Justice League: Drowned Earth Finale Review

Writer: Scott Snyder /Artists: Francis Manapul and Howard Porter / DC Comics The Earth is drowned no more! In this oversized finale to the Aquaman centered arc, Snyder and co. gave us imperfect Gods, reasonable villains, and an OP Black Manta who whines a lot. But first, we need to talk about Aquaman. In the midst of the Earth submerging in the purple waters of the Ocean Lords, and all of humanity turning into fish monsters, it seems that Arthur Curry still managed to read Michelle Obama’s new book. Because even though the world is literally ending right before his eyes and he has the means to kill the villains responsible, homie decided to spare their lives and reason with them, because that was the only thing left that hadn’t been tried. I mean, when they go low, we go high, right? But honestly, Aquaman understood that the Ocean Lord’s had been wronged before, and they were only acting out in revenge. Arion, first King of Atlantis, invited them over to teach them some new tricks to take back to their homeworlds, and Poseidon convinced him to flip the script and imprison them instead. I mean damn, I’d be mad too if I came over to learn how to cook sweet potato pie, and you locked me in your closet instead. What are we really doing here? So, Aquaman felt the only way to end this eons-long conflict was to just be like, “Hey man, I get it. And I’m sorry. My great, great grandad was a dick, but I can teach you those old tricks.” And you know what? It worked. The Ocean Lords wer…