Justice League #3

"The Extinction Machines Part 3" by Bryan Hitch, Tony S. Daniel, Sandu Florea, and Tomeu Morey.

Gah! Aquaman is still all by himself for the third issue in a row. While I'm of course happy he's part of this new series, the attraction (for me) is to have all these heroes interact, so this constant popping back and forth to different locations I find frustrating. At this rate, we'll have to wait until the final issue of the storyline to see them all together. 

This way of telling a superhero story is nothing new, of course; Geoff Johns did it a lot during his tenure on the book. But, I dunno, I always hope when a book starts over it takes an opportunity to something different. So far I'm not seeing much of that here, even if (as I mentioned earlier in the week) the artwork is terrific.

Justice League #2

"The Extinction Machines Part 2" by Bryan Hitch, Tony S. Daniel, Sandu Florea, and Tomeu Morey.

As some of the JLAers meet in The Watchtower, Aquaman finds himself waking up on the floor of the ocean. He finds a small collection of crystal statues that emit a calming harmony. He grabs them and takes off. 

Finally Batman gets Superman involved, and they hatch a plan: to head to the center of the Earth! To be continued...tomorrow!


Aquaman gets a but more to do this issue, but he's still swimming solo while the rest of the team gets together. Let's see if he actually gets to hang with the gang in issue three.

Justice League #1

"The Extinction Machines Part 1" by Bryan Hitch, Tony S. Daniel, Sandu Florea, and Tomeu Morey.

The Shrine has been a bit behind keeping up with Aquaman's other appearances in the DCU, post-Rebirth. So this week we'll be catching up with the Sea King as he fights along his fellow heroes in the new Justice League!

The globe is hit by a series of extinction-level events, with each of the Leaguers trying to deal with the catastrophes. Of course, one of the places hit is Atlantis. As Aquaman is trying to run the rescue effort, he is surrounded by a strange group of beings who mutter about "stolen words." They swarm Aquaman and take him down.

Aquaman only appears in two pages of out the book; what you see above is his entire role in the story. But thanks to Tony Daniel and Sandu Florea he looks great, so it's on to issue #2!