And Then I Read: AQUAMAN 20

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The credits on the cover of this issue do not match the actual credits inside, an indication that this might be a fill-in. If so, it’s quite good. The writer is John Ostrander, one I like, and the art is pencilled by Manuel Garcia with a quartet of inkers. Not quite as good as the regular team, but not bad at all. The cover blurb IS correct, this is a story about The Others, that team of misfit heroes we saw in a previous AQUAMAN storyline, and a team that Aquaman was once part of. They’ve been called in by Arthur, now king of Atlantis, to help track down some missing Atlantean weapons in a very dry Native American reservation, not a good place for the Atlanteans themselves to go! It’s not a bad idea, and is made better by the new character, reservation woman Alchesay. She has some shaman powers of her own that are impressive, and joins The Others on their assault against the bad guy with the weapons. I liked the story more than the art, but this is quite a good issue for a fill-in.

Recommended.