And many happy returns.

[colonel_green]

Four scans from Blackest Night #8.
 

Blah blah, heroes win, white light brings back a bunch of people, starting with most (if not all) of the guys who died during the event, such as the Hawks.  Then there's the big return everyone was expecting out of this:




Martian Manhunter's back, as is Firestorm (both of them; seemingly Ronnie and Jason are now the two halves of the Firestorm persona).  Next up:




And Deadman is alive now (he's pretty sure that's not supposed to happen).
 

creator: geoff johns, creator: ivan reis, event: blackest night, publisher: dc comics

Comments

[foxhack]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

GOD DAMNIT LEAVE MAX ALONE YOU ASSHOLES AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH

[foxhack]

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Also, does this mean that if Booster hadn't taken Ted's corpse to the end of time, he would've been brought back?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH

[hybrid2]

any explanation why the rest did'nt come back?
Why them?Why not everyone killed by black lanterns at least?

[colonel_green]

This group were singled out by a group of white rings to be resurrected; it's not clear why yet, but one assumes there's a story there (the book ends with the appearance of a white power battery).

[pyrotwilight]

What.

[shadowpsykie]

awe crap... call wonderwoman, max is on the loose..

wait what about Hawk II?

and Terry and baby wonder girl?

what about Tim's dad?

what about Boomer Jr?

*brain spasm....!*

[foxhack]

Boomer Jr's a lost cause.

Especially after the crap he "did".

[pyrotwilight]

Oh yeah. Aquaman was dead, wasn't he? *barely noticed*

...Where's the other Aquaman?

[foxhack]

Aquanoob told everyone "Screw y'all I'm outta here" years ago and hasn't been seen since.

[pyrotwilight]

Osiris?! Yay!

[shadowpsykie]

i know :)

[shadowpsykie]

OMG i just noticed Flash! i love his pointing! lol

"OMGHESALIVE!OMGSSHESALIVE!OMGTHEY'REALIVE!!!"

[joasakura]

it's a flash-level spaz out :D

[acton]

Hmmm. Interesting. I may have to buy this.

I want to see J'onn Jonzz's return!

[worldwillshout]

So whose gonna break it to Jade, that Kyle and Soranik are eternally bonded now?

Bwahaha!!!

[pyrotwilight]

I sense THREEWAY!

Or a Queen Size refrigerator.

[joasakura]

everything else aside, that is one damn fine looking aquaman.

[kingrockwell]

I love his collar!

[pyrotwilight]

Hawk coming back is interesting. His whole evil episode is Parallax level crazy.

[icon_uk]

He was "Not of sound mind due to editorial mandate", he gets a pass from me if it means we get Hank and Dawn back as a team.

[sailorlibra]

If this series does nothing else, it's at least caused me to start shipping Mera/Arthur. I need to read up on them now.

[kagome654]

Osiris! ♥ ♥ ♥

Someone give the boy a hug!

[morgana006]

Somewhere, Keith Giffen is on his knees, his fists in the air, cursing Osiris.

_{(In the extras bits of 52 he kept mentioning how much he hated that kid)}


Deadman sounds like it's going to be hilarious.

[shadowpsykie]

"sooo boston... what are you going to call yourself now? LiveMan?"

"I... i don;t know Darede-"
"Shhhh shut up! you can't use that..."
"But thats what i am? im a circus Dare-" *punched in face* "Ow! being alive sucks!"

[pyrotwilight]

Wait...Deadman? How the heck? Wasn't the Phantom Stranger issue basically all about the Stranger getting Boston's body into Nanda Parbat where it wouldn't be resurrected?

[robogeek]

Hey! That means Ralph & Sue have the "ghosts possessing the living" schtick all to themselves!

[pyrotwilight]

Must not make a joke about Carol getting to first base with Mera during the whole heart scene. Oh who am I kidding?!

[lieut_kettch]

I think that's second base. First is kissing, second is petting from waist up, third is oral/manual genital contact and a home run full-out sex.

Unless I've been wrong since high school. Which is a distinct possibility.

[sweettart1823]

Wait... Did Max just eerily back up into the fog xD That just cracked me up for some reason. I just picture him sneaking off walking backwards...

And Osiris :D

[bariman]

I just picture him sneaking off walking backwards...

"Crap, where did he go?!"
*smash crash bam* "Crap, ow!"
"Ah, there he is."

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

Boomerbutt was revived with a new costume, how kind.

I really hope there's some rational for this, given how annoyed I am over who was killed/confirmed dead.

[colonel_green]

Being revived also slimmed him down from when we last saw him; resurrection may just be the next fad in dieting.

[thebigapricot]

Yeah, Blackest Night has brought back the characters I missed most in the DCU -- Digger Harkness! Maxwell Lord! Aquaman!

Okay, I am glad J'onn is back. But no Sue, Ralph or Ted Kord is a damn shame.

[sarno001]

J'onn dying was such a nonevent in FC that he probably could have just shown up in JLA and I wouldn't have questioned it for at least a few months.

[mullon]

So, just to confirm, this is everyone who has come back? They didn't bring back Isis, Wendy and Marvin, Kid Devil, Blue Beetle, Ch'p, Duela Dent, Katma Tui, or the original Question?

[colonel_green]

Seemingly, no (Isis isn't dead, I don't think; she and Adam are turned to stone or something that's clearly marking time until some other Geoff Johns story). The revival sequence gives a list:

Osiris
Jade
Captain Boomerang
Ronnie Raymond
Hawk
Max Lord
Professor Zoom
Martian Manhunter
Aquaman
Deadman
Carter Hall
Kendra Saunders

[pyrotwilight]

So...who wants to bet Max Lord will play a huge part in the coming Generation Lost series?

[thebigapricot]

I'm wondering about the Wonder Woman book. Snapping Max's neck was pretty much what drove Wonder Woman into the awful Heinboot. I wonder if his coming back will have any play into JMS' WW.

[cygna_hime]

So then Evil!Max uses aggressive mind control powers on an alerted Green Lantern. Because it's not like making Will saves is what they do, or anything. And Max totally always had that kind of power level...OH WAIT.

I miss real!Max. I choose to believe that he, Ted, and Ralph and Sue are hanging out somewhere pleasant while trying desperately to rejoin their friends.

[sweettart1823]

I miss real!Max. I choose to believe that he, Ted, and Ralph and Sue are hanging out somewhere pleasant while trying desperately to rejoin their friends.

This is what I now choose to believe too.

[goblinthebamf]

...Max?

[shadowpsykie]

AHHHHHHHHH! SPIDER!

*CRUSH*
DIEDIEDIEDIEDIE!!!
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im sorry, nothing you can do or say wil EVER make that cure in my eyes!

i need a new icon to express fear... (no yellow lanterns! :)

[auggie18]

Poor Tempest. First, Cry for Justice retro-actively took away his happy Titans family, then he died, then he got boned on the ressurection front. Of course, Former sidekick of Aquaman? Former Teen Titan? The guy had disposable written all over him.

[x5455]

THIS. RIGHT. HERE.

I was disappointed Garth didn't make it back.

[ian_karkull]

Digger Harkness? Really? Captain Friggin' Boomerang is back? Really..??
Not that I'm complaining mind you, but that came totally out of the left field for me, as opposed to well, pretty much everything else about this.

I still have no idea how (and if) they'll try to amke the Aquaman franchise viable again, but for the moment I'm completely content with seeing the characters back (together) again.

[milleniumrex]

Original Rogues reunited, just in time for the new Flash series.

I knew he'd be back, I just hoped Owen would be there too. ;_;