Black Lanterns
Black Lanterns are the dead of DC's Blackest Night event, corpses raised by black power rings. Writer Geoff Johns, who was not interested in zombies as such, made them emotionally disturbing: they seek out the dead who matter most to the living. Destroying the ring leaves only an inert corpse.1
- white light
- green light combined with the light of another Lantern corps
- removing or destroying the ring
When did it first appear?
2009Introduced in Green Lantern #25 (2008); Blackest Night ran 2009-2010
What the sources say
They keep the skills and powers they had in life, with distorted personalities1
Each heart they tear out adds to the corps' power1
They regenerate from injury and are immune to magic1
Led by Nekron, with Black Hand as his first member1
Dead heroes raised include Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman1
They read emotions as auras, and the rings raise the dead who matter most to the living in order to horrify them1
Sources
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