Brightest Day
Brightest Day is a 2010–11 crossover storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of a year-long comic book maxiseries that began in April 2010, and a number of tie-in books. The story is a direct follow-up to the "Blackest Night" storyline that depicts the aftermath of the events of that storyline on the DC Universe. Plot. At the end of the 2009–2010 "Blackest Night" storyline, 12 deceased heroes and villains are resurrected for some unknown purpose. The events of "Brightest Day" follow the exploits of these characters as they seek to learn the secret behind their  return to life. Assignments. "Brightest Day" #7 revealed that the 12 resurrected must complete an individual assignment given to them by the White Lantern Entity. If they are successful, their lives will be fully returned. Publication history. The series, written by Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi, was published twice a month for 24 issues (25 if including issue #0) alternating with "" written by Keith Giffen and Judd Winick. Johns has discussed the general theme: "Brightest Day" also crossed over into the "Green Lantern" series, the "Green Lantern Corps", "Justice League of America", "The Titans" and "The Flash". Gail Simone returned  to a new volume of the "Birds of Prey" comic book, which also went under the same banner. Other tie-ins included the first issues of a relaunched "Green Arrow" and the "Justice Society of America". Jeff Lemire wrote the one-shot "Brightest Day: The Atom Special" with artist Mahmud Asrar, which acted as a springboard for an Atom story to co-feature in "Adventure Comics" with the same creative team. The "Green Lantern" series featured more of the characters Atrocitus, Larfleeze, Saint Walker, and Indigo-1 in a story arc titled "New Guardians". At Emerald City Comic-Con 2010, Johns  also stated that Firestorm would be a "main character" in "Brightest Day". The first issue, issue #0, was penciled by Fernando Pasarin. David Finch, a newly DC exclusive artist, illustrated the covers for the entire series. "Brightest Day" event was also used to introduce Jackson Hyde, the new Aqualad created for the "Young Justice" animated series, into the DC Universe. Similarly, the final issue of the series reintroduced the Swamp Thing and John Constantine into the mainstream DC Universe after a number of years in DC's mature "Vertigo" imprint. Summary. The story begins the day after "Blackest Night" showing  Boston smashing his tombstone. Nearby, a baby bird falls out of its nest and dies, but is resurrected by the white ring that Boston has on. The ring then takes him to everyone that was resurrected and he (while being invisible) sees how they are celebrating their new leases on life. Boston then asks the ring why it is showing him this; its answer was - it needs help. It then takes him to the destroyed Star City and creates a forest. Section::::"Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing". In June, a three-issue miniseries involved the return of John  Constantine to the DC Universe and his attempt to convince Superman and Batman that the choosing of Alec Holland (the new Swamp Thing) as the Earth's new protector is inevitable and the resurrected Alec Holland will have to die, so that his soul can merge again with the Green. Collected editions. The series is collected into a number of volumes: Other titles are also being collected: In other media. A "Brightest Day" skin attributed to Batman is one of the special skins in "".