scans_daily: Brightest Day #3

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@ 2010-06-03 02:55 pm UTC

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char: aquaman/orin/arthur curry, char: mera, creator: geoff johns, creator: peter j. tomasi, event: brightest day, publisher: dc comics, title: brightest day

Brightest Day #3

Four pages from Brightest Day #3, featuring Mera and her husband.

recommended tags - char: mera, char: aquaman/orin/arthur curry, title: brightest day, event: brightest day, publisher: dc comics, creator: geoff johns, creator: peter tomasi

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	no subject aaron_bourque 2010-06-03 07:10 pm UTC (link)
	Two things (the first snarky and if anyone finds offensive I'll go ahead and delete the comment) 1) Why this isn't racist at all! You sure this is DC? 2) Aw, man, why do the creators love to fuck with the married couples? Stop it, just stop it! (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 25 comments) (Show 25 comments)

	no subject nezchan 2010-06-03 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	2) Because they hate happiness. And Christmas. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 7 comments) (Show 7 comments)

	no subject windiebird.livejournal.com 2010-06-03 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	ALL THAT GODDAMN TINSEL (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject protogarrett 2010-06-03 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	And puppies. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject protogarrett 2010-06-03 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, and adorable children. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject punishermax 2010-06-03 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	FUCKING CHRISTMAS! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject nezchan 2010-06-03 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	CHRISTMAS KILLED MY FATHER! Haha, that's just a joke. I killed my father. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject darkblade 2010-06-03 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	They don't believe in Santa Christ. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject tacobob 2010-06-04 12:04 pm UTC (link)
	And puppies..And married puppies who are enjoying Christmas. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject neuhallidae 2010-06-03 07:21 pm UTC (link)
	But how are we supposed to find them interesting without bucketloads of angst? Even the sweet moments must have that bitter tinge, goddammit! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject jaybee3 2010-06-03 07:44 pm UTC (link)
	How soon before they bring up the "you never told him?" (whatever it was that WW was alluding to) that Mera was hiding from the BN: WW mini. You just know that sequence wasn't an accident or just Rucka's whimsy. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject neuhallidae 2010-06-03 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	I know that most of the BN tie-ins had some editorial input, but it wouldn't be the first time a side mention got dropped after the writer who wrote it was gone. What am I saying? It's potential for angst and disharmony, of course it'll come back. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject aaron_bourque 2010-06-03 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	But how are we supposed to find them interesting without bucketloads of angst? By having bucketloads of cutesy romance? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject thokstar 2010-06-03 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	To be fair, the time to complain about them messing with this married couple was back when they killed off Aquababy. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

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aaron_bourque
2010-06-03 10:31 pm UTC (link)

Which will be the next thing Arthur summons--

Oh, dammit. Now I've got a plot seed for some sort of metaphysical "closure" or something regarding this concept: Arthur will continue summoning dead sea animals until he comes to ~~turns~~ (ETA: terms) terms with being resurrected, and Arthur, Jr. not.

Aaron "The Mad Whitaker" Bourque; I just wanted a tasteless joke! I didn't expect an actual plausible explanation for what's going on with the guy!

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	no subject kenn_el 2010-06-04 12:07 pm UTC (link)
	This. Once that happened every scene between them had a tragic tone. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject revaladdinsane.livejournal.com 2010-06-03 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	The racism is elsewhere in the issue when they arbitrarily kill off another non-white character. (in this case, Jason Rusch's mother) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject bluejaybirdie 2010-06-03 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	Seriously? Seriously? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject revaladdinsane.livejournal.com 2010-06-03 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	Well, they refer to her being dead, and she was alive (yet divorced and consindering reconciliation with his father) before. So throw yet another non-white corpse on the fire. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject big_daddy_d 2010-06-03 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	...SOMEONE CALL GRANDMASTER BUSHIDO BROWN! He'll knock the racism out of someone... except Red Fox killed him. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject aaron_bourque 2010-06-03 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	. . . I guess the Brightest Day needs to be . . . No, I'm not gonna make that joke. Somebody at DC needs a stern talking to. If that doesn't work, firings. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject big_daddy_d 2010-06-03 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	Because a certain EiC and the Brain Trust has formed a group called The Marriage/Happiness Haters Club and it's not just exclusive to Marvel creators. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject autolychus2 2010-06-04 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	Well, as a proud member of the Marriage Haters Club (I'm all for happiness, though. That's why I got divorced.), let me just say -- Nyah, Nyah, Nyah. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject jlroberson 2010-06-04 02:51 am UTC (link)
	Well, in the panel where the orca (sorry, I live in Seattle, it's the law to call 'em that here) attacks him, it almost looked like his arm had been torn off, so I felt I was on familiar ground... ;) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject alienist 2010-06-05 02:57 am UTC (link)
	Heh. (I never liked 'killer whale' anyway. They're dolphins.) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject darkknightjrk 2010-06-04 03:14 am UTC (link)
	"2) Aw, man, why do the creators love to fuck with the married couples? Stop it, just stop it!" How are they fucking with Aquaman and Mera here? From what I've read of the character, this is probably the most blissful period they've had as a couple since they were introduced. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject wonderwomanhero 2010-06-03 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	Mera, I miss you being insane. FTW. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject sailorlibra 2010-06-03 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	I don't miss her being insane--though she did make an awesome Red Lantern--I miss her kicking ass. Now that Arthur's back, she seems stuck as being written only as his wife, not as an awesome person in her own right. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject xammax 2010-06-03 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	Tobe fair, in the one action scene besides this with Mera involved, she kicked some ass. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject jlroberson 2010-06-04 02:52 am UTC (link)
	I haven't liked this but I am glad Mera's back. Look, I had a childhood crush on her, What do you want? Frankly I wish she had a book of her own. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject wonderwomanhero 2010-06-03 07:24 pm UTC (link)
	Worst comic arc since Brand New Day? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject jlroberson 2010-06-04 02:53 am UTC (link)
	The whole point of this will be "fixing" all these problems, and then back to status quo. Well, you could save a step and just skip this series. But then DC wouldn't make as much. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject darkknightjrk 2010-06-04 03:16 am UTC (link)
	Actually, I thought this was a pretty good issue, without any really bad stuff, so it's one-up on BND at the very least. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject lencannon 2010-06-03 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	I hope that rueful look on her face in the last panel is her thinking "What if...?" about Atrocitus. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject halloweenjack 2010-06-03 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	Or RageCat. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject thebigapricot 2010-06-04 12:53 am UTC (link)
	or Wonder Woman (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject nothingbutcake 2010-06-03 08:01 pm UTC (link)
	Haha, I don't know if it's intentional but I like how his face has piscine features. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 8 comments) (Show 8 comments)

	no subject kirke_novak 2010-06-03 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	You know what would be even more awesome? If he swam around in circles, forgetting he'd been there 10 seconds earlier. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 7 comments) (Show 7 comments)

	no subject nothingbutcake 2010-06-03 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay, Mera, so now we're going to test out my powers because I seem to be calling sea dead!" "Jesus Christ." (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject kirke_novak 2010-06-03 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	"But we've already done that seven times today" "Silence woman!!! Erm, who are you again?" "That's it, I am transferring to Marvel. I always liked Namor's ankle wings." (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject espanolbot 2010-06-04 12:02 am UTC (link)
	Nah, Namor's only interested in his cousins and Sue Richaaaarrrrddddsssss. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject valtyr 2010-06-04 11:28 am UTC (link)
	And Emma. And Steve. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject sir_mikael 2010-06-06 07:15 pm UTC (link)
	And the first Human Torch. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject skalja 2010-06-04 12:37 am UTC (link)
	That's a myth, actually. Goldfish can remember things for at least a few months and can be trained to do tricks, as can a number of other fish. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject jlroberson 2010-06-04 02:53 am UTC (link)
	You just ruined Lenny's best line in SHADE. Thanks a lot. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject abbadie 2010-06-03 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm summoning dead sea life" What? (Damn, this is a miserable enough day, I choose to ignore the angst and nitpick) (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject jlroberson 2010-06-04 02:59 am UTC (link)
	And the question was: "Say, Aquaman, how do we make you even more useless?" (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

	no subject darkknightjrk 2010-06-04 03:17 am UTC (link)
	I dunno--those zombie sharks FUCKED UP those pirates a few issues ago... (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject tacobob 2010-06-04 12:11 pm UTC (link)
	I dunno, I'd be more afraid of a giant zombie whale coming after me (One who probably vomits zombie versions of everything it had eaten in the last few days) than the usual standard not-dead-one. However, it's a LAW! Aquaman can't be cool! He must be lame! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject abbadie 2010-06-04 01:01 pm UTC (link)
	It is a law, it seems. ;_; (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject fifthie 2010-06-04 04:41 pm UTC (link)
	Would it really be asking so much for them to just make him like B&B Aquaman? Is that just too much regal, bearded awesomeness for comics to contain? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject tacobob 2010-06-05 03:10 am UTC (link)
	What, a happy Aquaman who is both king and hero and beloved by all? One with a FULL and happy family that is not at all either dead, undead or dead undead? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject pizoxuat 2010-06-03 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	I like Mera's body language and facial expression in that first scan. It looks like she's thinking "Oh boy, here we go again. I have a thousand other things I could be doing right now." (Reply to this)

	no subject halloweenjack 2010-06-03 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	Every time he does that with the dead sea critters, all I can think about is the smell. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject neuhallidae 2010-06-03 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, God, now I'm thinking about it, and horf. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject kirke_novak 2010-06-03 08:19 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks for that. After spending several years dissecting dead seals and porpoises, I really needed to be reminded about the smell. D: I am now emo. is emo (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject daningram.insanejournal.com 2010-06-03 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	Look on the bright side. Aquaman tore that thing apart in the water he's in right now. So zombie bits/particles are going through his lungs as he talks to Mera. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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jlroberson
2010-06-04 03:01 am UTC (link)

Right now I can't help thinking of this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/03/gulf-oil-spill-photos-ani_n_560813.html#s91790

Interesting timing to both bring Aquaman back, and to make him like this, now. Reminds me of how I thought it was a weird coincidence that the collapse in FINAL CRISIS coincided with the economic collapse in real life.

Now I get it! DC's BEHIND IT ALL! THE MOST EVIL PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN EVER!

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	no subject recognitions.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 03:22 am UTC (link)
	I've actually been wondering if they'd deal with that in the Aquaman comics. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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minyandu.livejournal.com
2010-06-04 02:08 pm UTC (link)

Oh no, you remind me of the time my college lab making a dolphin specimen. D:
The smell pervaded the whole lab section, three stories in total and it stayed there for like, at least a whole week!!!
And the next year, they got a dead whale body and they left it rot in a cement cell outside the campus to collect the bones. But we still need to walk past that area to field research for botany class.....

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	no subject darkblade 2010-06-03 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	On the bright side Arthur, you're invincible on the Gulf Coast. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject daningram.insanejournal.com 2010-06-03 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	lol thinks about it for a moment cries and sulks (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject jlroberson 2010-06-04 03:02 am UTC (link)
	These powers should be used on Tony Hayward. Screw pirates. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject darkknightjrk 2010-06-04 03:18 am UTC (link)
	I've been considering drawing a nice big piece of Aquaman punching that guy in the face. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject endis_ni 2010-06-04 11:24 am UTC (link)
	I beg you to do this. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject silverzeo 2010-06-04 01:26 am UTC (link)
	.... where is Garth? .... and his wife and kid? And wasn't there another Aquaman running around... at least 2, one from Final Crisis who was from another world and another who filled in after Infinite Crisis? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject iondan 2010-06-04 02:38 am UTC (link)
	Spoiler-ish Garth despite all the time spent setting him up to be leader of the Titans and Atlantis didn't make it through Blackest Night. His wife Dolphin(?) and their child were not among the resurected during Brightest Day. And the Final Crisis Aqauman was quickly retconned into being from another Earth. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject jlroberson 2010-06-04 03:02 am UTC (link)
	Mistah Garth, he dead. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject darkknightjrk 2010-06-04 03:20 am UTC (link)
	One scene I really liked in this issue was J'onn's. We find out the dog from last issue survived, and it looks like he's wiping the trauma out of the poor dog's head and putting him with a nice family. :) (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject valtyr 2010-06-04 11:29 am UTC (link)
	d'aww. :D (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject kenn_el 2010-06-04 12:04 pm UTC (link)
	Which, if he were held to the same standard as Zatanna, would make him EVIL! (Somewhere Meltzer's dog is preparing a script...) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject jlbarnett 2010-06-04 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	nice old lady actually. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject selke 2010-06-04 04:41 am UTC (link)
	Okay, seeing Aquaman bitten nearly in half by a zombie killer whale is one of the best things I've ever seen. If Rocket Raccoon were sitting over there eating popcorn and giving commentary with Deadpool and Howard the Duck, I could die happily. (Reply to this)

	no subject brilliantnova 2010-06-04 10:20 am UTC (link)
	http://i49.tinypic.com/123a62v.jpg >_< I could not help myself (Reply to this)

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tacobob
2010-06-04 12:16 pm UTC (link)

So has Atrocitus popped up yet? Shouldn't he be sending her flowers? Cards? Those clown things you squeeze when you're mad? "Dish The Fish and go with the MAN!" He could stand under her window and shout romantic things to her (With the aid of Dex-Starr, master of kitty rage and a self-proclaimed master of romance!)

Atrocitus: "Um..er.."
Dex-Starr: "MEOW MEOW!"
Atrocitus: "YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHAIR!"
Dex-Starr: "MEOW!"
Atrocitus: "ER. HAIR!"

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	no subject unicornicopia 2010-06-04 12:23 pm UTC (link)
	I must have been scrolling extra slow and dramatic like because I jumped a little at the second page, NGL. (Reply to this)

	no subject lieut_kettch 2010-06-04 12:59 pm UTC (link)
	NINJA WHALE! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! And why haven't Lorena and Arthur Joseph been told that Arthur's alive? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject jaybee3 2010-06-04 03:57 pm UTC (link)
	I agree. One could also ask why Arthur's not too upset that Garth,Dolphin or Cerdian are dead. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject jlbarnett 2010-06-04 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	for Dolphin at least that's been the case for a long time. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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