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“In Brightest Day, through Blackest Night…”

   Posted by: Dawn   in Blackest Night, Brightest Day, Comic Book News, Comic Books, DC Comics

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it was just a matter of time before I started posting about comic books again, and what a day to start!  Blackest Night Wonder Woman #2 came out last week, and Blackest Night #6 the week before that, and since we know I shamelessly adore all things Wonder Woman, I’ll be writing a review of Blackest Night Wonder Woman to post asap, likely over at Dynamic Forces, so keep your eyes peeled!  For now, how about some major Comic Book news?

 

Brightest Day Preview

Brightest Day Preview

 

Am I excited?  Considering the fact that I love what Geoff Johns has done with characters outside of the “big three” or “trinity” in the DC Universe, I’m elated!  Not only will it be another DC Universe scoping arc, it will be a 26 issue, bi-weekly series, and have tie in runs with the Brightest Day banner attached just like Blackest Night did.  And I’m not the only one excited about this news:

 

So if you haven’t caught up on your Blackest Night reading, you might want to do so before the April launch of Brightest Day!  I’ve avoided reviewing or discussing the individual issues of Blackest Night thus far, but know that one of the wonderful aspects of the Blackest Night arc that Geoff Johns is writing is that you can read only the main books (Blackest Nights 1-8) and understand the crux of the arc, the main histories for the different Corps, and get a general sense of how the event is shaking up the entire DC Universe.  Trust me, though, you won’t be disappointed if you pick up the numerous tie ins that have been released alongside the main books.  They’re worth it, if not for the more detailed, nuanced examinations of characters and groups and how they are effected by the event, then for the sheer craving to keep the story going beyond the central book.

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Chris B
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I heard about “Blackest Night”, but was not able to follow it. Now I hear this, and it sounds most intriguing. Makes me want to get my own power ring and a new version of the GL logo shirt…

January 11th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Dawn
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You really should catch it. The art is amazing and Johns is doing things with the DC Universe that are having profound impacts on the individual characters. It’s great fun, and seeing characters come back like Aquaman, knowing he’s going to be relaunched, just makes me giddy! We’ve collected all the tie ins as well, and out of everything, I’d say there are probably 2 or 3 tie ins that won’t make sense (I have never read 1/2 of the books that tie in, but they’re only for 3 issue arcs, and the writers do an amazing job of keeping those arcs succinct enough for non-devotees to read them and take good info from them and not be completely lost), but on the whole, it’s been the best comic book experience I’ve had for a very long time.

January 11th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Michael Sorg
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About a month behind, and it might because there are SO many characters I’m out of touch with, but I’m definitely suffering from “big event fatigue”. I think I’ll catch up after I spend some time with Rising Stars I just started up on.

February 8th, 2010 at 2:26 pm

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