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BRIGHTEST DAY #10

The resurrected have discovered their purpose for being back, but where will the knowledge lead them? Who is the new Aqualad? And what strange event is taking place around the White Power Battery in New Mexico?

Written by GEOFF JOHNS & PETER J. TOMASI
Art by IVAN REIS, PATRICK GLEASON, ARDIAN SYAF, SCOTT CLARK & JOE PRADO
Covers by DAVID FINCH
Variant covers by IVAN REIS

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  1. Avatar photo PozrDu says:
    September 13, 2010 at 2:40 pm

    Love this cover.  Been waiting for this.

  2. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    September 13, 2010 at 2:41 pm

    This is a great cover. Finch’s painted work is just astonishing

  3. Avatar photo Minion says:
    September 13, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    Loving the book as a whole but where’s Firestorm?

  4. Avatar photo DarkKnightJared says:
    September 13, 2010 at 2:59 pm

    This book is definitely starting to pick up steam. Can’t wait to see what happens next. 🙂

  5. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    September 13, 2010 at 3:17 pm

    I have a lotta trouble with this title. I love certain stories, but am bored to tears by others. Excited, regardless, about this one.

  6. Avatar photo OnASunday says:
    September 13, 2010 at 4:45 pm

    Seeing as Deadman and Aqualad are on the cover, this issue is probably about Firestorm lol

  7. Avatar photo Impulse says:
    September 13, 2010 at 5:49 pm

    Can’t believe I didn’t see that the new Aqualad was going to be Black Manta’s kid.  So obvious now.

  8. Avatar photo Franktiger says:
    September 13, 2010 at 10:44 pm

    Wanna see what happens when J’onn finally confronts who everyone thinks was his girl back on Mars, they gonna kiss or fight?

  9. edward says:
    September 14, 2010 at 1:02 am

    so Black manta was actually black? 

  10. Avatar photo ctrosejr says:
    September 14, 2010 at 10:01 am

    Great cover, but does it have anything to do with the story?

  11. Avatar photo BornIn1142 says:
    September 14, 2010 at 10:27 am

    I’m calling it now – Aquaman’s (step)parents are dead.

  12. Avatar photo vadamowens says:
    September 14, 2010 at 12:14 pm

    @edward Yes

  13. edward says:
    September 14, 2010 at 6:17 pm

    Huh 

  14. Avatar photo DamonS23 says:
    September 14, 2010 at 7:56 pm

    @Edward it’s DC most of the Black characters are Black something!

  15. edward says:
    September 14, 2010 at 8:48 pm

    that is true. The people of the DCU are much more comfortable placing labels

  16. Avatar photo vadamowens says:
    September 15, 2010 at 7:52 am

    nice

  17. Avatar photo Minion says:
    September 15, 2010 at 2:53 pm

    A ton of awesome stuff happened this week.

    Spoiler… So is Mera the kid’s mother?

  18. Avatar photo hectorjoel says:
    September 15, 2010 at 6:02 pm

    im a DC fan but instead of getting better going from Blackes Nught to Brightest day they stall in story quality….

  19. Avatar photo robbydzwonar says:
    September 16, 2010 at 1:38 am

    I didn’t pick up BD this week cuz I was so put off by the last issue.  Did I miss anything good?  Should I return to my LCS and get a copy?  Maybe I just need to read all of Brightest Day again from the beginning?  Sometimes that can help me get back into a series…

  20. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    September 16, 2010 at 10:37 am

    @robby  if your interested in the Aquaman story or the Firestorm story this issue is just those and it gives an answer as to what the hells been going on with firestorm lately

  21. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    September 16, 2010 at 11:20 am

    Awesome issue. best this book has been since #7. 4/5

    @minion Wasn’t spelt out last issue that it was Mera’s sister?

    @robby Pick it up! 

  22. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    September 16, 2010 at 11:28 am

    Best last page of the week

    "This is gonna be so boss."

    I love the way Johns is writing black lantern firestorm. For some reason that last page just made me wanna listen to Faith No More. 

  23. Avatar photo WeaklyRoll says:
    September 16, 2010 at 1:11 pm

    This was my least favorite issue so far. while there were some cool moments, Aquaman catching the bolt, and what’s gonna happen next, Aquaman vs Black Manta ahould be awesome, the whole you’re-not-my-son-youre-something-differnt story with the new Aqualad was just to cliche and felt forced. i was excited too, i thought we were gonna get some cool things going on with the Aqua family, but not really yet.

    though the firestorm concept is cool! 

  24. Avatar photo Minion says:
    September 16, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    @PraxJarvin I knew the woman was Mera’s sister. I’m talking about the new Aqualad. Mera was the one to drop him off so I’m wondering if she was his mother.

  25. Avatar photo WheelHands says:
    September 16, 2010 at 5:50 pm

    Really liked this one. I’m loving Aquaman more than I ever have before. Him catching the bolt was badass. Brilliantly paced. Johns excels at panel-to-panel/page-to-page transitions. I’m digging Aqualad so far. I appreciate that Johns told us it was Manta’s son early on so that the reveal didn’t fall flat like it would have later down the line. He repects his readers’ intelligence.

    This issue also looked fantastic. The art team is killing it on this series for the most part. Bring on #11!

  26. Avatar photo Truthseeker says:
    September 16, 2010 at 6:51 pm

    I have to agree with all the other positive comments on this book. This is fantastic, the art, the story and all that are fantastic. This is as good as 52. I hope an Aquaman book comes out of all this.

  27. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    September 16, 2010 at 7:18 pm

    @Minion Yes, my point was, wasn’t it spelt out last issue that Mera’s sister was the mother?

  28. Avatar photo Minion says:
    September 17, 2010 at 2:13 am

    @PraxJarvin No, they are always careful to say "Your son" or "His son" when mentioning the kid. They’ve never been clear on the mother.

  29. Avatar photo WadeWilson says:
    September 17, 2010 at 7:33 am

    Awesome stuff. My POTW. (huge honor, I know)

  30. Avatar photo Maceface says:
    September 17, 2010 at 6:39 pm

    I’m in my third decade of reading comics so all the icons of both DC and Marvel mean something more to me than what most newer readers might draw from them. I understand criticisms and unrequited allegiances, like when Ron says he just doesn’t have that Superman thing, but it doesn’t shake the ties I have with those iconic characters because good writers and artists can flood me with the same wonder and exhilaration I felt in the gas stations and pharmacies where I first found my comics. In those early days the look of a character or battle scenes caught my attention before maturing to understand complex stories could fit between the images as well. Despite those complexities I liked the days when good was good and bad was very bad. Before anti-heroes and places like Shadowland. Back when a hero could have conflict without retconning or some cause for acceptable murder. When villains might be motivated by the greater vices of greed and lust rather than the  sympathetic enabler of an unjust upbringing. And when these two forces met great tingles would surge through me and I cheered and rallied for my good guy. It is Geoff Johns who revived this sensation in me first through Blackest Night and now in Brightest Day and this time he did it in two words. Two words! "Aquaman." "Manta." BRING. IT. ON!

  31. Avatar photo Franktiger says:
    September 17, 2010 at 9:21 pm

    It is still a bit unclear who is Aqualad’s mother, thought first it was Mera, how scandalous would that be, but I think it’s Siren, as evidenced by when Black Manta says, "You made him like you," but by itself doesn’t absolutely indicate she is the mother.

    I as well hope for an excellent fight scene between Aquaman and Black Manta next issue, one of the quintessential arch-rivals in DCU lore; it’s like Superman/Lex, Batman/Joker, Wonder Woman/Cheetah, Green Lantern/Sinestro, what more can we ask for?

  32. Avatar photo DamonS23 says:
    September 18, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    Next issue will be Firestorm and the hawks or hawk and dove. At least that is how it seems.

  33. Avatar photo PozrDu says:
    September 20, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    @Minion: Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #3?

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