Originally Published December 2, 2011

DC Comics recently relaunched their entire series, giving curious but uninitiated nerds a convenient entry point.  Fellow blogger Patrick Ehlers and I are two such nerds, and we’ve decided to jump in with a handful of monthly titles.  We really wanted to pull out all the nerd stops, so we’re also going to be writing about them here and on Patrick’s Blog (which you should all be reading anyway) every Friday.  This week, I’m hosting the discussion of Aquaman, while Patrick is hosting the discussion of Batman and Robin.

Drew:  Geoff Johns is acutely aware that Aquaman isn’t cool.  Most people are only familiar with him through his associations with the Justice League (or the Super Friends, as the case may be), where the comparison to the likes of Superman and Green Lantern have always been less than flattering.  The problems those super team-ups dealt with never seemed to play to Aquaman’s skill set, so he invariably acted as the third wheel, either just standing around like a normal guy or running off to see what the fish had to say (unless, of course, the writers resorted to some contrived way of putting the action in or near water, which always felt like an act of pity).  Johns wants to address these problems directly, much to the title’s detriment. Continue reading →