The Flash running in a Final Crisis panel

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Blackest night is an emotionally driven storyline that features the personified death force called Nekron. This spirit-like creature revives corpses and then removes all emotion from the resurrected souls. Nekron’s actions lead to the rebirth of several Green Lanterns and transform them into his own team of minions, the Black Lantern Corps.

Even though this is primarily a Green Lantern comic book issue, a Relaunched Flash (Barry Allen) also makes a major appearance in the fight against the Black Lanterns. Even Professor Zoom becomes one of the Black phone number library Lanterns, raising the stakes for Allen.



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Gorilla Grodd is released from prison, leading Wally West to the rescue. Meanwhile, Hunter Zolomon aka the Reverse-Flash returns to destroy not only West but his family as well. What follows is a lot of hand-to-hand combat between the two speedsters, and of course, a lot of running.

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As Zolomon contemplates killing a pregnant Linda, the comic reveals his cruelty. As for Wally West, he struggles to push him away thinking about Zolomon’s past. Once a close friend and FBI profiler, his tragic story further adds to his character development.