User blog comment:BeyonderGod/Most Biggest Events In Dc/@comment-4514815-20140917095310/@comment-1038387-20140917100400

It's totally different. COIE was 12 issues with a handful of non-essential tie-ins. Blackest Night was one big storyline spread over three series (BN, GL and GLC), and you need to read all of them to follow the story. Plus some of the regular series tie ins, some of the special miniseries, and some of the resurrected issues...