I have been kind of lax with my reading lately. There's been too much tv to catch up on and that's left not a lot of extra time for comics. But the season just ended on most of my shows, so I hope to get some of my backlog of comics read over the summer.
This is Dan Abnett's third Aquaman collection. He started the book just before Rebirth and this is his latest. I've enjoyed all three volumes he's written, but something seemed just a little off to me. I don't know what it was, but after finishing this book, I don't think that way any longer. Maybe he was just adjusting to writing the character? I don't know.
This picks up where the last book left off. Black Manta took over N.E.M.O., a covert secret society hellbent on domination, and went after his arch nemesis by pitting the world against Atlantis, leaving Aquaman in the crosshairs. Abnett has really built up and fleshed out Atlantis more and I really appreciate it. I hope his version of Atlantis stays as is. Seems every writer has a separate idea of what Atlantis should be, but this one I like.
There is some silliness (not in a good way) in this story, too. The Aqua-Marines. Bio-engineered soldiers who transform into different human/sealife hybrids. Really fucking cheesy and cliched. But I'm willing to give them a pass.
Aquaman Vol 2: Black Manta Rising
Writer: Dan Abnett
Artist: Scot Eaton, Brad Walker, Philippe Briones, Wayne Faucher, Andrew Hennessy, Daniel Henriques
DC Comics
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