When last we saw the Black Lantern Terra, she was getting blown to smithereens in Blackest Night: Titans #3. But as we’ve learned elsewhere, the only way to actually destroy a Black Lantern is to blast them with the combination of a Green Lantern’s light and some other color. So she turns up here, re-formed, to cause trouble for her brother. Geo-Force was devastated when he learned his little sister had turned traitor, so when she returns here, seemingly reformed and expressing horror at the things she did when she was alive, he wants to believe her. But how can anyone really trust a Black Lantern?

But Geo-Force isn’t the only one facing a Black Lantern. Katana, too, finds herself face-to-face with the remains of her loved ones: in her case, her dead husband and children. Her teammates Halo and Creeper try to pitch in, but Katana isn’t ready to let go of the people she once loved.

Again proving that he’s one of the top writers at DC, Peter Tomasi nails the depths of emotion that these characters would experience in these situations. It’s a dark, sad story, and your heart is breaking for Geo-Force and Katana, even if you aren’t terribly familiar with the characters. The idea of a loved one returning from the dead, only to turn out to be a monster, is a primal fear that anybody can relate to. While this story may not play into the main Blackest Night storyline, it works for these characters as well as any book in the line.

Fernando Pasarin’s artwork is pretty good here. He tells the story well and the page of Terra bursting from the grave is creepy as hell. Topping the book off with a cover by the legendary Tom Mandrake makes for an overall package that’s well worth reading. This is one of the November “ring books” that fans have been clamoring for, and I have to say, it’s one of the better ones.

Rating: 8/10