Story: "Blackest Night" (26 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns (plot, script)
Ivan Reis (pencils)
Oclair Albert and Joe Prado (inks)
Alex Sinclair (colors)
Nick J. Napolitano (letters)
Adam Schlagman (associate edits)
Eddie Berganza (edits)

Feature Characters:

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; next in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #46)
Flash II
Atom II
Mera
Firestorm III
Gehenna (both last in issue #1; latter dies)

Guest Stars:

Indigo-1 (last in Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1/2; next in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #46)
the Indigo Tribe (last in Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1/2)

Villains:

Black Hand
Martian Manhunter
Aquaman
Atom I
Black Condor II
Elongated Man
Firestorm II
Hawkman
Hawkgirl II
Sue Dibny
Spectre II
Captain Boomerang (next in Blackest Night: Batman #3)
Golden Glider
Rainbow Raider Top
Tempest II
Aquagirl III
Dolphin (all three next in Blackest Night: Titans #2)
Pantha
Wildebeest III (both last in Infinite Crisis #4; both next in Blackest Night: Titans #2), Alexander Luthor
Black Bison
Brainwave I
Copperhead
Doctor Light III
Enforcer II
Everyman
Madame Rouge
Max Lord
Psycho Pirate II
Weasel (all eleven last in issue #1)
Hawk (in between panels of Blackest Night: Titans #1)
Osiris III (last in 52 #43)
Rocket Red (last in OMAC Project #4)
Ugg-I (last in Green Lantern Corps Vol. 2 #40)
Unknown Soldier (all of the above as Black Lanterns) Atrocitus
Agent Orange
Sinestro (next in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #46)

Guest Appearances:

Dove II (in between panels of Blackest Night: Titans #1)
Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
Stargirl
Ragman III
Saint Walker
Star Sapphire (Carol Ferris; next in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #46)

Comment: Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next.

Feature: "The Book of the Black - The Burned-In Thoughts of William Hand: Chapter 1, Verse 2" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns (plot, script)
Steve Wands (design)

Comment: This feature contains the second verse in the Book of the Black by William Hand.