Daily Comic: Aquaman #7

Aquaman, I guess you wouldn't really say he's a household name. Everyone knows who he is but generally just thinks of him as lame as did I until Blackest Night. Geoff Johns has reinvented Aquaman as one of the coolest heroes around. Starting off in new 52 I think this was probably one of the strongest book for the reboot of the D.C. universe.
Now instead of a lame guy that can talk to fish Arthur is more of a Superman type but without the lame Clark Kent personality. Geoff even goes into giving the impression the the civilians think he's lame in the new run but slowly through the first few issues the civilians as well as us readers have come to realize he's a lot more interesting than we originally had thought. After the first intro arc down we finally get to see Arthur's long time arch enemy Black Manta. Black Manta is one of the most bad-ass dudes in all of the D.C. universe even if you still can't get yourself to like Aquaman you should still read it just for Black Manta. All that aside lets get down into the meat of this issue. Issues 7 has great pacing plenty of action and establishes some new characters in Aquaman's life. We get some lore on Atlantis and are introduced to a form of alliance between Stephen Shin and Black Manta. The art in this book is phenomenal and has been in previous issues and issues to come I'm sure. Overall i give this issue a 8/10. If you haven't already started then i encourage you to read the new run of Aquaman if there is any book you should be reading in the new 52 its this.



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