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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published December 2004
Cover Price 2.95 USD; 4.50 CAD
Pages 44
Editing Peter Tomasi; Stephen Wacker (Associate)

Cover Details

Characters Spectre [Hal Jordan]
Genre superhero
Pencils Ethan van Sciver
Inks Ethan van Sciver
Colors Peter Steigerwald
Reprinted in Green Lantern: Rebirth (DC, 2005 series) #[nn]; in Green Lantern: Rebirth (DC, 2007 series) #[nn]

Cover Details - "2nd Printing Cover"

Genre Superhero
Pencils Ethan Van Sciver
Inks Ethan Van Sciver
Notes Release date of November 17, 2004.
Reprinted in Green Lantern: Rebirth (DC, 2005 series) #[nn]; in Green Lantern: Rebirth (DC, 2007 series) #[nn]

Cover Details - "3rd Printing Cover"

Genre Superhero
Pencils Ethan Van Sciver
Inks Ethan Van Sciver
Notes Primarily black & white version of the 1st printing cover. Release date of December 1, 2004.
Reprinted in Green Lantern: Rebirth (DC, 2005 series) #[nn]; in Green Lantern: Rebirth (DC, 2007 series) #[nn]

Cover Details - "4th Printing Cover"

Genre Superhero
Pencils Ethan Van Sciver
Inks Ethan Van Sciver
Notes Essentially the same as the 2nd printing cover, except that the Green Lantern logo is colored yellow rather than white. Release date of January 12, 2005.

30 page Green Lantern story "Blackest Night"

Characters Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Spectre [Hal Jordan]; Warrior [Guy Gardner]; Carol Ferris; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Jade [Jenny-Lynn Hayden]; Aquaman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Doctor Mid-Nite [Pieter Cross]; Flash [Wally West]; Mia Dearden; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Black Hand; Hector Hammond; Cameos -- Flash [Jay Garrick]; Mister Teriffic [Michael Holt]; Power Girl; Wildcat [Ted Grant]
Synopsis Kyle crash lands on Earth in a spaceship bearing a casket. Guy, John, and Hal attend a baseball game together, but Hal's presence affects the other fans. Black Hand tries to steal a Green Lantern ring from Oliver Queen, but is stopped by Ollie and the Spectre. Guy's body explodes in his Warriors bar just as Coast City is being rebuilt by means unknown. While the JLA and the JSA try to make sense of it all, Carol journeys to Ferris Aircraft for old time's sake and watches as the ramshackle company is knit back together piece by piece...and is greeted by Hal in his old flight jacket.
Genre superhero
Script Geoff Johns
Pencils Ethan van Sciver
Inks Ethan van Sciver
Colors Moose Baumann
Letters Rob Leigh
Reprinted in Green Lantern: Rebirth (DC, 2005 series) #[nn]; in Green Lantern: Rebirth (DC, 2007 series) #[nn]

1 page DC in Demand promo (ad from the publisher) "The Future Is Now"

Synopsis News blurbs cover: Legion of Super-Heroes; Seven Soldiers; Bizarro World; The Human Race; Batman: Gotham Count Line
Letters typeset
Notes Hot List: Green Lantern: Rebirth 1; JLA 107; Solo 1

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