Blackest Night #8 SPOILERS

[johnnystorm]

Maybe a resurrected Osiris will lead to a revived (and good) Isis...one of few decent things to come out of 52. Isis would be a good character if they dump the Black Adam baggage - don't believe she could carry a series, maybe a mini or JLA role.

[madmarva]

Hate the Pants on ManHunter.

And MAX being back ..., goes against the WW book .., and really doesn't make sense.... That Shazam! Dude shouldn't be back either..., he was severed from his Ring as well..., and went back into nothingness.

Yeah, I hope there is a showdown between Red Robin and Boomerbutt. I think son of Boomerang was killed recently. Can't remember which book.

I didn't notice the pants on Martian Manhunter until you mentioned it. Yeah, It's like long pants on the Thing. Just doesn't work for me.

The rings being severed doesn't have anything to do with the new resurrections. it was just a way to get rid of the Blank Lanterns. The Black Lanterns — to my understanding — were more a physical manifestation of the grief/or emotion left behind to the living not an actual re-animated corpse. More of a living nightmare version of the character created by the memories of the people they appeared to.

The new Lanterns are raised after a certain group of heroes who have come back to life finally defeat Nekron with Hal being the central character of that group.

Basically, the door to the afterlife was opened by Nekron and the heroes and villains that wanted to come back to life or had some unfinished business to attend to found a way to come back. I guess Max and Osiris had other stuff to do.

Also, I could be wrong. There may be other resurrections down the line, but that was not the indication I got from the book.

The JLA-JSA crossover that's coming up in a month or so is supposed to be centered around Jade, Obsidion and Alan Scott. I hope they don't get rid of Alan.

[madmarva]

^ like a White Lantern revival .

White Lantern Revival would be a cool name for a rock band.

How about:

Hendrix and Garcia on guitar.
John Bonham and Keith Moon on drums
John Entwistle on bass
Elvis and Janis Joplin on vocals

I'd die to go see that show.

[The Toyroom]

Yeah, I hope there is a showdown between Red Robin and Boomerbutt. I think son of Boomerang was killed recently. Can't remember which book.

Blackest Night Flash #3 Sr. killed Jr. by putting a boomerang through his heart.

[The Toyroom]

Isis would be a good character if they dump the Black Adam baggage -

I hope there's a moratorium placed on Black Adam use for the next 5 years or so....

[samurainoir]

Why Max Lord? that's interesting.. and what about the non hero people the black lanterns killed?

with osiris back..is he powered?

Given the fact that Giffen's weekly Justice League series starts up soon, who else would be the Big Bad that would cause Booster, Captain Atom, Fire, Ice et al to band together?

Plus: Wonder Woman no longer a murderer.

And yeah, Osiris came back powered. Just in time for the rumoured "War of Marvels".

[The Toyroom]

^ That whole "Wonder Woman killer" thing never sat well with me....tainted the character for quite a while IMO

[BlackKnight]

This Book was Bad Arse .
Man ...., if no One buys any of this series..., this single book is a Must have. Awesome stuff.

[The Toyroom]

Just read the real thing....FANTASTIC! Compared to say, Final Crisis, Johns packed in a lot of story beats in this issue and you didn't need a translator or intepreter to figure them all out.

[johnnystorm]

Johns said at Wonder-Con this week that those 12 characters are the only ressurections and there is a reason for only those particular ones coming back which will be revealed in Brightest Day.

Deadman has the only White lantern ring, which is going to be significant. Wonder if he'll be able to raise the dead with it, if only temporarily, a'la Kid Eternity?

And hey, with all that raising the dead stuff, you would think that Kid Eternity would have been a factor somewhere...not to mention a truly underated character that needs brought back, The Resurrection Man (a totally great series you should look for if you haven't read it).

[The Toyroom]

Johns said at Wonder-Con this week that those 12 characters are the only ressurections and there is a reason for only those particular ones coming back which will be revealed in Brightest Day.

Sorta like a Dirty Dozen?

[UnderdogDJLSW]

The Brightest Dozen

Just finished it today and I was hoping that a few more were brought back, too.

[The Bat]

This Book was Bad Arse .
Man ...., if no One buys any of this series..., this single book is a Must have. Awesome stuff.

Just got my Comics yesterday...TOTALLY agree BK, Man that Book was AWESOME!

I'm so happy to see short haired, no missing Hand, Arthur Curry Aquaman back!!!

[thunderbolt]

Johns said at Wonder-Con this week that those 12 characters are the only ressurections and there is a reason for only those particular ones coming back which will be revealed in Brightest Day.

Deadman has the only White lantern ring, which is going to be significant. Wonder if he'll be able to raise the dead with it, if only temporarily, a'la Kid Eternity?

And hey, with all that raising the dead stuff, you would think that Kid Eternity would have been a factor somewhere...not to mention a truly underated character that needs brought back, The Resurrection Man (a totally great series you should look for if you haven't read it).

I'd guess its the new JLA lineup, minus the villains. The current Titans as JLA is supposed to be a placeholder forthe real deal.

[Riffster]

Kid Eternity was in the Titans earlier this year