 During the climax of "Blackest Night #8", Boston Brand tells the Corps' leaders that Black Hand is the "tether keeping Nekron within our world", and that as the avatar of Death he is also the only key to defeating the Black Lanterns permanently.Using the White Lantern power of Life, Hal Jordan commands ""William Hand of Earth - Live"", resurrecting Black Hand and removing him as the Black Lantern Corps' primary power source - which deals a crippling and eventually fatal blow to the Black Lanterns.Hidden within the vaults of Oa is a massive black tome known as "The Ultimate Facilitator of the Blackest Night".