Official Blackest Night Thread

[WompuM]

Yeah, she'll probably get bored of attacking Kyle and try to kill someone else right in front of him next issue.

In his own apartment. For shame.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Here's the cover to the latest Diamond previews, there is a spoiler:

Spoiler

So even if [blackout]Nekron[/blackout] isn't the big bad, he'll be popping up to say what's up

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I bet [blackout]Nekron is the Black Lanterns' entity like Ion and Parallax[/blackout].

 

[Drz]

Anyway you can find a bigger size for that? Also any other November comic issue covers up? =O

 

[Ace of Knaves]

I thought Black Hand was the Black Lantern equivalent of Ion and Parralax?

It seems that Death is the man behind it all, seeing as Black Hand claimed Death was talking to him. Who is Death in the DCU?

 

[Tron Bonne]

Anyway you can find a bigger size for that? Also any other November comic issue covers up? =O

That's the only picture I found on Diamonds website, here's the link: http://www.diamondcomics.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=3&s=5&ai=85983. There might be one up later in the month though.

And I don't believe that any other November previews have been released, yet

I bet [blackout]Nekron is the Black Lanterns' entity like Ion and Parallax[/blackout].

It's Johns and it's a recton, so I'd say you're probably spot on

 

[yenaled]

I thought Black Hand was the Black Lantern equivalent of Ion and Parralax?

Black Hand is more like Sodom Yat.

It seems that Death is the man behind it all, seeing as Black Hand claimed Death was talking to him. Who is Death in the DCU?

Urm Death is. And she will not be showing up.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Black Hand is more like Sodom Yat.

Yea and Yat is Ion.

 

[yenaled]

Yea and Yat is Ion.

No, Ion is Ion. Yat is the host.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

No, Ion is Ion. Yat is the host.

Yea fair enough.

So I agree with you that Black Hand is the equivalent of Yat then. But what entity is Black Hand the host of? Death? Who is Death in the DCU?

 

[Tron Bonne]

Death is Death. Death of the Endless is the only Death in the DCU that I'm aware of

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(DC_Comics)

 

[yenaled]

I assume Black Hand is the host of Nekron and when the Black Lantern rings are charged to 100% power it will summon him, destroying his host or something.

I wasn't being cryptic. Death is Death! and there is honestly no chance of her showing up. Although it would be geekgasm.

 

[Perfect Cell]

Death is... Death.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_%28DC_Comics%29#DC_Universe

Edit: Ah, beat me to it.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Death takes a lot of forms, so it's entirely possible a "lesser" form of Death will show up.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Yea but isn't there different representations of Death in the DCU? The one from Sandman is the peace or the release side of death or something right? More of the compassionate side of death?

I'm sure I read that somewhere, or I'm officially bonkers now.

 

[Tron Bonne]

I didn't know there were lesser forms, I thought that Death of the Endless was pretty much it. Though I guess stuff like Black Racer and Black Flash are suppose to be spin-offs or lesser forms or something.

 

[sethcohen]

black racer, black flash, nekron...

 

[04nbod]

Death in the DCU is variously Death, Nekron and the Black Racer

 

[Tron Bonne]

I thought Nekron was more of a devil-like character that just feeds on death?

 

[yenaled]

Death is the personification of Death she controls its realm.

Now there maybe lesser Gods who command parts of aspects of Death - such as Lucifer, Hades, Nekron, or the Black Racer but like all Gods their power is dependant on having believers.

But Death is an endless, as long as their is Death she is the embodiment of it and looks after it.

What can I say, I've been re-reading Sandman recently.

 

[yenaled]

Double double.

 

[Tron Bonne]

EDIT: Blah, never mind

 

[WompuM]

zoomed in pic

Spoiler

Is that Dove or someone else in the middle? Ice maybe? And all the people on there are all reserectees, interesting. I like how the Lantern is a scythe.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I wonder if those people are gonna be the main cast for the event.

 

[sethcohen]

Spoiler

thats ice