Right from DC The Source Blog. The cover says it all, seems to be the return of either Dr. Impossible or Mr. Miracle, Big Barda and Orion. Love the cover but very scared if this will be a good issue or not.

  After weeks of looking over and checking out the latest in news. Plus, the selling off of pretty much all my collections. I have finally decided on my reading list for the rest of the year and my webpage plans for the rest of the year.

Reading List
I will be continuing with Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps from DC. I will continue reading Nova and Guardians of the Galaxy from Marvel. In addition, unless the series ends up in it’s own series in paper form again. I will be reading Web of Spider-man because of the Spectacular Spider-Girl. I will also be adding Avengers #1 back to my reading list in May when the Heroic Age kicks off. In addition these, I will be adding Brightest Day to my pull list. I will be reading the Flash on a regular basis thanks to my brother, who is also picking back up Birds of Prey when it relaunches in April.

Webpages
   Spider-Girl’s World reopens this week and I will be doing daily updates on that. you can check out the blog over at: The Indigo Cafe. I will be giving the Green Lantern Spotlight a new look in April with the launch of Brightest Day. You will also see other articles by the rest of the GLS crew from the The Green Lantern Corps. I am also working on an Elibrary for the Thunderbolts right now. Which will keep the Thunderbolts alive in the new Heroic Age for the online community. Which will cover the book from Onslaught to Now. I also have a pet project that might go into effect in the summer but we’ll have to wait and see right now.

  The wife and I are in the middle of trying to get a new place to live. I’m trying to secure a new job and we’re talking about kids. Hence, we have to put what’s a priority and what can work inside our budgets right now. I’m hoping by the end of the year to be in a very good place but you know how life is. I thank everyone for their continuing support for the Green Lantern Spotlight.

  I have to admitt, with my selling off pretty much my entire collections (save Green Lantern of the few of course). It does make me wonder if my comic reading days are truly at an end. In the last few days, I’ve realized, they really aren’t. Granted, I’m getting rid of everything pretty much to pay off bills so the wife and I can start saving for a new place to live while I seek other career oppurtunities. However, the fan boy in me is stronger than ever. My family and friends are truly shocked by what I’m doing but they understand why I’m doing it. What is very interesting is how much this frees me up to bring something new into my reading life. I’m still with Green Lantern, Brightest Day is added to my pull list. Flash is relaunching, I’m returning to Avengers after The Seige is over. I’m having fun working on this blog and Spider-Girl’s World and I have a comic Elibrary in the early stages of building. This allows me to branch out into some new ground and see just where I truly lie at this stage in my life with comics.
  I mean I’m married now, I have other interests, I’m trying to move out of the duplex and into a much spaceous area and we’re talking kids. Things are a lot more expansive nows than back in 1994 when I returned to the comic reading universe. The point is finding that happy middle where you’re still reading what you enjoy but not breaking the bank or running out of space again. Right now, I believe I’m heading into a more enjoyable time in my life that will keep Green Lantern burning bright along with related titles. If things every came down to it, I would stick with Green Lantern no matter what, even if it was the only title I was reading. So, to quote a Blue Lantern: “All will be Well.”

 Beginning today, DC Comics has announced Brightest Day, which will directly follow Blackest Night starting in April. Brightest Day will be a bi-weekly mini series 26 issues long that will deal with the very aftermath of Blackest Night. The Brightest Day banner will be sported on brand new or relaunched titles starting in April. This includes the new Flash series, which brings Barry Allen and Family back into the forefront. While Justice League of America deals with a return hero. Other titles will be announced in the following days. Could a new Aquaman series be part of Brightest Day?

  Hey guys, I hope everyoen had a great holiday season and have some fun stuff planned for New Year’s. As for me, I’m gearing up for a lot of action here on the GLS. First of all, I have read Blackest Night #6 and after my review tomorrow. Expect a lot of entires dealing with that very issue and what it could mean for Green Lantern and the DCU. After that, look for our Anniversary show for the Green Lantern Spotlight Podcast. We’ll start taking questions starting next week for the big show. Then I’ll break things down for the various “returning” titles for January. After that, I’ll be doing some interesting and fun stuff including a new look here for the blog. Then I’ll take some time off at the end of February to enjoy the lovely beaches of Hawaii before returning for my big return to the Green Lantern Spotlight Podcast as we wrap Blackest Night.

DC bigwig Dan DiDio told Newsarama in his 20 Questions feature today that “The ’80s JLA group is going to be back, and be back with a vengeance, in 2010,” and it got me thinking that maybe a handful of recent comments and announcements add up to something–that something being the reformation of the Justice League International, a development I’ve been expecting since DC announced that there would be two Titans titles and two JSA titles but that the JLA, their tentpole franchise, wouldn’t have the same treatment.

So what’s happened lately that might play into this? Characters like Blue Beetle, Superboy and Kid Flash/Impulse, who have been written with a humorous aspect in the past, have been freed up lately. Also free of obligations right now is Wally West, who served on the Justice League Europe for a while. You’ve also got DiDio trumpeting a “new direction” for Booster Gold in 2010, both as a character and as a title (complete with creative changes). When he announced the jettisoning of Jaime Reyes’ second feature in Booster Gold, DiDio told CBR that the character would be seen as a regular in another title soon, but that he wouldn’t be featured as either the headliner, or the second feature. Of the existing DC Universe teams, the only one that would really make sense for Blue Beetle III to be on is the Teen Titans–of which he’s already a member. Recent comments by Geoff Johns suggest that Martian Manhunter’s life as a character may not end as a Black Lantern–and when I think of his being back I wonder about Aquaman–another character who seems, based on February’s Brave and the Bold solicitation, to be back among the living after Blackest Night.

There was, a couple of years ago, a panel in Booster Gold that depicted a reformed JLI as having played a role in Final Crisis. The story hasn’t yet come to fruition, but it did depict Aquaman on the team and wearing his blue-camo suit. Although it was very short-lived when he wore it in the early ’90s (I think), he does appear dressed that way in a new toy available at KMart. Do the marketing folks know something we don’t?

Not conclusive, I grant you, but all of that tends to suggest that some or all of these characters could be headed in the same direction. Add to that famed JLI artist Kevin Maguire’s recent departure from Doom Patrol’s Metal Men backup–the co-feature was ended when, DiDio said, Maguire had to leave for “another project” and they decided it would be best not to try and go on without him. What project could he be working on? UPDATE: Not this one, apparently. When questioned via e-mail, Maguire responded that he had no idea whether or not a project like this was in the works. “This is the first I’m hearing of Dan’s comment,” the veteran penciller told us. “Whatever’s going on doesn’t involve me.”

To me, if even half of these announcements are connected, they suggest a JLI mini-, maxi- or ongoing series starting in late spring 2010.

  Revealed early today, Green Lantern Corps will be getting a back up feature in the book. Similar to Booster Gold and Teen Titans. So what does this mean? Well first off all, say hello to the $3.99 price tag for the book. Also, look fore more John Stewart action in the pages of both Green Lantern titles (hinting at the new Guardian status) Also, it’s time to vote. What will the feature be? Well, we need a feature that is closely connected to Green Lantern like Ravager is to Teen Titans or Blue Beetle is to Booster Gold.

  I have two ideas for this, one dealing with the other Lantern Corps. We can’t let them just fade into the background and this is GLC. So, having stories dealing with the other corps would be perfect. My second thoughts? More Soranik Natu please!

The various eras – or legacies – of the DC Universe is the focus of the next project DC announced this week at their official website. Legacies is a 7-part mini-series kicking off in May from writer Len Wein and “an all-star cast of artists”.

According to DC’s The Source, “Each issue will spotlight a different era from the history of the DCU in two stories, with each issue moving us closer to the present.”

The father and son team of Joe and Andy Kubert are the artists of the first issue, along with J.G. Jones in the second story, which focuses on the birth of the DCU and rise of mystery men, and the Golden Age.

 “Legacies is the history of the DCU as told from the point of view of the man on the street,” says Wein. “It starts at the dawn of the Golden Age and right now it runs right up to the moments before Countdown to Infinite Crisis begins.”

 “Being asked to work on these historic and iconic characters is an honor,” adds Andy Kubert. “Being asked to work with the creators involved — that I grew up reading…and got RAISED by — is not only an honor, but awe inspiring.”

But the exploration of DC’s history and heroes doesn’t end there. Also announced to be published in tandem with Legacies is a brand new The History of the DC Universe series and an all-new 12-issue Who’s Who, “profiling some of the best and lesser-known characters populating the DC Universe.”

The DCU in 2010 will be “very much about pushing our most beloved characters into new worlds and to face new challenges. There’s a lot to be said about tipping your hat to the past, and the legacy of those that came before,” concludes DC’s announcement.

More on Legacies can be found at www.comicbookresources.com.