Sunday, January 1, 2012

Blackest Night

In my opinion, Blackest Night ended disappointingly.  I don't really care for Nekron, considering he was only in one other story in the 80s, another example of Johns taking someone he read about and forcing them down Green Lantern fans' throats.  Now you're probably thinking, "Hey Drew, you asshole, you think you can do better?" Well.... No.  But, I do have an idea that I personally like better.  Now, I don't know about any of you, but I LOVE Black Hand.  I think he's really cool, and Mattel's Black Hand figure is really great, (Check that out if you collect.)  He is obsessed with death.  He killed his pet, his parents, and later, himself to become the first Black Lantern.  Now, this is where I think the story could have some potential.  After this in the actual comics,  Nekron was revealed after the Black Lantern was charged, and people were confused because of this.  Anyway, that was all well and good, but I think this would have been better:  The lantern is charged, and Black Hand prepares for his master to rise- but he doesn't.  Hand has no idea what is happening.  Suddenly, his body contorts, creating one of a few things- either a Hal Parallax-like armored Black Hand,  a full on monster of some sort, or my personal favorite- the Black light's embodiment.  I think this would have made Black Hand a more prominent character in Green Lantern mythology, and it wouldn't have brought back a pretty much random character from the 80s.  Granted, Nekron's redesign is pretty bad ass.

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