Comics! Aquaman #3

Aquaman #3

Geoff Johns: writer

Ivan Reis: penciller

Joe Prado: inker

Every time I pick it up, I just want to through it back down in disgust.

I know, that's not the way to start a proper review of the comic. It really, really isn't. But it is just the way I feel.

It is not like I am a crazed Aquaman fan and just want the character to finally be done right. I just don't know anything about the character and I want to be able to read a comic of his where I can see where the love for him came from. Admittedly, I have never really read a comic that he has been in. I know about the lore of the character, about his pop culture references. It doesn't make me the Aquaman fan that knows the right Aquaman from the wrong one, and I'm not saying that is who I am trying to be. I'm coming in as a guy who wants to like Aquaman, who has one of his favorite writers writing the character, and who is the target audience that this relaunch is supposed to be targeted to.

And I just. Don't. Care.

What is sad is that the writer for this book is the same one on the Justice League. Why is that sad? Because in Justice League #3, you get one of the most badass moments of the book where Aquaman has a couple of lines for an introduction, and it says so much more about his character and who he is than what is said in three issues of his own series.

Read that last paragraph a couple of times. Think about that. Then you start to feel my frustrations.

I looked over my review of the first issue. I realized that the first three paragraphs of that review can be used to summarize this issue.

I felt like I got more information about who The Ray is in the preview pages for The Ray #1 that appeared at the end of this book than I learned about Aquaman in his own book.

GRRRRR........

Words: 1/10

Pictures: 7/10 - the only thing consistent with this book that is worth looking forward to.

Recommend: Hell. No.

Buy Next Issue: No. No no. I will save my money and buy some indie title the week this comes out. And when I review it, I will be sure to note that I am reviewing that title instead of Aquaman #4.