DC Comics Presents: Brightest Day #1

(December 2010)

[DC Comics Presents Brightest Day] (Table of Contents)

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Letters:

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Indexer Notes

This page contains the indicia and credits for this issue.

On the Stairs (Table of Contents)

Deadman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Neil Gaiman

Pencils:

Teddy Kristiansen

Inks:

Teddy Kristiansen

Colors:

Teddy Kristiansen

Letters:

Rob Leigh

Editing:

Mark Chiarello (original editor); Tom Palmer, Jr. (original associate editor)

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Deadman

Synopsis:

Deadman talks to a young girl sitting on a stairway.

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• from Solo (DC, 2004 series) #8 (February 2006)

The Black Bird (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Brubaker

Pencils:

Sean Phillips

Inks:

Sean Phillips

Colors:

Brian Miller

Letters:

Ken Lopez

Editing:

Stephen Wacker (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

crime; historical; superhero

Characters:

Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Kendra Saunders]; James Wright; Sheila Carr; Louie Moretti [Hath-Set]

Synopsis:

Two previous incarnations of the Hawks, a Pinkerton detective and a gun moll, find each other, only to be killed by a reincarnation of Hath-Set.

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• from Hawkman (DC, 2002 series) #27 (June 2004)

Indexer Notes

The Hawkman portion is a small preface and epilogue, the bulk of the story is a past life set in 1917.

The Gift (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Justin Gray; Jimmy Palmiotti

Pencils:

Ryan Sook

Inks:

Mick Gray

Colors:

John Kalisz

Letters:

Pat Brosseau

Editing:

Stephen Wacker (original editor); Harvey Richards (original assistant editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Detective Andy Grubs; Hawkgirl [Kendra Saunders]; Fadeaway Man; Lion-Mane; a manticore

Synopsis:

While Carter and Kendra attend a masquerade ball to benefit the museum they are attacked by a manticore.

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• from Hawkman (DC, 2002 series) #34 (January 2005)

The Army of Forgotten Souls (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Justin Gray; Jimmy Palmiotti

Pencils:

Joe Bennett

Inks:

Ruy Jose

Colors:

John Kalisz

Letters:

Pat Brosseau

Editing:

Stephen Wacker (original editor); Harvey Richards (original assistant editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Detective Andy Grubs; Hawkgirl [Kendra Saunders]; Deadman [Boston Brand]; Fadeaway Man; Satana [Sara Descarl]; Trygg the Sorcerer

Synopsis:

Deadman helps the Hawks defeat Trygg.

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• from Hawkman (DC, 2002 series) #36 (March 2005)

Unbearable Loss (Table of Contents)

Deadman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Scott Kolins

Pencils:

Scott Kolins

Inks:

Scott Kolins

Colors:

C. P. Smith

Letters:

Jared K. Fletcher

Editing:

Eddie Berganza (original editor); Adam Schlagman (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Deadman [Boston Brand]; William; Mrs. Crane; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (flashback; villain)

Synopsis:

Deadman saves the Scarecrow's mother from committing suicide.

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• from DC Holiday Special '09 (DC, 2010 series) #1 (February 2010)

Who Has Been Lying in My Grave? (Table of Contents)

Deadman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Jack Miller (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Deadman [Boston Brand] (introduction, origin); Miss Goosebumps [Lorna]; Tiny; Vashnu; Heldrich; Leary; Toby; Rama Kushna; Constable Ramsey

Synopsis:

Shot during a performance, trapeze artist Boston Brand dies, only to find that his spirit lives on with the ability to inhabit the bodies of others. By the will of Rama Kushna his spirit will walk among the living until his killer is found.

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• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #205 (October 1967)