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Issue Details

Issue #49
Published February 2010
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Eddie Berganza; Adam Schlagman (associate)

Cover Details

Characters Green Lantern [John Stewart]
Genre super-hero; science fiction
Pencils Ed Benes (signed)
Inks Ed Benes (signed)
Colors Hi-Fi

1 page advertisement "What mattered the most was remembered the least"

Synopsis An advertisement for Square Enix's computer game, "Kingdom Hearts," featuring characters licensed from Disney.
Notes inside front cover

16 page Green Lantern story "Semper Fi"

Characters Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Black Lantern [Driq]; Black Lantern [Katma Tui]
Synopsis Stewart faces down the dead of Xanshi.
Genre superhero; science fiction
Script Geoff Johns
Pencils Ed Benes; Marcos Marz
Inks Ed Benes; Luciana del Negro
Colors Hi-Fi
Letters Rob Leigh
Notes Story continues in Blackest Night (DC, 2009 series) #6.

1 page advertisement "Your Last Days"

Synopsis An advertisement for THQ's computer game, "Daksiders."
Notes This advertisement is between pages 4 and 5 of the Green Lantern story.

1 page advertisement "James Cameron's Avatar The Game"

Synopsis An advertisement for Ubisoft's computer game, "Avatar," based on the Lightstorm Entertainment and 206th Century Fox motion picture, "Avatar."
Notes This advertisement is between pages 5 and 6 of the Green Lantern story.

1 page advertisement "Assemble your team -- fight for the lost"

Synopsis An advertisement for EA's computer game, "Mass Effect 2."
Notes This advertisement is between pages 8 and 9 of the Green Lantern story.

1 page advertisement "See it First on BBC America"

Synopsis An advertisement for the BBC America television series, "Doctor Who."
Notes This advertisement is between pages 9 and 10 of the Green Lantern story.

2 page advertisement "[Prototype]"

Synopsis An advertisement for Activision's computer game, "Prototype."
Notes This advertisement is between pages 11 and 12 of the Green Lantern story.

2 page advertisement "Heroic Holiday Gift Guide 2009"

Synopsis An advertisement featuring a several graphic novels, computer games, and movie DVDs.
Notes This advertisement is between pages 13 and 14 of the Green Lantern story.

6 page Tales of the Black Lantern Corps story "The Birth of Nekron"

Characters Mera; Black Lantern [Jean Palmer]; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Nekron; Deadman
Synopsis Jean reveals Nekron's plan to Ray and Mera.
Genre superhero
Script Geoff Johns
Pencils Jerry Ordway
Inks Jerry Ordway
Colors Hi-Fi
Letters Rob Leigh
Notes Story continues in Blackest Night (DC, 2009 series) #6. This story immediately follows the final page of the Green Lantern story.

1 page advertisement "The dead have risen..."

Synopsis An advertisement for DC Direct's Blackest Night action figures.
Notes This advertisement is between pages 5 and 6 of the Tales of the Black Lantern Corps story.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Ringing in the New Year"

Synopsis A promotional advertisement for Blackest Night (DC, 2009 series) #6.
Pencils Rodolfo Migliazi (signed)(painting)
Inks Rodolfo Migliazi (signed)(painting)
Colors Rodolfo Migliazi (signed)(painting)
Letters typeset
Notes This advertisement appears after the final page of the Tales of the Black Lantern Corps story.

1 page advertisement "Final Fantasy -- The Crystal Bearers"

Synopsis An advertisement for Square Enix's computer game, "Final Fantasy The Crystal Bearers."
Notes inside back cover

1 page advertisement "I just dropped by to say die."

Synopsis An advertisement for Sega's computer game, "Bayonetta."
Notes back cover