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AQUAMAN:  SWORD OF ATLANTIS #56

Hell In The Pacific!

November 2007

Written by Tad Williams

Layouts by Shawn McManus

Finishes by Shawn McManus

Cover by Butch Guice

Synopsis

Arthur Joseph Curry (aka the new Aquaman) is being held by gunpoint by Krusivax and Vandal Savage, the real villains behind the sinking of Sub Diego.  Lorena Marquez has brought back Cal Durham and Cyborg of the Teen Titans for help.  Arthur Joseph, however, is able to break free and the battle begins.  Krusivax and Vandal Savage are able to escape, but not before setting the sequence that would sink half of the Pacific Rim.  Elsewhere, Leah leads Garth to a ship that brought her to Earth from another dimension.  When Garth gets close, the ship opens.  He decides to investigate.  Meanwhile, Cyborg can’t find a way to stop the bomb from going off.  Aquaman, however, has a plan.  He swims after Krusivax and when he finds him reads his thoughts, because Krusivax is part fish, for the right code.  In Sub Diego, Cal’s girlfriend Kyesha answers a knock at the door.  When she opens it, she is killed instantly by a crazed lunatic. 

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

I am at such a loss to think how this series could end.  And this is a good thing.  Williams ties off a lot of loose threads with this issue but there are still more lurking around the corner, such as the fate of the original Aquaman, Garth’s sudden trip, the Narwhal, the prophecy of the Dyss, Arthur Joseph’s father and supposed death, and I am almost certain I am forgetting something.  I gather that there will probably be one or two loose ends, but I am also confident Williams can tie up the majority of the plots next issue.  Since Williams became the writer for this series, the pace has increase dramatically and the kinetic energy has worked well (along with the shift in tone to a more humorous bent) to create a dynamic, wonderful book, but even for Williams there are a lot of plot threads to pick up in one book.  Of course, if Williams manages to tie them altogether (and given his day job as a fantasy writer, I wouldn’t bet against it) then my complaints are a moot point.  Regardless, this title has been fun to read in the past couple of months; it is too bad it had to happen after DC decided to cancel it.   

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