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When Thanos learns that his army is in peril, he brings in his secret weapon. While [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]] opens a portal to Asgard to retrieve weapons and gather reinforcements, Thanos sends a black ring through Thor's portal. It finds it's target, and a terrible, booming voice says "[[Myth/NorseMythology Odin]] of Asgard... RISE!" With that, the king of the Norse Gods is but a puppet of Thanos, putting the entire universe in jeopardy. [[Comicbook/GreenLantern The Guardians of the Universe]] over in the DCU sense this great power being corrupted in another world, and choose to try to aid that world's heroes. They cannot directly help them, but they do so indirectly by sending in two of each color ring into the MarvelUniverse to choose someone worthy enough to wield the light. Two Green Lantern rings, representing willpower, seek out hosts. They choose Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} and strangely, Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}, who says [[ActorAllusion he got it because of]] [[Film/XMen Ryan]] [[Film/GreenLantern Reynolds]]. Next, two Blue Lantern rings look for people who inspire great hope in others. One goes to [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Steve Rogers]], the original ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, and the other to [[Comicbook/XForce Cable]]. Then, two yellow rings search for new members for the Sinestro Corps. Those who are chosen must be able to inspire great fear in others. Soon enough, [[Franchise/SpiderMan Carnage]] (who probably isn't really currently dead) and Comicbook/GhostRider are inducted. Ghost Rider tries to keep AxeCrazy Carnage in check. Then, red rings rampage around the Earth, looking for those with great rage in their hearts. ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is chosen due to his occasional "Berseker Rages" and TheHulk also receives a ring because the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets. The orange rings soon find their hosts who are filled with greed: [[Franchise/SpiderMan Norman]] [[ComicBook/DarkReign Osborn]] and DoctorDoom. The violet rings zoom everywhere looking for women filled with love, and find [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]] and [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor The Enchantress]]. The last rings to find hosts are the indigo ones who require compassion, which they find in [[Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Man]] and ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}. Together, these light-wielding heroes and villains manage to fight off Thanos's undead forces. Thanos then has a vision of Death, and she rejects him for his endeavors, never truly wanting the whole universe to die. Afterwards, here is much cleanup to do, and many have died in the conflict, but the world was saved. The rings return to the Guardians, and all seems back to normal. That is, until the White Lantern appears in the MarvelUniverse just as it had in the DCUniverse...

When Thanos learns that his army is in peril, he brings in his secret weapon. While [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]] opens a portal to Asgard to retrieve weapons and gather reinforcements, Thanos sends a black ring through Thor's portal. It finds it's target, and a terrible, booming voice says "[[Myth/NorseMythology Odin]] of Asgard... RISE!" With that, the king of the Norse Gods is but a puppet of Thanos, putting the entire universe in jeopardy. [[Comicbook/GreenLantern The Guardians of the Universe]] over in the DCU sense this great power being corrupted in another world, and choose to try to aid that world's heroes. They cannot directly help them, but they do so indirectly by sending in two of each color ring into the MarvelUniverse to choose someone worthy enough to wield the light. Two Green Lantern rings, representing willpower, seek out hosts. They choose Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} and strangely, Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}, who says [[ActorAllusion he got it because of]] [[Film/{{X-Men}} Ryan]] [[Film/GreenLantern Reynolds]]. Next, two Blue Lantern rings look for people who inspire great hope in others. One goes to [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Steve Rogers]], the original ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, and the other to [[Comicbook/XForce Cable]]. Then, two yellow rings search for new members for the Sinestro Corps. Those who are chosen must be able to inspire great fear in others. Soon enough, [[Franchise/SpiderMan Carnage]] (who probably isn't really currently dead) and Comicbook/GhostRider are inducted. Ghost Rider tries to keep AxeCrazy Carnage in check. Then, red rings rampage around the Earth, looking for those with great rage in their hearts. ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is chosen due to his occasional "Berseker Rages" and TheHulk also receives a ring because the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets. The orange rings soon find their hosts who are filled with greed: [[Franchise/SpiderMan Norman]] [[ComicBook/DarkReign Osborn]] and DoctorDoom. The violet rings zoom everywhere looking for women filled with love, and find [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]] and [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor The Enchantress]]. The last rings to find hosts are the indigo ones who require compassion, which they find in [[Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Man]] and ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}. Together, these light-wielding heroes and villains manage to fight off Thanos's undead forces. Thanos then has a vision of Death, and she rejects him for his endeavors, never truly wanting the whole universe to die. Afterwards, here is much cleanup to do, and many have died in the conflict, but the world was saved. The rings return to the Guardians, and all seems back to normal. That is, until the White Lantern appears in the MarvelUniverse just as it had in the DCUniverse...

When Thanos learns that his army is in peril, he brings in his secret weapon. While [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]] opens a portal to Asgard to retrieve weapons and gather reinforcements, Thanos sends a black ring through Thor's portal. It finds it's target, and a terrible, booming voice says "[[NorseMythology Odin]] of Asgard... RISE!" With that, the king of the Norse Gods is but a puppet of Thanos, putting the entire universe in jeopardy. [[Comicbook/GreenLantern The Guardians of the Universe]] over in the DCU sense this great power being corrupted in another world, and choose to try to aid that world's heroes. They cannot directly help them, but they do so indirectly by sending in two of each color ring into the MarvelUniverse to choose someone worthy enough to wield the light. Two Green Lantern rings, representing willpower, seek out hosts. They choose Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} and strangely, Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}, who says [[ActorAllusion he got it because of]] [[Film/{{X-Men}} Ryan]] [[Film/GreenLantern Reynolds]]. Next, two Blue Lantern rings look for people who inspire great hope in others. One goes to [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Steve Rogers]], the original ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, and the other to [[Comicbook/XForce Cable]]. Then, two yellow rings search for new members for the Sinestro Corps. Those who are chosen must be able to inspire great fear in others. Soon enough, [[Franchise/SpiderMan Carnage]] (who probably isn't really currently dead) and Comicbook/GhostRider are inducted. Ghost Rider tries to keep AxeCrazy Carnage in check. Then, red rings rampage around the Earth, looking for those with great rage in their hearts. ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is chosen due to his occasional "Berseker Rages" and TheHulk also receives a ring because the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets. The orange rings soon find their hosts who are filled with greed: [[Franchise/SpiderMan Norman]] [[ComicBook/DarkReign Osborn]] and DoctorDoom. The violet rings zoom everywhere looking for women filled with love, and find [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]] and [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor The Enchantress]]. The last rings to find hosts are the indigo ones who require compassion, which they find in [[Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Man]] and ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}. Together, these light-wielding heroes and villains manage to fight off Thanos's undead forces. Thanos then has a vision of Death, and she rejects him for his endeavors, never truly wanting the whole universe to die. Afterwards, here is much cleanup to do, and many have died in the conflict, but the world was saved. The rings return to the Guardians, and all seems back to normal. That is, until the White Lantern appears in the MarvelUniverse just as it had in the DCUniverse...

When Thanos learns that his army is in peril, he brings in his secret weapon. While [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]] opens a portal to Asgard to retrieve weapons and gather reinforcements, Thanos sends a black ring through Thor's portal. It finds it's target, and a terrible, booming voice says "[[NorseMythology Odin]] of Asgard... RISE!" With that, the king of the Norse Gods is but a puppet of Thanos, putting the entire universe in jeopardy. [[Comicbook/GreenLantern The Guardians of the Universe]] over in the DCU sense this great power being corrupted in another world, and choose to try to aid that world's heroes. They cannot directly help them, but they do so indirectly by sending in two of each color ring into the MarvelUniverse to choose someone worthy enough to wield the light. Two Green Lantern rings, representing willpower, seek out hosts. They choose Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} and strangely, Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}, who says [[ActorAllusion he got it because of]] [[Film/{{X-Men}} Ryan]] [[Film/GreenLantern Reynolds]]. Next, two Blue Lantern rings look for people who inspire great hope in others. One goes to [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Steve Rogers]], the original ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, and the other to [[Comicbook/XForce Cable]]. Then, two yellow rings search for new members for the Sinestro Corps. Those who are chosen must be able to inspire great fear in others. Soon enough, [[Franchise/SpiderMan Carnage]] (who probably isn't really currently dead) and Comicbook/GhostRider are inducted. Ghost Rider tries to keep AxeCrazy Carnage in check. Then, red rings rampage around the Earth, looking for those with great rage in their hearts. Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} is chosen due to his occasional "Berseker Rages" and TheHulk also receives a ring because the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets. The orange rings soon find their hosts who are filled with greed: [[Franchise/SpiderMan Norman]] [[DarkReign Osborn]] and DoctorDoom. The violet rings zoom everywhere looking for women filled with love, and find [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]] and [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor The Enchantress]]. The last rings to find hosts are the indigo ones who require compassion, which they find in [[Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Man]] and ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}. Together, these light-wielding heroes and villains manage to fight off Thanos's undead forces. Thanos then has a vision of Death, and she rejects him for his endeavors, never truly wanting the whole universe to die. Afterwards, here is much cleanup to do, and many have died in the conflict, but the world was saved. The rings return to the Guardians, and all seems back to normal. That is, until the White Lantern appears in the MarvelUniverse just as it had in the DCUniverse...

* [[MartianManhunter H'ronmmer.]] One of [[ComicBook/TheSandman Death's]] agents, sent to specifically deal with the Martian Manhunters. Like [[ComicBook/TheSandman Didi]], he's [[DarkIsNotEvil a nice guy]] who provides both death and life to the Martians

[[WMG:The [[TheFlash Captain Boomerang]] at the end of Blackest Night #8 wasn't Digger Harkness...]]

* [[TheFlash The Black Flash.]] A minor agent of Nekron that's there to ensure no speedster can cheat death.

[[OmnicidalManiac Thanos]] opens up a portal to view other realities and sees the Blackest Night event unfold in the DCUniverse. Being in love with Death, he sees recreating this event in his own world as the perfect tribute to his love. He finds a way to travel to the DCU and steals one of the black rings. He brings it back to his world and tries to replicate it and succeeds. Using these rings, he raises the dead in hopes of using those already in Death's grip to bring more into her servitude. Rings fall all across the universe, landing in graves or other places where dead bodies are stored. Eerie voices speak from the rings. "[[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga Ben Reilly]] of Earth... RISE!" "[[TheHulk Emil Blonskey]] of Earth... RISE!" "[[{{CaptainMar-Vell}} Mar-Vell]] of Hala... RISE!" Similar calls echo throughout the universe, and soon, the dead, empowered with their new rings, go and seek out their prey. The heroes of Earth valiantly fight off the forces of Death which are revived versions of deceased enemies, but many of them cannot bring themselves to fight those they had once loved of cared for. However, they soon come to terms that these are not their loved ones, merely twisted reflections of them brought in to confuse and weaken the heroes.

ComicBook/TheSandman's status of continuity with the main DC Universe is ambiguous, even going by the narrative of TheSandman itself. Whenever Death is not in continuity, she creates a split aspect of herself so that DeathTakesAHoliday is a non-issue. The result is Nekron. The reason why Nekron is [[OmnicidalManiac Nekron]] comes from being a split aspect. Didi is just as responsible for life as she is for death, but the Nekron aspect was only designed to be in charge of death. Without an opposite to balance him, Nekron [[StrawNihilist couldn't see the value of life]], and thus [[LackOfEmpathy couldn't care for it.]] Given [[TimeAbyss how old Nekron is]], this was a split aspect back when Didi was the ''Grim'' Reaper instead of the PerkyGoth [[DontFearTheReaper release]] we've come to love, which made Nekron's descent into [[OmnicidalManiac cosmic ecocide]] all the quicker and unavoidable. Its taken so long for Nekron to enact his ComicBook/BlackestNight plan because only recently before it has Sandman continuity [[CanonDiscontinuity was booted out of mainstream DC.]] Now that the true Death has returned, Nekron is shafted. Black Hand's creepy necrophilia is probably the result of ''very'' misunderstood {{Fetish}}/a Thanos Complex for Didi.

When Thanos learns that his army is in peril, he brings in his secret weapon. While [[TheMightyThor Thor]] opens a portal to Asgard to retrieve weapons and gather reinforcements, Thanos sends a black ring through Thor's portal. It finds it's target, and a terrible, booming voice says "[[NorseMythology Odin]] of Asgard... RISE!" With that, the king of the Norse Gods is but a puppet of Thanos, putting the entire universe in jeopardy. [[Comicbook/GreenLantern The Guardians of the Universe]] over in the DCU sense this great power being corrupted in another world, and choose to try to aid that world's heroes. They cannot directly help them, but they do so indirectly by sending in two of each color ring into the MarvelUniverse to choose someone worthy enough to wield the light. Two Green Lantern rings, representing willpower, seek out hosts. They choose {{Daredevil}} and strangely, {{Deadpool}}, who says [[ActorAllusion he got it because of]] [[Film/{{X-Men}} Ryan]] [[Film/GreenLantern Reynolds]]. Next, two Blue Lantern rings look for people who inspire great hope in others. One goes to [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Steve Rogers]], the original ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, and the other to [[XForce Cable]]. Then, two yellow rings search for new members for the Sinestro Corps. Those who are chosen must be able to inspire great fear in others. Soon enough, [[Franchise/SpiderMan Carnage]] (who probably isn't really currently dead) and Comicbook/GhostRider are inducted. Ghost Rider tries to keep AxeCrazy Carnage in check. Then, red rings rampage around the Earth, looking for those with great rage in their hearts. {{Wolverine}} is chosen due to his occasional "Berseker Rages" and TheHulk also receives a ring because the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets. The orange rings soon find their hosts who are filled with greed: [[Franchise/SpiderMan Norman]] [[DarkReign Osborn]] and DoctorDoom. The violet rings zoom everywhere looking for women filled with love, and find [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]] and [[TheMightyThor The Enchantress]]. The last rings to find hosts are the indigo ones who require compassion, which they find in [[Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Man]] and ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}. Together, these light-wielding heroes and villains manage to fight off Thanos's undead forces. Thanos then has a vision of Death, and she rejects him for his endeavors, never truly wanting the whole universe to die. Afterwards, here is much cleanup to do, and many have died in the conflict, but the world was saved. The rings return to the Guardians, and all seems back to normal. That is, until the White Lantern appears in the MarvelUniverse just as it had in the DCUniverse...

The Captain Boomerang that was revived by the White Rings may have been called by Digger's name (C.B. 1), but absolutely did not look like Harkness himself. In ''Blackest Night: The Flash #3'', he looks just like he did when he died in IdentityCrisis, but when revived looked much younger than he did when he was a Black Lantern. What '''really''' happened was that when Captain Boomerang Jr. became a Black Lantern, he and his dad... kinda fused together into a singular entity, so when Boomerang was revived he was both Boomerang and Boomerang Jr. This theory appears to be bolstered by Captain Boomerang's profile in ''Flash: Secret Files'' as his real name is blacked out.

When Thanos learns that his army is in peril, he brings in his secret weapon. While [[TheMightyThor Thor]] opens a portal to Asgard to retrieve weapons and gather reinforcements, Thanos sends a black ring through Thor's portal. It finds it's target, and a terrible, booming voice says "[[NorseMythology Odin]] of Asgard... RISE!" With that, the king of the Norse Gods is but a puppet of Thanos, putting the entire universe in jeopardy. [[Comicbook/GreenLantern The Guardians of the Universe]] over in the DCU sense this great power being corrupted in another world, and choose to try to aid that world's heroes. They cannot directly help them, but they do so indirectly by sending in two of each color ring into the MarvelUniverse to choose someone worthy enough to wield the light. Two Green Lantern rings, representing willpower, seek out hosts. They choose {{Daredevil}} and strangely, {{Deadpool}}, who says [[ActorAllusion he got it because of]] [[Film/{{X-Men}} Ryan]] [[Film/GreenLantern Reynolds]]. Next, two Blue Lantern rings look for people who inspire great hope in others. One goes to [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Steve Rogers]], the original CaptainAmerica, and the other to [[XForce Cable]]. Then, two yellow rings search for new members for the Sinestro Corps. Those who are chosen must be able to inspire great fear in others. Soon enough, [[SpiderMan Carnage]] (who probably isn't really currently dead) and Comicbook/GhostRider are inducted. Ghost Rider tries to keep AxeCrazy Carnage in check. Then, red rings rampage around the Earth, looking for those with great rage in their hearts. {{Wolverine}} is chosen due to his occasional "Berseker Rages" and TheHulk also receives a ring because the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets. The orange rings soon find their hosts who are filled with greed: [[SpiderMan Norman]] [[DarkReign Osborn]] and DoctorDoom. The violet rings zoom everywhere looking for women filled with love, and find [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]] and [[TheMightyThor The Enchantress]]. The last rings to find hosts are the indigo ones who require compassion, which they find in [[SpiderMan Spider-Man]] and ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}. Together, these light-wielding heroes and villains manage to fight off Thanos's undead forces. Thanos then has a vision of Death, and she rejects him for his endeavors, never truly wanting the whole universe to die. Afterwards, here is much cleanup to do, and many have died in the conflict, but the world was saved. The rings return to the Guardians, and all seems back to normal. That is, until the White Lantern appears in the MarvelUniverse just as it had in the DCUniverse...

The Atom being chosen as a member of the Indigo Tribe raised a few eyebrow among readers. After all, [[CryForJustice the very last thing Palmer had been seen doing]] was committing ColdBloodedTorture against several villains by stomping around inside their brains - the same way his deranged ex-wife murdered one of his oldest friends. Those aren't exactly the actions of a very compassionate person. After the end of BlackestNight, though, we discover the indigo rings ''force'' compassion on those who lack it. Suddenly, Ray Palmer being chosen makes a lot more sense.

[[WMG: Nekron is Death when [[TheSandman Didi isn't in continuity.]] ]]
TheSandman's status of continuity with the main DC Universe is ambiguous, even going by the narrative of TheSandman itself. Whenever Death is not in continuity, she creates a split aspect of herself so that DeathTakesAHoliday is a non-issue. The result is Nekron. The reason why Nekron is [[OmnicidalManiac Nekron]] comes from being a split aspect. Didi is just as responsible for life as she is for death, but the Nekron aspect was only designed to be in charge of death. Without an opposite to balance him, Nekron [[StrawNihilist couldn't see the value of life]], and thus [[LackOfEmpathy couldn't care for it.]] Given [[TimeAbyss how old Nekron is]], this was a split aspect back when Didi was the ''Grim'' Reaper instead of the PerkyGoth [[DontFearTheReaper release]] we've come to love, which made Nekron's descent into [[OmnicidalManiac cosmic ecocide]] all the quicker and unavoidable. Its taken so long for Nekron to enact his BlackestNight plan because only recently before it has Sandman continuity [[CanonDiscontinuity was booted out of mainstream DC.]] Now that the true Death has returned, Nekron is shafted. Black Hand's creepy necrophilia is probably the result of ''very'' misunderstood {{Fetish}}/a Thanos Complex for Didi.

* [[TheSandman Death]]. Nekron's [[InvertedTrope Good]] [[EvilCounterpart counterpart]], and [[CosmicEntity on of the Seven Endless.]] Created [[{{God}} by the Prescence]] to serve as the actual transition of life to death, and because of this [[DontFearTheReaper values life.]]
* [[BlackestNight Nekron.]] Nekron is the guardian of the Great Darkness, and is equal to [[TheSandman Death]]. While [[TheSandman Death]] represents the transition of life and death, Nekron represents the lack of life in of itself

* [[MartianManhunter H'ronmmer.]] One of [[TheSandman Death's]] agents, sent to specifically deal with the Martian Manhunters. Like [[TheSandman Didi]], he's [[DarkIsNotEvil a nice guy]] who provides both death and life to the Martians
* [[NewGods The Black Racer and Azraeuz]]: New Gods who became representatives of Death for their race. The Black Racer may work for Nekron in order to deal with gods when [[OmnicidalManiac the end of life is nigh]], though he could just as easily work for Didi, or someone else. The same goes for Azraeuz

[[OmnicidalManiac Thanos]] opens up a portal to view other realities and sees the Blackest Night event unfold in the DCUniverse. Being in love with Death, he sees recreating this event in his own world as the perfect tribute to his love. He finds a way to travel to the DCU and steals one of the black rings. He brings it back to his world and tries to replicate it and succeeds. Using these rings, he raises the dead in hopes of using those already in Death's grip to bring more into her servitude. Rings fall all across the universe, landing in graves or other places where dead bodies are stored. Eerie voices speak from the rings. "[[TheCloneSaga Ben Reilly]] of Earth... RISE!" "[[TheHulk Emil Blonskey]] of Earth... RISE!" "[[{{CaptainMar-Vell}} Mar-Vell]] of Hala... RISE!" Similar calls echo throughout the universe, and soon, the dead, empowered with their new rings, go and seek out their prey. The heroes of Earth valiantly fight off the forces of Death which are revived versions of deceased enemies, but many of them cannot bring themselves to fight those they had once loved of cared for. However, they soon come to terms that these are not their loved ones, merely twisted reflections of them brought in to confuse and weaken the heroes.

TheSandman's status of continuity with the main DC Universe is ambiguous, even going by the narrative of TheSandman itself. Whenever Death is not in continuity, she creates a split aspect of herself so that DeathTakesAHoliday is a non-issue. The result is Nekron. The reason why Nekron is [[OmnicidalManiac Nekron]] comes from being a split aspect. Didi is just as responsible for life as she is for death, but the Nekron aspect was only designed to be in charge of death. Without an opposite to balance him, Nekron [[StrawNihilist couldn't see the value of life]], and thus [[LackOfEmpathy couldn't care for it.]] Given [[TimeAbyss how old Nekron is]], this was a split aspect back when Didi was the ''Grim'' Reaper instead of the PerkyGoth [[DontFearTheReaper release]] we've come to love, which made Nekron's descent into [[OmnicidalManiac cosmic ecocide]] all the quicker and unavoidable. Its taken so long for Nekron to enact his BlackestNight plan because only recently before it has Sandman continuity [[CanonDiscontinuity was booted out of mainstream DC.]] Now that the true Death has returned, Nekron is shafted. Black Hand's creepy necrophilia is probably the result of ''very'' misunderstood FetishFuel/a Thanos Complex for Didi.

* [[MartianManhunter H'ronmmer.]] One of [[TheSandman Death's]] agents, sent to specifically deal with the Martian Manhunters. Like [[Sandman Didi]], he's [[DarkIsNotEvil a nice guy]] who provides both death and life to the Martians

* [[SwampThing The Great Darkness.]] [[PrimordialChaos The darkness that preceded the universe]], and creator of Nekron. [[TheAntiGod Equal and opposite force against the Prescene)

* [[Sandman Death]]. Nekron's [[InvertedTrope Good]] [[EvilCounterpart counterpart]], and [[CosmicEntity on of the Seven Endless.]] Created [[{{God}} by the Prescence]] to serve as the actual transition of life to death, and because of this [[DontFearTheReaper values life.]]

* [[BlackestNight Nekron.]] Nekron is the guardian of the Great Darkness, and is equal to [[Sandman Death]]. While [[Sandman Death]] represents the transition of life and death, Nekron represents the lack of life in of itself

* [[MartianManhunter H'ronmmer.]] One of [[Sandman Death's]] agents, sent to specifically deal with the Martian Manhunters. Like [[Sandman Didi]], he's [[DarkIsNotEvil a nice guy]] who provides both death and life to the Martians

When Thanos learns that his army is in peril, he brings in his secret weapon. While [[TheMightyThor Thor]] opens a portal to Asgard to retrieve weapons and gather reinforcements, Thanos sends a black ring through Thor's portal. It finds it's target, and a terrible, booming voice says "[[NorseMythology Odin]] of Asgard... RISE!" With that, the king of the Norse Gods is but a puppet of Thanos, putting the entire universe in jeopardy. [[Comicbook/GreenLantern The Guardians of the Universe]] over in the DCU sense this great power being corrupted in another world, and choose to try to aid that world's heroes. They cannot directly help them, but they do so indirectly by sending in two of each color ring into the MarvelUniverse to choose someone worthy enough to wield the light. Two Green Lantern rings, representing willpower, seek out hosts. They choose {{Daredevil}} and strangely, {{Deadpool}}, who says [[ActorAllusion he got it because of]] [[Film/XMen Ryan]] [[Film/GreenLantern Reynolds]]. Next, two Blue Lantern rings look for people who inspire great hope in others. One goes to [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Steve Rogers]], the original CaptainAmerica, and the other to [[XForce Cable]]. Then, two yellow rings search for new members for the Sinestro Corps. Those who are chosen must be able to inspire great fear in others. Soon enough, [[SpiderMan Carnage]] (who probably isn't really currently dead) and Comicbook/GhostRider are inducted. Ghost Rider tries to keep AxeCrazy Carnage in check. Then, red rings rampage around the Earth, looking for those with great rage in their hearts. {{Wolverine}} is chosen due to his occasional "Berseker Rages" and TheHulk also receives a ring because the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets. The orange rings soon find their hosts who are filled with greed: [[SpiderMan Norman]] [[DarkReign Osborn]] and DoctorDoom. The violet rings zoom everywhere looking for women filled with love, and find [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]] and [[TheMightyThor The Enchantress]]. The last rings to find hosts are the indigo ones who require compassion, which they find in [[SpiderMan Spider-Man]] and [[XMen Cyclops]]. Together, these light-wielding heroes and villains manage to fight off Thanos's undead forces. Thanos then has a vision of Death, and she rejects him for his endeavors, never truly wanting the whole universe to die. Afterwards, here is much cleanup to do, and many have died in the conflict, but the world was saved. The rings return to the Guardians, and all seems back to normal. That is, until the White Lantern appears in the MarvelUniverse just as it had in the DCUniverse...

*** I have had a similar idea to this one, but with the FullmetalAlchemist universe. Red-Scar, Orange-Ling, Yellow-Olivia, Green-Ed, Blue-Roy, Indigo-Major Armstrong, and Violet-May Chang. A Black Lantern version of Hughes, Homhehein, the Homunculi...and even *gasp* Mrs. Elric!

When Thanos learns that his army is in peril, he brings in his secret weapon. While [[TheMightyThor Thor]] opens a portal to Asgard to retrieve weapons and gather reinforcements, Thanos sends a black ring through Thor's portal. It finds it's target, and a terrible, booming voice says "[[NorseMythology Odin]] of Asgard... RISE!" With that, the king of the Norse Gods is but a puppet of Thanos, putting the entire universe in jeopardy. [[Comicbook/GreenLantern The Guardians of the Universe]] over in the DCU sense this great power being corrupted in another world, and choose to try to aid that world's heroes. They cannot directly help them, but they do so indirectly by sending in two of each color ring into the MarvelUniverse to choose someone worthy enough to wield the light. Two Green Lantern rings, representing willpower, seek out hosts. They choose {{Daredevil}} and strangely, {{Deadpool}}, who says [[ActorAllusion he got it because of]] [[Film/XMen Ryan]] [[Film/GreenLantern Reynolds]]. Next, two Blue Lantern rings look for people who inspire great hope in others. One goes to [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Steve Rogers]], the original CaptainAmerica, and the other to [[XForce Cable]]. Then, two yellow rings search for new members for the Sinestro Corps. Those who are chosen must be able to inspire great fear in others. Soon enough, [[SpiderMan Carnage]] (who probably isn't really currently dead) and GhostRider are inducted. Ghost Rider tries to keep AxeCrazy Carnage in check. Then, red rings rampage around the Earth, looking for those with great rage in their hearts. {{Wolverine}} is chosen due to his occasional "Berseker Rages" and TheHulk also receives a ring because the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets. The orange rings soon find their hosts who are filled with greed: [[SpiderMan Norman]] [[DarkReign Osborn]] and DoctorDoom. The violet rings zoom everywhere looking for women filled with love, and find [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]] and [[TheMightyThor The Enchantress]]. The last rings to find hosts are the indigo ones who require compassion, which they find in [[SpiderMan Spider-Man]] and [[XMen Cyclops]]. Together, these light-wielding heroes and villains manage to fight off Thanos's undead forces. Thanos then has a vision of Death, and she rejects him for his endeavors, never truly wanting the whole universe to die. Afterwards, here is much cleanup to do, and many have died in the conflict, but the world was saved. The rings return to the Guardians, and all seems back to normal. That is, until the White Lantern appears in the MarvelUniverse just as it had in the DCUniverse...

When Thanos learns that his army is in peril, he brings in his secret weapon. While [[TheMightyThor Thor]] opens a portal to Asgard to retrieve weapons and gather reinforcements, Thanos sends a black ring through Thor's portal. It finds it's target, and a terrible, booming voice says "[[NorseMythology Odin]] of Asgard... RISE!" With that, the king of the Norse Gods is but a puppet of Thanos, putting the entire universe in jeopardy. [[Comicbook/GreenLantern The Guardians of the Universe]] over in the DCU sense this great power being corrupted in another world, and choose to try to aid that world's heroes. They cannot directly help them, but they do so indirectly by sending in two of each color ring into the MarvelUniverse to choose someone worthy enough to wield the light. Two Green Lantern rings, representing willpower, seek out hosts. They choose {{Daredevil}} and strangely, {{Deadpool}}, who says [[ActorAllusion he got it because of]] [[Film/XMen Ryan]] [[Film/GreenLantern Reynolds]]. Next, two Blue Lantern rings look for people who inspire great hope in others. One goes to [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Steve Rogers]], the original CaptainAmerica, and the other to [[XForce Cable]]. Then, two yellow rings search for new members for the Sinestro Corps. Those who are chosen must be able to inspire great fear in others. Soon enough, [[SpiderMan Carnage]] (who probably isn't really currently dead) and GhostRider are inducted. Ghost Rider tries to keep AxeCrazy Carnage in check. Then, red rings rampage around the Earth, looking for those with great rage in their hearts. {{Wolverine}} is chosen due to his occasional "Berseker Rages" and TheHulk also receives a ring because the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets. The orange rings soon find their hosts who are filled with greed: [[SpiderMan Norman]] [[DarkReign Osborn]] and DoctorDoom. The violet rings zoom everywhere looking for women filled with love, and find [[FantasticFour Invisible Woman]] and [[TheMightyThor The Enchantress]]. The last rings to find hosts are the indigo ones who require compassion, which they find in [[SpiderMan Spider-Man]] and [[XMen Cyclops]]. Together, these light-wielding heroes and villains manage to fight off Thanos's undead forces. Thanos then has a vision of Death, and she rejects him for his endeavors, never truly wanting the whole universe to die. Afterwards, here is much cleanup to do, and many have died in the conflict, but the world was saved. The rings return to the Guardians, and all seems back to normal. That is, until the White Lantern appears in the MarvelUniverse just as it had in the DCUniverse...

We saw at the end of Adventure Comics #5 that Laurie Lemmons has a Black Lantern Ring. Alex Luthor Jr, aware that Earth-Prime contains info on the main universe, became DangerouslyGenreSavvy. When his Black Lantern self arrived in our universe, he brought a bunch of spare Black Lantern rings,and sent them away off-panel. That way, not only will the rings remain thanks to ComicBookTime, but their users will know ''everything'' thanks to the comics being written down. [[FridgeHorror Where do you think]] [[TheSpoonyExperiment Black Lantern Spoony came from?]]

* This doesn't make much sense-he was clearly distraught when Sue was murdered by Jean, since he [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall fled into Countdown.]] Meaning he clearly comprehends empathy. I think that the reason the ring picked him is because, without a set guide, they usually target the compassionate.

When Lex Luthor temporarily dies and meets Death he accuses her of being behind The Black Lanterns, she neither denies or confirms it. Nekron is effectively a product of Black Hands imagination and him and Scar found a way to make it sentient by somehow manipulating Death.

* Confirmed, Deathstorm makes a comeback during Brightest Night.

* This doesn't make much sense-he was clearly distraught when Sue was murdered by Jean, since he [[AtopTheFourthWall fled into Countdown.]] Meaning he clearly comprehends empathy. I think that the reason the ring picked him is because, without a set guide, they usually target the compassionate.