Review:
For all the intensity and ferocity in the first 6 issues of Geoff Johns' New 52 reboot of Aquaman (see my TPB review of Volume 1 - The Trench), Aquaman's relationship with Mera was different. In contrast to the violence and action sequences, their marriage was a place of joy, tenderness, happiness.
So much for that!
There are many casualties in this second volume, which collects issues #7-13 of the ongoing series and introduces Aquaman's own super-team, prosaically named The Others. By the end, Manta has killed two of the team, and the rest have barely survived, including Aquaman himself. But another casualty here is the trust between Mera and Arthur. She is shocked by the revelation that he used to lead this super-team; in their years together, he never so much as mentioned The Others to her. And certainly not his relationship with the half-naked and wild jungle girl Ya'wara.
Lame name aside, The Others is an incredibly diverse super-team. Sure, the classic Justice League roster has an alien, an Amazonian princess warrior and an Atlantean half-breed, but they all mostly fit within the white American mainstream. The Others, for their part, includes a Russian cosmonaut, a Brazilian jungle girl, an Iranian future-seer, a senior citizen and an African American. Intriguing!
All have this in common: they derive their powers from Atlantean mystic artifacts. And Black Manta wants them, and will kill to get them.
Ivan Reis and Joe Prado continue to give us intense battle scenes, beautiful water vistas and deadly serious facial expressions. Not a lot of smiles here. The result is page after page drawing us into this intense and chaotic tale.
The Others would spin off into a short-lived series of their own, but these introductory chapters may be the pinnacle of their adventures.
Description:
A New York Times Bestseller!
Long before the King of the Seven Seas joined the Justice League, Aquaman was a part of another super-team: The Others. These young costumed adventurers traveled the globe, each trying to find their own individual road to redemption.
Six years later after a grisly murder, The Others are reunited. They know only one man could be responsible: Black Manta. Aquaman must lead the charge to stop his arch-nemesis, but will the years have fractured The Others just enough to keep them from bringing this villain to justice?
By the critically acclaimed creative team behind Blackest Night, Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis, Aquaman Volume 2: The Others is the heart-stopping heart stopping follow up to the #1 New York Times best-selling Aquaman Volume 1: The Trench.
Collects: issues #7-13
Authors: Geoff Johns
Artists: Ivan Reis, Joe Prado
Published By: DC Comics
Published When: Nov. 19 2013
Parental Rating: Teen
ISBN: 9781401242954
Pages: 160 pages
No comments:
Post a Comment