Mera Queen of Atlantis #5 Review

Writer: Dan Abnett / Artist: Lan Medina / DC Comics Grab Your Popcorn Mera Queen of Atlantis is like a comic book remix to a Soap Opera. “The Fin and The Restless”. The series at first was a slow climb, but in this issue, readers are smack dab in the climax of the series. In the beginning, we see Mera submerged in intense combat training. In the last issue, we saw how her relationship with Orm transformed and how a reflection of upbringing versus environment plays a part in the growing psyche. The consistent question of “How much of yourself are you allowed to let go to still maintain your identity?”.

I hope to see how Mera’s power reduction allowed her to regain different forms of strength over time. In previous issues, the artistry in the combat was executed by shadowing and fierceness of the setting. In this issue, the artistry is the battle itself. How the merging and lessons taught within a lifetime is incorporated within war. Mera’s experiences have saught her slim victories, but the most treacherous ones are not the battles that come as a surprise. Always There, But Never Ready Much like daily human life, the hardest battles for supers tend to be the ones they know are ahead. Countless preparation can make you feel like you’re ready for the result. The cumulating battle between the political views of “tradition” versus the political views of “righteousness” is the theme at the forefront. This issue introduces the idea of experience versus situational circumstances. Li…