When I first heard about The Others storyline that Johns had cookin up I was curious. Johns specialty is taking our favorite heroes and twisting their origins a bit. Of course the New 52 gave him a lot more leeway to do that than before. One of Johns specialties is twisting the hero's origins a bit. Here he gives us a Team that Aquaman led before that ended terribly. Now he has a chance to redeem himself and save the team like he couldn't before. Of course, Black Manta is in his way doing what he does best - pissing Aquaman off.
Johns does for Black Manta what he did for Sinestro. He makes him a credible threat to our hero. Manta is a force to be reckoned with and clearly knows what buttons to push on Aquaman. The best part is he doesn't even have to try and THAT'S what makes a great villain.
As great as Geoff Johns makes the story it would be nothing with out the uber-talented Ivan Reis and Joe Prado. Separate they are good artists. Together they have helped put Aquaman on the same level they did with Green Lantern during Blackest Night. The action scenes seem to leap out at you. The emotion feels real. I almost wish every page could be a splash page. But I think after a while I'd get annoyed that the book was so short. Haha! Ahem . . .
Rating:
Five Atlantean Relics out of Five
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