Spoilers are Fun: Brightest Day

Posted by KevinMLD under *dislike, Comics |

No sooner do I criticize Marvel for revealing members of their upcoming Avengers team and as a result cutting the legs off any suspense contained in their current epic story Siege which is basically leading up to the formation of that team than DC decides to get in on the action. DC via their official blog the Source is unveiling their post-Blackest Night plans starting with the return of Aquaman in Brightest Day.

Aquaman is currently one of the major Black Lanterns terrorizing his former friends. Why is it necessary to reveal now that he’ll be back from the dead and no longer a zombie-like thing come Brightest Day #1. This reveal of course suggests that other Black Lanterns will be returning to life as well… Granted this was assumed by most readers to be one of the end results of Blackest Night, but now any questions about an upcoming mass resurrection have been put to rest.

And how does spoiling Aquaman’s return help DC sell more comics? Because that’s the only excuse for the ruining part of the ending of possibly the company’s most popular mega-event of at least the last decade. Time and again, Aquaman has been relaunched and failed to sell books. Almost no one is going to buy Brightest Day on the strength of an Aquaman appearance. In fact, Aquaman and his talking to fish gimmick may drive some readers away.

DC has actually now gone further and announced that the underrated Tony Bedard will be taking over as writer of their Green Lantern Corps title. This is good news in my opinion. The book will follow the adventures of Green Lanterns John Stewart, Kyle Raynor, and Ganthet. Yep. That’s three more main characters that we now know will survive the war of light! And Ganthet is going to remain a Green Lantern? Who saw that coming? Why are you telling us this DC? Why?

This would suggest that the only major Green Lantern character who could face any peril in the final issues of Blackest Night would be the currently rage consumed Red Lantern Guy Gardner. But DC has further announced he’ll be starring in the new monthly Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors title.

And I guess no one should feel stupid continuing to pay $3-$4 an issue to find out how this story concludes? I feel like I’m screaming at a wall, but really it’s why things like HTML Comics exist.

Marvel had it right when they were refusing to release any solicitation information except basically titles and prices for post-Civil War and Secret Invasion books… Captain America 25 which was spoiled by national newspapers aside… But since they’re releasing spoilers now too maybe that policy hurt sales.

Who knows.

More on the series can be found at our Brightest Day hub.

Tags: Aquaman Lives, Blackest Night, Brightest Day, I'm sure guys like Hawkman Blue Beetle and Martian Manhunter will be back too, the Green Lanterns are all fine and Ganthet is keeping his ring, why do i buy this shit?

Ryan said,

In English next time. Jeez. You talk comic books like I talk soccer.
Kevinmld said,

Did you read the tags at the bottom? It’s basically the Cliff Notes version.
Ryan said,

I read them. Still didn’t get it. Well, I get it, but I guess you take a joke and make it literal. Well done.
ptb said,

That’s awful. I don’t know that I’d put the Avengers line up on par with it though. The five characters they announced aren’t making big returns (from the dead or anywhere else), nor is there any real chance of them dying in Siege.

The only things comparable are Iron Man not being in a coma (assuming that’s Tony Stark in the armor) and Ronin now being Hawkeye again (assuming that’s Clint Barton in purple).