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Aquaman is a character I just don't think or care about anymore.
And that's a real shame as he and Garth were firm favourites of mine many moons ago!
I'll be very surprised if he (and especially his book) survives the upcoming Infinite Crisis actually but if he does I want him stripped of every last element that was introduced in this run.
No water-hand! No Aquagirl! No sub-diego! No ill-defined powers! No Geist!
Either taking him back to his roots as King of Atlantis with Mera at his side or else taking him off in some bold, creative new direction that actually works are the only way I could probably be made to be interested in this character again.
I'd be willing to bet money that Dan Didio and Geoff Johns have been putting a lot of thought into old Arthur recently though. His book has been doing too appallingly in the sales department for them to just let it coast along as is and with all the changes Infinite Crisis is meant to bring I bet they're thinking that now is the time to make things better.
If Garth doesn't take Arthur's place as the new Aquaman (which is something I'd kinda like to see happen) then I think something BIG is probably due to occur in the Aquaverse. I'd say watch this franchise closely!
From: Australia | Registered: Dec 2003
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Koryak as angel and Tempest as jerk continues. Did Arcudi ever read earlier stories featuring these two before?
Looks like DC has chosen Sub Diego over Atlantis as the focus of Aquaman's future, since the Spectre (I wish this character would get obliterated during the IC- I'm heartily sick of him/it.) is about to demolish Atlantis. Bad move, I think. Maybe the two settings'll both survive and form an underwater alliance.
Black Manta's continued evolution is interesting, though. And I like Sea Ape.
From: Knoxville, TN | Registered: Jul 2003
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Completely agree re: the Spectre Mystery Lad! Put that sheet to rest please DC!
The more things I hear about Aquaman's current title the more glad I am that I dropped it. Destroying Atlantis and keeping Sub Diego? They're mad! This fracnhise is like a rotting corpse - they need to either bury it or reincarnate it as something else - 'cause whatever its got going on now just stinks!
From: Australia | Registered: Dec 2003
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Atlantis destroyed (hard not to get a New Orleans vibe from the story here), Vulko and Koryak dead (just when I was liking the latter for the first time), Tempest is MIA (AAACK! Don't kill Garth, DC!), Black Manta up to no good... things ain't looking good for Aquaman- and that would be true even if I *didn't* know that a new character was about to take over the name!
*Of course* Atlantis should be rebuilt! Aquaman needed Mera there to tell him that-- or Tempest.
I enjoyed seeing Hourman and Dr. Mid-nite in their cameos. Mera looked more herself this issue, less withered. I enjoyed the art all the way around. The last page showed a relatively simple act, but was quite stirring, nonetheless.
From: Knoxville, TN | Registered: Jul 2003
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yeah especially with the fact that we don't know if Cerdian is undergoing the gender switch.
From: Hayward, CA | Registered: Jul 2003
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In the post-CRISIS scheme of things, what was Dolphin's connection with Atlantis and with Aquaman in general - was she his sister?
From: Adelaide, Australia | Registered: Jun 2005
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no connection at all....just that Aquaman and Dolphin were ex-lovers after Dolphin had an affair with Tempest, resulting in a baby Cerdian.
From: Hayward, CA | Registered: Jul 2003
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For the record I am sick of the Spectre as well. He has become the Wolverine of DC. I think in the last 18 months he's appeared in every DC comic!!!
From: Tampa | Registered: Mar 2004
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You know, these last few issues of Aquaman have been the most enjoyable for me since PAD's run (despite what some think, I think Jurgen's run was terrible). It's been fun, exciting and filled with a bunch of characters.
Of course, I'm saddened by the loss of Koryak, a great, dynamic character, and Vulko, my favorite of all the Aqua-supporting cast. Now I'm worried we'll be losing all these characters to the new stuff they've got planned.
Oh well...maybe Mera and Arthur could have a nice semi-happy few issues for the first time since the Silver Age before the new era begins...
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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