Here’s the latest promo piece for DC’s Blackest Night series. Time for Stevie Cool to whip up some new funny.
Stephen Schleicher
Stephen Schleicher began his career writing for the Digital Media Online community of sites, including Digital Producer and Creative Mac covering all aspects of the digital content creation industry. He then moved on to consumer technology, and began the Coolness Roundup podcast. A writing fool, Stephen has freelanced for Sci-Fi Channel's Technology Blog, and Gizmodo. Still longing for the good ol' days, Stephen launched Major Spoilers in July 2006, because he is a glutton for punishment. You can follow him on Twitter @MajorSpoilers and tell him your darkest secrets...
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Uh- oh! Somebody left Martian Manhunter in the microwave too long!
Holy Zombie, Batman!
Wait, I meant Hole-y Zombie, Batman!
Batman?
Batman?
Holy! Zombie Batman!
I have a question for the green lantern readers. Would the Blackest Night arc be a good place to jump on. I have only read 2 Green Lantern books in my life but I have loved the character from my youth. Let me know what you think about this as a place to jump in feet first.
At least I know Johns will tell a good story.
Hey Morpheus, honestly, Blackest Night probably wouldn’t be the best place to jump in fresh. If I were you, I’d start with the Green Lantern: Blackest Night trade. It would introduce you to the character a little more in detail. I’d follow with The Sinestro Corps War, which is broken up into two trades (I think). This’ll help you into the concept of multiple Corps, their colors and powers, etc. Johns has stated in a few places that he’s been writing GL to be kinda like the original Star Wars trilogy, with Blackest Night being like Return of the Jedi.
Most public libraries have graphic novels now, so there would be little-to- no cost to get caught up. Or, you could just go to Wikipedia and search out the “Cliff Notes” on these storylines.
This is a great series, and I’d really suggest it. Hope this helps!
New funnies have been whipped out and forumed. Ew. Rephrase.
Morpheus, the Return of the Jedi analogy is a good one. If you do want to jump in there I’d get caught up first, or at least wiki’d up if you don’t have time to do all the reading, but you won’t be disappointed with The Sinestro Corps War. It’s some of the best stuff you will ever read, I couldn’t put it down. The art is first rate too.