Brightest Day ends here and it ends well. The issue however is the meandering path to get there and the McGuffining of the whys and hows. Johns tells a really good story but I'm not sure it needed to be 24 issues to explain how _______was brought back. Most of the plot lines are tied up and some are very surprising how they're tied up. The art was by multiple artists and all done very well. Overall, the story was good but could have been told quicker and without over-dramatizing some events.

This was actually pretty good ending.It sees the final war between the forces of Hawkman and Hawkgirl and her mother and we see her infused with the power of predator and what happens to them, Aquaman and Aqualad's war with Manta and Siren and the secrets of Xebel and also Martian manhunter and him coming to peace with his homeworld and the ultimate plan, (view spoiler)[ the return of Swamp thing and the final battle between the forces of life and death. (hide spoiler)]Its an epic story and has...

I have quite mixed feelings about how Brightest Day resolved itself. On the one hand, the end result (view spoiler)[the resurrection of Swamp Thing (hide spoiler)] was fantastic and well worth the wait. The characters who had been starring in the series all along ended up being pawns to bring about that specific result, some of them being played more cruelly than others. (Poor, poor Brand.) So far, so good. But other than that one specific result, there wasn't that much of a point here. Yes, the...

OK it's official, I loved Volume 3, the conclusion to the Event, and in truth, I think almost moreso than Blackest Night in some ways.The White Lantern ring here takes back some of the lives it has returned, and Deadman is unable to stop the ring at all, even though he wields it.In each case, the ring waits until the hero(es) have seemingly won the day, shone their brightest, and then takes them away, leaving those who stand with them and love them at a loss again.All the while, everything is be...

We can clearly see the idea of the DC reboot and incorporation of it's other imprints as this series moves along. I don't want to give anything away, but there was certainly the idea of incorporation prior to the decision to re-number everything. For the most part, these Brightest Day books aren't worth buying in single issues, but are worth checking out of the library and reading. Mainly because these are some of my favorite DCU characters. Deadman, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter. Underutilized and...

A battle royal to distract readers from the fact that none of these resurrections were necessary or interesting.It's come to the point where second and third string characters are literally battling for the attention of market share. And that's not a story.

Well there were like five separate gut punches in rapid succession in this finale, but I'm a glutton for punishment so there you go Brightest Day, take your damn 5 stars. If I stopped to concentrate on the hand waving necessary to really understand why what happened in this saga actually happened I'd probably end up docking a star (the whole Swamp Thing thing kinda came outta left field for me), but I choose to focus on the emotional relationships because there were some bloody excellent arcs he...

DC set a new standard in continuity storytelling when it began publishing weekly comics again with 2006's 52. Released bi-weekly, Brightest Day continued that trend, with a killer ending that in some ways ended and started something new. And I'm not just talking about the unexpected "New 52" reboot that followed.52 was about telling big stories for characters who usually got left out of them. Its incredible ambition (the last time DC had done a weekly, within the pages of Action Comics, it was a...

A pretty fun ending to what was a slightly above-average event. All of the questions are answered, all of the bad guys are butt-kicked, and there are some cameos from some of my favorite characters. The only negative I would give this volume is that the ending got a little hokey (we need earth, wind, water, and fire to win? I was expecting Captain Planet to show up).

The end of the underwhelming Brightest Day arc is here. The first trade posed a lot of questions and felt like a slow reveal mystery. The second felt like a wandering mess. The third? Well, it’s a bit convoluted, but ultimately it’s the most interesting trade of the bunch. That said, it proves that the entire event was deeply unnecessary.At the end of Blackest Night, a number of villains and heroes were brought back. Exactly why was the point of Brightest Day—to explain the randomness. I mean, C...

The mystery of the White Lantern is not really solved, but at least we find out why they brought the heroes back. (view spoiler)[ The Swamp Thing, or in other words the very essence of the planet Earth, has been infected by Nekron and the heroes have to unite as elementals in order to make Alec Holland into Swamp Thing again. It's a little more complicated that than, but that's the gist. (hide spoiler)] I was a little disappointed because we still don't know what was powering the white lantern....

And the great universal retcon continues...Though, to be honest, it wraps up pretty traditionally, with the missing breakaway character rushing in to save everyone's hides, the surprise reversals, the unexplained deaths, the surprise reverse-reversals, and of course, the over-the-top death/life/death/life cycle of ... um... every fucking person in the history of DC.This arc isn't so much bewildering, as it has a pretty standard story structure, but I *am* thoroughly bewildered by the entire DC u...

One review that I read prior to finishing the 3rd and last volume of Brightest Day asked the question that I also found myself asking at the end of it all, was that, “Was it needed?”If we go by the Lantern Oath and pick up on the beat of Geoff Johns thinking, then perhaps yes. Because after Blackest Night, something should follow suit, and true to Oath form of the Green Lantern Corps, Brightest Day does follow. But does it make sense? Does it strike a chord in the characters, much less the reade...

3.5 stars

FIRST READING: This is somewhat of a lacklustre finish to this series. While it wasn't bad and kept my interest till the end, I couldn't help but question some things. There were some times while reading this I found myself asking, why are they doing this? How did they know to go here? They might have been small instances, but it was enough to deter my interest. The Hawkworld conclusion was pretty average, and sometimes confusing. "They're on Zamaron now? WTF?!". I'm guessing since it involved t...

So one of the things I found myself doing when I read the first two volumes of the Brightest Day limited series was trying to figure exactly what was the endgame of this series. As I pointed out in my review of Vol. 1, one thing I appreciated was Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi's use of essentially B-list DC heroes (basically, heroes who have traditionally had difficulty carrying their own books, like Hawkman) to drive the Brightest Day narrative. It was obvious to me, that these heroes were ones t...

Sad to say for anyone reading this post this will not be a rant. And I will not resort to smashing anything and then smashing it again out of loathing for this conclusion. The conclusion was highly satisfactory and much better than the second 'bridging' volume.If you end up reading the Brightest Day saga (which ties into Blackest Night and Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne) and reach this you should find it full of twists, turns and glorious graphic novel art. I was stunned by what happened an...

Started a little goofy but then had a GREAT payoff. I know some people may be turned off by the whole hippy-ish Save the Planet lesson Johns gave but as someone who has been rereading the Alan Moore Swamp Thing writings, Johns' bringing back the Swamp Thing had me cheerly aloud in Barnes and Noble. I am so excited now for that series reboot.

Great conclusion to this series. A really enjoyable read. Some surprises and twists with a big reveal in the last issues. Johns continues to deliver great story-telling and the art was wonderful.

So....oof. Where do I even start with this?I guess I better get what I liked out of the way. The art, as with the previous volumes, is fantastic. Reis and Gleason in particular do so much justice to their respective storylines, and the book is elevated by their pencils. Since this volume contains the payoffs vol 2 lacked, it's inherently more interesting and gripping than its predecessor. Until the White Lantern comes along to ruin things, I really like where each of these stories ends things. I...