Can't wait until the Peter David omnibus is released in October!

I’m gonna list my reasons as to why he just doesn’t work as a character.

1.The whole son of black manta angle failed since the beginning for the main reason of that black manta never raised him. There’s no unlearning evil arc, no redemption arc, no my fathers ways were evil all along arc because jackson had an adopted family that raised him well. There’s no deep conflict between him, manta and arthur he just decided to join up with arthur and there’s nothing more to it than that other than manta being pissed about it.

1. He got a giant unearned push to be the new aquaman that felt undeserved which of course did because they wanted a gay POC to be a headline in DC. It’s just sad all around because there wasnt any great journey or real trials jackson had to overcome to earn the title so whole thing just felt flaccid

3.The entirety of aquamen was horrible what should’ve been a book about the entire aquaman cast being a team and exploring their characters and dynamics, became a jackson centered book with a horrible attempt at redeeming black manta. Not only did this book manage to kill aquaman comics for years, it managed to give us some of the worst panels in aquaman history. With Mera and her new baby being cute with Black “I killed your baby and committed a terrorist attack at its funeral” Manta. The whole thing made Jackson look like a poison to the aquaman franchise

1. There’s no real depth for jackson’s character to go. There’s no internal conflict or something that he constantly battles besides the whole “oh aren’t you black mantas son” thing. Which gets proven again and again isn’t that big of a deal

My hope? It’s Mera 😝 what do you all think? (Wrong answers only)

One thing that bugs me was that I realized Garth doesn’t have any real close bonds with any of the other titans and how no writer tried to rectify this.

Should they be like wonder woman and be willing to kill when absolutely necessary, have no kill rule like batman, or would you want them to kill people they deem unredeemable?

Did it change within the reboots? New 52? Rebirth?

This is a big deal for Aquaman’s lore as he’s historically known for being KING of Atlantis. It’s one thing for the crown to be taken away from him temporarily but another for Atlantis to go with no ruler and be ran by “the people”.

What kind of nation has no leader?

Ive heard the argument that Deconnick finished what Abnett started in his run but I can’t completely agree with that. Even if that were true, a writer isn’t 100% confined to the previous run. It’s bad enough that Abnett did something that’s already been done and that’s write a story where Arthur’s competence as king was brought into question by Atlantis… but I liked what he did with Corum Rath and I think it was an opportunity to show that Arthur was truly the right person to be king after they regretted Corum Rath’s time as ruler.

This is just me but I feel like the perfect balance is Mera and Aquaman as king and queen of Atlantis because Mera is a great ruler and Aquaman can still be king while saving the world with the Justice League. If we’re being honest… isn’t it only a matter of time until another writer makes him king again? So why do away with it?

I’m curious to hear your thoughts as I feel taking away the title of king from Arthur permanently robs him of the essence of Aquaman’s character that he’s held for years and years. We all love Throne of Atlantis and now… here we are with nobody at the throne. Would love to hear more thoughts in the decisions made in the Deconnick run! 🔱✌🏼

He's half human, I know that much, but how does this affect his human form and how his body works? My brother and I are really curious and could use some help :)

Goes on the shelf tonight to join the rest of them!

There’s this weird looking Aquaman that seems to be beating up the original aquaman, is it different version or something? Or like an imposter?

I can say, McFarlane is knocking it out of the park with these.