Issue Details

Issue	#49
Published	February 2010
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	2.99 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Eddie Berganza; Adam Schlagman (associate)

Cover Details

Characters	Green Lantern [John Stewart]
Genre	super-hero; science fiction
Pencils	Ed Benes (signed)
Inks	Ed Benes (signed)
Colors	Hi-Fi

1 page advertisement "What mattered the most was remembered the least"

Synopsis	An advertisement for Square Enix's computer game, "Kingdom Hearts," featuring characters licensed from Disney.
Notes	inside front cover

16 page Green Lantern story "Semper Fi"

Characters	Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Black Lantern [Driq]; Black Lantern [Katma Tui]
Synopsis	Stewart faces down the dead of Xanshi.
Genre	superhero; science fiction
Script	Geoff Johns
Pencils	Ed Benes; Marcos Marz
Inks	Ed Benes; Luciana del Negro
Colors	Hi-Fi
Letters	Rob Leigh
Notes	Story continues in Blackest Night (DC, 2009 series) #6.

1 page advertisement "Your Last Days"

Synopsis	An advertisement for THQ's computer game, "Daksiders."
Notes	This advertisement is between pages 4 and 5 of the Green Lantern story.

1 page advertisement "James Cameron's Avatar The Game"

Synopsis	An advertisement for Ubisoft's computer game, "Avatar," based on the Lightstorm Entertainment and 206th Century Fox motion picture, "Avatar."
Notes	This advertisement is between pages 5 and 6 of the Green Lantern story.

1 page advertisement "Assemble your team -- fight for the lost"

Synopsis	An advertisement for EA's computer game, "Mass Effect 2."
Notes	This advertisement is between pages 8 and 9 of the Green Lantern story.

1 page advertisement "See it First on BBC America"

Synopsis	An advertisement for the BBC America television series, "Doctor Who."
Notes	This advertisement is between pages 9 and 10 of the Green Lantern story.

2 page advertisement "[Prototype]"

Synopsis	An advertisement for Activision's computer game, "Prototype."
Notes	This advertisement is between pages 11 and 12 of the Green Lantern story.

2 page advertisement "Heroic Holiday Gift Guide 2009"

Synopsis	An advertisement featuring a several graphic novels, computer games, and movie DVDs.
Notes	This advertisement is between pages 13 and 14 of the Green Lantern story.

6 page Tales of the Black Lantern Corps story "The Birth of Nekron"

Characters	Mera; Black Lantern [Jean Palmer]; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Nekron; Deadman
Synopsis	Jean reveals Nekron's plan to Ray and Mera.
Genre	superhero
Script	Geoff Johns
Pencils	Jerry Ordway
Inks	Jerry Ordway
Colors	Hi-Fi
Letters	Rob Leigh
Notes	Story continues in Blackest Night (DC, 2009 series) #6. This story immediately follows the final page of the Green Lantern story.

1 page advertisement "The dead have risen..."

Synopsis	An advertisement for DC Direct's Blackest Night action figures.
Notes	This advertisement is between pages 5 and 6 of the Tales of the Black Lantern Corps story.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Ringing in the New Year"

Synopsis	A promotional advertisement for Blackest Night (DC, 2009 series) #6.
Pencils	Rodolfo Migliazi (signed)(painting)
Inks	Rodolfo Migliazi (signed)(painting)
Colors	Rodolfo Migliazi (signed)(painting)
Letters	typeset
Notes	This advertisement appears after the final page of the Tales of the Black Lantern Corps story.

1 page advertisement "Final Fantasy -- The Crystal Bearers"

Synopsis	An advertisement for Square Enix's computer game, "Final Fantasy The Crystal Bearers."
Notes	inside back cover

1 page advertisement "I just dropped by to say die."

Synopsis	An advertisement for Sega's computer game, "Bayonetta."
Notes	back cover