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Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns (Blackest Night #7)
This essential BLACKEST NIGHT tie-in title written by event architect, Geoff Johns along with collaborator James Robinson, Peter J. Tomasi and others is an essential part of the Blackest Night storyline. Eight classic titles from DC's past return for stories featuring characters from their original runs dealing with the events unfolding in the DC Universe which show the am...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
July 27th 2010
by DC Comics
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Rise of the Black Lanterns is essentially the tie-in collection book. While the other volumes (save perhaps Tales of the Corps) of Blackest Night have a story line, this volume is made up of nine comics that tied into the main Blackest Night story, specifically:
Atom and Hawkman 46, Catwoman 83, Phantom Stranger 42, The Power of Shazam 48, The Question 37, Starman 81, Weird Western Tales 71, Green Arrow 30, and Adventure Comics 7.
As it's a collection book, it's hard to judge the book as a whole b...more
Atom and Hawkman 46, Catwoman 83, Phantom Stranger 42, The Power of Shazam 48, The Question 37, Starman 81, Weird Western Tales 71, Green Arrow 30, and Adventure Comics 7.
As it's a collection book, it's hard to judge the book as a whole b...more
I was underwhelmed by the Blackest Night mini-series, but it seems some of the most interesting stories were told on the periphery – but even then, Rise of the Black Lanterns is a mixed bag.The idea that Nekkron had a hand in guiding 'dead' superheroes back to life makes a virtue of one of comics' most annoying, and Rise wisely ignores the guff from the main series about how the heroes "would've managed it anyway". Tony Bedard's Superboy piece makes similarly fun use of complex comic continuity...more
Yes, I'm still working my way through the Blackest Night collections (the thing that has probably made me swear off event comics-Marvel had just about done that all ready) and this volume could have gotten a higher score if they had done two things-included the Gail Simone and John Ostrander issues I expected to be in this trade. 1) I usually like Ostrander's and Simone's writing, and Ostrander's Suicide Squad issue fit the theme here 100% (new issues of canceled series). James Robinson seems mu...more
I'm not a big fan of the Blackest Night event. I think it takes some big imagination to try and pull all the different timeline pieces and continuity messes that DC has made over the years. However, it's still a weak overall effect and the anthology comics contained in this volume just feel gimicky to generate more dollars.
Most of the art is superb and it's nice to have all of the different cross-overs contained in one volume. Unfortunatly, most of the stories lack as the writer is handcuffed wi...more
Most of the art is superb and it's nice to have all of the different cross-overs contained in one volume. Unfortunatly, most of the stories lack as the writer is handcuffed wi...more
This Blackest Night trade is quite a mishmash. The idea was to bring back several canceled series from the dead for the event, publishing a single issue of each to tie in to the Black Lantern Corps storyline. Some of them are better than others, and I could swear the quality started to decline as I got deeper into the book. (The Catwoman story, while good, is also available in one of the Gotham City Sirens books, so I had already read it.) The Green Arrow story (from his perspective while his bo...more
This collection of Black Lantern stories were an odd mix of characters and plotlines. They are all loosely connected to the Blackest Night storyline but some seem to take place in different times. Also, one of the problems with this massive event is that many writers interpret the Black Lanterns differently. After reading this the main thing I thought was why? Why were these written? What was the purpose? Nothing was added to the overall arc and mostly the artists just got to show off some new B...more
Half of this enjoyed, half of this I was mostly bored, and one comic I just found completely uninteresting.
I don't have a lot to say, the strongest issues for me were The Atom and Hawkman, Green Arrow, and The Phantom Stranger (all of those issues were in the beginning of the volume) as well as Catwoman (although the art left a bit to be desired). The Superboy comic was decent as was Starman.
I could have done without The Question and Jonah Hex and Shazam.
So it didn't end well which is likely why...more
I don't have a lot to say, the strongest issues for me were The Atom and Hawkman, Green Arrow, and The Phantom Stranger (all of those issues were in the beginning of the volume) as well as Catwoman (although the art left a bit to be desired). The Superboy comic was decent as was Starman.
I could have done without The Question and Jonah Hex and Shazam.
So it didn't end well which is likely why...more
The Black Lanterns get some spotlight time, as we examine their trials and tribulations against the DC Universe. Green Arrow fights against the black ring, Deadman must battle his own corpse, Atom and Hawkman have a not-so-old-fashioned team-up, Osiris deals with a world that has moved on, Spectre gets help from Phantom Stranger, Question fights Question, Black Mask looks to get revenge on Catwoman for his murder, Jonah Hex and his old rival must team-up to follow Nekron's wishes, and Superboy u...more
Because I inadvertently started reading in media res, I'm not sure what to think about this graphic novel in which black rings of power bring various DC superheroes (including the Spectre--ridiculous!) back from the grave as "Black Lantern" zombies. Perhaps in the context of what came before and what follows, this makes more sense and is more enjoyable, but it doesn't do much as a stand-alone volume. Sadly, this is the only portion of the saga that the local library network owns, and so I'll onl...more
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This was a good idea with only decent execution: since the dead were "rising", use a bunch of canceled series, given an extra issue number from where they finished off, to show some other Black Lanterns. Most were OK, some eh, but a really good extra issue of James Robinson's Starman, featuring the Shade taking down a Black Lantern Starman David Knight, complete with plenty of references to the old series, was a wonderful edition that made the whole book worth checking out.
I really want to give this a higher rating because the good was really good, but there were a lot of stories that just didn't appeal to me at all.
I really liked Atom and Hawkman, Power of Shazam, and Adventure Comics (especially Atom and Hawkman). But the Weird Western Tales, Catwoman, Starman, Phantom Stranger...they were just uninteresting to me. I simply don't really care about those characters.
The Green Arrow and Question ones were decent, but I didn't love them.
I really liked Atom and Hawkman, Power of Shazam, and Adventure Comics (especially Atom and Hawkman). But the Weird Western Tales, Catwoman, Starman, Phantom Stranger...they were just uninteresting to me. I simply don't really care about those characters.
The Green Arrow and Question ones were decent, but I didn't love them.
As a collection of stories involving Black Night, there was enough for it to be a decent read. I really enjoy the concept of the various rings representing emotions, and got better sense of the interconnectedness of the DC universe. However, this was a distinctive tie-in and there was a real sense of each story only truly fitting within the separate individual series and only limited consistent narrative cohesion.
Aug 16, 2011
Michelle (In Libris Veritas)
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Awesome. I love seeing some of the characters come back as Black Lanterns and how they each deal with it. Some of the art toward the middle is horrible looking though, I really don't like when the panels look like colored sketches. It seriously makes me want to put the down permanently. I didn't expect some of these stories at all so some were awesome to see.
A collection of "resurrected" titles to go along with the theme of the resurrected dead in the comics. The different stories vary in strength with the Starman one being my least favorite, probably cause I haven't read Starman yet. I think Power Of Shazam was the strongest with The Atom & Hawkman on the top of the list.
Following the events of several more of the B-List superheroes, this overall compilation was very hit or miss. Some of them were very enjoyable, such as Atom, Green Arrow, Phantom Stranger/Deadman, Superboy and Catwoman- others were less so (The Question, Starman, Weird Western Tales, Power of Shazam).
I had low expectations for these books, following the so-so Blackest Night mini-series, but they turned out almost uniformly to be interesting books that either offered good perspectives on the crossover or else interesting character studies of the people involved. All worth reading.
A series of short stories concentrating on different characters. Some of them really aren't good but a lot are quite impressive. Catwoman is quite moving, Atom and Hawkman is very much linked to identity crisis, and Power of Shazam tells the story of someone with amazing willpower. These are the standout stories in Blackest Night.
Hardest collection to rate, as the stories are all self contained continuation issues of old cancelled series ( nice idea). As is the way with these things, I enjoyed 75% or so.
Generally fun, usually well written, but probably for Blackest Night completists only
Generally fun, usually well written, but probably for Blackest Night completists only
Yeah, really hit or miss (though, at their worst, the stories are just kind of shruggable). Kind of how I felt about the whole series!
Hit or miss. Some of these stories are great, some not so much. But this is a collection of one-shots, so that's to be expected.
Lacks narrative coherence, but a fun way to sample diffrent titles, writers and artists.
A mixed bag, but worth reading for the Green Arrow story alone.
This hardcover is really unbalanced: some issues are good, while others are a complete waste of time.
Hawkman, The Phantom Stranger (my favorite store in this book), Green Arrow, Adventure Comics, Starman (another favorite), The Question, and Catwoman, and Weird Western Tales collected in this TPB. Two good stories out of eight. If I had to do it again, I would probably skip this one.
Good..an interesting begining
The weakest of the series, this had some interesting parts, but was too disjointed to be really compelling. Useful only for completists, or if you really need to know what happened to your favorite (c-list) character during Blackest Night.
The suspense and peril were truly felt, which marks the signs of the great writer.
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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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