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I decided to subscribe to Aquaman recently, after watching an old
"Super Friends" episode with my wife and kids, and finding out that the
title was ongoing. I always thought the character was funny, in a
"Wonder Twins" cheesy sort of way. I am starting to regret
subscribing. It's not that I hate the character or anything - I just
feel really let down overall with how DC is treating him. It's like
having a TV network put one of your favorite shows in a horrible
timeslot where you KNOW the show will never recover.
Here are a few of the things that really tick me off (#2 the most)
1) The title. "Sword of Atlantis" doesn't make a lot of sense. Hello!
Shouldn't it be "Trident of Atlantis", or something like that? The type of swords shown in the comic work ok in AIR for slashing, but not so well in WATER, which has a lot more resistance.
2) The artwork is very, very lacking. Out of the 30 DC and Marvel
titles I subscribe to, Aquaman has the absolutely worst art I have ever
seen. Everything seems to be in pastels, and facial features almost
look like the artist has had too much to drink, and is making wobbly
lines.
3) The story keeps going out on tangents. When I get done with an
issue, far too often I feel like nothing interesting has happened. It reminds me of this episode of Dragon Ball Z I watched - when it was over, I realized that the first third of the episode was the recap, the last third was "what will happen next", and the actual episode was everyone standing around saying "No Way -That's Impossible!" The characters don't seem that interesting. I guess if I had to sum everything up about this title, I would simply leave you with the word "Bland".
If they got a better artist, at least, I would feel much better about
supporting this title. Strangely enough, out of about 30 titles that I
get, this is the only one my wife reads.
"Super Friends" episode with my wife and kids, and finding out that the
title was ongoing. I always thought the character was funny, in a
"Wonder Twins" cheesy sort of way. I am starting to regret
subscribing. It's not that I hate the character or anything - I just
feel really let down overall with how DC is treating him. It's like
having a TV network put one of your favorite shows in a horrible
timeslot where you KNOW the show will never recover.
Here are a few of the things that really tick me off (#2 the most)
1) The title. "Sword of Atlantis" doesn't make a lot of sense. Hello!
Shouldn't it be "Trident of Atlantis", or something like that? The type of swords shown in the comic work ok in AIR for slashing, but not so well in WATER, which has a lot more resistance.
2) The artwork is very, very lacking. Out of the 30 DC and Marvel
titles I subscribe to, Aquaman has the absolutely worst art I have ever
seen. Everything seems to be in pastels, and facial features almost
look like the artist has had too much to drink, and is making wobbly
lines.
3) The story keeps going out on tangents. When I get done with an
issue, far too often I feel like nothing interesting has happened. It reminds me of this episode of Dragon Ball Z I watched - when it was over, I realized that the first third of the episode was the recap, the last third was "what will happen next", and the actual episode was everyone standing around saying "No Way -That's Impossible!" The characters don't seem that interesting. I guess if I had to sum everything up about this title, I would simply leave you with the word "Bland".
If they got a better artist, at least, I would feel much better about
supporting this title. Strangely enough, out of about 30 titles that I
get, this is the only one my wife reads.