Brightest Day #7

Oct 2010 · DC · 2.99 USD; 2.99 CAD

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“The Secret of Life”

★ 1st appearance — Deathstorm

About this Issue

Brightest Day #7, subtitled 'The Secret of Life, Part One,' is the pivotal structural turning point of the entire 26-issue maxiseries: it is the issue in which the White Lantern Entity's purpose is finally spelled out, revealing that each of the twelve resurrected heroes and villains has been assigned a specific individual task to complete before their resurrection can be made permanent. This revelation transformed the series from a loose anthology of post-Blackest Night vignettes into a cohesive quest narrative, giving every resurrected character a meaningful dramatic engine. The issue also continues the early seeding of Jackson Hyde (later Aqualad), whose hydrokinetic abilities are hinted at here, making it a supporting chapter in one of 2010's most culturally notable new-character introductions — the comic-book debut of the character conceived for the Young Justice animated series. Reviewer commentary from the time confirms that Geoff Johns himself described #7 as the 'game-changing' issue where the series finally found its narrative footing.

writer Geoff Johns · writer Peter J. Tomasi · artist Ivan Reis · artist Patrick Gleason · artist Ardian Syaf · artist Scott Clark · artist Joe Prado · artist, inker Francis Manapul · artist Mark Bagley · artist, inker Mike Mayhew · artist Aaron Lopresti · inker Vicente Cifuentes · inker David Beaty · inker Mark Irwin · inker Rob Hunter · inker Matt Ryan · colorist Aspen MLT · colorist Peter Steigerwald · colorist John Starr · letterer Rob Clark Jr. · cover David Finch, Scott Williams

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History

Brightest Day was conceived by DC as the direct follow-up to Blackest Night, co-written by Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi — the same creative partnership behind Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps respectively — and announced by DC Publisher Dan DiDio in January 2010 as a biweekly 26-issue series. Tomasi has recounted that a weekly cadence was briefly considered but abandoned in favor of the biweekly schedule, and the series ran in alternating weeks alongside Justice League: Generation Lost. The interior art on #7 was handled by the series' rotating team of pencillers (Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark, and Joe Prado), while David Finch provided the cover as he did for every issue in the run. Tomasi brought particular editorial familiarity to the project, having previously edited DC titles starring Aquaman and Hawkman — two of the issue's featured characters.

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Published August 4, 2010; cover-dated October 2010; story title: 'The Secret of Life, Part One' (Brightest Day Vol. 1, #7).
Written by Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi; pencils by the series' rotating art team (Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark, Joe Prado); covers for the entire series by David Finch.
Central plot revelation: the White Lantern Life Entity has assigned each of the twelve resurrected characters a unique personal mission — completion of which is the condition for their permanent return to life.
Featured characters include Deadman (Boston Brand), Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Ronnie Raymond (Firestorm), Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Jason Rusch, Jade, Osiris, Hawk, Max Lord, Captain Boomerang, and Reverse-Flash, with Mera and Dove in supporting roles.
Issue #7 hints at Jackson Hyde's hydrokinetic (water elemental) powers, a key story beat in the broader Aquaman subplot that leads into Hyde's more prominent appearances later in the series; Hyde's first full appearance is in Brightest Day #4.
The Aquaman subplot in #7 directs Aquaman to locate Jackson Hyde — the comic-book adaptation of Kaldur'ahm, created by Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti for the Young Justice animated series — before a rival faction does.
Brightest Day Vol. 1 hardcover (December 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2966-2) collects issues #0–7, making #7 the final chapter of the first collected volume.
The series was structured as a biweekly book running in alternating weeks with Justice League: Generation Lost, a publishing model DC used to sustain near-weekly DC Universe story momentum across both titles.