Aquaman/Green Arrow – Deep Target #2 Review

Writer: Brandon Thomas / Artist: Ronan Cliquet / DC Comics Aquaman/Green Arrow- Deep Target #2 follows our two blonde heroes as they fly in Oliver Queen’s jet to go to S.T.A.R Labs to figure out what happened to them and how they can reverse it.  An airplane is not the best place for someone who shoots arrows for a living and someone who needs water to be most effective to be when something crazy pops off.  So you know that means something crazy pops off, right?  The majority of this issue meticulously details Green Arrow and Aquaman as they fight mysterious masked goons who infiltrate their plane and try to bring it down. It gives Cliquet a wonderful chance to stretch and spread his wings (pun intended) and really deliver some beautiful and dynamic action. My favorite visual from Aquaman/Green Arrow- Deep Target #2 is without a doubt a double splash page where Aquaman spins his trident on the wing of the plane in an effort to block some incoming projectiles. This Aquaman may not be Arthur Curry, but he’s still about that life. 

Obviously, if someone wanted to stop their plane from getting to S.T.A.R Labs, that means they don’t want them to figure out what happened to them and to revert back to normal, but the big question is why?  They have each other’s memories so they could still live their lives without compromising anything serious. Obviously for personal reasons, they want to switch back. But what’s the strategic value of them switching bod…