John Constantine enlists the help of Madame Xanadu to find Alec Holland. When he reaches his destination, Constantine comes face to face with Batman and Superman. Will they work together to calm the source of the volatile Green or are there other forces working against them?

The conclusion of BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH: THE SEARCH FOR SWAMP THING is in stores today. For more about Alec Holland and The Green, read SWAMP THING by Scott Snyder with art by Yanick Paquette as part of DC Comics-The New 52 this September.

Earlier today, we gave you a preview of BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH: THE SEARCH FOR SWAMP THING #2, in stores today. Below, take a sneak peak at issue #3 (on sale August 24th) with the just-released variant cover by David Mack.

On his journey to find Swamp Thing, John Constantine discovers the motive behind the plant elemental’s new brutal and savage behavior: With Alec Holland’s resurrection (in the pages of BRIGHTEST DAY), Swamp Thing finds itself without a human consciousness, and The Green within becomes an uncontrollable force of evil. But as John continues to search for Swamp Thing to get the answers he needs, he realizes that his prey has taken on the role of the predator and is seeking him out as well. Why? The Green needs a new human, and John just happens to fit the bill to play host within its dark psyche.

In order to prevent himself from being consumed, John will need to travel to Metropolis and enlist the help of Superman. But will even the Man of Steel be able to help against the magic forces at work here?

BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH: THE SEARCH FOR SWAMP THING #2, by Jonathan Vankin and Renato Arlem, is in stores today.

Last week, BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH: THE SEARCH FOR SWAMP THING #1 hit stores. The premiere issue of this 3-part miniseries teamed John Constantine up with some of the biggest superheroes in the DC Universe in the search for the plant elemental known as Swamp Thing.

This morning on YAHOO! Associated Content, series writer Jonathan Vankin gave an exclusive interview about his writing process, the series’ characters, and what to expect in issues #2 and #3.

“John has to make a decision that, whichever way he goes, will alter the course of both Swampy’s existence and possibly his own — and even the fate of the world — for a long time to come,” Vankin said.

Head on over to YAHOO! Associated Content for the complete coverage. And while you’re waiting for issue #2 to hit stores next month, be sure to check out the standard cover by Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes and the variant cover by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado below.

Back in March, we announced BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH, the follow-up miniseries to the New York Times bestselling series, BRIGHTEST DAY. After the events in BRIGHTEST DAY #23 in April, we disclosed the series’ full title, BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH: THE SEARCH FOR SWAMP THING. Now, with BRIGHTEST DAY having seen its epic conclusion last week, we can show the final covers to the next chapter in this exciting saga.

Following the reveal of John Constantine at the end of BRIGHTEST DAY #24, it probably was not hard for you to guess who the shaded out figure on the previously shown version of the cover for BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH: THE SEARCH FOR SWAMP THING is. Below, check out Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes’ final cover and J.G. Jones’ stunning variant cover. Be sure to pick up the issue when it hits stores next month.

Today marks the last issue of BRIGHTEST DAY. If you haven’t picked up your copy yet, then clicking on the jump is the very last thing you want to do (major spoiler alert!)

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If you haven’t read BRIGHTEST DAY #23 and haven’t seen any of the press coverage about the big reveal, you might want to stop reading here. A few weeks back, we announced a new miniseries called BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH: THE SEARCH, written by Jonathan Vankin and drawn by Marco Castiello. Today we can announce the book’s actual title: BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH: THE SEARCH FOR SWAMP THING.

As for who that blacked out figure is, we can’t say … yet.

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