While on a mission together they found Black Mantra and, in a fit of revenge, Aquaman kills Black Mantra’s father. The team consisted of Aquaman, The Prisoner, The Seer, Ya’Wara, Vostok, and The Operative. Let me pause and explain who these others are. While teamed up with The Others, he goes about hunting down Black Mantra. In volume two, we find out that six years ago, Arthur’s dad was killed by Black Mantra, and he was out for revenge. It does give us a lot of information in a short time, which is always a nice thing when trying to understand the “new” Aquaman. It’s been used a lot, and just doesn’t feel new anymore. While this is a great premise, there were times I found myself yawning at the whole flash back trope. After a six year separation from the group, Aquaman is forced to look his past in the face, reconcile with who he is, and pull it together long enough to defeat the Black Mantra. But he wasn’t a jerk who was alone, he worked with a team that called themselves The Others. In The Others we get glimpses of who Aquaman used to be, which is apparently a total jerk. Oh, Arthur Curry, what are we going to do with you?Īpparently give you a kick-ass new back story that shows just how far you have come in the last several years. Genre(s): Superheroes, Comic Book, Graphic Novel
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