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That's what makes it so annoying for me as well and makes it hard to care about this series or any of its stories.

I at least thought Garth, Holly and Damage would be back since they were just sacrificed for that stupid Blackest Night (all three of them were Titans as well...I'd never join that organization if I were in the DCU).

The ones I really had hoped to return were Ralph (and Sue too) and Lilith.

The one I'd have really loved to see come back was Joker's Daughter. Just glad they didn't turn her into a Black Lantern.

Anyway, I asked about Requiem because, what was the point of killing J'onn, giving him a proper send-off and a funeral, where it appeared he was back with his family, only just to bring him back two years later?

This is the guy who swore up and down there wouldn't be a White Lantern... :rolleyes:

^ Did he? I don't remember that. But it gives me some hope if so.

Prepare to vomit. Dan Didio (or someone equally as clueless as to what comic book readers want) thinks that Ralph and Sue had one of those 'good' comic deaths (like Barry Allen or Ted Kord or someone) that left a lasting impact on the stories they appeared in. OK, Sue maybe (if you feel like your stories don't have enough flambeed pregnant women in them) but Ralph's story was easily the most neglected of the various 52 plots and then his so-called heroic death consisted of trapping Neron in Dr Fate's tower after being rather unceremoniously murdered by him... a final act of heroism that lasted about two months before Neron started popping up again in other books. What a total waste!

That said, unlike other fantastic currently-dead characters, I am 100% positive that Ralph and Sue Dibny will be back in our books in one form or another within the next few years. Flash would be my best bet.

So I've just picked up about 5 weeks of comics and decided I'd start with Brightest Day #0. After about two weeks now of waging serious criticisms against DC and Geoff Johns in particular on Lardy's Roundtable thread, I've tried to clear my mind and really try to judge for myself how good this series is and will be. Though I've kind of emerged as a leader of the 'anti' faction of that thread, my opinions really fall in the middle of the spectrum on the topic.

As I've said elsewhere, here's how I feel. The deaths were so pointless for most of these characters and DC has done such a poor job in the past few years that for the most part I found the deaths not all that exciting and likewise, I've found their rebirths equally non-exciting. To sum it up: "big deal. :rolleyes: "

That being said, if at long last, someone can actually write a good story about these characters, rather than pointless 'events'...well, that's something I'd love to see!

So #1 was all set-up, as you'd imagine it'd be, but I did like the way each character featured is given a little primer for the reader. I'm assuming Max Lord will be in the Giffen/Winnick bi-monthly and Hawk will be in BOP, so this will focus on the other 8 plus the Atom, GL, Flash and Mera. That, in and of itself, is an exciting premise I can get behind.

The larger storyline, involving the white lantern, just seems like the perfect example of the DC/Marvel mentality to just have one never-ending story lead into another. It's not anything to write home to Mom about. I'm hoping Johns and Tomasi can give me the character moments and plot twists we'll need over 26 issues to rise above what already (and perhaps I'm a bit premature) looks like a plotline that isn't going to be anything new.

I did like the Mera/Aquaman scene quite a bit, and I also really enjoyed the dynamic between Jason and Ronnie and where that will take Firestorm. I hope Prof. Stein continues to play an intergral part of that relationship.

I sure hope Martian Manhunter will have a real storyline for once and not just all nostalgia and love fest crap that so often gets pushed on the readers when we see J'onn. We get it; "heart and soul of the JLA". Enough. When I want to feel that sense of fake emotion, I'll listen to a Nickelback song.

While I loved the Osirus death scene in 52, I know Geoff always has good Black Adam related stories to tell, so I'm intrigued.

Deadman is one of my favorite characters, ever since my Dad read me the Neal Adams Strange Adventures stories when I was still really young. I feel ultimately by the story's end, he'll be the 'classic' Deadman again. But I am enjoying his chance to be a lead for the first time in forever.

The Finch covers are astoundingly beautiful.

I'm definitely going to keep buying for now. My personal goal is to focus on the actual story being told rather than the huge disappointment I feel towards DC in general and the results of Blackest Night.

I just realized, they ALREADY broke the "dead is dead" thing.

Where Sarky?

Here.

Did anyone fail to notice that they brought a dead bird back to life in the very first issue? Whether it's Blue Beetle or a little bird, if they could bring ANYTHING back to life pretty much renders the "dead is dead" thing moot.

Not yet...let's see what happens. A bird is not major characters. But there does seem to be something happening, so I have hope for the future.

On the other hand, just saw a preview for the latest issue of JSA Allstars, and Damage is in it. Does this happen before BN? Or did they bring him back somewhere that I didn't see?

There's a solicit for JSA All Stars, either this month or next, where the team has a memorial service.

So I'm not sure where the book take place in comparison to BN. JSA proper showed Jesse in her Liberty Bell (looks so much better than the Jesse Quick look she is sporting for her move to the JLA) look, so it must be pre-BN.

Thanks. Seems kinda convoluted. Timing could have been better.

Preview for issue #1 up...

http://comics.ign.com/articles/108/1087547p1.html

Love the variant cover, and the look on sinestro's face after Hal confronts him as to why he brought him to the White Lantern.

Issue one might have just enough to keep me on board for another one.

Liked the Aquaman story...and his opposite number showing up again.

The Firestorm thing has me curious, as does the hawks.

J'onn's story might be interesting, too early to tell.

Deadman is the narrator for this thing it seems.

Good so far, but splitting the story between this many characters gives little room for good story movement...little beats here and there.

So, who's telling Boston to bring em back?

I'm enjoying this series much more than I thought I would after Blackest Night ... I hope Johns can keep the mystery of "why these twelve?" going without making it too convoluted ... also, loved the final page ...

With only one issue, the pace is already killing me. I want to know more about what's happening, with Auqaman and the Hawks specifically. I'm curious to see which writer is handling which characters.

It's a beautiful looking book too! The White lantern story impressed me the most, but seeing the detail with Hawkman/woman also made me drool.

DC got me with this book. Word is anthologies don't sell. This is an example of one that does. I think even monthly, with a number of recurring stories, DC could definitely keep this title going past 26 issues. (And all this based on 2 issues released so far.)

I'm thinking that's because it's being sold as an event, not an anthology.

The look on Sinestro's face when Hal pwned him was priceless.

Best panel of the year so far. Perfectly captured his emotion.

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">So, Ryan Choi's dead.</span></span>

So, in "Brightest Day", we finally meet Deathstroke's Titans.

Cheshire, Osiris, Tattooed Man, and a new character, Cinder.

I fail to understand how this Deathstroke is any different from the one who started Titans East.

Loss of another character today. More death. Was this what 1985 felt like?

No more Brightest Day for me. All dropped.

So BRIGHTEST DAY's form begins to take shape. I'm glad it isn't literally 'one day', the way Blackest Night was supposed to all take place in one night. I was a little worried about that, as I think the DCU was held hostage to BN.

Don't Hal and Sinestro and Carol get enough play in the GL books?

I want more Deadman... he's the high spot, for me.

Followed closely by the couples Aquatic and Aerial. Mera's *never* gotten this kind of play, and I love seeing it. Aquaman's new spin on his 'talk to the fishes' (ow- is *that* where the idea came from?) power was... disturbing. Like in it disturbed my digestion. I was eating while I read this! Thank God it wasn't sea food... Intriguing, though.

The Hawks' reunion with their original-incarnations' bones... uh, are they going to be communicating with dead birds?... well, I'm not as excited to see this. Yeah, it's worth reading and I hope it leads somewhere (Hath-set's little comeback would seem to point that it will), but it seems like I just read Hawk-adjustments. I don't really have an idea of how Shiera will be different from Kendra, in fact, I don't have an impression of Shiera as a character at all, really. As opposed to *Shayera*, who I still miss and wanted to see return a million times more than her golden-aged counterpart. Oh, well... wonder if Golden Eagle will make his way back to Earth anytime soon?

Martian Manhunter's quest to rebuild on Mars is a worthy one and I hope becomes a longstanding goal he continually works toward- once he solves the mystery of the girl in his psychic 'flash'. I wouldn't mind seeing his detective-aspect played up big time. Somebody's got to fill the void left by Elongated Man, since the Ghost Detectives apparently *isn't* something DC wants to investigate. Unfortunately.

Firestorm is a character I've never really cared about too much, so it doesn't matter who's under the costume to me as much as it does to lots of readers. I can't help think after reading the TITANS BD issue that Ryan Choi would've been a fun addition to the scene featuring Ray Palmer interacting with Firestorm(s). There could be an Atom for each Firestorm! I'm serious, really, why wouldn't two scientific heads be better than one (unless they're arguing and trapped inside a matrix, I guess).