It's more murder and mayhem on the grand scale that is the Blackest Night. I keep wanting to say Darkest Night for some reason. But . . whatever. Anyways, as you can see by the cover, Jade is back. But that seems to be the theme with the Black Lantern's attacks. Despite who or what came back, or who attacked who . . it seems like the Black Ring's attacks are very specific and orchestrated. In every instance it seems that it's the friends and families of the living that are attacking them. It seems to be the ones that can stir up the most emotion. So far the only person I've seen not be touched by all of this emotion is Kyle. He's confronted by Jade, and he listens to her talk. But all the while he's studying her and trying to figure out how to take her out. He's knows that it's not really Jade, and he won't stand for this obscene imitation. However, once he exposes her, and she really tries to sink her teeth into him . . does he have enough strength to overcome the attack? Anyways, that's what's basically happening all over the place to every member of the Corps. But, a couple of things I've noticed is . . when the Black Lanterns attack, it appears that they can see all of the various emotions in the counterparts. And they're showing up as the different colors of the spectrum . . much like the rings. Also, either this emotion, or this light seems to be powering them. The more they see and affect, the more powerful they become. It's my guess that somehow they have to get to the point where they're fighting them without emotion. Maybe they have to switch up targets so there's no emotional connection. However, that doesn't stem the problem of them swelling their ranks by killing everyone they can.
They kill 'em, they ring 'em, and then they come back for the other side. There has to be some way to stop that whole process. Also, there's a couple of interesting developments this issue. The Lanterns go into the Planetary Citadel to find out what the Guardians are doing. That's when they find them all held by some kind of black-goo. They also notice that one of them is missing. I don't think they know it's Scab yet, but . . hopefully they'll make the connection soon. Anyways, the Alpha Lanterns immediately try to take control of the Corps, but Salaak stands up to them. He reminds them that the Guardians protocol for leadership falls on the Clarissi and then the Illustres. Salaak is the current Clarissi, and Guy and Kyle are the Illustres. That puts them in charge of the Corps. We also see that a Star Sapphire has come to Kryb's aid. He escaped the crystals of Zamaron to try to retrieve his 'children', but now he can no longer hear them. He agrees to go back to Zamaron after he saves them, so the Star Sapphire has agreed to help. But when they return to Vdra, they find nothing there. I think their alliance is going to prove to be much more important than it appears right now. We're only seeing the affects of the Black Lanterns right now. We don't know their purpose, ultimate goal, or even who's behind the whole thing. We know that the Black Hand and Scab are involved, but I think they're just generals. We haven't seen the true genius behind this madness yet. This issue is brought to us by Peter J Tomasi and Patrick Gleason. Who both do an exemplary job. Plus we get these fantastic covers by Patrick and Billy Tucci. This is a great book. If you're not reading it . . I don't know why!
It's more murder and mayhem on the grand scale that is the Blackest Night. I keep wanting to say Darkest Night for some reason. But . . whatever. Anyways, as you can see by the cover, Jade is back. But that seems to be the theme with the Black Lantern's attacks. Despite who or what came back, or who attacked who . . it seems like the Black Ring's attacks are very specific and orchestrated. In every instance it seems that it's the friends and families of the living that are attacking them. It seems to be the ones that can stir up the most emotion. So far the only person I've seen not be touched by all of this emotion is Kyle. He's confronted by Jade, and he listens to her talk. But all the while he's studying her and trying to figure out how to take her out. He's knows that it's not really Jade, and he won't stand for this obscene imitation. However, once he exposes her, and she really tries to sink her teeth into him . . does he have enough strength to overcome the attack? Anyways, that's what's basically happening all over the place to every member of the Corps. But, a couple of things I've noticed is . . when the Black Lanterns attack, it appears that they can see all of the various emotions in the counterparts. And they're showing up as the different colors of the spectrum . . much like the rings. Also, either this emotion, or this light seems to be powering them. The more they see and affect, the more powerful they become. It's my guess that somehow they have to get to the point where they're fighting them without emotion. Maybe they have to switch up targets so there's no emotional connection. However, that doesn't stem the problem of them swelling their ranks by killing everyone they can. 
They kill 'em, they ring 'em, and then they come back for the other side. There has to be some way to stop that whole process. Also, there's a couple of interesting developments this issue. The Lanterns go into the Planetary Citadel to find out what the Guardians are doing. That's when they find them all held by some kind of black-goo. They also notice that one of them is missing. I don't think they know it's Scab yet, but . . hopefully they'll make the connection soon. Anyways, the Alpha Lanterns immediately try to take control of the Corps, but Salaak stands up to them. He reminds them that the Guardians protocol for leadership falls on the Clarissi and then the Illustres. Salaak is the current Clarissi, and Guy and Kyle are the Illustres. That puts them in charge of the Corps. We also see that a Star Sapphire has come to Kryb's aid. He escaped the crystals of Zamaron to try to retrieve his 'children', but now he can no longer hear them. He agrees to go back to Zamaron after he saves them, so the Star Sapphire has agreed to help. But when they return to Vdra, they find nothing there. I think their alliance is going to prove to be much more important than it appears right now. We're only seeing the affects of the Black Lanterns right now. We don't know their purpose, ultimate goal, or even who's behind the whole thing. We know that the Black Hand and Scab are involved, but I think they're just generals. We haven't seen the true genius behind this madness yet. This issue is brought to us by Peter J Tomasi and Patrick Gleason. Who both do an exemplary job. Plus we get these fantastic covers by Patrick and Billy Tucci. This is a great book. If you're not reading it . . I don't know why!
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