Blackest Night 3

Solicitation : As the dead attack in full force, Green Lantern is faced with an impossible decision and the scattered remains of the Justice League suffer a terrible loss. Who can stop the Black Lanterns? Why are they rising? And how can the Spectre help

Written by Geoff Johns Art By Ivan Reis & Oclair Albert

Synopsis : The Firestorm pair discuss about their love for each other. Sweet moment between them, its nice to see some positive in an otherwise dark event. Surely a set up for a tragedy you would say ? Read On. The JLA device beeps.

In Gotham, Its The Brave and Bold vs The Dangerous and Dead. Hawkman, Hawkgirl and The Dibny's battle Hal in an epic spread. Firestorm takes on Barry in order to try and make him feel and kill him. Ronnie compares Barry to the Professor as a boring man. Flash removes his black ring to see what happens. The Power Levels hit 50.32% as Ronnie screams that Their Lord will rise and nothing can be done to stop it. The Brave and Bold cant find a way to stop them as The Atom comes out of Hawkman's ring and describes the ring to be composed of Dark matter and all the energy is being worm holed to somewhere in space. We see all the emotions in the ring being sent. Atom fears them not coming back.

Jason and Gen combine as Firestorm and are in The Headquarters which is all quiet and they see the Black Lantern uprisings in their screens.all over the world. Mera comes out of nowhere thinking they are one of the Lanterns. She tells Gen to calm down as the Black Lanterns move on the basis of emotion like sharks. The Dead will rise.

Back In Gotham , Ralph accuses Hal of scoping Sue when she wore a skirt and accuses Ray of feeling bad after what Jean did. Ray feels "Compassion", he is told that compassion is rare but a little can go a long way as he takes his....... Indigo-1 is here ! Nok Klek ! She and Indigo-2 knows as Munk take out the Black Lanterns and channel the power of Will and Sever The Black Ring connection. They take Ralph and Sue out and teleport them to the JLA Headquarters . There, they meet up with Mera and Firestorm and they ask Indigo to explain what is going on.  The beautiful spread explains all below:

So Says Indigo..........

Indigo says that they are the invaders and The Darkness is how things were. Ray believes that the rings are wearing the dead and are a computer which download memories and use it to their advantage to cause fear into their loved ones. The Green Ring and another ring can cause the destruction of a Black ring. Indigo believes they must recreate the white light to take down the Black. Hal is informed that Carol is a Sapphire, Hal wants to go to Zamaron. Barry tells him to think and death is weeping across and they need a plan. Hal says "Death is overrated." Some more talk between them, as soon as Hal is convinced, The Black Lanterns break in "We're Baaaaaack !" The Indigo Lanterns take Hal away. Firestorm and Ronnie battle and Ronnie breaks them apart and taunts Gen and Jason. He gets Jason aboard his head and uses his mind to get the formula of the organic Common salt and makes Gen into common salt as power levels hit 56.69%. All those in The Underground Crypt are made to Rise as we close this installment.

Review : This is an interesting story. Finally some plot development with Indigo coming and explaining nearly everything like a Deus Ex Machine but I am sure that it is not complete and they wont be able to execute things so easily. She seems to be the one who will rally the Corps members for Ultimate Battle. Her appearance lifted my spirits. Finally we see other Corps in the main story. Still none of The Big Three so far, thats OK. Its like a Brave and Bold Team up event. One Major problem, Where The Hell Is BLACK HAND ! I want to see him. He was built as a major villain, He is just playing a side role doing nothing so far.

The art is freaking mind-blowing. Ivan is killing it. The event is worth just for his art . I'm really liking his work and he is rendering the characters very well. I hope that the quality wont fall as we end this event.

Story : 9.0
Art : 9.5

Next In : Hal and Indigo-1 reach Zamaron as Carol and Sinestro face The Black Lanterns. What about Mongul and how will The Black Lanterns affect The War Of Light ?