Books : Aquaman: Time and Tide

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- Not very interesting
If you read the Aqua-Man stories of the 1950's and 60's, he was a very dyanmantic character. A young king of the sea who defended his realm from any and all evil. Today Aqua-Man acts very much like Namor; The Sub-Mariner, he hates air breathers, attacks those who pollute the sea, and he can't seem to get his personal life in order. That pretty much desribes these new stories in this volume. Aqua-Man has not been treated well by comic book writers for much of this decade, with him loseing his right arm and becoming more and more of a character that walks the line between right and wrong.

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- Time & Tide is a interesting telling of Aquaman's origin.
A fabulous collection of the very first of Peter David's Aquaman series. You get to see his exposure on the Mercy reef, left to die, and his rescue by the dolphin Porm. You can see his life with the dolphins, and his first encounters with "surface dwellers." Also dicover how he became the superhero we know today!

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- A breath of fresh (sea) air for Aquaman
Writer Peter David gives a fresh spin on what has always been a laughable, second-rate character, Aquaman. In the hands of Peter David Aquaman became an interesting, mythical, and powerful hero. Nowadays the regular Aquaman series is one of the better selling books at DC, and this is the mini-series that started it all. Kirk Jarvinen's art has a Silver Age feel, the stories are entertaining. The Flash (Barry Allen) makes an appearance in the first issue and the rest of the book features some new aspects of Aquaman's history. A must-read for Silver Age nostalgists and modern readers alike.

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