Aquaman #43: New Creative Team Comes Out Swinging!

Writer: Kelly Sue DeConnick / Artists: Robson Rocha, Daniel Henriques, and Sunny Gho / DC Now I know that in this moment, when you hear “Aquaman” you either think “Oh that new movie with the wet, tattoo’d bro?” or “Who? The guy who talks to fish?”. I assure you, neither of those descriptions apply to the Aquaman from the DC Comics continuity as presented by this new creative team. Here’s the squad:

Writer: the incomparable Kelly Sue DeConnick (Captain Marvel, Bitch Planet) Pencils: Robson Rocha (Teen Titans, Batman Eternal) Inks: Daniel Henriques (Supergirl) Colors: Sunny Gho (Superman: Rebirth, Secret Wars)

They are a team of monsters of the craft. And it shows from the first page to the last.

Following up on the Drowned Earth arc, Arthur Curry has found himself washed ashore in the village of Unspoken Water with no memory of himself. The mundane locals call him Andy, the mysteriously inclined woman who pulled him from the surf Caille, calls him Arausio — orange. Perhaps because of the orange shirt he was wearing when she pulled him ashore. It also happens to be the name of a Celtic water god, but I’m sure that’ll come up later. Over the course of the comic, the weird, rustic setting is well established, as is the threat from just off shore. This isn’t a normal fishing village, and their problems with the weather aren’t ordinary. This is all exemplified by Caille, drawn in striking red against all the blues and greys of the mandatory water pallette. Despite the simplicit…