Aquaman #0 – Review

By: Geoff Johns (story), Ivan Reis (pencils), Joe Prado (inks), Rod Reis (colors)

The Story: In time, every young man must return to the waters of his birth.

The Review: Nowadays, Johns must be riding high on the popularity of Justice League (whether all that attention or acclaim is deserved, I find more questionable), but I’d stake my claim on saying that the work he’s done on Aquaman will prove his most important accomplishment of the year.  We’re talking about a character whose existence was questionable only a few years ago and who now stars in one of the most widely-bought titles in comics.

Having given our hero a new lease on life, it seems appropriate for Johns to have the honor of giving Aquaman a new beginning.  We started this series at an odd point in Arthur’s life: only recently returned from Atlantis, new wife in tow, with the mixed status of urban legend and League celebrity.  Although it’s been hinted at, we really know nothing about the gaps between leaving the shore, meeting the Others, and his return to land.  What we do know, and what makes the heart of this story and this whole title, is it all has to do with Atlantis.