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The follow-up to the best-selling comics event BLACKEST NIGHT, written by Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi! Once dead, twelve heroes and villains have been resurrected by a white light expelled deep within the center of the earth. Called a miracle by many and a sign of the apocalypse by others, the reasons behind their rebirth remain a mystery. Now, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Firestorm, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Deadman, Jade, Osiris, Hawk, Captain Boomerang and Zoom must discover the mysterious reason behind their return, and uncover the secret that binds them all in this first volume of a three part series. This volume collects issues #0-7.
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First published December 7, 2010
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Geoff Johns
2,716 books2,410 followersGeoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career writing Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. and JSA (co-written with David S. Goyer) for DC Comics. He worked with Richard Donner for four years, leaving the company to pursue writing full-time.
His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.
Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.
His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.
Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.
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September 29, 2025
Dead heroes have risen.
Now what?
In the aftermath of Blackest Night, Deadman is alive. Now, Bostan Brand has been tasked by the voice of the White Lantern to find the new protector of the White Light. Along with him, the other revived heroes, Aquaman, Hawk (Hank Hall), Martian Manhunter, Jade, Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond), Hawkman & Hawkgirl are all on their own missions - for good or bad.
But there were 12 resurrections.
Captain Boomerang, Osiris, Reverse Flash, & Maxwell Lord are all out there, too. What is everyone up to?
I'm trying to get a re-read in so I can finally say I've finished all of Blackest Night and Brightest Day.
So far, so fun.
Recommended for fans of DC.
Now what?
In the aftermath of Blackest Night, Deadman is alive. Now, Bostan Brand has been tasked by the voice of the White Lantern to find the new protector of the White Light. Along with him, the other revived heroes, Aquaman, Hawk (Hank Hall), Martian Manhunter, Jade, Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond), Hawkman & Hawkgirl are all on their own missions - for good or bad.
But there were 12 resurrections.
Captain Boomerang, Osiris, Reverse Flash, & Maxwell Lord are all out there, too. What is everyone up to?
I'm trying to get a re-read in so I can finally say I've finished all of Blackest Night and Brightest Day.
So far, so fun.
Recommended for fans of DC.
February 9, 2017
Maybe I'm just expecting a bit more from my comics these days. The art's good, there's an obvious setup being played here, and while the only time I've ever read Deadman was during the Blackest Night saga and here, he's not uninteresting.
The thing is, we've gone from a huge explosion of powers to a near retcon, a massive scaleback, to return tension back to the comic, and I'm not entirely certain I appreciate the writer's decision to do it.
I like the fact that the supes who were returned to life are still suffering the dark-side. That part is fine as it goes. I like how we're going to be forced into learning the ropes of the White Ring, too, with so many examples and directions when it comes to the prospective Second Chancers, the possible White Knights.
It makes perfect sense and it's an old tradition.
Maybe that's just it. I wanted something that would have broken the mould. Something that kept everyone truly broken in the power balance and full of tension in a new and creative way. Oh well.
It's not BAD. It's just not GREAT.
The thing is, we've gone from a huge explosion of powers to a near retcon, a massive scaleback, to return tension back to the comic, and I'm not entirely certain I appreciate the writer's decision to do it.
I like the fact that the supes who were returned to life are still suffering the dark-side. That part is fine as it goes. I like how we're going to be forced into learning the ropes of the White Ring, too, with so many examples and directions when it comes to the prospective Second Chancers, the possible White Knights.
It makes perfect sense and it's an old tradition.
Maybe that's just it. I wanted something that would have broken the mould. Something that kept everyone truly broken in the power balance and full of tension in a new and creative way. Oh well.
It's not BAD. It's just not GREAT.
June 22, 2020
Excellent story. Well done, team. On to the next volume!
But first, can we talk about Hawk for a second?
Yes, this idiot. The guy bursting through a wall of his own home like the goddamn Kool-Aid Man. There's so much about this character that makes me groan.
First off, these tough guy types who have a chip on their shoulder and a short fuse have been done to death. So unless they've got an interesting backstory, or a well-rounded personality, or they exist for comic relief, they're just another drop in an already overflowing bucket. And sorry Hawk, you can talk through gritted teeth and use all the exclamation marks you want, but you're just not all that interesting.
Look, if you want to market yourself as a no-nonsense tough guy, you have to look the part. Punisher wears a giant skull on his shirt and carries around a crapload of weapons. The Thing is composed entirely of rock. Wolverine's fashion choices have been questionable over the years, but he makes up for it by having fucking knives attached to his hands! Hawk, on the other hand, decided on a red and white unitard with party ribbons stuck to his back. There is nothing badass, nor tactical about giving yourself plumage. And where are you carrying out your operations Hawk, where you need to dress like that? Mardi Gras? Carnivale? This guy is a walking juxtaposition.
And then you have him uttering lines like this:
"Am I the only superhero with a pair anymore?"
Oh for f*cks sake, seriously? A pair of what, Hawk? A pair of frilly red shoulder tassels? Yes, you are the only one with a pair of those. No one is taking you seriously dude. Plus it's hard to talk down to someone when you look like the Canadian flag had sex with a peacock. What a complete and utter doof.
But yeah, a good book overall.
But first, can we talk about Hawk for a second?
Yes, this idiot. The guy bursting through a wall of his own home like the goddamn Kool-Aid Man. There's so much about this character that makes me groan.
First off, these tough guy types who have a chip on their shoulder and a short fuse have been done to death. So unless they've got an interesting backstory, or a well-rounded personality, or they exist for comic relief, they're just another drop in an already overflowing bucket. And sorry Hawk, you can talk through gritted teeth and use all the exclamation marks you want, but you're just not all that interesting.
Look, if you want to market yourself as a no-nonsense tough guy, you have to look the part. Punisher wears a giant skull on his shirt and carries around a crapload of weapons. The Thing is composed entirely of rock. Wolverine's fashion choices have been questionable over the years, but he makes up for it by having fucking knives attached to his hands! Hawk, on the other hand, decided on a red and white unitard with party ribbons stuck to his back. There is nothing badass, nor tactical about giving yourself plumage. And where are you carrying out your operations Hawk, where you need to dress like that? Mardi Gras? Carnivale? This guy is a walking juxtaposition.
And then you have him uttering lines like this:
"Am I the only superhero with a pair anymore?"
Oh for f*cks sake, seriously? A pair of what, Hawk? A pair of frilly red shoulder tassels? Yes, you are the only one with a pair of those. No one is taking you seriously dude. Plus it's hard to talk down to someone when you look like the Canadian flag had sex with a peacock. What a complete and utter doof.
But yeah, a good book overall.
September 10, 2018
This is pretty good so far, but a 24 issue long event (and much, much more if you count all of the tie-ins) is pretty bonkers and I can almost guarantee that this wouldn't have suffered from being tightened up and shaved down to 12 issues.
October 4, 2025
Dead heroes and villains coming back to life!
July 24, 2015
The best part of this book was the mystery, there was mystery after mystery popping up.
The mystery of the white lantern and who could pick it up, and in the end of this book why each character was brought back.
Now that was all good and great but half the characters you would have to follow in a different series, and most of those series have little to do with the main story in this, and yet have a 'Brightest Day' banner.
GL Hal Jordan and Sinestro pop up to see if they can lift the lantern and then leave to their own mission in Green Lantern
You can follow Jade in JLA and that has a crossover with JSA.
A Forrest pops up in Green Arrow. A new Flash series, which has little to do with this. Birds of Prey with Hawk and Dove. Max Lord in JL Generation Lost, another weekly series. Plus a horrible Titans series.
It became a massive storyline to follow, by the end of this series your most likely to lose focus and/or care about the big payoff or any mystery reveal. If you skip any of those titles by the end it feels like you've missed something.
So this book is great for many reasons but volume 3 was a disappointment. I thought they did a great job with 52, a weekly series with 4 writers and no tie-ins. But here Geoff Johns with Tomasi jump from story to story for way too many issues. That's a big reason why it started going downhill.
Phew.. So there's your warning. Now on to the good stuff.
Deadman has a white lantern ring and has to find out why it brought him back, along the way it makes him face the Anti-Monitor, and meets up with Hawk and Dove.
5/5
Martian Manhunter is hanging out on Mars trying to bring life to it. That had a great interesting origin (recon?) and Gleason's art ended up growing on me.
Then he had to face another green martian, that was ok.
4/5
Aquaman and Mera have to find out why Arthur summons dead sea life, they fight off Siren, which brings up Mera's origin, and must eventually find that new Aqualad kid.
4/5
The Firestorm story is the worst, Jason and Ronnie merge to create Firestorm and that creates problems because Ronnie killed Joson's gf when he was a Black Lantern, Ronnie acts like a kid who wants no responsibilities, and Jason feels violated when he doesn't agree to merge. It's a big downer.
0/0
Hawkman and Hawkgirl open a portal to Hawkworld and join up with the Tigermen and Lionmen against the Manhawks.
4/5
The mystery of the white lantern and who could pick it up, and in the end of this book why each character was brought back.
Now that was all good and great but half the characters you would have to follow in a different series, and most of those series have little to do with the main story in this, and yet have a 'Brightest Day' banner.
GL Hal Jordan and Sinestro pop up to see if they can lift the lantern and then leave to their own mission in Green Lantern
You can follow Jade in JLA and that has a crossover with JSA.
A Forrest pops up in Green Arrow. A new Flash series, which has little to do with this. Birds of Prey with Hawk and Dove. Max Lord in JL Generation Lost, another weekly series. Plus a horrible Titans series.
It became a massive storyline to follow, by the end of this series your most likely to lose focus and/or care about the big payoff or any mystery reveal. If you skip any of those titles by the end it feels like you've missed something.
So this book is great for many reasons but volume 3 was a disappointment. I thought they did a great job with 52, a weekly series with 4 writers and no tie-ins. But here Geoff Johns with Tomasi jump from story to story for way too many issues. That's a big reason why it started going downhill.
Phew.. So there's your warning. Now on to the good stuff.
Deadman has a white lantern ring and has to find out why it brought him back, along the way it makes him face the Anti-Monitor, and meets up with Hawk and Dove.
5/5
Martian Manhunter is hanging out on Mars trying to bring life to it. That had a great interesting origin (recon?) and Gleason's art ended up growing on me.
Then he had to face another green martian, that was ok.
4/5
Aquaman and Mera have to find out why Arthur summons dead sea life, they fight off Siren, which brings up Mera's origin, and must eventually find that new Aqualad kid.
4/5
The Firestorm story is the worst, Jason and Ronnie merge to create Firestorm and that creates problems because Ronnie killed Joson's gf when he was a Black Lantern, Ronnie acts like a kid who wants no responsibilities, and Jason feels violated when he doesn't agree to merge. It's a big downer.
0/0
Hawkman and Hawkgirl open a portal to Hawkworld and join up with the Tigermen and Lionmen against the Manhawks.
4/5
October 23, 2021
Boston Brand takes a route throughout the DCU and checking on people who have come alive in the aftermath of Blackest night and from there we see Arthur and mera fighting siren and rescuing Jackson and then Hawkman and Hawkgirl on Hawkworld fighting Hath-set and also Hawk and Dove. Its a maze of mysteries and I am loving multi layered mystery here. Also J'onn and Megan vs another martian?
This was a great volume and manages to flesh out so many characters and introduce a great mystery and I love the enemies being set here and all the stories being connected by the white entity of light maybe and the art by reis is so good and serves the story so well. Its a must read for sure!
This was a great volume and manages to flesh out so many characters and introduce a great mystery and I love the enemies being set here and all the stories being connected by the white entity of light maybe and the art by reis is so good and serves the story so well. Its a must read for sure!
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August 18, 20214 stars
November 22, 2025
3/5 Stars
Individual Issues Rated Below -
Brightest Day #0: 3.5/5 Stars
Brightest Day #1: 3.5/5 Stars
Brightest Day #2: 3/5 Stars
Brightest Day #3: 2.5/5 Stars
Brightest Day #4: 2.5/5 Stars
Brightest Day #5: 3/5 Stars
Brightest Day #6: 3.5/5 Stars
Brightest Day #7: 3/5 Stars
Individual Issues Rated Below -
Brightest Day #0: 3.5/5 Stars
Brightest Day #1: 3.5/5 Stars
Brightest Day #2: 3/5 Stars
Brightest Day #3: 2.5/5 Stars
Brightest Day #4: 2.5/5 Stars
Brightest Day #5: 3/5 Stars
Brightest Day #6: 3.5/5 Stars
Brightest Day #7: 3/5 Stars
July 10, 2012
Blackest Night was fantastic. One of the best crossover events to come out of DC. And Brightest Day is every bit as good, both as a crossover event and as a follow up to Blackest Night. Make no mistake, this is essentially a direct sequel, and going into this without having read Blackest Night is a big mistake. I'd venture to add that if you read the first without the second, you get an incomplete experience. Brightest Day is about what happened next for the twelve resurrected heroes and villains, though it concentrates mostly on Aquaman, Hawkman and Hawkgirl, the Martian Manhunter, Hawk and Dove, and no-longer-Deadman. It's about life, and living, and finishing unfinished business. Let me put it this way: Johns has managed to make me care about a character that I've only encountered a few times, one who's been dead his entire career. It isn't hard to get me emotionally attached to J'onn's storyline, but to get me attached to Boston Brand is quite another thing.
June 9, 2015
Won't lie. I'm more than a bit confused at this point.
April 17, 2017
No where near as good as Blackest Night at the moment. Just the DC B list dragging the story along slowly.
April 10, 2018
This story follows up the Blackest Night event and we get to see what's happening with all of the formerly dead heroes that the white light brought back to life. Each one has been a given a specific task which I'm sure will all tie together at some point, but right now the characters are struggling to find their place after being resurrected. Good characters, great art, and a nicely paced story. This is really just the beginning, it's more about what happens next.
February 17, 2011
Eight heroes, 4 villains, back from the dead- but are they ALL THE WAY BACK? What's up with that White Lantern? The mystery continues to unfold in this wide-reaching follow up to the risen dead of Blackest Night.
I am so far of the opinion that Geoff Johns can do no wrong.
Can't dash hopes like that: the Blue Lantern might flicker and dim!
I am so far of the opinion that Geoff Johns can do no wrong.
Can't dash hopes like that: the Blue Lantern might flicker and dim!
December 3, 2011
This is a fantastic book that amazes you with every page that you turn. A must read for comic book fans.
August 27, 2011
How do you follow up the zombie apocalypse? If you're Geoff Johns, you write about twelve people, heroes and villains alike, who are given second chances at life and also are given duties to perform.
Volume 1 of "Brightest Day" collects issues #0-7 and weaves together several interconnecting storylines. Aquaman is seen with lover Mera at Amnesty Bay, looking contemplatively at the water and seeing his reflection in Black Lantern form. Their story continues with Aquaman summoning dead sea life after taking on a crew of pirates. Osiris returns to his homeland and vows to rebuild it; that's pretty much all there is for his storyline here. Captain Boomerang promises Flash that he'll "get busy livin' or get busy dyin'". The Reverse-Flash doesn't do much here besides remain in the penitentiary; apparently, his story will be told in later volumes. Maxwell Lord prepares for his greatest push ever, and it's interesting that Johns chose this villain (memorably executed by Wonder Woman) to be reborn.
Meanwhile, Deadman/Boston Brand gets the most action here, as he's pulled through the universe and Earth to varying locations (at one point, he's placed directly in front of the Anti-Monitor on Qward!) and constantly is told to "help me live" by the ring. He regrows a star-shaped forest in Star City and is literally knocked out by Dawn Granger/Dove after he's transported toher bedroom at 3 am. Hawk demands that Brand resurrect his brother, Don Hall, but the ring won't let him.
Firestorm is now Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch, and they can't stand each other. Jason blames Ronnie for the agonizing death of his girlfriend, Gehenna, during Blackest Night. Ronnie retreats into kegs and bottles of beer but soon they realize that they're not the only ones in the Firestorm Matrix. The Atom and Professor Stein come to their aid.
Hawkman and Hawkgirl travel through a dimensional gateway made of the bones from their previous lives to find and kill Hath-Set and find themselves on an alien world fighting a battle.
Jade sees a vision of a Black Lantern symbol in space after being tested by Soranik and reassuring her that she won't come between her and Kyle. Like Osiris, Jade doesn't do much in these issues.
It's a decent follow-up to Blackest Night, and while there's less action here, there's a lot of story that you need to follow to truly understand what's going on. The writing and artwork (by Ivan Reis in particular) is great.
Volume 1 of "Brightest Day" collects issues #0-7 and weaves together several interconnecting storylines. Aquaman is seen with lover Mera at Amnesty Bay, looking contemplatively at the water and seeing his reflection in Black Lantern form. Their story continues with Aquaman summoning dead sea life after taking on a crew of pirates. Osiris returns to his homeland and vows to rebuild it; that's pretty much all there is for his storyline here. Captain Boomerang promises Flash that he'll "get busy livin' or get busy dyin'". The Reverse-Flash doesn't do much here besides remain in the penitentiary; apparently, his story will be told in later volumes. Maxwell Lord prepares for his greatest push ever, and it's interesting that Johns chose this villain (memorably executed by Wonder Woman) to be reborn.
Meanwhile, Deadman/Boston Brand gets the most action here, as he's pulled through the universe and Earth to varying locations (at one point, he's placed directly in front of the Anti-Monitor on Qward!) and constantly is told to "help me live" by the ring. He regrows a star-shaped forest in Star City and is literally knocked out by Dawn Granger/Dove after he's transported toher bedroom at 3 am. Hawk demands that Brand resurrect his brother, Don Hall, but the ring won't let him.
Firestorm is now Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch, and they can't stand each other. Jason blames Ronnie for the agonizing death of his girlfriend, Gehenna, during Blackest Night. Ronnie retreats into kegs and bottles of beer but soon they realize that they're not the only ones in the Firestorm Matrix. The Atom and Professor Stein come to their aid.
Hawkman and Hawkgirl travel through a dimensional gateway made of the bones from their previous lives to find and kill Hath-Set and find themselves on an alien world fighting a battle.
Jade sees a vision of a Black Lantern symbol in space after being tested by Soranik and reassuring her that she won't come between her and Kyle. Like Osiris, Jade doesn't do much in these issues.
It's a decent follow-up to Blackest Night, and while there's less action here, there's a lot of story that you need to follow to truly understand what's going on. The writing and artwork (by Ivan Reis in particular) is great.
March 6, 2013
This trade combines the first 7 issues of th Brightest day. I bought this because I am reading Geoff Johns green lantern run, and I couldn't really understand brightest day: green lantern, so I decided to give the main event a try. This is the direct follow up to blackest night, a DC event where all the prior dead superheroes come back as zombies.
In here there are twelve superheroes that used to be dead, but are revived by a white ring/energy. But it seems like the energy has an idea/a plan for them.
This is quite a confussing story, with to many characters and to many switches between them. And since I'm not really in the know who all these characters are/were this story is confussing.
But there are some redeeming moments. So far I like the stories of aquaman and hawkman and his wife best.
I'll read the 2nd and third volume of this series too, because the last time Geoff Johns had me so confussed while reading, the end totaly blew me away (Green lantern: rebirth)
In here there are twelve superheroes that used to be dead, but are revived by a white ring/energy. But it seems like the energy has an idea/a plan for them.
This is quite a confussing story, with to many characters and to many switches between them. And since I'm not really in the know who all these characters are/were this story is confussing.
But there are some redeeming moments. So far I like the stories of aquaman and hawkman and his wife best.
I'll read the 2nd and third volume of this series too, because the last time Geoff Johns had me so confussed while reading, the end totaly blew me away (Green lantern: rebirth)
May 23, 2020
Al principio la historia me estaba gustando. Fue bastante grato que no sólo fuera la historia de los White Lantern Corps si no que se profundiza la historia de los personajes principales (Hawkman y Hawkgirl, J'ohn J'onz, Aquaman, Firestormy Deadman).
Lo que ya no me pareció tan bueno es que al final hay 3 historias, 3 misiones que apenas y se mencionan. Y aunque sé que los importantes fueron los otros, me quedé con ganas de saber más de esas historias.
Algo que también me dejó muy desconcertado fue el hecho que los Black Lantern hayan sido desintegrados tan fácilmente por la Linterna Blanca. No me pareció que en un principio parecieran ser la mayor amenaza de la historia y de repente fueran borrados del mapa tan fácilmente.
En general me gustó mucho la historia, los personajes más o menos
Lo que ya no me pareció tan bueno es que al final hay 3 historias, 3 misiones que apenas y se mencionan. Y aunque sé que los importantes fueron los otros, me quedé con ganas de saber más de esas historias.
Algo que también me dejó muy desconcertado fue el hecho que los Black Lantern hayan sido desintegrados tan fácilmente por la Linterna Blanca. No me pareció que en un principio parecieran ser la mayor amenaza de la historia y de repente fueran borrados del mapa tan fácilmente.
En general me gustó mucho la historia, los personajes más o menos
August 22, 2011
Some figures in the DC Universe should never die. Cancel their books because of low sales, fine. But don't kill them. Aquaman, Hawkman, Martian Manhunter. These three should be just as constant in the universe as Batman or Superman. The rest of these resurrected fools (minus Deadman) could have stayed in the grave- Firestorm and Hawk. Fairly worthless. And that is reflected in their separate storylines in this volume. Martian Manhunter is playing the detective, as he should be. A dark murder mystery for J'onn, and it reminds me of some of his miniseries from 20 plus years ago. Aquaman is resurrecting dead sea life. Hawkman is battling Hath-Set. Nothing better could have been done for these three. Their Brightest Day stories are pitch perfect.
November 15, 2011
Stunning, color-filled artwork pushes it up a star
Interesting storyline - I picked it up primarily to find out what happens to the characters after Blackest Night - and wonderful art. But the characters don't seem to have distinct voices, and the dialogue is definitely ham-handed. However, I am caught up enough in the plot to read the other volumes to see what happens. And the coloring work is really marvelously done.
Interesting storyline - I picked it up primarily to find out what happens to the characters after Blackest Night - and wonderful art. But the characters don't seem to have distinct voices, and the dialogue is definitely ham-handed. However, I am caught up enough in the plot to read the other volumes to see what happens. And the coloring work is really marvelously done.
December 8, 2010
This is supposed to be the 1st of a 3 volume series. That being said, it was an okay intro volume but there were some good plot twists and great art so I bumped it up to 3 stars. Okay, just the fact that the Martian Manhunter is included it bumps it up a star for that alone. I'm interested to see where this is going and since Johns is writing it, I'm sure it will be.
July 7, 2018
Loved the art,
was completely and deliciously hooked by the first chapter,
adored Martian Manhunter's storyline,
but overall it leans too heavily on previous stories that I've never read. This is a "Volume 1." A new reader should be able to jump in to the first volume of a series more comfortably than I was able to with this one.
was completely and deliciously hooked by the first chapter,
adored Martian Manhunter's storyline,
but overall it leans too heavily on previous stories that I've never read. This is a "Volume 1." A new reader should be able to jump in to the first volume of a series more comfortably than I was able to with this one.
June 5, 2019
I liked this one a lot. There's a lot of different plots to follow, though, which was a little confusing. And a lot of the characters who are part of this plot are sort of glossed over and barely mentioned. By the time Captain Boomerang showed up again, I had forgotten he was even in the book. But there was a lot that I liked about it, and I'm looking forward to reading the next volume.
September 25, 2023
Notes: I thought that this comic was very entertaining. There were lots of superheroes involved with various different conflicts. This comic issue is part of a series, so not everything will be resolved by the ending. I greatly enjoyed how everything seemed to be orderly set up. I’ll be reading the next issues in this series if I can find them.
May 30, 2025
Very much reminds me of 52 in how it features a lot of barely connected stories of second string DC heroes. A nice little tour of the DC universe of this era. The end of volume 1 sets up what seems like the REAL story of Brightest Day, and I'm curious to see how these play into the stories we've been getting with these characters so far.
April 21, 2015
Awesome stuff... love the Nova (Marvel) and the Green Lantern (DC) series... very cool stuff! Wish it wasn't so I could stop buying them, but so far I just can't stop reading the GL series by Geoff Johns.
February 18, 2018
Pinta bien, veamos qué pasa en los siguientes tomos.
September 23, 2020
Empieza flojito este especial.
November 27, 2019
I think one of the hardest things to do in comics is to take B-list (or lower) characters, who have often have previously had their own titles that didn't sell well and write compelling stories that feature them as characters. Grant Morrison probably most famously did this with both Animal Man and Doom Patrol but since the characters aren't well known for carrying their own books, once he left, both titles eventually got cancelled. Since there may be a calculus from the publisher to not produce a book for these obscure/unpopular heroes on their own, a bigger challenge would be to come up with a story arc that features many of these characters. Think of it as DC/Vertigo telling Morrison that he had to write a Doom Patrol/Animal Man mash-up and have it not suck. I'm pretty sure that isn't an easy thing to do.
However, this is precisely the premise behind Brightest Day which is ostensibly a sequel to the Green Lantern based event Blackest Night . Even though Brightest Day has some connection to Green Lantern (and early scene in the book featuring Hal Jordan, Sinestro and Carol Ferris as Star Sapphire also appears in Green Lantern: Brightest Day before that collection goes off in another direction) for the most part this book is driven by DC B-listers--Hawkman, Hawkgirl/woman (due to some stuff in Blackest Night I'm not sure where we stand with that), Firestorm, Hawk and Dove, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter and Deadman among others, which as I stated above seems like a daunting task.
And yet, so far, letting these DC B-listers drive the narrative, composed by Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi, is fairly successful. Since we are early in the arc, there are mostly parallel plot threads running where the main characters, resurrected by the White Lantern avatar (AKA the Life Entity) for some greater purpose, take place. They are not completely disconnected, as Deadman(!) seems to be the unifying force behind all of it (personally I love some of those "magic" DC characters from the 50s and 60s like Deadman and the Phantom Stranger) but most of this volume you spend your time trying to figure out how these disparate plots are going to unify in the end, but given that this is the first of three volumes, you aren't going to get your answers here. This can often feel forced, especially when an author just seems to be keeping information from you just because those revelations aren't convenient at this time in the narrative, but there is none of that here, so even though we don't get the answers we seek, we don't feel so disrespected by the authors that we don't even want to bother. This may be a function of the characters themselves--they aren't aware that they are connected for the most part and so that definitely helps.
I have no idea where Brightest Day is going at this point and that's part of the fun. You would have thought after the heroes of the DC Universe defeated a bunch of super-powered ring wielding zombies that perhaps Johns and crew would have felt that they needed to take a break from epic storytelling. Johns response seems to be a hardy "nah" and if he pulls it off, I might have an even more glowing view of this book when I'm done with all of it.
However, this is precisely the premise behind Brightest Day which is ostensibly a sequel to the Green Lantern based event Blackest Night . Even though Brightest Day has some connection to Green Lantern (and early scene in the book featuring Hal Jordan, Sinestro and Carol Ferris as Star Sapphire also appears in Green Lantern: Brightest Day before that collection goes off in another direction) for the most part this book is driven by DC B-listers--Hawkman, Hawkgirl/woman (due to some stuff in Blackest Night I'm not sure where we stand with that), Firestorm, Hawk and Dove, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter and Deadman among others, which as I stated above seems like a daunting task.
And yet, so far, letting these DC B-listers drive the narrative, composed by Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi, is fairly successful. Since we are early in the arc, there are mostly parallel plot threads running where the main characters, resurrected by the White Lantern avatar (AKA the Life Entity) for some greater purpose, take place. They are not completely disconnected, as Deadman(!) seems to be the unifying force behind all of it (personally I love some of those "magic" DC characters from the 50s and 60s like Deadman and the Phantom Stranger) but most of this volume you spend your time trying to figure out how these disparate plots are going to unify in the end, but given that this is the first of three volumes, you aren't going to get your answers here. This can often feel forced, especially when an author just seems to be keeping information from you just because those revelations aren't convenient at this time in the narrative, but there is none of that here, so even though we don't get the answers we seek, we don't feel so disrespected by the authors that we don't even want to bother. This may be a function of the characters themselves--they aren't aware that they are connected for the most part and so that definitely helps.
I have no idea where Brightest Day is going at this point and that's part of the fun. You would have thought after the heroes of the DC Universe defeated a bunch of super-powered ring wielding zombies that perhaps Johns and crew would have felt that they needed to take a break from epic storytelling. Johns response seems to be a hardy "nah" and if he pulls it off, I might have an even more glowing view of this book when I'm done with all of it.
July 19, 2021
En la última visita que hice al Universo DC, los muertos se alzaban llevando anillos negros y atacaban la Tierra, que resultaba ser el refugio de la Entidad, la manifestación de la propia vida en el universo. Y siguiendo el lema de los Green Lanterns, llegaba El Día Más Brillante, continuando con el final de La Noche Más Oscura. Y es que varios personajes habían sido repentinamente resucitados por la Entidad, personajes dispares, tanto héroes como villanos, que habían muerto tanto en La Noche Más Oscura como en eventos anteriores, como Crisis de Identidad o Crisis Final. Así, tenemos a Hawkman y Hawkgirl (Shiera Hall), J'onn J'onnz, Halcón, el Capitán Boomerang, Amón Tomaz, Eobard Thawne, Firestorm, Aquaman, Jade, Maxwell Lord y, al frente de todos ellos, Deadman, que deja de ser un héroe muerto para convertirse en uno vivo, Boston Brand, que continúa teniendo un anillo blanco y es capaz de escuchar a la Entidad... aunque esta se explica regular.
El Día Más Brillante va a centrarse en los motivos del regreso de estos personajes y en las historias en las que se embarcan unos y otros, con J'onn J'onnz buscando lo que parece ser un superviviente de su pueblo, Hawkman y Hawkgirl embarcados en su enfrentamiento con Hath-Seth y el descubrimiento de un nuevo Mundohalcón, Firestorm tratando de encontrar el equilibrio entre sus dos componentes y con el peso de seguir llevando dentro a Deathstorm, y Aquaman dándose cuenta de que parece seguir dominando una serie de criaturas muertas... y tiene que hacer frente a un intento de asesinato organizado por Xebel. Y hasta aquí más o menos el primer tomo de El Día Más Brillante, que ha servido para presentar a los personajes principales de esta saga (algunos de los resucitados cumplieron sus "misiones" fuera de esta serie, en JSA, Flash, etc...).
Lo cierto es que Geoff Johns, responsable del guion junto a Peter Tomasi, tenía ya experiencia en esto de las series "entresagas", y se nota en el ritmo de la serie y el desarrollo de las diferentes tramas, y además, cuenta con unos lápices que, como poco, son siempre eficaces: Fernando Pasarín o Ardian Syaf, por ejemplo, y bueno, en fin... de momento tres estrellitas para el arranque, pero recuerdo que en su momento me gustó mucho... espero que en esta ocasión pase lo mismo.
El Día Más Brillante va a centrarse en los motivos del regreso de estos personajes y en las historias en las que se embarcan unos y otros, con J'onn J'onnz buscando lo que parece ser un superviviente de su pueblo, Hawkman y Hawkgirl embarcados en su enfrentamiento con Hath-Seth y el descubrimiento de un nuevo Mundohalcón, Firestorm tratando de encontrar el equilibrio entre sus dos componentes y con el peso de seguir llevando dentro a Deathstorm, y Aquaman dándose cuenta de que parece seguir dominando una serie de criaturas muertas... y tiene que hacer frente a un intento de asesinato organizado por Xebel. Y hasta aquí más o menos el primer tomo de El Día Más Brillante, que ha servido para presentar a los personajes principales de esta saga (algunos de los resucitados cumplieron sus "misiones" fuera de esta serie, en JSA, Flash, etc...).
Lo cierto es que Geoff Johns, responsable del guion junto a Peter Tomasi, tenía ya experiencia en esto de las series "entresagas", y se nota en el ritmo de la serie y el desarrollo de las diferentes tramas, y además, cuenta con unos lápices que, como poco, son siempre eficaces: Fernando Pasarín o Ardian Syaf, por ejemplo, y bueno, en fin... de momento tres estrellitas para el arranque, pero recuerdo que en su momento me gustó mucho... espero que en esta ocasión pase lo mismo.
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