DC Comics' "
Blackest Night #1" is in stores today, kicking of their major summer event.
In a nutshell, "Blackest Night" has the villain Black Hand resurrected and recruited by the Guardian Scar to head the Black Lanterns. The Black Lanterns will be made up of deceased heroes from the DCU, including Firestorm, Earth-2 Superman, Martian Manhunter and, among others, Aquaman. (
Read more about the storyline here.)
I won't whine about the story itself. I haven't read it, and I don't plan on reading it. But, a note to DC, this is not Aquaman:
Aquaman is a water-breathing, super-strong, telepathic Atlantean.
NOT an undead space zombie with a magic ring. And garters, apparently.
The only redeeming thing I can take from all this is that maybe it will end with Aquaman being restored to the DCU in his proper form. But there are so many other ways this could have been accomplished.
I will leave the dissection and debate of the comics themselves to those who read them. Just wanted to have my say about my favorite character and the place he is in now. In my opinion, it's not a good place to be.
Check out
The Aquaman Shrine or
The Unofficial Aquaman Website for more in depth Aqua-info.
