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:

Flash II
Atom II
Mera
Firestorm III (gains control of Black Lantern Firestorm for a short period)
Kid Flash II (last in Blackest Night: Titans #3; also in between words of Blackest Night: Titans #3, page 21, panel 4), Atom Smasher (Al Rothstein) Black Canary II
Citizen Steel
Damage
Flash I
Green Arrow
Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
Hourman II
Mister Terrific
Power Girl
Sandman IV
Stargirl
Wildcat II
Wildcat III
Wonder Woman, Guardians of the Universe

Villains:

Black Hand
Martian Manhunter
Aquaman
Atom I
Black Condor II
Firestorm II
Hawkman
Hawkgirl II
Alexander Luthor
Black Bison
Brainwave I
Copperhead
Doctor Light III
Enforcer II
Madame Rouge
Max Lord
Weasel
Unknown Soldier
Baron Blitzkrieg
Bug-Eyed Bandit I
Cavalier
Gambler I
Killer Frost I (all five last in issue #1)
Human Bomb I
Phantom Lady II
Sandman I (all three last in issue #2)
Ash
Saarek (both last in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #46)
Azrael V (last in Azrael Vol. 1 #100)
Doctor Mid-Nite I (last in Day of Judgment #2)
Fiddler I (last in Villains United #1)
Jean Loring (last in Countdown To Mystery #4)
Mister Terrific I (last in Starman Vol. 2 #37)
Black Canary I
Doctor Fate I (all of the above as Black Lanterns)
Nekron
Scar
Calculator
Lex Luthor
Scarecrow

Guest Appearances:

Beast Boy
Cyborg
Donna Troy
Dove III
Starfire III
Wonder Girl II (appearance same as Blackest Night: Titans #3, page 21, panel 4)

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 3" (2 Pages)

Credits:

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

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