Wednesday rolls around again, and this time it brings with it the finale of the Blackest Night saga. I thought at first about recapping the BN saga to date, but I think my time and yours would be better spent on just mentioning how great I thought it was and why.

It’s been a very interesting plot to say the least, filled with many twists and turns. No one can say that Geoff Johns isn’t truly a master of his art. What makes Blackest Night such a great series is the many different mysteries that it offers up while also forcing our favorite heroes to come face to face with those they have lost. It’s full of raw emotion which while in most stories like this is something of an undertone, here it is the main focus. The Black Lantern’s feed on the emotions of the living and in turn the living need to try and deal with those same emotions to come to terms with life and death. All the while, death is staring them literally in the face.

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What day is it today? Wednesday you say? That can only mean one thing… NEW COMICS! New “comic” singular is more like it for me this week, but what a doozy! Yes, the penultimate issue of Green Lantern’s run with the Blackest Night series is here and I have hit a crossroads. Let me explain.

Blackest Night and Green Lantern got me back into collecting comics. As the series is quickly winding down now, it sort of feels like the end of an era. All those tie-ins that have made my Wednesday Comics picks weightier are now all but done, leaving me with weeks like this with only 1 pick or *gasp* none at all! Of course, after Blackest Night, comes Brightest Day. But I’m not entirely sold on it yet, so I’ll have to see which direction it takes.

I also had a lot of expectations of what would happen during and by the end of BN. Surprisingly enough I was right on almost all counts. Almost. Lets start at the beginning…

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