A review by crookedtreehouse
Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps, Vol. 1 by Peter J. Tomasi
4.0
The Blackest Night books are a mixed bag.
While I enjoyed the main story when I read it fourteen years ago, I remember that my interest in the side stories depended on my interest in the main titles. Therefore, the Batman story should be , and was, my favorite. It's from the era where Dick Grayson was Batman, Damien Wayne was Robin, and Tim Drake was Red Robin, and they were still figuring out how to be a Batfamily without Bruce Wayne. The atual Blackest Night part of the story, where each Robin/former Robin has to battle their dead parents was very silly and ineffective, but I liked the larger story around it, and watching their interactions.
I was expecting to be less thrilled with the Superman books, as I barely ever care about Clark Kent and his extended family, but this was a solid, brief story where Martha Wayne gets to kick a little ass, and we see Krypton through the eyes of Supergirl instead of Superman.
The Titans story was over my head. I need to go back and read the Teen Titans/Titans from the 90s and 2000s, as I dipped out in the 80s for no good reason. So while I wasn't engaged, I don't blame the creative team.
If you're reading the main Blackest Night book, and are looking for a side book or two to add to it, this might be the one for you. Particularly if you're a Batman or Superman fan.
While I enjoyed the main story when I read it fourteen years ago, I remember that my interest in the side stories depended on my interest in the main titles. Therefore, the Batman story should be , and was, my favorite. It's from the era where Dick Grayson was Batman, Damien Wayne was Robin, and Tim Drake was Red Robin, and they were still figuring out how to be a Batfamily without Bruce Wayne. The atual Blackest Night part of the story, where each Robin/former Robin has to battle their dead parents was very silly and ineffective, but I liked the larger story around it, and watching their interactions.
I was expecting to be less thrilled with the Superman books, as I barely ever care about Clark Kent and his extended family, but this was a solid, brief story where Martha Wayne gets to kick a little ass, and we see Krypton through the eyes of Supergirl instead of Superman.
The Titans story was over my head. I need to go back and read the Teen Titans/Titans from the 90s and 2000s, as I dipped out in the 80s for no good reason. So while I wasn't engaged, I don't blame the creative team.
If you're reading the main Blackest Night book, and are looking for a side book or two to add to it, this might be the one for you. Particularly if you're a Batman or Superman fan.