So it was announced yesterday that Aquaman would be getting a second comic, which I think makes it the first time this has ever happened to the character. I'm a big fan of the character and always hope he will be well-written. I didn't really like Geoff Johns' stories, though I respect the fact he put Aquaman back on the map, so I'm not particularly interested in the Others, the group Johns introduced and who star alongside Aquaman in his new book. I will give it a shot though, seeing as Dan Jurgens is writing it and he can always be counted on for solid superhero work. I'm less familiar with Lan Medina, the artist, but I've Googled him and found some Fathom pics that reveal he's quite good at undersea stuff. Meanwhile, I've also gone back to the principal Aquaman book because I am a fan of Jeff Parker's, and I hope to see him do something fun with the character.
But if I have little interest in Aquaman's superhero team, what second title would have better tickled my fancy? Well, let's see...
Top 10 Second Aquaman Books Siskoid Would Have More Willingly Read
10. Atlantis Chronicles (that Kid Vulko back-up is awesome)
9. Tales of the Yellow Glove (Golden Age Aquaman adventures)
8. Topo's Aquacave of Adventure (the only undersea anthology with 8 stories in every quarterly issue)
7. The Legion of Aqua-Pets, feat. Salty the Sea Dog
6. Justice League Detroit (yeah, I said it)
5. Aquaman '67 (using the Filmation look and continuity)
4. Aquaman Family Adventures (by Baltazar and Franco)
3. Aquaman and Mera (DC's REAL power couple)
2. Aquaman, King of the Seven Seas (no brainer)
and 1. Aquaman: Vumvumvum !
What about you? Excited? Lukewarm? Would have had a better idea if you had an editorial job at DC?
Comments
Then I got a better look at the cover and realized the two female characters are likely savage jungle women and my feminist side got annoyed by the marginalization of women in yet another DC book.
Also, serious "The Others?" could the team name be anymore bland?
The brief on the new series is that they're being hunted by someone else. The Others? Should be called The Prey.
My choice would be Aquaman/Zatanna.
Aquaman time-travels into the future and joins the crew of an advanced scientific submarine, aqua-quest DSV.
I thought it might be set before JL #1, seeing as they were together before the New52's 5-year time frame, but doesn't look like it.
They'r called "The Others" because they were sort of like the Defenders, a "team that isn't" -- they didn't even have a name for themselves in-universe, as I recall.
I love this tradition of creating new spin-off titles when Geoff Johns leaves a popular book! It worked out great for the JSA!
Stan Lee's still active, why doesn't somebody bring him in to class things up?
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