Blackest Night #1

[pyrotwilight.insanejournal.com]

The issues been posted to death but we can technically still post 2 1/3 pages more from what I can tell... so a nice two page splash from the issue.

So...who's died since Barry left and came back? Ummmm....

Wow. A lot of dead people. It's amazing looking through them all. Damn. A few that pique my interest in particular are: Harbinger who was killed by Loebsday, Pariah who's actually alive now, unless we ignore Supergirl's current run, Jean Paul Valley!, Ted Kord and Dan Garrett of course, Aztek, Hector Hall (who's body should be in another dimension) and what appears to be the first Black Canary?

Also can anyone identify the guy in the upper left who has a spider motif on himself and seems to be holdingh a gun?

Comments

[neuhallidae.insanejournal.com]

They better not be bringing back Hector. Besides the fact that his body's supposed to be elsewhere, I'd be pissed if he got Black Lantern'd and Daniel didn't show up.

[kusonaga.insanejournal.com]

The man with the spider motif is the original, WWII Tarantula. John Law.

[pyrotwilight.insanejournal.com]

Thanks, interesting. Wikipedia says his death was kinda unclear. Guess we'll find out.

[perletwo.insanejournal.com]

There are two male figures behind Aquaman, one above his arm and one below. Anyone know who?

[thanekos.insanejournal.com]

He prefers to be called the Terror of Death, thank you very much.

... I think this makes Parallax Cubia.

[pyrotwilight.insanejournal.com]

The one below is Hector Hall, the one above, not sure myself. Kinda looks like Tempest or Sodam Yat.

[pyrotwilight.insanejournal.com]

I like to assume the Black Lanterns are the anti existences of the Light Lanterns. Thus the power of 8 lanterns in any one Black Lanterns. Kinda like the 8 phases who equaled Cubia in GU.

[perletwo.insanejournal.com]

The coloring makes it difficult to tell, but I *think* the Doom Patrol's Tempest is up above J'onn's shoulder; I definitely see the disco collar and I think those are armbands miscolored as the tops of sleeves. He should be there somewhere, since Negative Woman and Celsius are definitely there.

Not sure about Sodam Yat for the figure at center left, though.

[perletwo.insanejournal.com]

And once again, effin' Kole makes the cut but Robin II does not. Poor Jason...the Forgotten Robin.

[kamino_neko.insanejournal.com]

Hector Hall (as mentioned) and Osiris. Osiris was created (and subsequently killed) in 52, he's the younger brother of Black Adam's wife Isis, and was essentially the Captain Marvel jr to Adam's Captain Marvel.

[interrobamf.insanejournal.com]

Those are people currently dead (or believed to be dead, as in the case of Batman), not people who died and came back.

[kamino_neko.insanejournal.com]

Jay's not there because he's alive - sure, he died, but he came back. The ones who did that (and not died again, since) aren't there - no Superman, no Wonder Woman, no Hal, Ollie, Carter, Donna, Raven, Superboy, Impulse, etc...

[interrobamf.insanejournal.com]

Who's the woman under Aquaman's right arm? It looks like Doctor Light to me, but she isn't dead.

[pyrotwilight.insanejournal.com]

..Except for Pariah who I'm guessing the writer's have just forgotten. Or just ignored.

[pyrotwilight.insanejournal.com]

Fury/Lyta Hall

[kamino_neko.insanejournal.com]

There's 2 (very small) people in that projection I can't recognize - the woman (I think...may be an oddly proportioned man) between Ted Kord's head and Batman's cape (looks like she's in a GL uniform), and the woman between Dan Garret's knee and Pariah.

[interrobamf.insanejournal.com]

Kryptonite poisoning!

"But..."

KRYPTONITE POISONING!

[kamino_neko.insanejournal.com]

When did Pariah come back?

[pyrotwilight.insanejournal.com]

I think the one between Dan and Pariah was a GL. Who was killed by Kryb if I'm not mistaken (which I might be) not a clue on the other.

[pyrotwilight.insanejournal.com]

In a Supergirl issue. He blathered about how he was revived by Dark Angel or the Monitors or some such and longed for death since he didn't want to be alive again.

[(Anonymous)]

Although it doesn't look a -whole- lot like him... I kind of want to say the person between Ted Kord and Bats is Waverider. Anyone else see it?

[pyrotwilight.insanejournal.com]

Not especially. Ears look pointy for one thing. Though I think Black Lantern Waverider would be too terrifying in concept and power to use.

[pyrotwilight.insanejournal.com]

A good point you have there. Guess that means Tomorrow Woman alive by this point in the DCU following Trinity.

[kusonaga.insanejournal.com]

It wasn't really that unclear. We know he's dead. They just didn't show a body. Old man anyway.

[red_cyclone.insanejournal.com]

Ugh, I'd be so displeased if Hector came back, which I would assume would mean bringing Lyta back as well, she was briefly a superhero after all, but it would posibly be kind of nice to see Dream turn up.