Blackest Night #1
"Blackest Night [Part 1]" kicks off a defining DC event with a chilling premise: on a day dedicated to remembering fallen heroes, a mysterious force reanimates the dead—both heroes and villains—into undead revenants. Written by Geoff Johns and brought to life by Ivan Reis’s striking art, with Oclair Albert’s inks and Alex Sinclair’s haunting colors, this issue sets a dark, urgent tone from the first page. The cover by Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert captures the eerie return of the fallen, hinting at a cosmic threat that will shake the DC Universe.
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On a day when the world honors all the heroes who have died, a sinister force is bringing the dead heroes and villains back to life as zombies.
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