DC Comics Presents: Brightest Day #1

(December 2010)

[DC Comics Presents Brightest Day] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

This page contains the indicia and credits for this issue.

On the Stairs (Table of Contents: 2)

Deadman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Deadman

Synopsis

Deadman talks to a young girl sitting on a stairway.

Reprints

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

The Black Bird (Table of Contents: 3)

Hawkman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Brubaker

Pencils

Sean Phillips

Inks

Sean Phillips

Colors

Brian Miller

Letters

Ken Lopez

Editing

Stephen Wacker (original editor)

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.

Reprints

• 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: 4)

Hawkman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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)

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.

Reprints

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

The Army of Forgotten Souls (Table of Contents: 5)

Hawkman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Justin Gray; Jimmy Palmiotti

Pencils

Joe Bennett

Inks

Ruy José

Colors

John Kalisz

Letters

Pat Brosseau

Editing

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

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.

Reprints

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

Unbearable Loss (Table of Contents: 6)

Deadman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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)

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Synopsis

Deadman saves the Scarecrow's mother from committing suicide.

Reprints

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

Who Has Been Lying in My Grave? (Table of Contents: 7)

Deadman / comic story / 16.5 pages (report information)

Script

Arnold Drake

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Miller (original editor)

Genre

superhero

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.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

The original page 8 re-composed from a half-page to a full-page here.