Blackest Night: Superman Vol 1 1 (original) (raw)
"A Sleepy Little Town": Kal-L of Earth-2 is turned into a Black Lantern, and rises from the grave.
****Blackest Night: Superman #1** is an issue of the series Blackest Night: Superman (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 2009. It was published on August 19, 2009.
Synopsis for "A Sleepy Little Town"
Kal-L of Earth-2 is turned into a Black Lantern, and rises from the grave. In Smallville, Pete talks about the price of grain with locals. They scan the skies, and think they see something in the black clouds, but decide they see nothing after all when it disappears.
A policeman talks to his superior about leaving for Metropolis. As they do, a black blur smashes through the superior and kills him. The power levels of Black Lantern Superman go up to 3.44 percent as he watches the policeman turn yellow in the spectrum of fear.
A local diner filled with patrons talk about a local man losing a few fingers. We see them turn yellow from Black Lantern Superman's POV, and the diner goes dark.
A drive-in is assaulted similarly.
Superman, Conner, and Ma talk over dinner. They hear something, and Superman and Superboy go to investigate. Kal-L has dug up Pa.
Kal-L takes Conner toward space, saying Conner should be dead. Conner turns yellow with fear and green with will. Superman, in pursuit, turns to many of the colors of the emotional spectrum, fear, will, rage, love, and hope.
Krypto rushes outside in the absence of his two masters, and is thrown hard back into the house by Lois of Earth-2, now a Black Lantern.
Kal-L mocks Superman for not saving Pa. Superman lashes out, taking out a chunk of Kal-L's face, which grows back. Superman lets Kal-L go to save Conner from re-entry.
On New Krypton, Zor-El rises from the dead in front of Alura and Kara.
Superman and Superboy seek Ma when they find the farm wrecked. In town, they find her, in the hands of Kal-L and Black Lantern Lois.
Appearing in "A Sleepy Little Town"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Black Lanterns
- Kal-L (First appearance as Black Lantern)
- Lois Lane (Earth-Two) (First appearance as Black Lantern)
- Zor-El (First appearance as Black Lantern)
Other Characters:
- Pete Ross
- Molly
- Hank Pritchard
- Sheriff Hayes
Locations:
- Smallville
- New Krypton
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1.
Trivia
- Conner, now living at the Kent farm, tells Clark that "Ma's someone I've been waiting to know my whole life, I just didn't realize it until now." This dialogue suggest that writer James Robinson was unaware that Conner lived for quite a while at the Kent farm before his death.