"It's best to get back to the basics for a while and pick up those threads further in," says Parker, who's infusing some humor but not changing the tone or direction of the book all that much. The fan-favorite Aquadog, a canine named Salty, will be appearing in upcoming issues as well as Swamp Thing, who drops by for a team-up story line involving the environment and the ocean.īlack Manta and other familiar faces will be on the sideline, though, and Parker aims to touch on some but not all of the bigger Aquaman mythology that Johns picks up next year in his "Rise of the Seven Seas" Justice League story arc. "It give us a chance to reveal some stuff about him growing up, which you haven't been able to see that much." "You try to get away from them, and they're like, 'Come on, come back to this thing!' In cherrypicking the threads Johns set up, Parker liked the moment where Mera met Officer Watson, who mentioned to her she went to school with Arthur in Amnesty Bay, and Parker liked the idea of seeing more of his classmates because everybody knows his identity as opposed to Batman or Superman.Ī reunion is something readers old and new can relate to "because a lot of people stress over it, especially now that you get hammered on Facebook by everybody from high school," Parker says. She's the one who pushes him to go to his high school reunion because "she's in love with him and wants to know what his adolescence was like," Parker says. Mera was starting to like the surface world and wants to spend more time up there, and she also wants to learn more about Arthur's past. The new issue has Mera finding new ways to use her powers of moving water around - she's the one responsible for Aquaman being launched nearly into space on the cover of issue 26, according to Parker - and the writer will continue to focus on their relationship and the typical stresses any couple has, though played on a larger scale.
"And more importantly, and Mera helps him a lot with this, he's the only person who cares about the surface world and the underwater world and that's the key to their success." "I don't think he even thinks he's necessarily the best person for it, but he's the best person around," Parker says. And when Aquaman's trident is stolen, a host of ancient evils is freed from a mysterious portal along with the Greek demigod, Hercules! Collects Aquaman #26-31, Aquaman Annual #2, and issue #32 of Swamp Thing.So even though the rule of Atlantis isn't technically his birthright, Aquaman takes the responsibility anyway. The "Sea of Storms" story arc begins with the debut of new Aquaman writer Jeff Parker (Batman '66)! Aquaman faces a forgotten Atlantean legend: the Karaqan! A massive crustacean of incredible power, the Karaqan once served the King of Atlantis, but now poses as one of his greatest threats.
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