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Summary: Time & Tide is a interesting telling of Aquaman's origin.
Review: A fabulous collection of the very first of Peter David's Aquaman series. You get to see his exposure on the Mercy reef, left to die, and his rescue by the dolphin Porm. You can see his life with the dolphins, and his first encounters with "surface dwellers." Also dicover how he became the superhero we know today!
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Summary: Another clumsy attempt to rewrite the Aquaman mythos.
Review: Aquaman has been one of DC's most difficult characters for years. From the 1940s to the 1960s, he was an adequate counterpart to Marvel's resident water-based hero, the Sub-Mariner: while Prince Namor was intent on destroying surface dwellers, Aquaman sought to bring peace between the two races. However, during the turbulent 1960s, Aquaman's cleancut appearance and rigid morality made him seem more and more of a second string hero, good for rounding out the Justice League of America's roster, but not much else. While some good stories appeared in the 1960s about Aquaman's personal crises, these never led to a sginficant story line, resulting in a vapid, rather bland character."Time and Tide" attempts to rewrite Aquaman as a rebel from the beginning, with a deep distrust of the surface world. Unfortunately, this has been tried before and revisionist histories are often hit and miss propositions. "Time and Tide" fails dismally as it re-introduces Aquaman as a Sub-Mariner wanna-be. The writing is derivative, while the illustrations are barely adequate. The creative team is not wholly to blame, since Aquaman has been out of sync with the comics culture for years. A better effort would have been to flesh out and humanize Aquaman's existing background, not start from scratch. Pass this by.
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Summary: I really hate how writers have treated Aquaman....
Review: Gone is the young king of Atlantis who was married to a beautiful woman, and had a son, and a future to fight for. All thanks to the bad writing of Keith Griffin. This new take on Aquaman is no better. His former wife Mera is now a sea witch who wants to kill him. Excuse me, but this is not the same Mera that Aquaman fell in love with. She would go through the depths of the sea to save his life if the need arose. That was Mera. Not the cardboard drawings that fill this book now.
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Summary: Not very interesting
Review: If you read the Aqua-Man stories of the 1950's and 60's, he was a very dyanmantic character. A young king of the sea who defended his realm from any and all evil. Today Aqua-Man acts very much like Namor; The Sub-Mariner, he hates air breathers, attacks those who pollute the sea, and he can't seem to get his personal life in order. That pretty much desribes these new stories in this volume. Aqua-Man has not been treated well by comic book writers for much of this decade, with him loseing his right arm and becoming more and more of a character that walks the line between right and wrong.
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Summary: A decent introduction to Aquaman
Review: If you're looking to discover the origins of Aquaman as imagined by Peter David, this is a fine book. Here you'll meet baby Aquaman raised by dolphins, you'll discover how he got his name, and how he came to be a hero. If you're looking for political intrigue from Atlantis, a lot of villans, and action then this book is not for you. This is Aquaman when he had both arms, was clean-shaven, and was just starting out.
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Summary: "Tide and Time"- stands the test of time
Review: Peter David has written some of those most intriguing comic book story lines throughout the years and this is just one of the many. I enjoyed the silver-age feeling comic art created by a newcomer at the time, Kirk Jarvinen. This trade paperback has survived many years and will continue to do so because of the great team up created by DC.
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Summary: A breath of fresh (sea) air for Aquaman
Review: Writer Peter David gives a fresh spin on what has always been a laughable, second-rate character, Aquaman. In the hands of Peter David Aquaman became an interesting, mythical, and powerful hero. Nowadays the regular Aquaman series is one of the better selling books at DC, and this is the mini-series that started it all. Kirk Jarvinen's art has a Silver Age feel, the stories are entertaining. The Flash (Barry Allen) makes an appearance in the first issue and the rest of the book features some new aspects of Aquaman's history. A must-read for Silver Age nostalgists and modern readers alike.
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