While the Shrine already covered this a few weeks ago, its still worth noting that the "New 52" Aquaman made his official debut this week, in the pages of Swamp Thing #1!
The book opens in Metropolis, with something very strange happening:
We pick up with Alec Holland, now working incognito as a construction worker (alongside David Banner, I'm sure). But incognito means nothing to someone like Superman, who easily finds Holland and asks him for advice about all this dead animal stuff.
Holland wants to be left alone, and basically blows off The Man of Steel (maybe its the collar?). But of course, Holland can't hide from himself, and while trying to sleep (at Totleben's Motel, nice touch) he has a vivid dream, only to awaken to a rom full of fauna!
He runs outside (but first grabbing a can of experimental formula he's been working on, which he told Superman he didn't have), to be greeted by...Swamp Thing?!? To be continued!
Overall, I liked Swamp Thing #1 quite a bit. I've always liked the character, in almost every iteration (Wein/Wrightson, Pasko/Yeates, Moore/Bissette, even that one starring Tefé), and this one's off to a good start: the story is involving, and Paquette's art is well-suited to this material. Onto issue #2!
2 comments:
Batgirl was pure win. Very excited.
Superman was too different from what I'm used to. But I liked the take on Lex, so I'm probably in for the first story arc.
Great to see Aquaman back in action! Can't wait for the full issue!
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