Absolute Blackest Night (New Edition)

Illustrated by Ivan Reis, Doug Mahnke
Hardcover
$125.00 US
On sale May 19, 2026 | 576 Pages | 9781799507970

The dead rise and emotions ignite in Absolute Blackest Night, DC’s epic crossover event that plunges the universe into darkness. As the Black Lantern Corps spreads death across the galaxy, heroes and villains alike must confront their pasts—and their fallen allies. Can Hal Jordan and the surviving Lantern Corps unite to stop the ultimate force of death?

This deluxe edition presents the saga in oversized format with remastered coloring, bonus content, and commentary from the creators. A cosmic war of emotion unfolds as the Black Lanterns rise, threatening to extinguish all life and light in the universe.

Absolute Blackest Night collects the full main event of DC’s 2009 crossover, including Blackest Night #0–8, Untold Tales of the Blackest Night #1, DC Universe #0, Blackest Night Director’s Cut #1, and Green Lantern #43–48 and 50–52.
Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of the New York Times best-selling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit number one on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises in comics. Johns has written for various other media, including episodes of Smallville, Arrow, and Adult Swim's Robot Chicken, for which he was nominated along with his co-writers for an Emmy. He is the Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment and resides in Los Angeles, California. View titles by Geoff Johns
Born in 1963 in the Year of the Rabbit, Doug Mahnke embarked on a love affair with comics at the age of five. He landed a job drawing comics for Dark Horse at the age of 24. Doug and writer John Arcudi collaborated on Dark Horse’s The Mask and their creator-owned series Major Bummer, originally published by DC. Since then Doug has worked on a wide variety of titles (including Superman: The Man Of Steel, JLA, Batman, Team Zero, Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein, Black Adam: The Dark Age and Stormwatch: P.H.D.) with such writers as Joe Kelly, Judd Winick, Chuck Dixon, Grant Morrison, Christos Gage and Ed Brubaker, just to name a few. He lives in the midwest with his wife and six kids, one dog, and a bunny named Suzie. View titles by Doug Mahnke

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The dead rise and emotions ignite in Absolute Blackest Night, DC’s epic crossover event that plunges the universe into darkness. As the Black Lantern Corps spreads death across the galaxy, heroes and villains alike must confront their pasts—and their fallen allies. Can Hal Jordan and the surviving Lantern Corps unite to stop the ultimate force of death?

This deluxe edition presents the saga in oversized format with remastered coloring, bonus content, and commentary from the creators. A cosmic war of emotion unfolds as the Black Lanterns rise, threatening to extinguish all life and light in the universe.

Absolute Blackest Night collects the full main event of DC’s 2009 crossover, including Blackest Night #0–8, Untold Tales of the Blackest Night #1, DC Universe #0, Blackest Night Director’s Cut #1, and Green Lantern #43–48 and 50–52.

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Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of the New York Times best-selling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit number one on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises in comics. Johns has written for various other media, including episodes of Smallville, Arrow, and Adult Swim's Robot Chicken, for which he was nominated along with his co-writers for an Emmy. He is the Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment and resides in Los Angeles, California. View titles by Geoff Johns
Born in 1963 in the Year of the Rabbit, Doug Mahnke embarked on a love affair with comics at the age of five. He landed a job drawing comics for Dark Horse at the age of 24. Doug and writer John Arcudi collaborated on Dark Horse’s The Mask and their creator-owned series Major Bummer, originally published by DC. Since then Doug has worked on a wide variety of titles (including Superman: The Man Of Steel, JLA, Batman, Team Zero, Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein, Black Adam: The Dark Age and Stormwatch: P.H.D.) with such writers as Joe Kelly, Judd Winick, Chuck Dixon, Grant Morrison, Christos Gage and Ed Brubaker, just to name a few. He lives in the midwest with his wife and six kids, one dog, and a bunny named Suzie. View titles by Doug Mahnke

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