Figure I'd make a thread to discuss the comic by those who read it. It's going to be an 8 month or so ride so I figured we could have it all in one central spot.
I'm not going to spoil it but I want to throw in my 2 cents
Blackest Night #1? HOLY HUG. WOW. I figured it'll be like a rollercoaster. You buckle in and the first issue would you get excited going up the top and it'd give you a hot tease for the next issue. Hug. That. A dozen or so pages in and you get hit with a shovel. In the face. Repeatedly. Geoff Johns Hugging Rules
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Brightest Day Discussion Thread **SPOILERS**
Started by toymaker, Jul 15 2009 03:23 PM
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 03:40 PM
I flipped through it at the comic shop...didn't buy it because the comic shop got screwed over by Diamond on the Black Lantern rings so I'm just going to wait for the Hardcover to come out. What a way to open an issue though...I knew this was going to be awesome. This should make up for the debacle that was final crisis last summer.
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 05:03 PM
I have chills going down my spine. It's not often a comic does that for me.
Wow.
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Ralph and Sue are the best Black Lanterns ever. The moment they were revealed to be Black Lanterns, that's when chills began.
And GODDAMN. When HIGHLIGHT to view:
J'onn told both Hal and Barry that they shouldn't be alive...better moment than the entire Sinestro Corps war.
Marvel's gonna have to step up with Cap: Reborn.
Wow.
HIGHLIGHT to view:
Ralph and Sue are the best Black Lanterns ever. The moment they were revealed to be Black Lanterns, that's when chills began.
And GODDAMN. When HIGHLIGHT to view:
J'onn told both Hal and Barry that they shouldn't be alive...better moment than the entire Sinestro Corps war.
Marvel's gonna have to step up with Cap: Reborn.
Edited by Internet Jesus, 15 July 2009 - 05:04 PM.
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 08:48 PM
Who knew that HIGHLIGHT to view:
Black Hand would be quite possibly the most important GL villian ever?
Black Hand would be quite possibly the most important GL villian ever?
Signatures are overrated.
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Posted 16 July 2009 - 08:48 AM
So uh...
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is the goal to make every hero who was at Crisis a Black Lantern? I'm glad they killed Kendra, this incarnation of Hawkgirl has been very annoying
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is the goal to make every hero who was at Crisis a Black Lantern? I'm glad they killed Kendra, this incarnation of Hawkgirl has been very annoying
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Posted 17 July 2009 - 09:34 AM
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So uh...
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is the goal to make every hero who was at Crisis a Black Lantern? I'm glad they killed Kendra, this incarnation of Hawkgirl has been very annoying
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is the goal to make every hero who was at Crisis a Black Lantern? I'm glad they killed Kendra, this incarnation of Hawkgirl has been very annoying
NO, from what I understand, anybody who has died can be Black Lantern, hero, civilians, villains, aliens......... everybody. NO heart beat, no problem.... BOOM black lantern (hey atleast they are not picky)
As for the comics itself................ GREAT SCOT BATMAN
I knew Blackest NIght is gonna be a great ride and on the 1st issue, it started out as a big roller coster WHOOOOO
Keep them comming DC (I might actually stop by the blood bank to excahnge blood for money)
My Prediction:
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Noticed when the hawk's heart turn to dust, the black ring's power lever went up 0.01%(that's how they re-charge the black rings)....... I think this will become a major story point. Nobody knows what will happened when a black ring get's to be 100% charge....I'm thinking Armagedon powers
PLUS: the freebee black ring is great. all i need now is to remember the black oath
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Posted 17 July 2009 - 09:44 AM
Holly crap HIGHLIGHT to view:
Sue Dibny!!!
Sue Dibny!!!
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Posted 17 July 2009 - 10:05 AM
do we have to type with spoiler tags?
there's a warning on the topic about spoilers.
Either way, Ralph and Sue were super creepy as Black Lanterns. I like how he has her wrapped up in his hand.
I'm sure the only way to kill a Black Lantern is to pump them full of life, thus how everyone will come back to life.
there's a warning on the topic about spoilers.
Either way, Ralph and Sue were super creepy as Black Lanterns. I like how he has her wrapped up in his hand.
I'm sure the only way to kill a Black Lantern is to pump them full of life, thus how everyone will come back to life.
Edited by skankerzero, 17 July 2009 - 10:11 AM.
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Posted 17 July 2009 - 10:19 AM
No, I don't think spoiler tags are needed in this thread. I'll edit the title to make it perfectly clear.
As for Sue Dibny, she was of course a ghost detective until this. I wonder if the Black Lanterns just take over the body and warped personality of the person, or if they take over their "soul" as well.
As for Sue Dibny, she was of course a ghost detective until this. I wonder if the Black Lanterns just take over the body and warped personality of the person, or if they take over their "soul" as well.
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Posted 17 July 2009 - 10:41 AM
Hey Defunct,
Since this is the big DC storyline for the next few months, can we pin this thread?
Since this is the big DC storyline for the next few months, can we pin this thread?
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Posted 17 July 2009 - 11:11 AM
QUOTE(Defunct @ Jul 17 2009, 08:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
No, I don't think spoiler tags are needed in this thread. I'll edit the title to make it perfectly clear.
As for Sue Dibny, she was of course a ghost detective until this. I wonder if the Black Lanterns just take over the body and warped personality of the person, or if they take over their "soul" as well.
As for Sue Dibny, she was of course a ghost detective until this. I wonder if the Black Lanterns just take over the body and warped personality of the person, or if they take over their "soul" as well.
I've been wondering, myself. I'm going to assume such, although seeing the disembodied spirits of Ralph and Sue confront their reanimated corpses could be interesting.
I've also been wondering, how do they (or do they?) deal with dead characters where there's no body? I mean, in the case of Firestorm, there shouldn't have been a body, given the explosive nature of his death, but they've just retconned Ronnie Raymond's grave into existence. Still, I expect it wouldn't be hard to find examples of characters that they wouldn't be able to do that for....
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Posted 17 July 2009 - 11:13 AM
QUOTE(combiner1 @ Jul 17 2009, 10:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Noticed when the hawk's heart turn to dust, the black ring's power lever went up 0.01%(that's how they re-charge the black rings)....... I think this will become a major story point. Nobody knows what will happened when a black ring get's to be 100% charge....I'm thinking Armagedon powers
My kooky thought that was since these are basically the anti-lanterns the power level going up is actually them getting weaker.
It would seem that to get to 100% Each ring would have to 'kill' 10,000 people.
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Posted 17 July 2009 - 11:24 AM
QUOTE(Lord Zhufor @ Jul 17 2009, 11:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey Defunct,
Since this is the big DC storyline for the next few months, can we pin this thread?
Since this is the big DC storyline for the next few months, can we pin this thread?
Ehn, I don't think that necessary. As long as there's interest, the topic will stay near the top of the forum. I wouldn't want to have to start pinning threads for every publisher's big "event" comics.
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Posted 17 July 2009 - 11:45 AM
QUOTE(G.B.Blackrock @ Jul 17 2009, 11:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I mean, in the case of Firestorm, there shouldn't have been a body, given the explosive nature of his death, but they've just retconned Ronnie Raymond's grave into existence.
Even then, I wonder what the Professor's role will be when Ronnie get's turned. Can't have Firestorm without him.
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Posted 17 July 2009 - 12:14 PM
QUOTE(Defunct @ Jul 17 2009, 12:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE(Lord Zhufor @ Jul 17 2009, 11:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey Defunct,
Since this is the big DC storyline for the next few months, can we pin this thread?
Since this is the big DC storyline for the next few months, can we pin this thread?
Ehn, I don't think that necessary. As long as there's interest, the topic will stay near the top of the forum. I wouldn't want to have to start pinning threads for every publisher's big "event" comics.
Ok. makes sense.
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Posted 18 July 2009 - 11:42 AM
I haven't been closely following DC Comics in the last year or so, as much as I loved Blackest Night, there were a couple of things I was hazy on. Bruce Wayne isn't really dead, right? Didn't he get thrown back in time? So, whose body was in his grave? Also, when did Conner come back to life, and when did Pa Kent die????
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Posted 18 July 2009 - 01:04 PM
I'm not convinced it's the killing that's powering the Black rings. It strikes me that, given what Scar said whe she slaughtered the other Oans that it's not life they're consuming with the hearts, but rather emotions.
That would make sense to me because it would set up a nice rivalry. All the other rings are emotionally driven/powered, except green, which is willpower, control over emotions. Green is control, black is cessation, the rest fall before those two.
That would make sense to me because it would set up a nice rivalry. All the other rings are emotionally driven/powered, except green, which is willpower, control over emotions. Green is control, black is cessation, the rest fall before those two.
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I haven't been closely following DC Comics in the last year or so, as much as I loved Blackest Night, there were a couple of things I was hazy on. Bruce Wayne isn't really dead, right? Didn't he get thrown back in time? So, whose body was in his grave? Also, when did Conner come back to life, and when did Pa Kent die????
Bruce Wayne is sorta dead, sorta not. That's the funny thing about the Omega Sanction. The body IS Bruce, but the details remain a mystery. One which may be crucial to the story.
Connor came back to life as a result of the Legion of 3 Worlds story (it took the Birthing Matrix 1000 years to fix him up), and Pa Kent had some troubles with his ticker when Brainiac lobbed a missile at him while Kandor was landing on the North Pole.
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Posted 18 July 2009 - 09:41 PM
QUOTE(skankerzero @ Jul 17 2009, 09:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE(G.B.Blackrock @ Jul 17 2009, 11:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I mean, in the case of Firestorm, there shouldn't have been a body, given the explosive nature of his death, but they've just retconned Ronnie Raymond's grave into existence.
Even then, I wonder what the Professor's role will be when Ronnie get's turned. Can't have Firestorm without him.
Actually, Ronnie was Firestorm without the Professor for several years before Didio decided to kill Ronnie off so that they could introduce Jason....
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QUOTE(G.B.Blackrock @ Jul 18 2009, 09:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE(skankerzero @ Jul 17 2009, 09:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE(G.B.Blackrock @ Jul 17 2009, 11:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I mean, in the case of Firestorm, there shouldn't have been a body, given the explosive nature of his death, but they've just retconned Ronnie Raymond's grave into existence.
Even then, I wonder what the Professor's role will be when Ronnie get's turned. Can't have Firestorm without him.
Actually, Ronnie was Firestorm without the Professor for several years before Didio decided to kill Ronnie off so that they could introduce Jason....
ah, ok. I'm only familiar with 1980s Firestorm. Never did read his newer stuff.
