scans_daily: Brightest Day #0 Preview

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@ 2010-04-13 12:58 pm UTC

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char: deadman/boston brand, creator: fernando pasarin, creator: geoff johns, creator: peter j. tomasi, event: brightest day, genre: previews, publisher: dc comics, title: brightest day

Brightest Day #0 Preview

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A rather depressing start...

Anyway, Boston approaches his tombstone with a sledgehammer and destroys it. After reflecting upon how he has no idea how to start his new life and how he has no one to turn to because during his first life he was a bastard... he notices the poor dead baby bird.

And suddenly his new role may have become a bit more clearer.

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	no subject thokstar 2010-04-13 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	Go go underlying Judeo-Christian mythology. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 11 comments) (Show 11 comments)

	no subject xammax 2010-04-13 05:15 pm UTC (link)
	Thats been clear for a long time in the DCU. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject punishermax 2010-04-13 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	Come one, it's pretty clearly the basis for a lot of the stuff in Marvel AND DC (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject psychopathicus_rex 2010-04-14 10:09 am UTC (link)
	Much more DC than Marvel, though. For one thing, the DCU has been shown to have both the Judeo-Christian version of heaven and a monotheistic God, whereas Marvel is pretty much dominated by polytheistic pantheons. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject jlbarnett 2010-04-14 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	The Fantastic FOur has met God. He looks like Jack Kirby. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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psychopathicus_rex
2010-04-14 11:43 pm UTC (link)

OK, didn't know that. Still, A: that's more of a fourth wall-breaking in-joke than an actual religious reference, and B: it can hardly compare to a universe where at least one of the more powerful heroes is blatantly and directly powered by God, and there was an actual angel in the JLA who swore in Christ's name. The MU is practically a happy polytheistic playground compared to the DCU - if it weren't for the presence of characters like Wonder Woman who REQUIRE active polytheistic pantheons, the whole place would have gone to the dogs long ago.

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	no subject geoffsebesta 2010-04-15 02:35 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, but if I open a comic and I see God and angels it's a pretty good bet I'm reading Vertigo. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject zordboy 2010-04-14 04:42 am UTC (link)
	And? The predominant religion in the country of publication would be Judeo-Christianity. I think you're gonna find that fiction published in any country around the world will reflect the values of the culture it came out of. I don't understand this criticism. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject thokstar 2010-04-14 04:53 am UTC (link)
	My comment wasn't meant to be criticism, as much as an observation. Yes, the Judeo-Christian views are common in DC stories, but this is somewhat more explicit, despite using a character that's traditional been more connected to a pseudo-Hindu mythology via Rama Kushna and Nanda Parbat. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject snugglebitch 2010-04-15 12:54 pm UTC (link)
	Judeo-Christianity Is that like "Jews for Jesus" or something? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject snugglebitch 2010-04-15 12:52 pm UTC (link)
	It's Christian mythology. I don't really know why people keep slapping "Judeo" to the front of it; despite a lineage of thought, they're very different religions with different mythologies. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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thokstar
2010-04-15 01:24 pm UTC (link)

In this context, I am including Judeo to note that Johns is giving equal time to the Old Testament part of the mythology as the New Testament. The rainbow corps and the use of Dove mirrors the tale of Noah's arc and Gehenna's death in Brightest Night was a nod to fate of Lot's wife, to give several examples. Obviously, the above seen is more in line with the Christian part of Judeo-Christian mythology.

(Yes, Johns isn't doing much in the way of Talmudic references. He also hasn't spent much time referencing the epistles either.)

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