This book brings up back to the cosmic epic of Blackest Night, as told by Geoff Johns. There's lots of stuff going on in this issue, but it's all just pieces of the puzzle. We find out that Atrocitus can't really be killed. Since the Red Lanterns have replaced their hearts with their power rings, it doesn't really do the Black Lanterns any good to remove them. Anyways, we get a little more information on the massacre of space sector 666. That's that thing that happened a long time ago that the Guardians are trying to hide. Atrocitus is attacked by 'Four of the five inversions. Once the last survivors of the planet Ryut. Sub-reference: massacre of space sector 666 classified.' They expect to easily defeat the Red Lanterns, but when they see that removing their heart has little affect on them . . I think they may realize they're in for a bigger fight than they thought. Meanwhile on Korugar, Hal is trying to bring together some of the various factions of the emotional spectrum. He's got Sinestro, Carol and Indigo 1 all there. After taking on some of their own personal demons, in the guise of Black Lanterns, Sinestro wants to get Atrocitus to join their little group. But Hal insists that they should get Saint Walker first. Luckily Hal wins out, because back on Odym Larfreeze and his Orange Lanterns are trying to obtain the Blue Power Battery. However, when Hal and company show up, their own Blue Rings are re-energized, and it quickly turns the tide of battle. But, back on Okaara we see that Larfreeze is having his own problems with the Black Lanterns, and on the final page Atrocitus has come to get the Orange ring. But I'm not really sure what that's all about. Also we get a little bit more information . . very little . . on Xanshi and John Stewart. I like the way that Geoff is stretching out this story. He's giving us bits and pieces of information . . enough to keep us interested, without it feeling like he's just dragging it out on purpose.
We're starting to see the bigger picture. We just don't know what it all means yet. But since Blackest Night #4 is the next on my list . . hopefully I'll feel a little more knowledgeable after it. I also love the work that Doug Mahnke is doing on this book. His style is perfect for these characters. The full page spread of the four inversions on the second page is really rather creepy. Nobody could've pulled it off, but Doug. A fantastic book, and great covers by Ed Benes and Doug Mahnke. In the back of the book, on the DC nation page, Dan Didio tries to give us a little upcoming information, but hides it in French and Italian text. The first half of the post is in French, and about the return of Starman in a book by James Robinson. Secondly, in Italian, he talks about the return of Catwoman in a Batman mystery in which she teams up with 'an old enemy with a passion for unorthodox artifacts generally used for protection or ornament.' But . . I'm not sure who that is.
This book brings up back to the cosmic epic of Blackest Night, as told by Geoff Johns. There's lots of stuff going on in this issue, but it's all just pieces of the puzzle. We find out that Atrocitus can't really be killed. Since the Red Lanterns have replaced their hearts with their power rings, it doesn't really do the Black Lanterns any good to remove them. Anyways, we get a little more information on the massacre of space sector 666. That's that thing that happened a long time ago that the Guardians are trying to hide. Atrocitus is attacked by 'Four of the five inversions. Once the last survivors of the planet Ryut. Sub-reference: massacre of space sector 666 classified.' They expect to easily defeat the Red Lanterns, but when they see that removing their heart has little affect on them . . I think they may realize they're in for a bigger fight than they thought. Meanwhile on Korugar, Hal is trying to bring together some of the various factions of the emotional spectrum. He's got Sinestro, Carol and Indigo 1 all there. After taking on some of their own personal demons, in the guise of Black Lanterns, Sinestro wants to get Atrocitus to join their little group. But Hal insists that they should get Saint Walker first. Luckily Hal wins out, because back on Odym Larfreeze and his Orange Lanterns are trying to obtain the Blue Power Battery. However, when Hal and company show up, their own Blue Rings are re-energized, and it quickly turns the tide of battle. But, back on Okaara we see that Larfreeze is having his own problems with the Black Lanterns, and on the final page Atrocitus has come to get the Orange ring. But I'm not really sure what that's all about. Also we get a little bit more information . . very little . . on Xanshi and John Stewart. I like the way that Geoff is stretching out this story. He's giving us bits and pieces of information . . enough to keep us interested, without it feeling like he's just dragging it out on purpose. 
We're starting to see the bigger picture. We just don't know what it all means yet. But since Blackest Night #4 is the next on my list . . hopefully I'll feel a little more knowledgeable after it. I also love the work that Doug Mahnke is doing on this book. His style is perfect for these characters. The full page spread of the four inversions on the second page is really rather creepy. Nobody could've pulled it off, but Doug. A fantastic book, and great covers by Ed Benes and Doug Mahnke. In the back of the book, on the DC nation page, Dan Didio tries to give us a little upcoming information, but hides it in French and Italian text. The first half of the post is in French, and about the return of Starman in a book by James Robinson. Secondly, in Italian, he talks about the return of Catwoman in a Batman mystery in which she teams up with 'an old enemy with a passion for unorthodox artifacts generally used for protection or ornament.' But . . I'm not sure who that is. 
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