![]() ![]() ![]() What distinguishes Aquaman: The Trench as a real Aquaman relaunch is Arthur Curry's decision, in the first chapter, to abdicate the throne of Atlantis and build for himself a life on land with his wife Mera (and later, their new dog). The book's initial story is somewhat thin, and there's some tricky moral questions Johns doesn't quite address, but Johns and artist Ivan Reis are a powerhouse team, offering an engaging, attractive comic that more than overcomes its shortfalls. Rather what stands out in Aquaman: The Trench is Johns's humanizing of the character, emphasizing for the first time in a long time the Sea King's human, land-locked origins. The strength of Geoff Johns's DC Comics New 52 Aquaman debut is not, as many have suggested, Johns's positioning of Aquaman as a "joke" in the DC Universe as he often is in the real world, acknowledging and moving on from this - though to be sure this is a clever aspect of the book. ![]()
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