Black Lantern Corps
Black Lantern Corps is a comic book team that first appeared in Blackest Night #0
The Black Lantern Corps is composed of re-animated bodies of former heroes, villains and even normal people from all across The Universe. The Black Lantern Corps is powered by the corpse of The Anti-Monitor and are led by The Black Hand.
Black Lantern Corps Oath
"The Blackest Night falls from the skies.The darkness grows as all light dies.
We crave your hearts and your demise.
By my black hand...
The dead shall rise!"
Black Lantern Corps Overview
Prophesied to engulf the universe and be an enemy to all the Corps of Light, the Black Lantern Corps is an army of the dead who have been reanimated by their black rings. Ryut, a dead world since the infamous rampage of the Manhunters, serves as the homeworld of the Black Lantern Corps. This is where their Central Power Battery is to be found, and which is fueled by the remains of the Anti-Monitor.History of the Black Lantern Corps
The Black Hand
In the very early days of Hal Jordan's time as Green Lantern, Atrocitus came to Earth and sought out the being who would birth the black power he had learned about through his magic rituals of blood. This being was one William Hand, a young man with a disturbing fascination with the dead. He was saved from Atrocitus by Hal Jordan and Sinestro, but he would still years later become an enemy to Hal as a villain called the Black Hand.
After Hal as the Spectre destroyed one of the Black Hand's hands, the villain was experimented on by Krolotean Gremlins and he finally realized some of the black power inside him. Hand discovered he had the ability to siphon lifeforce and sense death. Though he was still learning to understand it, he knew of the power of the black and believed it was stronger than all the colors of light. Hal defeated him, but he would later be freed of his captivity and wander out into the desert, searching for answers about the Black.
After murdering his entire family and committing suicide, the Black Hand was transformed by the Scarred Guardian into the undead embodiment of the Black Lantern Corps (as Ion and Parallax embody their own respective corps).
The Anti-Monitor
In the Sinestro Corps War, the powerful being known as the Anti-Monitor participated in the attack on Earth as an ally and guardian of the Sinestro Corps. His armored shell was severely ruptured by the Green Lantern Corps using the Manhunters' Warworld as essentially one big grenade on him. Still clinging to life after that assault, Superboy-Prime turned on him and hurled his remains out into the universe.
The weakened and dying Anti-Monitor soared through space and eventually crashed onto the dead world of Ryut, while unknown beings noticed his arrival. The ground rose beneath him, raising him onto a plateau. Before he could understand what was happening, walls rose around him, encasing him. Thus, the Anti-Monitor became the Central Power Battery of the Black Lantern Corps.
The Scarred Guardian
During the battle against the Anti-Monitor in the Sinestro Corps War, one female Guardian was badly burned by the being's touch. This Guardian become known simply as Scar, and her experience changed her darkly. Secretly, she conspired not only against her fellow Guardians but the entire universe in favor of the coming Blackest Night. She worked to pave the way by manipulating events to pit the rising Corps against each other and bring about the War of Light. In the meanwhile, Scar authored the Book of the Black. 
The Dead League
The Blackest Night Begins
Following the events of the Green Lantern Corps' confrontation with Agent Orange, the Black Hand became the herald of the Black Lantern Corps. At the same moment, a countless number of Black Rings began to emerge from the black power battery and search the universe for bearers. The Green Lanterns could not stop them as they simply broke through their shields like tissue paper. The Guardians of the Universe, knowing that the Blackest Night was upon them and could not be prevented, attempted to call a code black and summon all Green Lanterns back to Oa. However, Scar intervened and savagely attacked her fellow guardians one by one. 
A Reunited and Reanimated Family
The Doom Patrol was soon confronted by Black Lanterns Joshua Clay(Tempest),Valentina Vostok(Negative Woman),and Arani Desai(Celsius).
The Honored Dead
Powers of the Black Lantern Corps
The Black Lantern Power Battery contains the body of the Anti-Monitor. It is not known whether the Anti-Monitor is still alive within the battery, however his power is the source of power for the Black Lantern Corps. The Black Lantern Power Rings that were sent out have the ability to re-animate the dead. These re-animated corpses make up the Black Lantern Corps.
Black Lanterns retain powers and abilities that they had prior to their deaths. Their rings provide some level of functionality even when charge levels are at 0.0%. They possess the ability to "see" the emotional state of others as an aura colored by the emotional spectrum. Their rings are charged by removing the hearts of their victims and turning the organs into energy that can be absorbed by the rings. The hearts filled with splintered light may be charging more than just the individual rings. While Scar is stating her actions with an entrapped Guardian, a black dialogue box keeps a running count of a rising power level. As Scar does not wield a ring or is ripping out hearts as she offers her reasoning, it may be assumed that Scar is keeping track of the total energy collected and that total energy is to be used for an as-yet-unknown reason.
Membership into the Corps
There are a number of theories as to why someone would rise to join the ranks of the Black Lantern Corps. It may have more to do with who is alive, rather than who is dead. Black Lanterns such as J'onn J'onnz and Ralph Dibney have mentioned those living who have escaped death and perhaps death seeks to reclaim that which is not meant to be living. As well, the way a person died may allow or prevent them from rising. One example being Don Hall, who didnot rise because he is at peace in death, while his brother, Hank Hall, did rise. As well, Boston Brand, the spectral Deadman, remained aware and attempted to prevent a black lantern ring from raising his body, giving way to a theory that the personality's of those risen may not be present, or in control at least.Symbol of the Black Lantern Corps
The symbol on the Black Lantern Power Ring, is the same that was worn by the Green Lantern's villain Black Hand.
| Team Name: | Black Lantern Corps |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| 1st Appearance: | Blackest Night #0 |
| Appears in: | 33 issues |
| Disbanded in: |
