History ComicBook / BrightestDay

''Brightest Day'' is a Creator/DCComics event, beginning in April 2010 and lasting until 2011. Following the events of the CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', ''Brightest Day'' depicts the repercussions of the Black Lantern attack in the Franchise/DCUniverse, which has led to the resurrections of many previously killed off characters (collectively known as "The Twelve") and the dawning of a new age, referred to by many as "The Brightest Day" (in reference to the Franchise/GreenLantern Corps oath).

Unlike ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'', or ''ComicBook/Trinity2008'' (all of which were big event storylines taking place between {{Crisis Crossover}}s that were published weekly), ''Brightest Day'' is divided up amongst many titles. Many, many titles. The core book itself is a 25 issue bi-weekly mini-series, as is the companion series ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational Justice League: Generation Lost]]'' (with the 25th issues of both being extra-sized finales). Other titles also play a major role in the series, most notably the ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' family of books. Also, several new books have been launched from the event, including a new ''Green Lantern'' title (''Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors''), relaunches for ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' and ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'', and the return of Barry Allen to ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' after over twenty years.

** ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': The newly resurrected Jade is offered a membership slot on the JLA, to replace Hal Jordan on the roster. Unfortunately, her return from the dead also brought back the Starheart, the source of power for herself and her father Alan Scott, the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Green Lantern. Now the Starheart has possessed Scott, turning him evil and leading to a team-up between the JLA and ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica to stop him. Jade was told to "balance the darkness" of her brother Obsidian in their fight against Scott.

* The ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' books dealt with the new status quo involving multiple Lantern Corps, as well as a mysterious villain (eventually revealed as [[spoiler:Krona]]) manipulating their enemies against them; these would lead into the BatFamilyCrossover "War of the Green Lanterns".

** Franchise/GreenLantern - [[spoiler:Krona]], who's been collecting the various emotional entities in order to pursue a vendetta against the Guardians of the Universe.

** ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' - [[spoiler: Eclipso, hinted at as being a major force behind some of the problems the team has been facing]].
** ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational Justice League: Generation Lost]]'' - Maxwell Lord, seeking both a new world order, and a personal vendetta against Franchise/WonderWoman.

** Much less so with ''Generation Lost'': [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{OMAC}}-Prime has been destroyed and Franchise/WonderWoman is still alive. Max undid his mind control over the world, but managed to escape and announce that he's rededicating Checkmate to policing the metahuman/superhero community. ComicBook/CaptainAtom is presumably alive, but has been thrown out of current time & space to the unknown. Finally, the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational JLI]] has been cleared of their "crimes" and now been reinstated as an active superhero team]].

* CrossThrough: For the most part, most of the books with the ''Brightest Day'' banner don't really have much to do with the main storyline(s), save for the involvement of one of the Twelve or other important characters. The books also usually have the theme of renewal/new beginnings to them (the ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey team officially reforming, [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]] readjusting to superheroing, etc) but are otherwise unrelated to anything else. The plots of ''Brightest Day'' & ''Generation Lost'' did effect the DCU, but didn't affect any of the related books per se.

** [[Franchise/GreenLantern Alan Scott's]] possession by the Starheart and subsequent forced FusionDance of Jade and Obsidian upon their reunion.

** Max Lord forcing two cops who tried to apprehend him to shoot each other in the face. With his mind control powers, he could have just as easily made them walk away and forget him. Then, upon erasing everyone's memories of them, goes the extra mile to ruin the reputations of the JLI members (save for ComicBook/BoosterGold, who is already sort of a black sheep in the eyes of everyone but Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Batman}}) and manipulating ComicBook/CaptainAtom and Fire to nearly kill/horribly maim innocent people in order to escape when they find him.

* PreorderBonus: Like in ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', certain issues of ''Brightest Day'' came bundled with plastic rings. ''Franchise/TheFlash #1'' came with a Flash ring, ''Franchise/GreenLantern #53'' came with a GL ring, and ''Brightest Day #1'' gave us a White Lantern ring.

* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Lex Luthor finally bonds with an entity of godlike power from the Phantom Zone, making him more powerful than Franchise/{{Superman}}, and is able to create a state of universal bliss. However, he learns that the Phantom Zone entity will not allow Luthor to do anything malevolent to anyone. As Luthor cannot accept a world where he is god but cannot take revenge on Superman, he gives up the power.]]

* {{Unperson}}: Max Lord did this to himself. Later happens to Franchise/WonderWoman due to events in her own book; Max, who had been tracking her, notes the {{irony}}.

** Hal Jordan uses his ring to literally give [[RightHandCat Dex-Starr]] the boot, but that one's KickTheSonOfABitch.

* ObnoxiousInLaws: For all intents and purposes, Queen Khea, the mother of Chay-Era, who is Shiera's first incarnation, is Hawkman's mother-in-law. Khea tries to murders her an incarnation of her daughter and her lover to power up a portal.