The ABSURD Powers of Black Lantern DeathStorm

Deathstorm: One of DC’s Most Underrated Lanterns

Lumos Theromax wraps up “Black Lantern October” by making the case that Deathstorm is one of DC’s most underrated—and absurdly powerful—Lanterns.

Origins

Deathstorm began as an alternate-universe Firestorm from Earth-3, where Dr. Stein’s experiments fused him with a corpse. After Mazahs killed him, he returned as a Black Lantern. The narrator describes him as a kind of embodiment of death, and says even the Life Entity is afraid of him.

Abilities and Feats

The recap’s highlight reel includes Deathstorm:

• Beating and outmaneuvering the main-universe Firestorm.
• Keeping pace with the Flash and Hal Jordan.
• Dodging the Anti-Monitor.
• Surviving attacks associated with the Life Entity.

But the host argues that Deathstorm’s most dangerous abilities come from the Firestorm Matrix. He can manipulate matter, absorb minds and souls, trap people inside the Matrix, and turn people into salt.

The salt gag gets repeated: Deathstorm does it “for the memes,” and the host jokes that most opponents will simply get “turned into assault.”

Final Verdict

In the grand finale, Deathstorm lifts the Life Entity and corrupts the concept of life itself. Add the Black Lanterns’ regeneration, emotional tracking, and ability to infect people through contact, and the narrator concludes that Deathstorm is a nightmare to fight.

His final, very serious “drip” rating: 10 out of 10.

Personalities Featured or Discussed

Lumos Theromax (host), Deathstorm, Dr. Stein, Firestorm, Black Hand, the Life Entity, the Anti-Monitor, Hal Jordan, the Flash, Mazahs, and Superwoman.