"Then give me the short version." Green Lantern had a bad feeling. "Something tells me this isn't simple."
"Of course it isn't. This is a major event affecting the entire universe," Roland said. "Have you heard of the Black Lantern Corps?"
"No." Green Lantern shook his head.
"Black lanterns embody the power of death and can control corpses. Nekron leads the Black Lantern Corps. He can grow stronger by harvesting souls, so he's a formidable opponent." Roland thought for a moment. "Hold on."
Roland opened a portal and dragged a bewildered Deadpool through from the other side.
"You're even ruder than Strange," Deadpool complained.
"Shut up. I need you for something serious." Roland leaned close to Deadpool's ear and whispered, "Have you read the Blackest Night comics?"
"Let me think—" Deadpool considered it. "Sounds vaguely familiar. Nekron, right? He turned the Anti-Monitor into a battery."
"I think that did happen." Roland nodded.
"Who had the Black Lantern Ring again? I think it was Batman—he came back wearing a Black Lantern Ring after he died."
"Wasn't that the plot of Death Metal?" Roland pondered it. "You're remembering it wrong, aren't you?"
"You're the one remembering it wrong."
After a while, their argument grew louder.
"Nekron is the darkness from before creation. He one-shotted the Spectre. Of course he's stronger than Mama Perpetua."
"Seriously? Is the Spectre even worth mentioning? His whole job is making other people look powerful. I'd say Nekron isn't even as strong as the second sibling of the Endless."
"Bullshit. Nekron imprisoned the Anti-Monitor! Geoff Johns said Nekron was the strongest force of darkness!"
"Just remember that even Blackest Night, the biggest mess he ever caused, only managed to pique the second sibling's interest. And the Anti-Monitor he imprisoned was already severely weakened after Superboy-Prime stabbed him in