Throne of Atlantis Event: Aquaman #14

By Jeff Hill The Page 12/03/2012

Aquaman 14
Geoff Johns, Pete Woods, Pere Perez

Throne of Atlantis Prologue

Spoiler alert! You have been warned!

We have reached a turning point in the comic realm. Hell hath frozen over. This is not a hoax… Not an imaginary tale: Aquaman, the water guy, is cool. Let me repeat that. Arthur “Aquaman” Curry, the guy who talks to fish and gets made fun of on Family Guy, Robot Chicken, and inside almost every comic store on the planet, is cool.

In this prologue to the soon to be epic Throne of Atlantis storyline, Geoff Johns is continuing to prove why he is one of the top dogs at DC. He’s doing the unthinkable yet again, taking “old” or “dated” characters and making them fresh, new, and most importantly, relevant. The art team of Pete Woods and Pere Perez is fantastic. I wasn’t sure if I was going to like this pairing, but I was made into an immediate fan when I noticed the almost cinematic feel to this whole prelude story. Though not a whole lot happens in this issue, it plants the seeds for the future story to come. And it’s going to be pretty freaking sweet.

A flashback sequence that shows pirates getting their asses kicked by Atlanteans and a modern-day story that shows Black Manta out-smarting and out-sassing Amanda Waller are nicely weaved in and out between an almost Shakespearean catch up session between Aquaman and his brother, the reluctant current King of Atlantis. Plotting is happening in the shadows. Ancient artifacts are being stolen. And the tides of war are brewing… And I am pumped to see Johns lead this event into the main Justice League title and finally give Aquaman the respect he deserves, both by comic book loyalists and new fans alike. Go get this issue right now.

My Rating: 4/5

Jeff Hill / About Author

Jeff Hill is a moderately reformed frat boy turned writer who left teaching after 10 years to split his time between Nebraska and New York and focus on his writing career. His work has appeared in dozens of publications and his mom has a binder full of copies for any doubters. He is the Chief Creative Officer of Comic Booked and is currently pitching the novels Dead Facebook Friends and Dead Week to agents in New York and Los Angeles. Jeff is a graduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a regular participant of the Sarah Lawrence College Summer Seminar for Writers, and a past faculty member of the Writer’s Hotel. He can be found on both Twitter and Patreon as jeffhillwriter.

Comments (3)

Christian_J

12/03/2012 at 4:59 pm

Arthur Curry a badass? Okay, I think it's about time I finally check out Aquaman. I've been hearing nothing but good things about the character since the start of The New 52. Still don't know why I haven't picked any issue up yet but what the hell, this event seems like a good jumping on point.

jeffhillwriter

12/03/2012 at 10:17 pm

Now's a great jumping on point!

Scorp_Moonopoly

12/04/2012 at 2:48 am

wait what? when did Pere Perez end up on Aquaman? How did I miss that?

jeffhillwriter

12/04/2012 at 8:40 pm

I could be wrong, but I think it was just for this prelude issue. He was pretty good on this book, so hopefully we'll see him return soon.

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