The Brightest Day! - Part 1

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[Drz]

Dan DiDio: I’ll just get right to the point, Alex – we’re ready to announce everything that’s coming up after BLACKEST NIGHT.


AS: Wow, really? I’m glad I brought my notebook.


DD: And I’m happy to announce that for the DCU, after the BLACKEST NIGHT will come a BRIGHTEST DAY this April. A biweekly, 26-issue series, kicking off with BRIGHTEST DAY #0.

AS: BRIGHTEST DAY – that’s major. Who’s steering the ship creatively, though?
DD: As you can imagine, we’re really excited by the great work the teams behind GREEN LANTERN and GREEN LANTERN CORPS have brought to our fans every month. And, we just don’t want to let go of that just yet. So BRIGHTEST DAY will be written by Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi.


AS: And both GREEN LANTERN and GREEN LANTERN CORPS will have a BRIGHTEST DAY banner?


DD: Correct.


AS: Can you say anything about the artists on the book? I’d imagine, since it’s a biweekly book, you’d need more than one.


DD: Sorry to wake you and not give you all the answers at once, but we have to save a few for later. We have a number of wonderful artists slated to contribute to the book, which we’ll be announcing soon. We can say that Fernando Pasarin will be handling the art on BRIGHTEST DAY #0.


AS: Sounds good. And we’ll have more BRIGHTEST DAY news for you faithful readers in, oh, about two hours. In the meantime, can I go grab a cup of coffee?


DD: Sure.

Awesome title atleast lol.

 

[Mystirious]

True 'dat

 

[NightBeetle]

Brightest Day #19 Preview

 

[Kurosawa]

I don't know how there's anyone still alive on the DCU Earth considering all their menaces just kill, kill, kill.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

How else would you know they're serious business?

 

[Kurosawa]

Yeah, creativity is a bit much to expect at this point I guess.

 

[fifthfiend]

Remember in Batman: TAS, how the Joker was basically scary as ****, even though he (AFAIK) never actually murdered anybody?

DC COMICS SURE DON'T

 

[Drz]

Remember in Batman: TAS, how the Joker was basically scary as ****, even though he (AFAIK) never actually murdered anybody?

Actually in the Mad Love episode you see how they passed the censor, the newspaper has the text: Joker escapes, body count rises.

 

[Manic]

So... has this comic been any good? I've been torn between my love of some of the characters involved and my fear that the book might just suck.

 

[Drz]

It's a mixed bag. Some stories are awesome, some characters don't even appear after #0-1 or or only barely, but yeah most people here dislike the Hawkman/Hawkwoman story arc, while Firestorm, Martian Manhunter and Aquaman stories receive praise. It's still too soon to say since the conclusion could just be godawful or something, but i did notice that Brightest Day volume 1 is going for discounts, i guess you just gotta be patiant for few more months.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It's easiest just to break it down by characters:

Aliveman: Good.
Aquaman: Good.
Firestorm: Decent.
Martian Manhunter: Decent but a bit trite.
Hawkman and Hawkgirl: What I read of it was terrible, but I stopped reading it like 15 issues ago.

 

[Manic]

Well, I'd mostly be reading it for Arthur and J'onn anyway. Firestorm (whoever the hell he is now) and Dead/Aliveman will just have to be bonuses.

I've never liked the Hawkfolks.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Firestorm is now Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch put together. Most recently, the Black Lantern Firestorm returned as Deathstorm (or something equally stupid; I may have forgotten the actual name) and somehow absorbed Professor Stein and Jason's dad into himself. Outside of that, it's basically one of those "my powers are wonky and I'm trying to figure out why" stories that every character has once in a while, but it's been a pretty good one.

 

[The Eagle Host]

I forsook Martian Manhunter after he masqueraded as an Alzheimer's patient's dead husband just to pump her for information.

The Aquaman story is bad for two reasons: 1.) Aqualad is, literally, a character in a box and clearly no more thought went into him than that and 2.) a lot of the drama driving Aquaman's story revolves around Mera's (intended) betrayal, and most readers, myself included, knew absolutely nothing about her to begin with, so such a reveal meant pretty much nothing. The take-home message was, "Here's a character you know nothing about and have no emotional connection to. She is a traitor. NOW, CARE!"

 

[Mystirious]

When did J'onn do that that is a dbag thing to do

I don't know how there's anyone still alive on the DCU Earth considering all their menaces just kill, kill, kill.

Lazarus Pits

 

[The Eagle Host]

Earlier on, I think. Back when every other word out of Hawkman's mouth was, "bones."

 

[Kurosawa]

I forsook Martian Manhunter after he masqueraded as an Alzheimer's patient's dead husband just to pump her for information.

The Aquaman story is bad for two reasons: 1.) Aqualad is, literally, a character in a box and clearly no more thought went into him than that and 2.) a lot of the drama driving Aquaman's story revolves around Mera's (intended) betrayal, and most readers, myself included, knew absolutely nothing about her to begin with, so such a reveal meant pretty much nothing. The take-home message was, "Here's a character you know nothing about and have no emotional connection to. She is a traitor. NOW, CARE!"

I could care less about the new Aqualad but I've always liked Mera. That said I'm used to people betraying Aquaman, it's a common thing in his stories for whatever reason.

I think every storyline in Brightest Day has been poor so far with the exception of Deadman. Since I'm a Hawk fan their story was a particular disappointment. Characters like them who work best with plot-heavy creative stories filled with fantasy are a poor fit for today's soap-opera comics. Flash has this same problem. But there is no modern successor to the Fox/Broome style of sci-fi based writing out there, so I expect when the Hawks are brought back in Robinson's book, there will be more weak soap-opera crap. Hawkman's book should be more Tarzan/Doc Savage and less General Hospital.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Aquaman's not exactly free and clear himself. He betrayed the s*** out of Garth by trying to kill him.

 

[Kurosawa]

Aquaman has some tyrannical edges to his character, like how sometimes he uses his telepathy on humans. He's often two steps away from being pretty nasty. I guess they never go too far because they don't want to make him too much like Namor, but to me Namor is nasty in that haughty Vegeta way, while Aquaman is more straight-up bitter and angry with people. He's also more of a tragic character as his sons death really makes his hatred of Manta personal.

 

[Manic]

What's all this jazz I hear about the new Aqualad being Black Manta and Mera's lovechild?

 

[Drz]

What's all this jazz I hear about the new Aqualad being Black Manta and Mera's lovechild?

Black Manta is the father, but Mera isn't the mother. Basicly Manta had pregnanted this woman, Mera's people before the child was even born started altering the DNA and whatnot giving him powers and making him the key to open Bermuda's triangle.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Aquaman has some tyrannical edges to his character, like how sometimes he uses his telepathy on humans. He's often two steps away from being pretty nasty. I guess they never go too far because they don't want to make him too much like Namor, but to me Namor is nasty in that haughty Vegeta way, while Aquaman is more straight-up bitter and angry with people. He's also more of a tragic character as his sons death really makes his hatred of Manta personal.

Can you blame him? Guy's had a pretty horrible life. But I liked how he basically got over it in his '03 series. He was stern as the protector of Sub Diego, but not as ruthless or jerktastic as he could be when he was King of Atlantis.

 

[Kurosawa]

Can you blame him? Guy's had a pretty horrible life. But I liked how he basically got over it in his '03 series. He was stern as the protector of Sub Diego, but not as ruthless or jerktastic as he could be when he was King of Atlantis.

Oh, completely. His pain is like Batman's only in reverse. Losing a child is terrible, losing a child to murder is even worse.

 

[Mystirious]

Yep poor Aquaman's life has been sucktastic

He lost a hand too and then he died