On the other hand, there’s a geekish thrill to be had in knowing what, for example, Batman got up to suring the last time the world nearly came to an end. It just disrupts the narrative flow of these long-burning arcs and themes the writer has been working on.

Or good luck trying to get into Ed Brubaker’s Captain America without having to contend with Civil War. For example, woe betide the reader attempting to follow Grant Morrison’s Batman without reading his Final Crisis.

But one reluctant hero making his return to the DCU is trying to convince Batman, Superman, and the other heroes of the DC Universe that this may not be a good thing because he can see that things are not right and mankind’s brightest days are indeed over.One of the things I lament about big events like this is how they typically intrude on a regular writer’s run. Here is the official synopsis: Following the events of Brightest Day, the new protector of Earth has been chosen. Except for one maybe… Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing is a limited series (a 3-issue miniseries in fact) only collected in the hardcover Brightest Day Book Two in the Blackest Night / Brightest Day Box Set.

Justice League – Generation Lost #21-24Īfter Blackest Night and Brightest Day, the adventure continues for all these heroes.

Justice League – Generation Lost #17-20.

Justice League – Generation Lost #15-16.

Justice League – Generation Lost #10-14.

3 #1–8, The Flash Secret Files 2010.Ĭollects Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #1-7.Ĭollects Justice League: Generation Lost #1-12.Ĭollects Justice League: Generation Lost #13-24.īrightest Day Reading Order Issue by Issue:

Flash: The Dastardly Death of the RoguesĬollects The Flash vol.

Green Lantern Corps: Revolt of the Alpha LanternsĬollects Green Lantern Corps #21-22 and 48-52.Ĭollects Titans #24-27 and Titans: Villains for Hire Special #1.Ĭollects Titans vol.

You can find the reading order here.īrightest Day Reading Order: Brightest Day Collected Editions There’s a simple answer to this question: Blackest Night. Now, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Firestorm, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Deadman, Jade, Osiris, Hawk, Captain Boomerang, and Zoom must discover the mysterious reason behind their return and uncover the secret that binds them all. Once dead, twelve heroes and villains were resurrected by a white light expelled deep within the center of the earth. Tomasi gave us the follow-up: Brightest Day, a year-long comic book maxi-series depicting the aftermath of the events of the Blackest Night storyline on the DC Universe. Following Blackest Night ( go to the reading order for details), the massive DC Comics crossover event of 2009-10, Geoff Johns and Peter J.

Blackest Night by Geoff Johns