In the 2009–2010 storyline " Blackest Night ", the Pre- Crisis version of Thawne's broken-necked corpse is reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps. The black power ring downloaded the corpse's memories, resulting in him not knowing of Barry's death and resurrection. Declaring himself the " Black Flash ", he hunts down and attacks Barry who manages to elude him for the moment. When the Black Lantern Rogues attack Iron Heights, the living Thawne is encountered and the Black Lanterns' rings strangely malfunction, displaying a strange symbol. When Thawne's corpse approaches his living counterpart, he stops moving and is then frozen by Captain Cold 's "cold grenade". Thawne's corpse is brought back to life by the white light of creation, and manages to escape.