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The Good
Great cover art showcasing a brilliantly devilish Black Manta.
Art as usual remains consistently good.
The Aquawar finally begins in this issue.
I liked the dialogue between our Aqua duo.
This issue also had a good amount of action and a sneak peak of power in Jackson such as lightning which is unique to only him. It’s also suggested that his connection to the Bermuda triangle may not be the only abilities he has.
Black Manta got some killer lines and introduction moving him into badass territory for the masses.
The Bad
The cutting off of Aquman’s hand was supposed to be dramatic but the entire exchange, his reaction to losing the hand and even the quip by black manta just made me Laugh my ass off.
I’m sorry but I could not take the scene serious considering he got the hand chomped off by a shark….got a hook hand (which was so very cool I might add)….lost the hood….got a magic water hand (yup as lame as it sounds)…..lost that and was underwater doing nothing…died and came back with both hands…and now lost the hand again? Hilarious stuff! (please note he may have lost his hand even more, but this is all the recollection I have from the top of my head) At this point his hand is like the x-men’s Phoenix just a bad punch line.
The rest of the brightest day stuff has dragged o too long and is just boring at this point.
The Ugly
2.5/5 surprisingly average
