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Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (Blackest Night #4)
by
Geoff Johns,
Peter J. Tomasi, Sterling Gates (Goodreads Author), Jerry Ordway , Ivan Reis , Dave Gibbons, Doug Mahnke, Various
In this 3-issue miniseries, the secrets behind the Lanterns of BLACKEST NIGHT are revealed! Bear witness to Blue Lantern Saint Walker's pilgrimage of hope, Star Sapphire Carol Ferris' sacrifice for love, Green Lantern Kilowog's courageous beginnings, Red Lantern Vice's source of rage, Orange Lantern Blume's bizarre creation, and the first appearance of the mysterious Indig...more
Hardcover, 176 pages
Published
July 27th 2010
by DC Comics
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A collection of short stories giving more detailed backstory to some of the players in Blackest Night. Most should be read before, but The Birth of Nekron should be read right before Blackest Night #6 and the Book of the Black should be read after you finish the whole Blackest Night series.
New Blood is a story about how Kilowog came to be the hard nosed drill sergeant Green Lantern fans love. It is in some ways a typical war story, but it provides great grounding for Kilowog. I liked the ending...more
New Blood is a story about how Kilowog came to be the hard nosed drill sergeant Green Lantern fans love. It is in some ways a typical war story, but it provides great grounding for Kilowog. I liked the ending...more
Much has been said about Green Lantern’s Blackest Night, not to mention the subsequent back stories and tie-ups. In my “immersion” course into the Green Lantern Universe two years ago, collecting the many graphic novel compilations and tie-ups has been a journey for me and with Brightest Day Volume 1 released last year and Volume 2 and other tie-ins this year, I know my “work” is cut out for me.
But for this time, I got pulled into collecting another tie in for the Blackest Night and this chronic...more
But for this time, I got pulled into collecting another tie in for the Blackest Night and this chronic...more
This book basically tells origins and backgrounds of certain characters like Bleez, Saint Walker, Arisia, and Kilowog. Elements from these stories are brought up throughout the other BL books, so reading this, while not necessary, is recommended.
Each story is a nice little stand-alone that's easy to read and entertaining. Personally, my favorite was the Saint Walker origin. I love me some Saint Walker. But they were all good in their own right.
If you want to read Blackest Night, I would suggest...more
Each story is a nice little stand-alone that's easy to read and entertaining. Personally, my favorite was the Saint Walker origin. I love me some Saint Walker. But they were all good in their own right.
If you want to read Blackest Night, I would suggest...more
This trade can easily be divided into two parts: the actual Tales of the Corps, and a Superboy-Prime story.
Tales of the Corps ties in to the Blackest Night storyline, but it obviously isn't essential. It's a series of short stories that serve to explain the different aspects of the emotional spectrum. Like I said, it's not essential to understanding Blackest Night, but it would certainly be helpful for somebody like me who hasn't kept up on Green Lantern and doesn't know a thing about the Orange...more
Tales of the Corps ties in to the Blackest Night storyline, but it obviously isn't essential. It's a series of short stories that serve to explain the different aspects of the emotional spectrum. Like I said, it's not essential to understanding Blackest Night, but it would certainly be helpful for somebody like me who hasn't kept up on Green Lantern and doesn't know a thing about the Orange...more
I think this book could be separated into two parts. The first half, short stories about the different Corps, which is very good. The second, a story about Superboy Prime, which is not so good. Maybe it's because I haven't read everything leading up to the Blackest Night series, but that whole part of the book didn't make much sense to me and overall, didn't seem to be very well written. But the first part of the story was very good. It gave a brief glimpse into the different Lanterns and how th...more
The best of the Blackest Night event collections, this grouping shares tales from each Lantern corps: Bleez's conversion to the Red Lanterns, Orange Lantern Larfleeze's addition of Blume, young Mongul's early lessons that will help him take over the Sinestro Corps, Arisia's induction into the GLC, Walker's transformation into a Blue Lantern candidate, the Indigo tribe's "compassion," Carol's return to the Star Sapphires, and Nekron's arrival. The only disappointment is the inclusion of a "real w...more
I've already said what I think of Blackest Night, so this review will just be about this book specifically. This is a collection of tie-in stories about members of the various lantern corps. Not all of them are directly related to the the main Blackest Night storyline, but all of them are about death or the dead.
New Blood is a touchingly personal story about Green Lantern Kilowog, the recruit instructor. Kilowog is a longstanding character with a storied history, but he's seldom the focus of att...more
New Blood is a touchingly personal story about Green Lantern Kilowog, the recruit instructor. Kilowog is a longstanding character with a storied history, but he's seldom the focus of att...more
There are excellent short stories in this book and some not so great stories. As I've been mostly reading Green Lantern out of order and am still not current with the title to date, I found this book quite helpful in distinguishing the many differences between the different colored rings. If you're not already aware Geoff Johns and others have completely refined the mythology of the Green Lanterns and have helped maintain the course of keeping the character commercially and critically successful...more
While this collection has stories from all the various corps it doesn't have much cohesion. The talented roster of creators do good work but I'm not sure any of the stories are very memorable, especially compared to the epic things going on in the Green Lantern books at the time. Throw in an adventure by Super-Prime, who I might hate more than anyone fictional, and you have a pretty basic filler collection. Decent to flip though but not buy, especially for the price.
Another collection of miscellanies stories from the Blackest Night event, this one is short stories about various Corps members, The Book of Black backups, and Superboy Prime.
The strongest was the Red Lantern story of Bleez and Carol Ferris' joining The Star Sapphires. The two part Superboy Prime story was just odd and I like the character, but I usually hate "real world" meta stories.
The strongest was the Red Lantern story of Bleez and Carol Ferris' joining The Star Sapphires. The two part Superboy Prime story was just odd and I like the character, but I usually hate "real world" meta stories.
In starting my read of the multi-volume Blackest Night series thsi edition gets points for trying to add depth to many of the characters that were introduced during the series. While most of these shorts are toss aways, and Walker's simply doesn't work for me, Kilowogs was a nice pies. This was better than expected.
The Tales of the Corps are perhaps the best Blackest Nights satellite stories, with good character looks at lots of the emotions.
The Superboy-Prime tale is OK, but I don't really understand why it's here, and there's not a lot of depth to it. Still, all the fourth-wall play is fun.
The Superboy-Prime tale is OK, but I don't really understand why it's here, and there's not a lot of depth to it. Still, all the fourth-wall play is fun.
Collected in this TPB is Tale of the Green Lantern Corps, Tales of the Red Lantern Corps., Tales of the Orange Corps., Tales of the Sinestro Corps, Tales of the Blue Lantern Corps., Tales of the Indigo Tribe (my least favorite), Tales of the Star Sapphires, Tales of the Black Lantern Corps., The Symbols of the Spectrum (a story about each ring), The Book of the Black (A William Hand journal so to speak), Adventure Comics. I would have given this a five star rating if they would have left out the...more
I really liked seeing all the background information on the different Lanterns. As someone who is pretty unfamiliar to the Corps outside of some incredibly superficial knowledge, I really liked the way they handled each character and color.
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Ok collection, good to have some background on the new Corps, and the stories in the main do it well.
There's nothing outstanding here, but solid, entertaining stuff on the whole, and essential reading for GL fans.
Worth a look
There's nothing outstanding here, but solid, entertaining stuff on the whole, and essential reading for GL fans.
Worth a look
Geoff Johns - writer
Jerry Ordway - artist
3/5
A bunch of vingettes about the various different colored ring corps. Occurs during and is pertinent to the "darkest night" crossover event in DC comics.
Jerry Ordway - artist
3/5
A bunch of vingettes about the various different colored ring corps. Occurs during and is pertinent to the "darkest night" crossover event in DC comics.
It's a hodgepodge of different things, most of which I liked. The first half includes one story from a specific Lantern in each of the different corps. Some of the characters I was familiar with and some I was not, so it made for interesting reading.
I actually really enjoyed this compliation because it delved into several of the other lanterns and how they procured their rings.
Some of these were really good, others not so much. Worth it for "Saint Walker" (Tales of the Blue Lantern Corps) - I really enjoyed that one.
Lots of very short stories about individuals in the different corps, and how the came to join them. It's worth noting that this volume contains the Killawog story that was featured in the 'Emerald Knights' animation. Some of the stories were good but suffered by being too short.
One Of the books I read in the Blackest Night series. I enjoyed this series. You get to see heroes and villans who have already passed. Plus it's a new enemy for the lanterns corps to face. So do they put aside their differences and stand together or get torn apart alone?
Not much here. I hated the odd Superboy-Prime story. I did enjoy Saint Walkers background story though.
Only thing in this volume I liked was Saint Walker's backstory. The rest was pointless filler.
Short shorts, ranging from the very good to the mediocre.
For end of chapter note
I haven't been reading this book for that long, but it everything that I wanted; violence, action and drama. I'm not really a fan of graphic novels but I think that this is a start.
I haven't been reading this book for that long, but it everything that I wanted; violence, action and drama. I'm not really a fan of graphic novels but I think that this is a start.
Sweet, just what I wanted ..Background all over the place.
Now that I know what order to read. This should be a fun series.
Now that I know what order to read. This should be a fun series.
single issues
good graphic novel!
Not as compelling as the first Blackest Night book, this one deals with multiple members of the ring corps. There are some really great stories in this one, though. Kilowog's story, as well as the Blue Lantern Saint Walker's story stick out foremost in my mind and are worth checking out just by themselves. The rest, unfortunately, are rather forgettable. It was interesting to see what the other corps are up to, but save yourself some money and visit your local library to check this one out.
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Geoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990’s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career...more
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