to being an empty spirit locked at the bottom of whatever hole he was tossed down in ''Blackest Night'' #8.



* HeroicDog: Comicbook/KryptoTheSuperdog saves Ma Kent and ''blasts the living hell'' out of a Black Lantern. And he helped Superboy's BatmanGambit to [[spoiler:get free from the black ring controlling his body, while preventing Conner from killing Wonder Girl]].

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* HeroicDog: Comicbook/KryptoTheSuperdog [[Characters/SupermanSupportingCast Krypto the Superdog]] saves Ma Kent and ''blasts the living hell'' out of a Black Lantern. And he helped Superboy's BatmanGambit to [[spoiler:get free from the black ring controlling his body, while preventing Conner from killing Wonder Girl]].



* ImplacableMan: Black Lanterns don't die if you cut off their heads. They don't die if they have their hearts torn out, get cut to ribbons, or are immolated down to dust. Even if you figure out that the ring is the really dangerous part, the strength of Franchise/{{Superman}} or a concentrated attack by several Green Lanterns cannot be relied upon to destroy the ring for good. And most of them, being superheroes, are strong enough to break out of ice or even solid stone when people try to trap them (of particular note, the ring hunting Superboy kept on flying towards him even once it was trapped in ice, and when Wonder Girl ''threw it to the moon'', everyone knew it was only a delaying tactic). The reader will spend the first third of this crossover wonder how it could ''ever'' be possible to beat these things.

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* ImplacableMan: Black Lanterns don't die if you cut off their heads. They don't die if they have their hearts torn out, get cut to ribbons, or are immolated down to dust. Even if you figure out that the ring is the really dangerous part, the strength of Franchise/{{Superman}} Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} or a concentrated attack by several Green Lanterns cannot be relied upon to destroy the ring for good. And most of them, being superheroes, are strong enough to break out of ice or even solid stone when people try to trap them (of particular note, the ring hunting Superboy kept on flying towards him even once it was trapped in ice, and when Wonder Girl ''threw it to the moon'', everyone knew it was only a delaying tactic). The reader will spend the first third of this crossover wonder how it could ''ever'' be possible to beat these things.



** Comicbook/{{Superboy}} steals Black Lantern Psycho-Pirate's emotion controlling Medusa Mask and forces both the Pirate and Black Lantern Kal-L to feel emotion; the resulting RealityBreakingParadox shuts them down.

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** Comicbook/{{Superboy}} Characters/{{Super|manConnerKent}}boy steals Black Lantern Psycho-Pirate's emotion controlling Medusa Mask and forces both the Pirate and Black Lantern Kal-L to feel emotion; the resulting RealityBreakingParadox shuts them down.



** Bizarro throws Black Lantern Solomon Grundy into the sun.
** ComicBook/PoisonIvy has one of her {{Man Eating Plant}}s swallow Black Lantern Black Mask, with the plant digesting him faster than he can regenerate.
** The Shade seals off Black Lantern Comicbook/{{Starman}} into the Darkforce Dimension.
** Comicbook/TheRay, Dr. Light, and Halo of the Comicbook/{{Outsiders}} discover by accident that, since they command the full light spectrum already, they can destroy Black Lanterns on their own.

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** Bizarro [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]] throws Black Lantern Solomon Grundy into the sun.
** ComicBook/PoisonIvy [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] has one of her {{Man Eating Plant}}s swallow Black Lantern Black Mask, with the plant digesting him faster than he can regenerate.
** The Shade ComicBook/{{The Shade|DCComics}} seals off Black Lantern Comicbook/{{Starman}} Comicbook/{{Starman|DCComics}} into the Darkforce Dimension.
** Comicbook/TheRay, Dr. Light, and Halo of the Comicbook/{{Outsiders}} [[Comicbook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Outsiders]] discover by accident that, since they command the full light spectrum already, they can destroy Black Lanterns on their own.



** In ''Blackest Night'' #0, Black Hand destroys [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne's]] grave. That skull in the image is Bruce's. It's being used to create rings to help kill his former friends. It gets worse. In the next issue, [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/File:Black_Hand_049.jpg he licks it]].

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** In ''Blackest Night'' #0, Black Hand destroys [[Franchise/{{Batman}} [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne's]] grave. That skull in the image is Bruce's. It's being used to create rings to help kill his former friends. It gets worse. In the next issue, [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/File:Black_Hand_049.[[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/William_Hand_(New_Earth)/Gallery?file=Black_Hand_049.jpg he licks it]].



* TheMillstone: Orange Lantern Comicbook/LexLuthor, who spends more time attacking fellow ringbearers than he does the zombies.

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* TheMillstone: Orange Lantern Comicbook/LexLuthor, [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]], who spends more time attacking fellow ringbearers than he does the zombies.



** What is really important is that the Black Lanterns only kill specific victims, namely those feeling strong levels of one or more of the seven emotions; they do not kill with abandon. A Black Lantern will not harm (or even detect) someone who feels no emotion at all (i.e. Jonathan Crane AKA Scarecrow) or who can empty themselves of emotion (i.e. Shiva and Renee Montoya), nor will they initially go after someone who doesn't have a heart to take (i.e. [[Franchise/TheFlash Tarpit]] and [[Comicbook/DoomPatrol Robotman]]).

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** What is really important is that the Black Lanterns only kill specific victims, namely those feeling strong levels of one or more of the seven emotions; they do not kill with abandon. A Black Lantern will not harm (or even detect) someone who feels no emotion at all (i.e. Jonathan Crane AKA Scarecrow) or who can empty themselves of emotion (i.e. Shiva and Renee Montoya), nor will they initially go after someone who doesn't have a heart to take (i.e. [[Franchise/TheFlash [[ComicBook/TheFlash Tarpit]] and [[Comicbook/DoomPatrol Robotman]]).



* PreorderBonus: Depending on where you purchased it, some copies of ''Blackest Night'' #1 came with a free Black Lantern Ring. Other comics included rings for the other seven corps. The ''Blackest Night'' rings were such a success that DC made more rings for the ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'' followup: Green Lantern (again), Franchise/TheFlash, and [[spoiler:White Lantern]].

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* PreorderBonus: Depending on where you purchased it, some copies of ''Blackest Night'' #1 came with a free Black Lantern Ring. Other comics included rings for the other seven corps. The ''Blackest Night'' rings were such a success that DC made more rings for the ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'' followup: Green Lantern (again), Franchise/TheFlash, ComicBook/TheFlash, and [[spoiler:White Lantern]].



* RasputinianDeath: Not as elaborate as ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', but the way that Nekron was stopped was [[spoiler:by having the White Lanterns bring Black Hand to life, which caused Black Hand to vomit up White Rings. After one of them managed to destroy the Black Central Power Battery by resurrecting the Anti-Monitor, the rest of the White Rings vanquished Nekron completely]]. Even then, [[spoiler:it doesn't really kill Nekron - it just sent him back to the Land of the Unliving]].

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* RasputinianDeath: Not as elaborate as ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]]'s in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', but the way that Nekron was stopped was [[spoiler:by having the White Lanterns bring Black Hand to life, which caused Black Hand to vomit up White Rings. After one of them managed to destroy the Black Central Power Battery by resurrecting the Anti-Monitor, the rest of the White Rings vanquished Nekron completely]]. Even then, [[spoiler:it doesn't really kill Nekron - it just sent him back to the Land of the Unliving]].



** Before Geoff Johns took some CharacterDevelopment to him, Black Hand was a seldom used character who had turned into more of a joke in his later appearances. His original shtick was as the "cliche villain". He based his plans on trite sayings. Like ComicBook/TheRiddler without being ''remotely interesting.'' While Nekron has always been taken seriously, the number of appearances he's made since his debut in the 80s could literally be counted on one hand and even most hardcore fans had never heard of him. Geoff Johns is now in the process of turning him into one of the DCU's ultimate Big Bads. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by the Flash in issue 5.

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** Before Geoff Johns took some CharacterDevelopment to him, Black Hand was a seldom used character who had turned into more of a joke in his later appearances. His original shtick was as the "cliche villain". He based his plans on trite sayings. Like ComicBook/TheRiddler [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]] without being ''remotely interesting.'' While Nekron has always been taken seriously, the number of appearances he's made since his debut in the 80s could literally be counted on one hand and even most hardcore fans had never heard of him. Geoff Johns is now in the process of turning him into one of the DCU's ultimate Big Bads. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by the Flash in issue 5.



* WhamEpisode: None of the core issues draw their punches, but perhaps the first one was the strongest: in ''Blackest Night'' #1, [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry]] is still trying to deal with how much things had changed since [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths he died]]. When he learns about the villain morgue and the hero cemeteries, he asks Hal who else had died since he was gone. Hal uses his ring to show '''everyone'''. When Barry sees [[TrueCompanions Ralph and Sue]], he actually ''sits down in sorrow.'' And then in ''Blackest Night'' #5, when every major hero who has ever returned from the dead (Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, etc) are killed again by Black Lantern Batman and become Black Lanterns themselves. Oh, and the "white light of creation" actually helped Nekron instead of destroying him like it should have. Uh-oh.

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* WhamEpisode: None of the core issues draw their punches, but perhaps the first one was the strongest: in ''Blackest Night'' #1, [[Franchise/TheFlash [[Characters/TheFlashBarryAllen Barry]] is still trying to deal with how much things had changed since [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths he died]]. When he learns about the villain morgue and the hero cemeteries, he asks Hal who else had died since he was gone. Hal uses his ring to show '''everyone'''. When Barry sees [[TrueCompanions Ralph and Sue]], he actually ''sits down in sorrow.'' And then in ''Blackest Night'' #5, when every major hero who has ever returned from the dead (Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, etc) are killed again by Black Lantern Batman and become Black Lanterns themselves. Oh, and the "white light of creation" actually helped Nekron instead of destroying him like it should have. Uh-oh.



* ZombifyTheLiving: Nekron does this, but only on those who came BackFromTheDead (e.g. Franchise/{{Super|man}}[[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman man]]). Franchise/GreenLantern and Franchise/TheFlash avoid this by being JustOneSecondOutOfSync.

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* ZombifyTheLiving: Nekron does this, but only on those who came BackFromTheDead (e.g. Franchise/{{Super|man}}[[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Characters/{{Super|manTheCharacter}}[[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman man]]). Franchise/GreenLantern ComicBook/GreenLantern and Franchise/TheFlash ComicBook/TheFlash avoid this by being JustOneSecondOutOfSync.
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* HeelFaceMole: Black Lanterns do this sometimes to provoke a HopeSpot, but when Damage and Lois Lane-Kent pull this on Atom Smasher and Power Girl, [[IdiotBall it works.]]
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** What's that? The dead are rising? The Spectre, quite possibly the most powerful being in the universe, was possessed by the Black Lanterns? Only one thing to do! Let the AnthropomorphicPersonification of fear out of its can and possess Hal Jordan! Yes, Parallax is back! [[KillEmAll Anyone remember the last time that happened?]]

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** What's that? The dead are rising? The Spectre, quite possibly the most powerful being in the universe, was possessed by the Black Lanterns? Only one thing to do! Let the AnthropomorphicPersonification of fear out of its can and possess Hal Jordan! Yes, Parallax is back! [[KillEmAll Anyone remember the last time that happened?]]happened?



* NightmareFetishist: Black Hand and Scarecrow, though they have different tastes. The former has a rather unhealthy [[ILoveTheDead obsession with death]] and the latter is obsessed with experiencing fear. Ironically, this becomes a point of contention between the two when Black Hand states that once [[KillEmAll everyone is dead]] they won't be afraid anymore. To which Scarecrow retorts (while attacking him with a pitchfork) "What if we want to be afraid?!" In fact, Black Hand licking [[spoiler:the skull of the Batman clone is the trope picture]].

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* NightmareFetishist: Black Hand and Scarecrow, though they have different tastes. The former has a rather unhealthy [[ILoveTheDead obsession with death]] and the latter is obsessed with experiencing fear. Ironically, this becomes a point of contention between the two when Black Hand states that once [[KillEmAll everyone is dead]] dead they won't be afraid anymore. To which Scarecrow retorts (while attacking him with a pitchfork) "What if we want to be afraid?!" In fact, Black Hand licking [[spoiler:the skull of the Batman clone is the trope picture]].
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* BrickJoke: Back in ''Agent Orange'' (which introduced Larfleeze), Hal's first reaction to Larfleeze was that the greedy glutton reminded him one of the Mupppets. He couldn't remember which one until later in the fight (it was Gonzo).When Hal and the 'Rainbow Rodeo' catch up to Larfleeze during the Black Lantern attack on Okarra, Hal again compares him to Gonzo (with Carol lampshading that analogy doesn't work).

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* BrickJoke: Back in ''Agent Orange'' (which introduced Larfleeze), Orange'', Hal's first reaction to Larfleeze was that the greedy glutton reminded him one of [[Franchise/TheMuppets the Mupppets. Mupppets]]. He couldn't remember which one until later in the their fight (it was Gonzo).Gonzo). When Hal and the 'Rainbow Rodeo' catch up to Larfleeze here during the Black Lantern attack on Okarra, Hal again compares him to Gonzo (with Carol lampshading that analogy doesn't work).work; if anything, he's [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Uncle Scooge with a Power Ring]]).
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* BrickJoke: Back in ''Agent Orange'' (which introduced Larfleeze), Hal's first reaction to Larfleeze was that the greedy glutton reminded him one of the Mupppets. He couldn't remember which one until later in the fight (it was Gonzo).When Hal and the 'Rainbow Rodeo' catch up to Larfleeze during the Black Lantern attack on Okarra, Hal again compares him to Gonzo (with Carol lampshading that analogy doesn't work).
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It also became a significant plot point in ''ComicBook/StarTrekGreenLantern'', where Nekron attempts another one and succeeds, resulting in the surviving Lanterns being transplanted into the Kelvin Timeline from ''Film/StarTrek2009''.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The only dead person who does not come back? [[Comicbook/HawkAndDove Don Hall]]. Why? "Don Hall of Earth at peace". [[spoiler:This also ends up being the reason how Dawn manages to destroy many of those zombies for good - kind of a variation on GoodHurtsEvil.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The only dead person who does not come back? [[Comicbook/HawkAndDove Don Hall]]. Why? "Don Hall of Earth is at peace". [[spoiler:This also ends up being the reason how Dawn manages to destroy many of those zombies for good - kind of a variation on GoodHurtsEvil.]]
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The various color corps, the Black Lanterns, their friends and family, the guardians, the entities...
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-->--'''[[TheAntichrist Black Hand]] recites the [[EvilCounterpart Black Lantern oath]]'''

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* PlanetaryRelocation: After The Reveal that the White/Life Entity is on Earth, the whole Black Lantern Corps go to Earth, including a reanimated planet Xanshi also serves as PlanetSpaceship for the rest of Black Lanterns.
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'''[[DescribeTopicHere Blackest Night TV Tropes Page of Earth-Prime.]] [[CompellingVoice RISE.]]'''

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'''[[DescribeTopicHere '''[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Blackest Night TV Tropes Page of Earth-Prime.]] [[CompellingVoice RISE.]]'''
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Johns must be a troper, because he came ''that'' close [[InvokedTrope to naming the trope]] when [[InvertedTrope Black Lantern Solovar]] showed up.
--> '''Black Lantern Kid Flash:''' You know what makes everything better? Gorillas!
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** When Jason Rusch, the second Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, [[spoiler:is absorbed by the undead Ronnie Raymond as his new Firestorm matrix, Jason is trapped inside Ronnie's head. Ronnie then proceeds to turn Jason's girlfriend into salt, while Jason is screaming in agony inside Ronnie's head. The fact that Ronnie's a dumb lug and only remembered the chemical formula for salt by reading it from Jason's mind and that Ronnie could not affect organic matter until he absorbed Jason, who COULD affect organic matter, made it infinitely worse]].

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** When Jason Rusch, the second Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, Comicbook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}}, [[spoiler:is absorbed by the undead Ronnie Raymond as his new Firestorm matrix, Jason is trapped inside Ronnie's head. Ronnie then proceeds to turn Jason's girlfriend into salt, while Jason is screaming in agony inside Ronnie's head. The fact that Ronnie's a dumb lug and only remembered the chemical formula for salt by reading it from Jason's mind and that Ronnie could not affect organic matter until he absorbed Jason, who COULD affect organic matter, made it infinitely worse]].

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