Issue Details

Issue	#43
Published	Early September 2009
Cover Price	2.99 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Eddie Berganza; Adam Schlagman (associate)

Cover Details - "Prologue Blackest Night"

Characters	Black Hand
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Doug Manhnke (signed)
Inks	Christian Alamy
Colors	Alex Sinclair

Cover Details - "Prologue Blackest Night"

Characters	Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Black Hand
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Rodolfo Migliari
Inks	Rodolfo Migliari
Notes	1:25 variant cover.

1 page advertisement "The Soul. A new way to roll."

Synopsis	An advertisement for Kia Motors' Soul+ automobile.
Notes	inside front cover

22 page Green Lantern story "Blackest Night Prologue Tale of the Black Lantern"

Characters	Black Hand; Jonas Hand; Atrocitus; Sinestro; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; David Hand; Scar
Synopsis	Black Hand recalls his life before he commits suicide.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Geoff Johns
Pencils	Doug Mahnke
Inks	Christian Alamy
Colors	Randy Mayor
Letters	Rob Leigh

1 page advertisement "Paying for College Has Never Been This Much Fun,"

Synopsis	A recruitment advertisement for the United States Navy
Notes	This sequence is between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 2.

1 page advertisement "mattycollector.com"

Synopsis	An advertisement for Mattel's mattycollector.com.
Notes	This sequence is between pages 5 and 6 of sequence 2.

1 page advertisement "Splat"

Synopsis	An advertisement for Developlus's Splat hair dye, featuring green hair.
Notes	This sequence is between pages 8 and 9 of sequence 2.

1 page advertisement "Being Myself"

Synopsis	An anti-drug use advertisement from the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Notes	This sequence is between pages 9 and 10 of sequence 2.

1 page advertisement "inFAMOUS"

Synopsis	An advertisement for Sony's Infamous video game. This ad uses yellow as its spot color.
Notes	This sequence is between pages 16 and 17 of sequence 2.

1 page advertisement "inFAMOUS"

Synopsis	An advertisement for Sony's Infamous video game. This ad uses red as its spot color.
Notes	This sequence is between pages 17 of sequence 2 and sequence 9.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Justice League Cry for Justice"

Synopsis	An in-house promotional advertisement for Justice League: Cry for Justice (DC, 2009 series).
Notes	This sequence is between sequence 8 and page 19 of sequence 2.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Dead Will Rise..."

Synopsis	An in-house promotional advertisement for Blackest Night (DC, 2009 series).
Notes	This sequence is between pages 21 and 22 of sequence 2.

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation [173]: Want to Know My Favorite Justice League Team?"

Characters	Justice League of America [JLA; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Vixen [Mari McCabe]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]]
Synopsis	An in-house promotional advertisement for Justice Leage: Cry for Justice (DC, 2009 series).
Script	Dan Didio
Pencils	Mark Bagley
Letters	typeset
Notes	This sequence is between the final page of sequence 2 and sequence 12.

1 page advertisement "Two of the the Year's Best Action Thrillers!"

Synopsis	An advertisement for the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of the Summit Entertainment films "Knowing" and "Push."
Notes	inside back cover.

1 page advertisement "Star War Robot Chicken Episode II"

Synopsis	An advertisement for the DVD release of Cartoon Network's animated film "Star Wars Episode II Robot Chicken."
Notes	back cover