This is from Brave and the Bold #142, Aquaman's final team-up with Batman in the series. How could you not read the following story after a grabber of an opener like this?
Saturday, January 05, 2013
Splash Page Saturday: Brave and the Bold #142
This is from Brave and the Bold #142, Aquaman's final team-up with Batman in the series. How could you not read the following story after a grabber of an opener like this?
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I care not!
^ :-)
I find it very odd that I liked Bob Haney's Aquaman, his Teen Titans, and his Batman, but whenever any of these circles over-lapped, the stories were terrible~! The Aquaman-Batman B&B team-ups are awful. The characterizations were especially bad, but plots and dialogue also. Would Aquaman EVER say "I care not" or "Shoot, Mera, I command you!" in the pages of his own book!? NO!! Likewise the Batman-Teen Titans stories are just BAD (Cry Not For My Forsaken Son, anyone?). I don't understand why it is; maybe the two poles of goodness cancel each other out?
Of course, the Jim Aparo (or Neal Adams) art makes even the drek *look* great, but still... It is A Puzzlement.
Well, I have to say that this panel clearly negates Mera's statement in "Blackest Night Part 2" that Arthur never demanded anything from her in that tone of voice.
I have no idea why that's the first thing that popped into my head.
I loved Haney's stuff, but man, I don't think the man ever read any other comics. I'm surprised Paul Levitz (as editor) let a lot of this out-of-character dialog stand.
But could the man plot or what!?! You get enough plot in one issue to fill a 6-issue TPB nowadays.
Chris
Story content aside; the movement, action, and emotion conveyed by Aparo in this image is seriously impressive. Of course, for him that was just par for the course.
I was really excited that Mera got a moment or two in a B&B story.
The coloring is really rich and well-done here, too.
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