These teaser images are probably my favorite thing that DC does as far as promotion. Even more so than the rings they were handing out during Blackest Night. I love to pour over these images. So much so that Larry and I even dedicated a podcast to picking apart the Battle for the Cowl one. The Brightest Day image follows the same format as the previous ones by presenting a series of characters and items in various states teasing the coming stories. These are some things I've noticed.
In the most recent issue of Brightest Day we've seen that Ronnie and Jason are not alone in the Firestorm entity. The Blackest Night Firestorm is still with them or at the very least it's still with Ronnie. It seems as if Ronnie and Jason are trying to bury the BN Firestorm. What's interesting though is that Jason is exhibiting fire on the heels of his shoes. Does this possibly mean that once the BN Firestorm is gone that Jason will be the only person with the Firestorm powers?
Mera seems to be reaching out to a dead Aquaman who is clothed in his Blackest Night garb. It is worth noting that Arthur is wearing his Black Lantern ring. His rib cage also looks odd. Not sure if that's artistic or holds some significance. Mera doesn't look particularly sad in the image either.
Under the stone on which Aquaman is laid you see two large red eyes peering out which can easily identified as Black Manta. Is he the cause of Arthur's death or is this to symbolize he's always been hiding in the shadows waiting.
Might as well hit the whole family. In this image we can see the new Aqualad who seems to be wielding a hand similar to Aquaman's one time water hand. I've read rumors about Black Manta actually being his father so he could be the focus of Black Manta's gaze in the image. You'll notice that his legs are submerged in the earth. In previous images that signified they were gonna die.
Deadman in this image appears to be chiseling a tombstone. He looks dead in the image like he usually does, which is at odds with him being alive currently. He is wearing a White Lantern ring though. So maybe the RISE on the stone signifies his own resurrection.
Close by we see a what looks like a shield and what I first thought to be Wonder Woman's lasso but it actually looks more like a net or a web. The shield to be looks like something Diana would use which reenforces my feeling these two things are connected to her.
This is probably the image that makes me wonder the most. We see Atrocitus, Ganthet, and Guy either lifting or lowering a casket. The casket is based on earth design so it was probably made by Guy. It appears to have something in it since the GLs are having to brace Atrocitus' crane.
Could be for this guy. White Lantern Hal appears to be unconcious or dead in a broken White Lantern. There's blood coming from his upper arm or shoulder/neck area and it ends up dripping off of his fingers. I can't help just make a Christ comparison with this image, which makes me wonder if that was the intent?
I have no idea what's going on here. The recently revived Jade is being carried by Hawk and Dove. Hawk himself was revived at the same time. Kinda curious if Jade is dead again or unconscious. I'm betting on unconscious.
Here we see Hawkman and the resurrected Hawkgirl tied to what was shown in a early issue of Brightest Day to be a magical gateway made of all of their past lives bodies. It showed them actually going through the portal though. I wonder if them going through is essentially the same thing as being attached to it and they have subsequently unleashed these Hawkmonsters.
In the foreground we see the shattered remains of the current JSA character Magog's staff. I wonder if this means he's been defeated or depowered. Some sort of energy still seems to surround it.
Next to the staff we see a pile of boomerangs. The original Captain Boomerang was revived at the end of Blackest Night but was recently shown to be able to create energy boomerangs for some reason, which wouldn't explain this pile. Maybe his son Owen who also goes by the same moniker is responsible and the blood on them could be in reference to his association with the Suicide Squad. The proximity to the Star City sign could mean the Squad is paying a visit to Green Arrow.
Bad things happen when J'onn is cool with fire,
Trial by Fire for an example. here he seems to be perfectly fine stoking the fire that's burning at the base of a tree bearing the White Lantern symbol. Green Arrow also doesn't seem to like the tree since it is riddled with green arrows.
Across the top of the image you can see the visage of the Antimonitor formed in clouds and from those clouds yellow lightning is streaking:
Which usually signifies the Flash right? Hmmmm...It really is never good when the Anti-monitor and the Flash have any sort of a connection. No more Crisis for awhile, OK DC?
