Green Lantern Hal Jordan and Flash Barry Allen continue to fight off undead members of the Justice League, but as with the previous two issues, their ongoing tale takes a backseat to a story focusing on heroes often listed as "B-list."
Blackest Night #3 by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis
The comic opens with this issue's main characters, Jason and Gen (who combine into the current Firestorm). Though many might not know these characters at first glance, Johns does a good job of making their personalities clear. Though both are barely adults, Gen wants marriage while Jason wants to finish college. When their JLA alarm goes off, the two set out to meet up with Mera, who is hiding from the undead Aquaman family at the Justice League's headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Meanwhile, Green Lantern and The Flash continue to fight off an undead JLA in Gotham. The Atom appears out of Hawkman's ring to inform them that the black rings are very different from Green Lantern's, and just before Atom's heart can be ripped out, the Indigo Lanterns make their appearance, somehow absorbing and redirecting Green Lantern's energy in order to render the Black Lantern's "inert."
The Indigo Lanterns gather Firestorm, Mera, and the others together, but the Black Lantern JLA catch up to them, and the undead Ronnie Raymond (the former Firestorm) bonds with Jason and kills Gen. As the heroes fight for their lives, a swarm of black rings enters the building and resurrects a group of former JLA villains.
The comic ends with another few pages out of The Book of the Black, this time detailing Black Hand's take on the red light of rage.
Important Facts From Blackest Night #3 From DC Comics
A few details are revealed in this issue:
- The Indigo Lanterns have the ability to heal and use the energy of nearby lanterns to destroy the black rings
- As Mera learned, hiding one's emotion can make them harder to find, since the Black Lanterns are attracted to emotion like sharks to blood
- According to Indigo-1, leader of the Indigo Tribe, all of the various lantern corps must combine their lights into the white light of creation in order to wipe out the Black Lanterns
- Any Green Lantern can combine their light with that of another corps to cut off a black ring from its power source
The Last Word on DC Comics' Blackest Night #3 by Geoff Johns
With the above information, fans can get an idea of where the story is headed: Green Lantern must find a way to convince the heads of each lantern corps to stop fighting and work together against the ultimate evil. This idea, along with the fact that Green Lanterns just happen to be the most important out of all the corps, seems a bit silly. But remember that this whole story arc is basically about people shooting different rainbow colors at each other, and then look at how cool the ride as been thus far.
Hopefully, Johns can keep up the pace of the story and keep it from falling into goofiness. With Reis' pencils and Albert's heavy inks bringing fans legions of undead heroes killing left and right, that shouldn't be a problem. The only question now is: who will die next?
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