Sunday, February 25, 2007

Aquaman : Sword of Atlantis #48 - DC


We're exploring the history of a few people in this series. The most recent one being the Fisherman. He's been around for a while, but they're just now noticing that he changes. This Fisherman, happens to be a 22yr old from Florida. The mystery is in the helmet or hood. It appears to be a xenoform. They contain it, but these these have a way of coming back to bite you in the keister. We also look a little in to the past of the new, younger, Aurthur. It's a story of when he was 9 in Avalon Cay. We also see a little of Aurthur's talent, as the Dweller is trying to take him around to build his cred. King Shark is along for the ride, but I really think it's only for self interest. He says he's willing to help young Aurthur, and to train him, but I think it's more of an observation, or fact finding mission. Meanwhile, six months ago, this xenoform broke out of it's containment cell, and it looks like it took over the security guard that was watching the room. But, we don't really know, because it looks like no ones seen or heard from it since. Then, we also have the mystery of the dweller. Obviously he's Aquaman, the original I mean, but why, and how did he get that way. I think the Fisherman and the xenoform have something to do with it, but we've only seen the tip of the iceberg so far. Kurt Busiek is doing a great job with this story. He's keeping us in suspense, but it doesn't seem like he dragging it. My only concern is, where is Butch Guice? He does the cover, but he's not on the inside. Hopefully this is only a fill-in. Overall a good book though. Lots of mysteries going on.

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