Art: Adrian Syaf, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Vicente Cifuentes
"Brightest Day" has finally reached its halfway point with issue #13. And because Hawkman and Hawkgirl have been absent from the book for a couple of issue already, it's not surprising that almost all of the issue is dedicated to them, with the last two pages about Deadman and Dove.
One good thing about it is the story flows throughout the book consistenly. And because of that, we get to read almost a full story about the characters, instead of little chunks of story like in the previous issues.
Hawkman rages throughout the issue, trying to get to Hawkgirl in time before she dies from Hath-Set's torture. Johns and Tomasi gives us a back story about Hawkgirl's mother and her relationship with Hath-Set, and also about Hawkworld in a two-page spread. I'm still confused with the whole background of Hawkman and Hawkgirl's death and rebirth cycle though.
However, this story might finally end that cycle. Johns and Tomasi's "Brightest Day" might finally wrap up the story of the Hawks and move on, at least they already progressed with it significantly in this issue. Furthermore, Hawkman and Hawkgirl's story will stretch out further away into the DC Universe as depicted in the issue's cover.
What's surprising about the art here is that four artists contributed to this issue - Adrian Syaf, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Vicente Cifuentes - and the art still looked consistently good. The artists depicted Hawkman's rage pretty well. And the two-page spread of Hawkman flying towards the reader looks really fierce.
"Brightest Day" #13 is a change of storytelling in the book as it mainly features the Hawks. And I find Hawkman and Hawkgirl's story more interesting than Martian Manhunter's. There's still a story about Deadman and Dove in the last two pages of the book, and it transitioned well from the other story considering it almost took over the whole issue.
Rating: 3.5/5
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