Review : Blackest Night #6

The DC Universe is having an event known as "Blackest Night". The event is bringing together all of the Heroes in the universe. Some of you are aware of the Green Lantern books, some of you are not. I will try to explain this short and sweet. The Green Lantern Corps are essentially police for the universe. The help promote peace while using the power of Green Lantern rings. Recently in the Green Lantern story they have come to realize that there is a color spectrum of lantern rings. Each color is tied to an emotion. Red= Rage, Orange = Avarice, Yellow = Fear, Green = Will, Blue = Hope, Indigo = Compassion and Violet = Love.

Because of this War of Light, it has brought forth a new ring. Black = Death. These Black Lantern rings help bring back heroes that have died throughout the DC Universe. We are talking Zombie Heroes! These Black Lanterns are feeding off the other colors of emotions. In Blackest Night #5 the black rings infected all the superheroes that have been resurrected. Wonder Woman being one of these heroes.

Blackest Night #6, starts out with most of the Justice League being infected with the Black Lantern Rings. With Green Lantern and the Flash trying to stop the black ring from infecting them. The Flash grabs onto the Green Lantern and with his super speed goes into the future two seconds and breaks the connection to the black rings.

This only infuriates the infected League and they start to fight the Green Lantern and the Flash. Mera (Aquamans Wife) has been a central figure in the Blackest Night run. She and the Atom are hiding inside a black ring. The Atom decides that it is time to jump out of the black ring and help to fight with Green Lantern and Flash. Mera and Atom discover that the ring they were hiding in was none other then the Amazon herself, Wonder Woman's.




Each color of the Lantern Spectrum has an avatar, a character that is central in representing that specific corps. They realize that they alone cannot fight the growing Black Lantern Corps.  The old guardians of the Lantern rings admit that though each wield a different light, the rings are based in the same technology. In the shadow of blackest night, the rings are capable of deputizing as individual for twenty - four hours. The rings replicate themselves and go in search of those who are worthy and represent the colors and emotions the best. 
The Violet color goes in search for Wonder Woman. It states that no one loves the world as much as Wonder Woman. The problem is that Wonder Woman is already being controlled by a Black Lantern ring.  THrough love, the connection of the black ring is severed and she is welcomed into the Star Sapphires. 

Together with the other deputized heroes they are ready to help defeat the growing threat of the Black Lanterns.

I really loved this issue. Not only because it showed how powerful Wonder Woman was, but it showed that everyone has the ablility to change and take control of a bad situation.  I love Ivan Reis art and the writing of Geoff Johns is fluid and strong.