I love flawed characters but the issue for me with how unlikable the 'heroes' are written as, is that their reasons for acting the way they are feels so contrived. Dolphin is a ditzy airhead who cheats on Aquaman with his ward, Garth. Garth is overrun with petty jealously towards his partner and surrogate father Aquaman. Vulko is a machiavellian schemer hellbent on usurping Aquaman and replacing him with his son Koryak. Aquaman is a grumpy recluse who hates humanity and is abusive to his friends. Aquaman and all of his supporting cast are all portrayed as uncharacteristicly selfish, petty, and cruel. One of the major problems of this run is characterization. In issue 16 Aquaman beats the Justice League half to death, including old friends of his such as Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter. Heroes Fighting Heroes For No Good Reason? Check. Egeland and Calafiore feel like DC's attempt to duplicate Todd McFarlane and Rob Liefeld. Aquaman gets his hand bit off by Piranahas in the first issue.Įxtreme 90's artwork? Check. However, I would argue that David's Aquaman revels in the the worst tropes of the 90s to a degree that it is just as guilty in that regard as a book like Spawn or Youngblood. He even debated Todd McFarlane about Image at the fan convention. Peter David was known as one of the main critics of Image Comics during the 1990s. I also quite like the Legends of the Dead Earth & Year One annuals. Personally I'm not a fan of character reboots, but the stories being told with these changes are quite good. I like Aquaman being raised by Dolphins and Ocean Master being half Inuit. I still prefer Aquaman's Silver Age origins, but the retcons this miniseries make work. Issue two of Time and Tide is one of my favorite single issue stories ever.

You get some nice early interactions between Arthur and Barry. The miniseries that capped off Peter David's Aquaman, Time and Tide was really fun. First off I'll start off with the positives.

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