BRIGHTEST DAY #3
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Art by IVAN REIS, PAT GLEASON, ARDIAN SYAF, SCOTT CLARK & JOE PRADO
Covers by DAVID FINCH
Variant covers by IVAN REIS & OCLAIR ALBERT
Size: 32 pages
Price: 2.99
This review contains spoilers, click here to read
I’m going to admit something. This series is starting to annoy me, and I’m very close to dropping it. I don’t want to, but right now, I’m enjoying “Justice League: Generation Lost” ten times as much, which is something I never thought I’d say. But, this series harkens back to “52,” one of my favourite series of all time, and I really want to hold off on dropping it for a few more issues, because I’m determined that it will get fantastic again.
The mysteries within are engaging, too. The part of the issue focusing on Deadman (or, “Not So Deadman,” as he is currently) are fantastic; Boston Brand has always been one of my favourite DC characters, and at last, I feel he is being put to good use as the White Lantern. The part focusing on Firestorm, however, was annoying to me; I’ve never been much of a fan of the character/characters, and the section of the book dedicated to them seemed to merely spiral into melodrama for me. And I’m not against that, at all; in fact, I’d rather that than a tacky, inconsequential superhero story in its place, but it just feels devoid of emotion.
The Aquaman part of the book is, possibly, my favourite. For a long time, I’ve wanted Aquaman to be fixed. And Geoff Johns (and Peter Tomasi, though, I suspect Johns is writing this part of the book) is finally fixing him. The concept of the dead fish is highly unnerving to me, and adds to the book’s intensity, while the brief conversation by Arthur and Mera is one of my favourite scenes in this series, so far.
The Martian Manhunter sequence is the runner-up for favourite section of the book. The idea of J’onn investigating a brutal series of murders is fantastic; and the grisly reality of what has occurred, as he reads the mind of a family pet, is horrifying. I’d love for the book to focus, more primarily, on this storyline, and completely abandon the stuff involving the Lantern in Silver City; I understand that it is, clearly, the focus of the series, but it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere fast, and feels redundant. True, it might not once the series gets going, but for now, it feels exposition-fuelled.
Finally, we come to the sequence involving Hawkman and Hawkgirl. I truly want someone, preferably Johns, to fix these characters in the same way Aquaman is being fixed. I can see we’re heading down that path, but right now, I absolutely cannot stand their part in this book. It’s intriguing, but just doesn’t appeal to me, at all.
The art throughout the book is stellar stuff; Ivan Reis, in particular, is a clear highlight among the roster; the only problem I have with the rotating ensemble is that it tends to drag the book down a point due to the inconsistency of the artwork, as a whole.
The mysteries within are engaging, too. The part of the issue focusing on Deadman (or, “Not So Deadman,” as he is currently) are fantastic; Boston Brand has always been one of my favourite DC characters, and at last, I feel he is being put to good use as the White Lantern. The part focusing on Firestorm, however, was annoying to me; I’ve never been much of a fan of the character/characters, and the section of the book dedicated to them seemed to merely spiral into melodrama for me. And I’m not against that, at all; in fact, I’d rather that than a tacky, inconsequential superhero story in its place, but it just feels devoid of emotion.
The Aquaman part of the book is, possibly, my favourite. For a long time, I’ve wanted Aquaman to be fixed. And Geoff Johns (and Peter Tomasi, though, I suspect Johns is writing this part of the book) is finally fixing him. The concept of the dead fish is highly unnerving to me, and adds to the book’s intensity, while the brief conversation by Arthur and Mera is one of my favourite scenes in this series, so far.
The Martian Manhunter sequence is the runner-up for favourite section of the book. The idea of J’onn investigating a brutal series of murders is fantastic; and the grisly reality of what has occurred, as he reads the mind of a family pet, is horrifying. I’d love for the book to focus, more primarily, on this storyline, and completely abandon the stuff involving the Lantern in Silver City; I understand that it is, clearly, the focus of the series, but it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere fast, and feels redundant. True, it might not once the series gets going, but for now, it feels exposition-fuelled.
Finally, we come to the sequence involving Hawkman and Hawkgirl. I truly want someone, preferably Johns, to fix these characters in the same way Aquaman is being fixed. I can see we’re heading down that path, but right now, I absolutely cannot stand their part in this book. It’s intriguing, but just doesn’t appeal to me, at all.
The art throughout the book is stellar stuff; Ivan Reis, in particular, is a clear highlight among the roster; the only problem I have with the rotating ensemble is that it tends to drag the book down a point due to the inconsistency of the artwork, as a whole.
Story: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
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