EXCLUSIVE Preview: Blackest Night #0

Blackest Night #0

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DC Comics has provided Newsarama with a two page peek inside May’s Blackest Night #0, which the publisher is releasing for Free Comic Book Day on May 2nd. The issue is written by Geoff Johns, with art on the main story by Ivan Reis, and serves as a lead-in to DC’s Blackest Night miniseries, which begins in July.

DC's description of the 32-page comic reads:

BLACKEST NIGHT #0 TO DEBUT AS DC COMICS’ FIRST-EVER ALL-NEW FREE COMIC BOOK DAY TITLE

This May, DC Comics will debut its first-ever all-new title for Free Comic Book Day: BLACKEST NIGHT #0, the prelude to “Blackest Night,” the biggest comics event of 2009!

Featuring a story by writer Geoff Johns, BLACKEST NIGHT #0 is illustrated by top art teams Ivan Reis & Oclair Albert and Doug Mahnke & Christian Alamy. The issue also features an introductory text page by Johns that sets the stage for new readers and a cover by Ivan Reis.

The issue includes a lead story that leads directly into BLACKEST NIGHT #1, as well as a special guide to the various Corps that have recently emerged as forces in the world of GREEN LANTERN.

BLACKEST NIGHT #0 (JAN090005) is solicited in the January Previews. It is scheduled to arrive in stores on May 2 and has a Final Order Cutoff date of February 26.

Blackest Night #0, page 3

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Blackest Night #0, page 4

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