Black Lantern Corps - The Book of The Black

The Book of The Black

Hidden within the vaults of Oa, it is massive black tome known as "The Ultimate Facilitator of The Blackest Night". Written in black, corrupted blood by the traitorous Guardian of the Universe called Scar, this unholy tome reveals troublesome prophecies, indicating which Earth heroes have the abilities to weather the Blackest Night and ensure the survival/destruction of the universe.

Also within its pages is all the forbidden history of the Guardians of the Universe, and in an effort to protect its secrets, the rogue Guardian was forced to imprison the Sinestro Corps talekeeper Lyssa Drak inside the book. After Scar's true death and the end of the Blackest Night, the Book of the Black was found by Ganthet, who noted it retained much forbidden knowledge within its pages. He decided to keep it a secret from the other Guardians and entrusted Guy Gardner with the secret.

The Book was later taken by Krona who after releasing Lyssa Drak from inside the Book, took it to the Dead Planet of Ryut where after detecting the "New Guardians" it opened its pages to unveil the history of Krona. They are soon afterwards attached by the Book's keeper, the former Sinestro Corps member Lyssa Drak. She is capable of trapping Sinestro himself, Carol Ferris, Indigo-1, Atrocitus, Saint Walker and Larfleeze inside the book. However, Sinestro was able to prevent her from capturing Hal Jordan as well, by causing a detonation combining the energy of their rings, but the energy explosion also affected the Book of the Black, which disappeared in a rainbow light, leaving only behind the rings of the six trapped lanterns.

The Book is later seen on Oa while it forces the captured lanterns to re-live their lives prior to acquiring their current rings. After the defeat of Krona and the release of the New Guardians, the Book was taken by Lyssa Drak. She was later confronted by the now Green Lantern Sinestro who tracked her with the aid of an energy-manipulating alien hero he fought while in the Sinestro Corps, whose contact with the Book of the Black reveals the Guardians' plan to replace the Corps with the 'Third Army' Currently the book returned to Black Hand's possession as it is also being sought by the Guardians of the Universe. The Book reveals to Black Hand that Hal Jordan is not his enemy and when questioned about that reveals that Hal Jordan will be the greatest Black Lantern. After Black Hand was imprisoned in the Chamber of Shadows, the Book of Black was retrieves by Green Lantern B'dg. However, the Book of Black sucked Green Lanterns B'dg and Simon Baz into it and drawn to Black Hand after they opens the Book of Black about this fate.