Brightest Day #1

[sailorlibra]

Four scans from Brightest Day #1.



Arthur and Mera attack a boat full of child slavers.









He calls up a shark to defend himself. The shark is also dead.

What I find more interesting is not that he's able to control dead aquatic animals, but that he seems to have lost the ability to call live ones.

tags - char: aquaman/orin/arthur curry, char: mera, title: brightest day, publisher: dc comics, creator: geoff johns, creator: ivan reis

Comments

[sethgray]

Have Atlanteans always been bullet proof?

[dimwit90]

Question! That scene with the dead sharks: Sharks don't have bones right? But they drew the sharks with bones or is that how cartilage looks and I haven't watched enough discovery channel?

[pyrotwilight]

Scale-mail armor, alright!

[theanswer]

So some abilities from the Black Lantern ring remain.

[tacobob]

Yeeeck. I hope Orange scales isn't near me when I'm enjoying an "Admiral's Feast" over at Red Lobster. Wouldn't want to have undead shrimp crawling out of my mouth.

[cmdr_zoom]

Came Back Wrong.

[leikomgwtfbbq]

People always give Aquaman shit for his fish-summoning powers, but some sea-critters are the stuff of freaking nightmares. Especially the ones that live near the bottom.

And I've also always been a fan of the idea that, if he wanted, he could ring up Cthulhu to do his work for him. XD

[espanolbot]

Aquaman goes to the UK,

To me, my fishie brethen, he cries!

Only for the criminals to be assailed with a hail of battered haddock and cod.

[hearthemvoices]

So what was Deadman (or is it Liveman) doing with them? O:

[punishermax]

Yeah, just saw you summon a zombie squid so I'm gonna shoot you with a spear even though you just shrugged off bullets

[silverzeo]

Who says nothing happens at sea?

[sweettart1823]

Aaw poor dead sea creatures. :l

On another note, Aquaman, still super fine.

[retro_nouveau]

Awesome: Mera's ability to Summon Water Weird. White Plume Mountain? Anyone? Bueller?
Awful: Bullets bounce off Atlanteans. Super strength, good, invulnerability also is too much.
Headdesk: Concentric circles from Arthur's forehead. Vuu vuu vuu is so lame.

I'm trying to get a good look at Mera's feet, whether she still has flippers. Not too important, but I kind of like the idea that Merpeople have a look that's a little alien.

[protogarrett]

"We rule these seas!" Wow, stupid thug. You, a slaver on a crappy boat versus an actual king who can command the creatures of the sea.

Denial isn't just a river in egypt, it's a river that Aquaman fucking owns. (Read that how you will.)

[thatnickguy]

"Feel my rage!"

Subtext: "You know, because I used to be a red lantern? And I'm all angry and stuff? Rage rage rage, right?"

[okkult3000]

Squids are, like, 95% soft tissue. Being attacked by a dead squid would be like being attacked by wet toilet paper.

[kenn_el]

"Release the Kraken!"

[big_daddy_d]

Starting to find Aquaman awesome again. That and I love Mera. Definite breakout star in all this Blackest Night business.

[kingrockwell]

You missed the squicky racial implications of this whole scene from the pages prior.
I'm...really not happy with this book right now.

[mcity]

Isn't it amazing how bad guys can always shoot accurately when the target is bulletproof? Most pirates would switch to full-auto and miss most of their shots. There's be ricochets bouncing around.