[Lantern Corps] Brightest Day - Week 8 [1/28 - 1/04]

Greetings @LanternCorps!

We’re reading through Brightest Day. The plan is to read 3 or 4 issues a week. Please avoid spoiling anything from issues beyond this week. If you missed last week, you can check it out here

The issues for this week are:

Feel free to use any, all, or none of the questions below as discussion starters.

  1. Did you have a favorite issue this week?
  2. Was anything surprising to see?
  3. Do you think these first two Flash issues were good starters for the new series?
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Also, reminder that Tuesday Jan, 5 is the Emerald Knights watchalong:

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  1. Did you have a favorite issue this week?

This was a good week. If I had to pick I think I’d go with the first Flash issue. Brightest Day was good, but Flash just hit me in all the right places. Plus the Flashpoint teaser at the end got me excited.

  1. Was anything surprising to see?

Deadman also failing to resurrect Don was something, but I think I’m more surprised that he’s even able to wield the white power at all. It’s also weird that the white light seems to not want him to resurrect people, which begs the question of, what even is the purpose of white light?

  1. Do you think these first two Flash issues were good starters for the new series?

Really enjoyed them. From the future Rogues to Barry being a culprit for murder, it’s all fantastic. I think they did a great job setting up the city as this fast-paced scene where no one has the time to slow down. Perfect setting for the Flash.

  1. Did you have a favorite issue this week?

Definitely the Flash issues. Hard to judge which one – the first issue is a great reintroduction, and the second has one of Barry’s more awsome speed feats in rebuilding an apartment bulding.

  1. Was anything surprising to see?

I forgot that Commander Cold and the Rogues from the 25th Century were part of this story. It’s interesting because this is something that will be around for a while, both in Flashpoint, and then in Josh Williamson’s run on The Flash.

It’s also funny that Iris doesn’t know about these guys because, fun weird obscure facts about these characters, but up until maybe the New 52, Iris West was actually born in the 30th century and should thus know better about such things.

  1. Do you think these first two Flash issues were good starters for the new series?

I mean, this was my first real introduction to Barry as The Flash in the comics and he quickly became a favorite of mine, so…yeah, I think it does it right.

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