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** [[Martian Manhunter]] has gone home to try and restore Mars, but returns to Earth to deal with a murderous Green Martian who is targeting people close to the hero. He has been ordered to burn down the new forest; initially thought to be the one in Star City (see ''Green Arrow'' below), but later clarified to be the one he's been tending on Mars.
** [[Firestorm]]'s two hosts, Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch, get [[Chained Heat|stuck together]], and it's not going well (for one thing, Jason hates Ronnie for killing his girlfriend as a Black Lantern). But there seems to be a third consciousness in the Firestorm Matrix... the taint of the Black Lantern ring has made it so that the Black Lantern Firestorm (now called Deathstorm) has become part of the Firestorm Matrix. Breaking free, Deathstorm merged with Jason's dad and Martin Stein and stole the White Lantern power battery; Jason and Ronnie must unite and work as a team in order to stop the Anti-Monitor from using the Lantern to increase his power.
** And [[Deadman (Comic Book)|Deadman]] is now a White Lantern, charged with helping the Twelve in order to help the Entity to live. Or rather, {{spoiler|find a replacement for the already-dying Entity and save the Parliament of Trees from a Black Lantern-possessed [[
* The tie-in books follow the rest of the Twelve are as followed:
** ''[[The Flash]]'': Barry Allen, like the Twelve, has recently returned to life thanks to the schemes of the time-traveling Twelve member Professor Zoom. While he's still readjusting to normal life, Captain Boomerang (another of the Twelve) has to prove himself to the rest of the Rogues. Zoom already completed his mission in {{spoiler|resurrecting Allen}}, while Captain Boomerang is to launch a deadly assault on the superheroine Dove. While starting off with the "fresh start" feeling that most of the tie-ins shared, many of these issues were devoted to laying groundwork for the next big event, ''[[Flashpoint (Comic Book)|Flashpoint]]''.
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** ''[[Birds of Prey]]'': The team is re-forming, with Hawk (one of the Twelve) and Dove (somehow connected to the White Light) as members. Like Flash, is a [[Red Skies Crossover]], as Hawk and Dove's participation in the event occurs in the main ''Brightest Day'' book (where they assist Deadman) instead of in ''Birds''. Hawk has been told to stop Captain Boomerang's attack on Dove.
** ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Titans]]'': Deathstroke has formed his own mercenary version of the Titans, having murdered the current [[The Atom|Atom]] as their first assignment. One of his recruits is the resurrected [[Shazam|Osiris]], who has been tasked with the job of restoring Isis to normal (something Deathstroke claims to be able to help with, though in the end it turns out to be lies). As such, Osiris quits the team and goes about his own quest to "free" his sister via mass destruction against evil doers.
** ''Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for {{spoiler|[[
Other books feature other new beginnings and/or fallout from ''Blackest Night'':
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** New book ''Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors'' features Guy Gardner, as part of a deal with Ganthet and Red Lantern Corps leader Atrocitus, going out to explore the unknown regions of space in order to locate someone that's quietly manipulating the Corps.
*** ''War Of The Green Lanterns'': Technically post-''Brightest Day'', but the conclusion of the event's storylines, "War of the Green Lanterns" sees {{spoiler|Krona}} in control of all seven emotional entities, using Parallax to brainwash the entire Green Lantern Corps, and having the others possess the Guardians. Only a few (including the four Earth Lanterns and Ganthet) are able to resist, so they use rings of other-colored Lanterns to try and save the Corps. After many trials & tribulations, the war ends with {{spoiler|John Stewart destroying Mogo, Sinestro being reinstated back into the Green Lantern Corps, and Hal Jordan exiled from the Corps because of his use of his ring to murder Krona}}.
* ''[[Green Arrow]]'': Following the destruction of Star City in the ''[[Cry for Justice]]'' miniseries, the power of the White Lantern has caused a massive forest to grow out of the ruins. Green Arrow ([[Hollywood Law|exiled from Star City after murdering the villain responsible for the carnage]]) has set up shop in the forest, protecting innocents who venture into the area. While at first separate from the other storylines, the final batch of issues ties it into the main series as the new forest is strongly connected to {{spoiler|[[
* ''Adventure Comics'': [[The Atom|Ray Palmer]], after already starting to rebuild his life after his return in ''[[Final Crisis]]'' & role as an Indigo Lantern in ''[[Blackest Night]]'', finds himself the target of [[The Illuminati|a conspiracy]] which seeks to steal his shrinking technology and the white dwarf star matter which powers it. Along the way, he has to bring himself to face his father & uncle, who have found themselves targets in the process. Mainly a backup feature in ''Adventure Comics'', the series had two book-end issues.
* ''[[Action Comics]]'': [[Lex Luthor]] had [[A Taste of Power]] during ''Blackest Night'', and in true Orange Lantern fashion he wants more. He seeks to create a Black Lantern Ring for himself using the full resources of his recently regained LexCorps Empire. Not officially part of the ''Brightest Day'' branding, but tied so closely to ''Blackest Night'' that it's worth including.
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* [[Batman Gambit]]: Pretty much everything Max Lord has done is part of some massive scheme to discredit the JLI, gain control over Checkmate, and {{spoiler|prevent Magog from creating a similar future to that of [[Kingdom Come]]}}.
** Whatever the White Light's masterplan is seems to be one as well. After all, it wants Captain Boomerang to attempt to kill Dove ''and'' Hawk to attempt to stop him. Which of them it wants to ''succeed'', much less ''why'', was an open question until the finale. {{spoiler|Hawk was to stop Boomerang's attack and die in the process, freeing him from the forces controlling him and allowing Alec Holland to live again through his sacrifice. Unfortunately, he failed and Deadman died instead.}}
*** It's only until the last five issues of the series that we ''finally'' get its main plan explained to us: {{spoiler|Star Forest is really the Parliment of Trees, the elemental forest from Alan Moore's legendary ''[[
* [[Beast Man]]: Hawkworld appears to be a place that's full of these, with human/cat hybrid creatures fighting a bloody war against human/bird hybrids.
* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: Mera uses her hydrokinetic powers to pull the whole tide away from the shore. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by her sister Siren.
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** Separate from the Twelve, Isis was restored from being [[Taken for Granite]], but the fact that Osiris murdered in doing so corrupted her and gave her an evil split personality. She got better.
*** Which leads to a [[Fridge Logic]], since Isis was [[Taken for Granite]] in the first place because she turned evil and started to murder innocents.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: The new Aqualad, who was created for the ''[[Young Justice (
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: [[Justified]], as Dex-Starr has [[Tear Jerker|a very]] [[Humans Are Bastards|good reason]] for this.
* [[Chained Heat]]: Ronnie and Jason seem to be in a [[Fusion Dance]] form of this.
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* [[Enemy Without]]: Deathstorm to Firestorm.
** Having somehow managed to sever the bond between them, {{spoiler|[[Etrigan]] was one to Jason Blood.}}
* [[Everything's Deader
** About midway through, Deathstorm also created Black Lantern copies of the rest of the Twelve. They mostly serve to fill the background of scenes he's in, and only Deathstorm really does much in terms of plot-related stuff.
* [[Exiled From Continuity]]: Inverted, as some exiled [[Vertigo Comics]] characters were reintroduced. First the exile was relaxed so that Lex Luthor could meet [[The Sandman|Death of the Endless]] for an issue, then the finale reintroduced {{spoiler|[[
* [[Expy]]: [[Green Arrow]] had always been a [[Robin Hood]] [[Expy]], but now he's an outlaw and has his own "Sherwood Forest".
* [[Eye Scream]]: In order to keep his captive telepaths docile under his control, Zardor {{spoiler|has his snakes eat their eyes out}}.
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** ''Gets even worse'' when Deathstorm leads Firestorm back to {{spoiler|the Anti-Monitor}}.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: 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 Booster Gold, who is already sort of a black sheep in the eyes of everyone but Superman and Batman) and manipulating Captain Atom and Fire to nearly kill/horribly maim innocent people in order to escape when they find him.
** Hal Jordan uses his ring to literally give [[Right-Hand-Cat|Dex-Starr]] the boot, but that one's [[Kick the Son of
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|[[The Atom]] Ryan Choi}}, via a hired hit from Deathstroke's Titans team. The one who gave the order? {{spoiler|Dwarfstar, who was Choi's former student}}.
** {{spoiler|Magog}}, as of ''Generation Lost'' #13, thanks to Maxwell Lord.
** This also happens to {{spoiler|Deadman, but this is really just a return to the status quo for him.}}
* [[Kill It
* [[Lack of Empathy]]: The Queen of Hawkworld. {{spoiler|She doesn't even care about her own daughter, Hawkgirl.}}
* [[Legacy Character]]: {{spoiler|[[
** Also Jaime Reyes following in Ted Kord's footsteps, the new Rocket Red, and the new {{spoiler|Aqualad}}.
* [[Long Lost Sibling]]: Mera's sister.
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* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Magog, who manages to snap out of Maxwell Lord's control at the last second during his fight with Captain Atom. He is never given a chance to atone; Max Lord appears a moment later and murders him.}}
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Snakes are a recurring theme with Zardor.
* [[The Reveal]]: The Champion of Life is {{spoiler|Alec Holland, aka the scientist whose mind was imprinted onto [[
* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: {{spoiler|Lex Luthor finally bonds with an entity of godlike power from the Phantom Zone, making him more powerful than [[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.}}
* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: Deadman is brought into the presence of some [[Ruthless Modern Pirates]]; specifically Somali pirates like the ones that were in the news at the time, and laments that he is unable to help the people they have captured. Fairly standard "superheroes can't solve real-world problems" bit, right? Heh. [[Superman Returns|WRONG!]] Aquaman shows up and feeds them to undead sharks. This is why we should all read comics.
** And a few issues later, Aquaman goes to plug up an oil leak "off the Bermuda Triangle", again mirroring a major real-life news item. This is followed at the end of the event with {{spoiler|[[
* [[Ruthless Modern Pirates]]: Aquaman and Mera fight Somali pirates in the first issue.
* [[Screw Destiny]]: Not as clearly intentional as normal, but J'onn ends up killing D'kay without burning down the Martian forest. Interestingly, this means the visions from the white light must not necessarily be ''correct''.
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* [[Shoot the Dog]]: The White Ring {{spoiler|kills the Hawks, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, and Firestorm - in order to turn them into elementals, as it turns out. It works, and all of them get better. Except for Hawkgirl.}}
* [[Smug Snake]]: Maxwell Lord, naturally. Zardor also counts as does Reverse Flash.
* [[Stalker
* [[Status Quo Is God]]: Guess what happens to {{spoiler|Deadman}}?
* [[Strange Bedfellows]]: Deathstroke's Titans team. Composed of Cheshire, Tattooed Man II, Cinder, Deathstroke, Arsenal, and Osiris.
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* [[Villainous Valor]]: Captain Boomerang.
* [[We Will Meet Again]]: Black Manta's final words to Aquaman before {{spoiler|being sealed in the Bermuda Triangle with Siren and her troops}}.
* [[What Happened to
** Also, Sayd, who was sent off on an "errand" by Larfleeze (presumably in order to avoid having to drag her all over the place in the hunt for the Entities). She didn't reappear until the [[New 52]] reboot, well after ''Brightest Day'' ended.
* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: What happens when Hawkman and Hawkgirl ''finally'' throw off their curse and get the chance to grow old and die together? {{spoiler|First, the White Ring tells them that to live their lives more strongly, they must live them apart. Then, when they reject these words, it kills them. Then they get brought back as air elementals. Then they get resurrected... or rather, Hawkman does. Whether Hawkgirl is dead or has been resurrected elsewhere is left unknown.}} In short, the Hawks just can't catch a break.
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