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BRIGHTEST DAY #7

Don’t miss the hottest event in comics as BRIGHTEST DAY continues!

There can be only one who wields the White Lantern…but is it truly Deadman? And what will happen when he attempts to charge the white ring? Meanwhile, Ronnie Raymond risks everything for Firestorm, Martian Manhunter uncovers more clues about the bizarre string of murders stretching across the country, Aquaman searches for the key to the ocean’s survival and the Hawks come face-to-face with the evil that lurks within the strange land known only as Hawkworld!

Written by GEOFF JOHNS and PETER J. TOMASI
Art by IVAN REIS, PATRICK GLEASON, ARDIAN SYAF, SCOTT CLARK and JOE PRADO
Cover by DAVID FINCH
White Lantern Variant covers by RYAN SOOK, FERNANDO PASARIN and JOEL GOMEZ

Price: $2.99
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  1. Avatar photo horrorofsorts says:
    August 2, 2010 at 3:58 pm

    Only reading this for Deadman now

  2. Avatar photo ctrosejr says:
    August 2, 2010 at 4:22 pm

    Read the preview.  Who knew eating a cheeseburger could be so exciting!  Looking very much forward to this.

  3. Avatar photo midnight138 says:
    August 2, 2010 at 4:27 pm

    They lost me a few issues ago, but the last one was so good that it drew me back in. NOW, let’s get on with the story, pick up the pace, and start seeing stuff actually happen (as opposed to hints that there may at some point be a cohesive story).

  4. Avatar photo Minion says:
    August 2, 2010 at 4:53 pm

    I’m still liking this. Maybe its because I came in with no expectations even after the actionfest that was Blackest night. I have found each issue good and interesting.

    Generation Lost is better though. 

  5. Buckeye1986 says:
    August 3, 2010 at 2:38 am

    This has been disappointing but its the only place to read Hawkman right now.

  6. Avatar photo shaunbat says:
    August 3, 2010 at 6:34 am

    Im surprised theres not been more people digging this, Ive loved every issue so far and in some ways enjoyed it a little more than Blackest Night, which was amazing.

  7. MountNJ says:
    August 3, 2010 at 11:20 am

    This is the make it or break it issue for me. I was going to drop it after the last issue, but "The Secret of the White Lantern" has got me one more issue.

  8. Avatar photo Bassoonjedi says:
    August 3, 2010 at 3:14 pm

    $20 says this is all Hawkman.

  9. Avatar photo DamonS23 says:
    August 3, 2010 at 6:07 pm

    @Shaunbat I think it’s because of blackest night that people have such a short leash for this one.  The build up for BN was about a year 10 months for all of BN to come out and then they leave us with new questions and few answers and another long story.  I think if there had be a one issue break in GL and GLC this might be a little better received.

  10. Avatar photo vadamowens says:
    August 3, 2010 at 11:42 pm

    @Damon I like the long build up though.  Gives me something to look forward to.

  11. Avatar photo brassai2003 says:
    August 4, 2010 at 8:56 am

    @damon. I thought that’s why we read comics. BD has been a great series so far. I’m hooked like a junkie. I thought about the usual comment "too many plot lines" and I started to reconsider. BUt then I started noticed that our TV shows ALL have mulitple plot lines that pull you back in week after week. Its the same here. Johns is doing a great job writing this. It seems tht people don’t know what they want in comics anymore and hate on pretty much anything.

  12. Avatar photo Minion says:
    August 4, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    I loved this issue. We got to see all of the twelve. And a peek at who might be the villains of the piece. Captain Boomerang’s directive from the White Lantern was the best.

  13. Avatar photo Alexferrer says:
    August 4, 2010 at 5:17 pm

    If Maxwell Lord really does what the lantern tells him, he will totally become DCU’s greatest hero.

  14. Avatar photo boomergirl says:
    August 4, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    that first page alone was my pick of the week.

  15. Avatar photo Hexsas says:
    August 4, 2010 at 9:02 pm

    first issue that seems to have a real focus. art is top notch the whole issue.

  16. Avatar photo dryan says:
    August 4, 2010 at 9:18 pm

    Loved it. Makes the first six even better once you see where it’s heading. My money is on Barry to be “the one”.

  17. Avatar photo j206 says:
    August 4, 2010 at 11:07 pm

    Eh.

    People really seem to love this. 66% POW so far. Very mediocre to me. This is really something for hard core DC people, I guess.

  18. hobley says:
    August 5, 2010 at 3:34 am

    Anyone know if that reverse-flash is the one from the end of Rebirth or the end of Blackest Night?

  19. Avatar photo Minion says:
    August 5, 2010 at 4:28 am

    @Hobley Yes its the same guy. That’s why his job’s done and he gets to live.

  20. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    August 5, 2010 at 7:37 am

    Pretty solid.  I liked that we got a mission summary for each character (though I wasn’t particularly fond of some of the missions) and an overall goal.

  21. Avatar photo JaqueNargg says:
    August 5, 2010 at 9:59 am

    I forgot about Jade being back. Where has that been playing out? Has she had any weird black lantern side effects like all the other returnees have had (e.g. Black Boomerangs, MM killing plants, etc)

  22. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    August 5, 2010 at 10:16 am

    @JaqueNargg  Jade has been heavily featured in the JLA JSA crossover thats happening right now, it’s about to wrap up if i’m not mistaken.

    I lovedwhat the white lantern said to Zoom. Awesome.

  23. Avatar photo JaqueNargg says:
    August 5, 2010 at 10:16 am

    @hobley, my understanding of it is that after Rebirth they put him in Iron Heights like that. He was brought back to life after Blackest Night (remember there was a corpse of him running around) so that he could eventually come back in time to free Barry from the speed force. It’s just that at the time that everyone else was getting their white visions, Zoom had already completed his task. Time travel is confusing.

  24. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    August 5, 2010 at 11:44 am

    The Zoom that came back at the end of Blackest Night went back to start shit in Flash: Rebirth. So the Zoom we see now is the one that was captured after Rebirth. 

    Pretty sweet issue. Granted the main appeal of it is that we get answers, but they were interesting answers. 

  25. Avatar photo nicholassmith says:
    August 5, 2010 at 12:26 pm

    Really enjoyed this. I’ve actually enjoyed every issue to varying degrees, from "yeah that was ok" to "wow, that was cool". This one fell well towards the cool end of the scale.

    I’m interested to see where they take it from here. 

  26. Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
    August 5, 2010 at 6:58 pm

    @j206: Or, it’s just not for you.

  27. Avatar photo j206 says:
    August 6, 2010 at 2:12 am

    @conor: Oh, totally.

    Yeah, I guess It’s not my thing. I used to not read any DC besides Batman. Then I read Johns’ entire GL run as well as GLC, along with Blackest Night and most of the Blackest Night tie ins. And lately Johns’ Flash. And I thought I was starting to get in to the greater DCU. Then came Brightest Day. I have zero interest in these characters really. Maybe if they were background characters to a more compelling story like Blackest Night and GL. But the Hawk people, Aqua Man, and Firestorm? Eh…

  28. Avatar photo seNoj1 says:
    August 6, 2010 at 5:54 am

    I’m totally digging Brightest Day but I would have loved a decompression period.  I loved reading Secret Origin for Green Lantern after  the epic Sinestro Corps War.

  29. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    August 7, 2010 at 11:16 am

    Dropped this book after 3 issues due to hightened levels of boredom. Picked this one up due to all the hype and was blown the eff away! Ivan Reis needs to be back on a book, I don’t care if he is icing his hand down constantly after Blackest Night!

  30. Avatar photo JimBilly4 says:
    August 19, 2010 at 4:25 pm

    Why is the White Entity so deliberately cryptic? He seems to know a lot, understand a lot. Maybe if talking to him wasn’t less informative than a fortune cookie people could do what he wanted.

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