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I had finally dropped this from my pull list too. Damn! Was his Firestorm issue the Identity Crisis cross-over?

I'm still following it as well.

Pfeiffer's off the book, from what I hear. John Ostrander is doing some fill-ins and then John Arcudi takes over.

Yes it was boss.

John Ostrander is doing fill-ins between Aquaman writers _again_? Of course, I thought he wrote better stories in fill-ins than I saw from Veitch or Pfeiffer.

OKAY, the latest issue has come out. I've been picking it up irregularly.

Are people feeling this new creative team? Doesn't it feel like they just keep on switching teams mid-stream (so to speak)?

What's up?

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!

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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.

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!

AQUAMAN #38

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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.

Has Dolphin and her baby been in this series at all?

She was in Identity Crisis #3. Tempest was telling her to run with the baby just before the Spectre struck.

yeah especially with the fact that we don't know if Cerdian is undergoing the gender switch.

In the post-CRISIS scheme of things, what was Dolphin's connection with Atlantis and with Aquaman in general - was she his sister?

no connection at all....just that Aquaman and Dolphin were ex-lovers after Dolphin had an affair with Tempest, resulting in a baby Cerdian.

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!!!

Not in LSH, knock on wood.

Well, Dream Girl has been looking kind of pale recently...

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...

AQUAMAN #39

I guess the fates of Tempest, Dolphin and Cerdian will be revealed in INFINITE CRISIS. Or are we going to be left dangling all the way through 52?

Do you think that what looks like happened at the end of the issue is what really happened?

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If so, was there an OMAC around to record it?

It reminds me of a Princess Projectra scene in the BAXTER LSH... and what the current Jeckie *didn't* do in LSH 13.

What are your thoughts on Aquaman's apparent execution of Black Manta?

Whoa! Really?!

I wasn't checking this out until OYL, but I'll have to at least give it a look-thru next time I'm at the shop!

AQUAMAN SWORD OF ATLANTIS #40

Well, I liked this issue. However, it did seem a bit elseworldish. I like the Arthur Curry we're introduced to here, but do I want him to permanently take the place of the 'real' Aquaman? Don't know yet.

My favorite bits were the prophecies (memories?) of the Dweller of the Depths. Part of me wants to see the undersea JLA-looking characters actually fleshed out-- part of me hopes they're just a twisted memory of the narrator.

There's a possibility here for new versions of Garth, Koryak and Mera... I have even more mixed feelings about these. Hopefully, it won't be too drawn out. But this is Kurt Busiek, so payoff might come later rather than sooner.

My reading of this issue was that he is the real Aquaman. His story, while known to squid beard, has yet to be played out. Jeepers, I thik they just rebooted Aquaman. I'm looking forward to this series. I dropped the last one about a year ago because the stories got boring, despite a great premise - an underwater San Diego. Also the art in the previous series was horrible. The new artist is pretty good.

I loved this one too. The art was nicely stylized and together with the lettering made this one really distinct from any other comic.

But it's so strange, I've got so many questions. King Shark has scars from a fight with the previous Aquaman? Why does this kid have the golden age origin?

I've a feeling it's going to be a year before we have full answers to most of the substantial questions.

Interesting.

I was convinced that the Dweller was actually Aquaman, and he remembers the story because he lived it.

We saw the fight in Infinite Crisis, and that panel was redone here. Busiek confirmed this on the DC newsgroup, I believe.