Comics! Aquaman #4

Aquaman #4

Geoff Johns: writer
Ivan Reis: penciller
Joe Prado and Eber Ferreira: inkers

The Comic
I bought this issue because I heard it wrapped up the first story line in this issue. This is surprising, because I didn't see much in the first three issues that felt like a it could be concluded in this issue.

So we have Aquaman find the sea creatures' hideout, see where the humans are being kept, rescues said humans, the big bad queen of sea creatures chases him, Aquaman tries to reason with her buy can't, Aquaman throws the trident to save the day and kill off all of the sea creatures. And then Aquaman gets some props from a little kid, only to have a cop say that he still doesn't like him. Then Aquaman gets Aquadog. Then a sneak peak of the next story arc.

I guess I was let down. There was so much build up for these creatures, and so much trouble and difficulty that they had for Aquaman, to be able to defeat the queen a few pages after she was introduced just seems underwhelming.

There were some great moments in the book that the art worked well with. The two page spreads where we get introduced to the queen and when Aquaman unleashes the trident were awesome. The story just didn't set up the moment for me. The pay off wasn't earned.

The teaser page at the end of the book highlighted the next story line for the comic: Who sank Atlantis?

My reaction: Who cares? Maybe after enough issues are collected and I can read everything at once then I won't feel like my money is being wasted.

The Cover
The cover for this issue can be intermixed with any of the previous issues. There isn't much difference between them all. The good part is that they reflect the story content as well - not much difference between all the issues.

Grade
Words: 5/10
Pictures: 8/10
Recommend: Nope. No no no.
Buy Next Issue: Not for myself.

Previous Issues
Three Issue Trial
Aquaman #3
Aquaman #2
Aquaman #1