This is one of those stories that's . . . well . . . interesting, but . . . I also question it's purpose. We find out this issue, the true origin of the Fisherman. Somebody that Aquaman has fought in the past, but has always been a third or forth string villain at best. Anyways, he's actually an alien life-form. I assume from another dimension. Although it's masters, whom we only see in the shadows with their eyes blazing, do seem to resemble the outline of Black Manta. But, that's a mystery for another time, I guess. Anyways, this alien life form attaches itself to a host, and then goes out in to the world looking for something, but it doesn't know the specifics, for it's master. The problem, with the character and the story, is conveying the characters actions. Everything is in dream form. Since the alien is attached to a host, I'm sure the lucidity of each goes back and forth. So the awareness of it's surroundings and actions, are cloudy at best because they're all mixed together with the alien's dreams and the host's dreams. Which obviously confuses and torments the Fisherman. But also makes for a very confusing, and sometimes pointless, story. Of course Aquaman defeats the Fisherman. But what he doesn't know is that all he's actually done is release the alien, who is now free to swim among the ocean life. We don't learn anything new about the new Aquaman, the Dweller or the King Shark this issue. The latter 2, really, may as well have not even been there. And as I said earlier, what is the point of this story? Other than establishing the Gate of Shadows, and the alien swimming around the ocean obviously looking for another host, we learned nothing this issue. Oh, I take that back . . . we learned about the Fisherman. Who cares? Well next issue, #50, we are getting a new creative team, so maybe this one was just a fill in. Anyways, it really has nothing to do with the story that we want to see.
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