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Like with ''[[Fifty Two]]'' and other event storylines, there are multiple plot threads, in this case all sharing the theme of having a fresh start and a new lease on life. Most focus on the Twelve and missions given to them by the White Entity:
* Six of the Twelve are featured in the main series:
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** [[Hawkman|Hawkman and Hawkgirl]] are on the trail of their archenemy Hath-Set, who has constructed a gateway from the corpses of the heroes' prior incarnations to a dimension called "Hawkworld". There, they meet Hawkgirl's evil Egyptian mother, who seek to use the two as bait to attract and merge with the Cosmic Entity of Love called "The Predator". They have to stop her from doing this, as well as find a way to nullify the resurrection curse placed upon them by Hath-Set.
** [[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.
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** 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 [[Swamp Thing]]}}.
* 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 (
** ''[[Justice League of America]]'': 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 [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] Green Lantern. Now the Starheart has possessed Scott, turning him evil and leading to a team-up between the JLA and [[Justice Society of America]] to stop him. Jade was told to "balance the darkness" of her brother Obsidian in their fight against Scott.
** ''[[Justice League International|Justice League: Generation Lost]]'': Max Lord has returned, and has made the entire world forget he existed. His job is to stop [[Anti-Hero]] Magog from [[Kingdom Come|sparking a worldwide war]], but he's obviously not going to stop there. Only four surviving members of Justice League International ([[Booster Gold]], Fire and Ice, and [[Captain Atom]]) remember the threat he poses, and they team up with [[Legacy Character|legacies]] of other members [[Blue Beetle]] and Rocket Red while tracking him down. Has its own tie-ins with the ''[[Booster Gold]]'' and ''[[Power Girl]]'' series.
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=== This series provides examples of the following tropes: ===
* [[Aborted Arc]]: ''Brightest Day'' was almost immediately followed by ''[[Flashpoint (
* [[Affirmative Action Legacy]]: Jackson Hyde, the new Aqualad.
* [[Anachronic Order]]: (Or possibly just a mistake.) In issue 6, Oracle says it's been "a few months" since the Blackest Night. In issue 7, Deadman has his first food since he was brought back from the dead at the end of the Blackest Night, and it seems to have been no more than a couple days for him.
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*** Zardor serves as the main villain in the ''Emerald Warriors'' series, only later revealed as {{spoiler|Krona}}'s accomplice.
** Firestorm- Originally thought to be Deathstorm, {{spoiler|he later proves to only be [[The Dragon]] to the Anti-Monitor, who seeks the powers of the White Lantern to increase his own personal strength}}.
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** [[Hawkman|Hawkman and Hawkgirl]] - The Queen of Hawkworld and her [[The Dragon|dragon]] Hath-Set, seeking to invade Earth with her army of hawk-people.
** [[Martian Manhunter]] - D'kay Drazz, J'onn's psychotic stalker who wishes to repopulate the Martian race with him.
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