Aquaman #6

writer: Geoff Johns
artist: Ivan Reis, Joe Prado

I haven't been trying to read this one in the same way I have Johns' other New 52 efforts, Green Lantern and Justice League, possibly because it reminds me of the feeling-out period he went through in the post-Rebirth adjustments he needed to figure out Hal Jordan. It was the "other League" announcements that convinced me Johns had finally figured out what his grand vision of Aquaman really was, and so here I am.

This issue, however, is another example that his favorite character in this franchise is Mera, the one he's single-handedly crafted into a major player since Blackest Night and Brightest Day. The only thing that drags this issue down is the long-drawn faces of Joe Prado, which makes the book feel like one of those indy series that have great potential but poor art, which is a little incomprehensible for a New 52 book being written by Geoff Johns.

But I'll be hanging around this surf for a while.