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karliclover's review against another edition
3.0
I really want to give this a higher rating because the good was really good, but there were a lot of stories that just didn't appeal to me at all.
I really liked Atom and Hawkman, Power of Shazam, and Adventure Comics (especially Atom and Hawkman). But the Weird Western Tales, Catwoman, Starman, Phantom Stranger...they were just uninteresting to me. I simply don't really care about those characters.
The Green Arrow and Question ones were decent, but I didn't love them.
I really liked Atom and Hawkman, Power of Shazam, and Adventure Comics (especially Atom and Hawkman). But the Weird Western Tales, Catwoman, Starman, Phantom Stranger...they were just uninteresting to me. I simply don't really care about those characters.
The Green Arrow and Question ones were decent, but I didn't love them.
crookedtreehouse's review
3.0
During the Blackest Night event, DC did a really cool thing that outshines any editorial deicison I've seen since. They ressurected a bunch of recently cancelled titles and had the original artists and writers craft one more story, attached to Blackest Night that also gave some resolution to the characters.
It was a baller move, and while none of the titles blew me away, they were all as solid as the titles they were resurrecting.
Apart from Starman and Green Arrow, I hadn't read any of these series at the time, so I wasn't the intended audience but I thought they were all fairly easy to follow, and I absolutely loved the Green Arrow issue (Starman was ok).
Is this necessary for people reading the Blackest Night event? Not at all. Should you read it, if you weren't into DC continuity in the early 21st century? Probably not. But it's a winner of a concept, and a fun bit of continuity for those who were invested in all things DC at the time.
It was a baller move, and while none of the titles blew me away, they were all as solid as the titles they were resurrecting.
Apart from Starman and Green Arrow, I hadn't read any of these series at the time, so I wasn't the intended audience but I thought they were all fairly easy to follow, and I absolutely loved the Green Arrow issue (Starman was ok).
Is this necessary for people reading the Blackest Night event? Not at all. Should you read it, if you weren't into DC continuity in the early 21st century? Probably not. But it's a winner of a concept, and a fun bit of continuity for those who were invested in all things DC at the time.
nnebeluk's review
2.0
If this is what all the stories were building to - then DC should close show now. A bunch of random stories with no relation to each other - this might make for a good accompaniment, but is hardly worth of flagship title status. There's no explanation of how the Black Lanterns came to be, or they're goal aside from "evil". Just bad over all.
*SPOILER*
Was it just me or was the Green Arrow and Superboy story the same exact thing? We get it - super heroes have willpower. Cool. Can we find a new horse to beat?
*SPOILER*
Was it just me or was the Green Arrow and Superboy story the same exact thing? We get it - super heroes have willpower. Cool. Can we find a new horse to beat?
inlibrisveritas's review
4.0
Awesome. I love seeing some of the characters come back as Black Lanterns and how they each deal with it. Some of the art toward the middle is horrible looking though, I really don't like when the panels look like colored sketches. It seriously makes me want to put the down permanently. I didn't expect some of these stories at all so some were awesome to see.
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