I've got to admit, up to this point i haven't been enjoying Blackest Night as much as it seems i should be, maybe its because i'm not reading the lantern books, but then again a series should be self contained, but i've just had a feeling that Blackest Night isn't living up to its hype. The premiss of dead superheroes coming back from the dead, but out to kill their old friends sounds interesting enough, but the series didn't seem to support itself well. Maybe it was the magnificent art littered with kilometers of text, or the fact that the story felt like it wasn't focusing on any characters in particular, except maybe the Flash, or maybe the fact that this is a Green Lantern story with barely any Green Lantern in it. I'm not exactly sure why, but i wasn't enjoying Blackest Night like i should have been, that is until the Atom went into Al Pratt, the original Atom and ripped him apart. At about that point, the series, really broke off from its original feel and pacing and went from a series i was thinking of dropping, to one im certain i will read to the end. The cliffhanger in this issue, isn't just more Black Lanterns, it's someone much more important to the story who's arrival will seemingly change the course of the story (ever notice how no regular people were coming back? Not now.)
Final word: If you weren't reading Blackest Night, do it now and if you were on the fence, read issue 4 and everything will change.
8.2/10
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