Aquaman: The Trench. By Geoff Johns

 I was looking forward to this book for several different reasons. The main reason being that Geoff Johns is the author that got me into comic books in the first place.  The second, Ivan Reis has become one of, if not my favorite artist out right now. And thirdly, since Aquaman seems to be the character everyone likes to pick on, I kind of wanted to root for the underdog.  I can see why some long time comic book fans wouldn't care for this, but I enjoyed it.  They might say that Arthur Curry (Aquaman) is too emo and constantly looks depressed.  I kind of liked that.  Others also might say that even in the comic book itself Aquaman isn't taken seriously and that would be true.  But again, I also kind of liked that element.  Arthur comes in and saves a situation serveral times but even the local cops kind of poke fun at him thinking that his only power is to talk to fish.  He can't talk to fish by the way, fish do not have intelligent though to communicate with.  He is just able to influence them to do what he wants.  Dolphins are a whole other story though.  I like all the different dynamics going on with Aquaman.  He is King of Atlantis, with citizens that don't want him, and he doesn't live there.  He lives on land, where people think him a joke.  And he has a wife that originally was sent to kill him, but has come to fall in love with him.  All this while trying to protect land dwellers from the Atlantians.  I enjoyed the sea creatures from the trench.  They very much remind me of aliens but instead of coming from space, they come from the sea.  I think there is a good correlation between space and the deep sea.  We only know a little about both and don't truely know what is out/down there.  I think what is even more fascinating about the sea is that it is actually apart of earth and in our own back yards, yet the depths are still relatively unexplored.  We don't know what truly is lurking down there.  The art by Ivan Reis once again is fantastic.  I really like the fact that he has a new primary location to draw in under water. It looks amazing.  At this point I don't mind the cheesy Aquaman being lame jabs or his emo attitude, but we'll see has this new reboot goes on.  All in all I really liked this book and thought it was worth while.  Wait until the price comes down or DC publishes it in trade paperback form.