History Awesome / BlackestNight

-->'''Indigo Ring:''' [[note]] A Lantern of ''great'' compassion, rather than none. [[/note]] ''Ray Palmer of Earth. You have the ability to feel great compassion. Welcome to the Indigo Tribe.''

-->'''Blue Lantern Ring:''' ''Barry Allen of Earth. You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.''

-->'''Orange Lantern Ring:''' [[note]] the only time another Orange Lantern has been inducted, not a construct [[/note]] ''Lex Luthor of Earth.'' '''''You want it all.'''''

-->'''Red Lantern Power Ring:''' [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mera_red_lantern_9.jpg Mera of Earth.]] You have great rage in your heart. You belong to the Red Lantern Corps.''
-->'''Sinestro Corps Power Ring:''' ''Jonathan Crane of Earth. You have the ability to instill great fear. Welcome to the Sinestro Corps.''

-->'''Red Lantern Power Ring:''' ''[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mera_red_lantern_2.jpg
Mera of Earth.]] You have great rage in your heart. You belong to the Red Lantern Corps.''

-->'''Red Lantern Power Ring:''' ''Mera of Earth. You have great rage in your heart. You belong to the Red Lantern Corps.''

* "Long live the [[KilledMidSentence Cor-]]"

-->'''Red Lantern Power Ring:''' Mera of Earth. You have great rage in your heart. You belong to the Red Lantern Corps

-->'''Orange Lantern Ring:''' [[note]] the only time another Orange Lantern has been inducted, not a construct [[/note]] ''Lex Luthor of Earth.'' '''''You want it all.'''''

-->'''Carol:''' There is no one on earth who loves it more than Wonder Woman.

-->'''Orange Lantern Ring:''' [[note]] the only time another Orange Lantern has been inducted, not a construct [[/note]] ''Lex Luthor of Earth.'' '''''''You want it all.'''''

-->'''Orange Lantern Ring:''' [[note]] the only time another Orange Lantern has been inducted, not a construct [[/note]] Lex Luthor of Earth. ''You want it all.''
-->'''Blue Lantern Ring:''' Barry Allen of Earth. You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.
-->'''Indigo Ring:''' [[note]] A Lantern of ''great'' compassion, rather than none. [[/note]] Ray Palmer of Earth. You have the ability to feel great compassion. Welcome to the Indigo Tribe.

-->'''Rings:''' (Violet) Welcome to the Star Sapphires. (Black) Connection Severed.

-->'''Orange Lantern Ring:''' [[note]] the only time another Orange Lantern has been inducted, not a construct [[/note]] Lex Luthor of Earth. ''You want it all.''

-->'''Indigo Ring:''' [[note]] A Lantern of ''great'' compassion, rather than none. [[/note]]. Ray Palmer of Earth. You have the ability to feel great compassion. Welcome to the Indigo Tribe.

--->'''Sinestro Corps Power Ring:''' ''Jonathan Crane of Earth. You have the ability to instill great fear. Welcome to the Sinestro Corps.''
-->'''Orange Lantern Ring:''' [[note]] the only time another Orange Lantern has been inducted, not a construct [[/note]] Lex Luthor of Earth. ''You want it all.''

* In ''Blackest Night: Wonder Woman'' #1, Wonder Woman tracks Black Lantern [[spoiler: Maxwell Lord]] to the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. Two regular, nameless soldiers are standing guard next to the tomb. Wonder Woman tells them to leave for their safety, but they refuse, because they have a duty to guard that tomb. Yes, even if superpowered zombies are attacking, they're still going to stand guard and even help Wonder Woman fight the [[spoiler: newly-risen Black Lanterns that Maxwell just created by reviving the entire cemetery]]. Also doubles as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, considering those soldiers' dedication to duty.

* [[spoiler: ''"I demand your power, Entity! And I will finally prove to the universe... I am the greatest Lantern of them ALL!"'']]
** Still trembling from the above entry! [[spoiler: DESTINY AWAITS.]]

* "If anyone's a part of a '''''[[spoiler: [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Emotional_Electromagnetic_Spectrum/Gallery?file=White_Lantern_Corps_001.jpg White Lantern Corps, IT'S US!]]]]''''' That entire two page spread. Holy. Shit.
* [[spoiler:"Let there be light." Plus the fold-out, [[strike: two]] FOUR page spread of all the revived heroes.]]

--->'''[[spoiler: Sinestro Corps Power Ring]]:''' ''Jonathan Crane [[spoiler: of Earth. You have the ability to instill great fear. Welcome to the Sinestro Corps.]]''

* [[spoiler: '''LIVE''']]

* ''Adventure Comics'' #7: Superboy [[spoiler: defeats his Black Lantern incarnation ''from the inside'' through a mixture of willpower, anti-mind control training, and his own corpse. He also displays freeze breath, the last Superman power he had yet to show. That's right - '''Superboy can do everything Superman can.''']]
* ''Blackest Night'' #7. [[spoiler: It's finally revealed that the Guardians' big lie which Nekron, Scar, and Black Hand have been hinting at for the entire story, is that life started on Earth, not Oa. At this point, Sinestro's rage towards the Guardians and their lies goes out of control, and he stabs Ganthet with an spike construct. When Hal Jordan points out that the Life Entity is like the other emotional manifestations in that it needs someone to pilot it, Sinestro generates a massive yellow construct as himself in his Green Lantern uniform and knocks Jordan out of the way before flying to the entity himself.]]
-->'''Sinestro''': [[spoiler:'''NO!''' You had your chance with Parallax! This is ''my'' duty! This is why I am '''alive!''' ''I am alive to lead us out of the Blackest Night! I demand your'' '''''POWER, ENTITY! AND I WILL FINALLY PROVE TO THE''''' '''UNIVERSE...''' '''''I AM THE GREATEST LANTERN OF THEM ALL!''''']]
** [[spoiler: '''White Lantern Ring''': Thaal Sinestro of Korugar. ''Destiny awaits.'']]

* Did you ever think you'd be cheering for a Sinestro Corps member? Well [[spoiler: their sniper, Bedovian, probably had people cheering when he fires DOVE, who is inside a Green Lantern bullet, through various panels of emotional spectrum energy, and using her charged white light, GOES THROUGH THE BLACK LANTERN ANTI-MONITOR'S HEAD!]]

* The recently-widowed Ma Kent is alone on her farm with Krypto the Superdog. Black Lantern [[spoiler: Lois Lane]] shows up and starts taunting and trying to kill Ma Kent. So what does Ma Kent do? [[spoiler: She sets Black Lantern Lois on fire and then sics Krypto on her. She also figures out that the Black Lantern ring itself is the weak point and orders Krypto to tear it off... making them among (if not the very first) beings on the planet Earth to disable a Black Lantern. And then Krypto uses his heat vision to laser Black Lantern Lois to keep her away from the ring.]] And this is MA KENT--the sweet midwestern housewife--and Krypto the Superdog. [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/1117915.html Link for awesomeness]].

* From Starman 81, The Shade vs. Black Lantern Starman (David Knight). Starman attempts to BreakingSpeech Shade, and even manages [[spoiler:to rip the Shade's heart out. A black lantern ring tries to recruit him, but Shade resurrects himself, and uses his own heart to bind and trap the Black Lantern Starman in the black void.]]

* For the entire series, Aquaman's wife, Mera, has been carefully hiding her emotions, only to be chosen by Atrocitus' duplicated ring as the angriest person on earth. Wonder Woman calls her on how ridiculous this is, only to learn, via the Golden Lasso of Truth, where her rage (and sadness) has been coming from. Later, the Black Lanterns of Mera's husband and baby show up, begging Mera to join them, Arthur saying how he loved their child. Mera's response? [[spoiler:''"I never wanted children."'' She then incinerates her husband and child.]]
* ''Every'' time these two words are spoken by a Black Lantern ring: [[spoiler:[[AC:"Connection severed."]]]]

* The [[spoiler:White Lantern Ring]] managed to do what nobody else had done this entire crossover: [[spoiler:it hurt Nekron. After spending the last eight months watching Nekron torment the entire DCU, that was so satisfying]].

* "If anyone's a part of a '''''[[spoiler: [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/File:White_Lantern_Corps_001.jpg White Lantern Corps, IT'S US!]]]]''''' That entire two page spread. Holy. Shit.

* ''Every'' time these two words are spoken by a Black Lantern ring: [[spoiler:[[AC:"Connection severed"]]]]

* ''Every'' time these two words are spoken by a Black Lantern ring: [[spoiler:[[AC:"Connection severed"]].]]

* For the entire series, Aquaman's wife, Mera, has been carefully hiding her emotions, only to be chosen by Atrocitus' duplicated ring as the angriest person on earth. Wonder Woman calls her on how ridiculous this is, only for Mera to quietly tell her what's causing all the rage. Later, the Black Lanterns of Mera's husband and baby show up, begging Mera to join them, the baby saying he's missed her. Mera's response? [[spoiler: ''"I never wanted children."'' She then incinerates her husband and child.]]

---> ''"Is this the one who wants death and silence? I want screams!"''

-->'''Sinestro''': ''[[spoiler:'''NO!''' You had your chance with Parallax! This is my duty! This is why I am '''alive'''! I am alive to lead us out of the Blackest Night! I demand your '''POWER, ENTITY! AND I WILL FINALLY PROVE TO THE ''UNIVERSE... I AM THE GREATEST LANTERN OF THEM ALL!'' ''']]''

* "Jordan's not here anymore, Sinestro. It's just me. So... Spectre... Where were we?"

'''Green Lantern:''' ''They're all [[WeaksauceWeakness flammable]]. '''Flash fact'''.''

* For the entire series, Aquaman's wife, Mera, has been carefully hiding her emotions, only to be chosen by Atrocitus' duplicated ring as the angriest person on earth. WonderWoman calls her on how ridiculous this is, only for Mera to quietly tell her what's causing all the rage. Later, the Black Lanterns of Mera's husband and baby show up, begging Mera to join them, the baby saying he's missed her. Mera's response? [[spoiler: ''"I never wanted children."'' She then incinerates her husband and child.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the Franchise/GreenLantern mythos.

* The creative team of ''Adventure Comics'' #4 get one for successfully making ''Superboy-Prime'' into someone you can root for. How? By having Black Lantern Alexander Luthor, who's bypassed the fourth wall with his powers, simply beat him over the head with all the reasons the fans hate him! This issue also contains numerous Crowning Moments of [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Funny]] and, yes [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming even Heartwarming]].

* After Barry and Hal outrun the black rings, Ganthet makes Hal's ring duplicate itself again, and makes himself a Green Lantern. "Then I will join this fight not as a leader removed, but as another living being fighting for his life." "I am Ganthet of Oa. I welcome myself to the Green Lantern Corps."
* In ''Blackest Night: Wonder Woman'' #1, Wonder Woman tracks Black Lantern [[spoiler: Maxwell Lord]] to the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. Two regular, nameless soldiers are standing guard next to the tomb. Wonder Woman tells them to leave for their safety, but they refuse, because they have a duty to guard that tomb. Yes, even if superpowered zombies are attacking, they're still going to stand guard and even help Wonder Woman fight the [[spoiler: newly-risen Black Lanterns that Maxwell just created by reviving the entire cemetery]]. If that isn't awesome, I don't know what is. Also doubles as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, considering those soldiers' dedication to duty.

* [[spoiler: "I demand your power, Entity! And I will finally prove to the universe... I am the greatest Lantern of them ALL!"]]

** Scarecrow joining in attacking Black Hand, two evil beings battling each other, Death and Fear, and Scarecrow saying why. "Is this the one who wants death and silence? I want screams!"

-->'''Scarecrow:''' I want to feel the terror, but I'm immune to it, you see. I used my fear gas, oh, '''one''' too many times.\\

'''Scarecrow:''' I scare people, but nothing can scare me. Nothing... nothing but the Batman.

--->'''[[spoiler: Sinestro Corps Power Ring]]:''' Jonathan Crane [[spoiler: of Earth. You have the ability to instill great fear. Welcome to the Sinestro Corps.]]

* Black Lantern Ralph Dibny serving up a CurbStompBattle on Hawkman with his own mace, and punctuating it with "I smell a MYSTERY."
* Black Lantern Martian Manhunter, while tearing a building from its foundations and hurling it into another building, lamenting "I'm as powerful as Superman. Why does everyone FORGET that?"

-->'''Flash:''' Do you know what carbon disulfide, hexane and methanol all have in common?\\
'''Green Lantern (off-panel):''' I do.\\
''Panel of Green Lantern, holding Jim Gordon's squad car''\\
'''Green Lantern:''' They're all [[WeaksauceWeakness flammable]]. '''Flash fact'''.

-->'''Sinestro''': [[spoiler:'''NO!''' You had your chance with Parallax! This is my duty! This is why I am '''alive'''! I am alive to lead us out of the Blackest Night! I demand your '''POWER, ENTITY! AND I WILL FINALLY PROVE TO THE ''UNIVERSE... I AM THE GREATEST LANTERN OF THEM ALL!'' ''']]

* In the aftermath, Kyle, Guy and Arisia telling off the Guardians for their idiocy in ''Green Lantern Corps'' #47.
** Not to mention Arisia ''punches one of them in the face.'' Then Salaak tells the Guardians that, from here on out, he's going to be watching them closely so they don't let a disaster like Blackest Night happen again.
* The recently-widowed Ma Kent is alone on her farm with Krypto the Superdog. Black Lantern [[spoiler: Lois Lane]] shows up and starts taunting and trying to kill Ma Kent. So what does Ma Kent do? [[spoiler: She sets Black Lantern Lois on fire and then sics Krypto on her. She also figures out that the Black Lantern ring itself is the weak point and orders Krypto to tear it off... making them among (if not the very first) beings on the planet Earth to disable a Black Lantern. And then Krypto uses his heat vision to laser Black Lantern Lois to keep her away from the ring.]] And this is MA KENT--the sweet midwestern housewife--and Krypto the Superdog. This troper thinks that Ma Kent and Krypto need their own series now. Link, for awesomeness: http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/1117915.html
* The creative team of ''Adventure Comics'' #4 get one for successfully making ''Superboy-Prime'' into someone you can root for. How? By having Black Lantern Alexander Luthor, who's bypassed the fourth wall with his powers, simply beat him over the head with all the reasons the fans hate him! This troper wouldn't wish that on ''any'' fictional character. This issue also contains numerous Crowning Moments of [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Funny]] and, yes [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming even Heartwarming]].
* This needs to be remembered sooooo: [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/7/79303/1974483-black_lantern_jonah_hex.png Black Lantern Jonah Hex]]. An idea so cool, yet kind of wasted. Still awesome enough, thought.

* For the entire series, Aquaman's wife, Mera, has been carefully hiding her emotions, only to be chosen by Atrocitus' duplicated ring as the angriest person on earth. WonderWoman calls her on how ridiculous this is, only for Mera to quietly tell her what's causing all the rage. Later, the Black Lanterns of Mera's husband and baby show up, begging Mera to join them, the baby saying he's missed her. Mera's response? [[spoiler: "I never wanted children." She then incinerates her husband and child.]]

-->''[[VillainousBreakdown "It...BURNS!"]]''

* [[spoiler:" Let there be light." Plus the fold-out, [[strike: two]] FOUR page spread of all the revived heroes]]

* Black Lantern Aquaman talks to everybody who thinks he's a loser (in-universe and [[TakeThat out of it]]) and summons what appear to be zombified sea creatures, including a seal that bites off somebody's face.

* [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--J3MKwVZ0hs/Vn0OxYa4c7I/AAAAAAAAeoQ/1v0RkhtvRyg/s0-Ic42/RCO023.jpg Blue Lantern Flash! Star Sapphire Wonder Woman! Red Lantern Mera! Yellow Lantern Scarecrow! Indigo Lantern Atom! Orange Lantern Lex Luthor!]]

* [[http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd214/electricdreamdesigns/bootlegs/bn622-623.jpg Blue Lantern Flash! Star Sapphire Wonder Woman! Red Lantern Mera! Yellow Lantern Scarecrow! Indigo Lantern Atom! Orange Lantern Lex Luthor!]]

* Minor characters in the DCU, HawkAndDove have a history of being killed off in crossovers. Here, both Doves are key elements of the crossover -- Dove I is the only known dead person immune to the Black Lanterns, and Dove II is the only person at the time who inherently had the ability to destroy Black Lanterns, something not even the Corps could claim. Dove II is instrumental in destroying the Black Lantern powering Nekron.