Brightest Day 1

This follow-up to the Blackest Night event focuses on some of DC's more secondary characters who were resurrected mysteriously at the end of the last arc. Deadman, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Firestorm, and others are tasked by a mysterious entity to fulfill certain individual "missions" to fully regain their lives. The premise itself is interesting at the outset, but quickly gets rocky. There is a lot of jumping among various subplots that creates an uneven story, with some subplots being more interesting than others. There are also some resurrected characters that get completely forgotten after the initial premise is set up, and who pursue their missions off-panel, presumably in other comics that aren't collected here. Overall, this is still quality storytelling, and a decent effort to make some lesser known characters more prominent, but after the story lays its foundation it all becomes disjointed and flips back and forth among more characters than I think the arc could reasonably handle in a cohesive way. Strangely, I don't think this arc is all that necessary for Green Lantern readers, as Green Lantern: Brightest Day more directly tackles the continuation of the main story between Blackest Night and War of the Green Lanterns, and this Brightest Day series is more like a sidequest or offshoot of that story. Still worth reading, just not as required as some other stories.

In the aftermath of Blackest Night, twelve heroes and villains stood resurrected: Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Jade, Hank "Hawk" Hall, Deadman, Ronnie "Firestorm" Raymond, Osiris, Maxwell Lord, Captain Boomerang, and Professor Zoom. Why were these twelve chosen to be brought back when others weren't? And what's with the mysterious immovable White Lantern that has been found in a crater in Silver City? That's what Deadman is seeking to learn, as the white ring bestowed on him leads him to team-up with Dove and the resurrected Hawk, while Aquaman learns that there is something very wrong with his powers, and some of the others undergo some strange phenomena as well. Brightest Day is a bi-weekly series in which we learn that the bright future ahead for these characters may not be as bright as we had originally envisioned. Co-plotters Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi have managed to craft a compelling follow-up to Blackest Night (I can't remember the last time I found anything featuring Aquaman as a major player compelling) with solid artwork from talent like Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Fernando Pasarin, and Joe Prado among others. All in all, Brightest Day may very well be the best of the "non-monthy" titles from DC since 52, and is wholeheartedly worth your time.

This is a pretty book.The dustjacket and pages are top quality. They don't bind with the wind. Glossy and strong. The hardback is white with the White Lantern's logo in gold. Very pretty.The story itself is slow. You don't know what in places is going on. At the end of the book they give you another piece of the puzzle that doesn't really tells you everything, but keep you interested. I know I did.I was somewhat tired when I reach half the book and there was no explanation of why the White Rings bring some heroes/villains to life. What's Deadman's mission?. But then I remembered "this is just volume 1".Having that in mind, the book is not bad. The end left me wanting for more, and the art is pretty good too.The cover gallery is what I enjoy the most. There's a double spread on the people that came back to life at the end of Blackest Night. All of them in a table and the color entities in the center. VERY cool!!!.I didn't dislike the book, but I guess this will remain to be seen on the following volumes. Hope is good!.

I have to admit that I couldn't wait for Brightest Day after Blackest Night and Geoff John's doesn't fail to deliver. In a very nice nod to 52 this book is a anthology that focuses on about six of the heroes resurrected during Brightest Day but issue #0 shows what all the people are doing since there resurrections.While each of the story-lines here are interesting and making me care for obscure characters like Firestorm and Aquaman I sadly can't say that the art for each of the stories is strong. The art for Aquaman is done by Ivan Reis but the other art ranges from being decent to just painful to look at.Also while each of the story-lines are enticing it suffers from the same problem that 52 does in the fact that because all of the story-lines alternate quickly to where there's not much development in them. But if they were all single stories then they would just be in regular trade paper back form and might not sell well.

This review is for the Kindle HD version.==============================Visually, it looked very good on the Kindle and I had no problem with it.This is a relative easy-to-read book. There were 2 or 3 times that I had to re-read the same page or maybe, maybe go back a few pages just to understand a little better the story, but I don't regret it. The story is well-placed and the art is very good!!!!Note: You must read 'Blackest Night' first, there is no doubt about it..I also read Vol. #2 (which is better) and I am currently reading Vol. #3.I'll definitely recommend this for reading.

I have followed Johnss story runs in Green Lantern for several years now, including Blackest Night. I decided to forego the monthly title and just wait on the trade, and I am glad I did. This book is excellent. In typical Johns' fashion, several storylines are being told at the same time, and it's easy to get lost if the stories are only read with month-long delays. Being able to read so many issues in one book helps to tie all the pieces together. On to the stories...I am glad to see the rebirth and reinvigoration to some of my favorite characters. I don't want to spoil anything, but fans of some of the lesser-known characters are sure to love these new tales.

Blackest night is, well, lets just say it made a 30-something geek sit up and take note before it slapped me in the face and dragged my nose across each individual panel of the collected trade paperback. It is and will remain one of my favorite prices of the medium I've ever read. End of.Brightest day is the continuation of the Blackest Night story arc, but concentrates on the twelve heroes & villains that the White Ring chose to resurrect at the end of the DC Universe's darkest hour. GL's story continues apace in the Green Lantern: Brightest Day prints, collected in the GL TPB ( word to the wise - don't get them confused when browsing, they're two different facets of the same overarching story, but this concentrates on Boston Brand et al) and this first collected edition is a great start to what happens next for these newly resurrected heroes and villains. In this first episode There is one big 'reveal', but Geoff Johns crafts this story as well as its darker counterpart, and many questions remain unanswered when you reach the collection of cover art in the back of the book.The book itself is lovely - paper grade is good, the dust cover is of a high print and manufacture quality, but - oh my - the hardcover! A white hardcover embossed in gold with the symbol of the White Lantern, I'm REALLY tempted to take it out of the cover and display it next to its brethren as-is, in all it's naked glory!The artwork - lets just say it had a hell of a lot to live up to against Ivan Reis' frankly jaw-dropping single and double-page artwork in Blackest Night. It holds up well, shining not quite as brightly in the shadow of its predecessor, but it still satiates, even though the story starves the artists some of the grandiose set-pieces of its predecessor.As an introduction to the next part in the story, it's pretty much spot-on, leaving hints and nudges and implications and whispers, but ultimately leaving you asking more questions (which is a good thing, believe me).

This book is definetly worth a try, the storyline is great, very enjoyable, the characters are likable and funny when needed, the art is fantastic, it’s good to look at. I recommend this book to anyone who loves comics or just interested in getting to know the genre.

Great quality and arrived very quickly. As for the book itself, it follows on directly from Blackest Night and is very user friendly, although I would say some general background knowledge on the DC universe will not go amiss.

I purchased the first Green Lantern in 1959 ,56 years ago .The artist was the accomplished Gil Kane .To see how the characters and stories have developed since that time is wonderful .

not mad on the artwork, but story is good