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

[hybrid2]

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

[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....!*

[pyrotwilight]

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

...Where's the other Aquaman?

[pyrotwilight]

Osiris?! Yay!

[shadowpsykie]

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

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

[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!!!

[joasakura]

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

[pyrotwilight]

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

[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.

[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?

[pyrotwilight]

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

[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

[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.

[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.

[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?

[pyrotwilight]

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

[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.

[goblinthebamf]

...Max?

[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.

[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.