Aquaman: Most Improved Comic, One Year Later

Just to prove that I'm not always opposed to change: I think Aquaman is the most improved comic book at DC. I've never really bought into this character until now. The One Year Later thing is perfect for this gut-wrenching twist, where we have a younger version of Arthur Curry. It's a mystery as to who he really is, and why he resembles Aquaman so much. Kurt Busiek's idea to envision Aquaman as a Conan-type of character, but underwater, works perfectly. There's plenty of underwater barbarians, sorcery, and mythology waiting to be tapped ever since Peter David wrote the Atlantean Chronicles. Butch Guice's artwork is just superb and it's perfect for this new direction. I swear he is channelling Joe Kubert in some of the panels. There's no inker listed in the credits, so is Guice inking himself, or is this being reproduced from his pencils? Either way, the artwork looks great.

I read on some message boards that people think the Dweller in the Dark is really the old Aquaman. He refuses to see Mera in this issue, which would lend some weight to that theory. Nuff said.

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