Intro
At the time, Aquaman’s great run they introduced a team of
characters Aquaman knew before the Justice League. They were called “The Others”;
I know the name sound ridiculous especially for a team. But once I got to know
them and see their unique powers or character designs, I immediately grew a
love for them. What I liked the most about this team is their distinct personalities
and race/ethnic background they each have. It’s honestly the most diverse team
I’ve seen in comic book history. So, every time they were featured in an
Aquaman issue I got pretty excited because they were a team I grew to love and
dynamics of their relationships with Aquaman were so unique and fun. They were
also issues with cool interesting stories that really make you love the
characters a lot more. I always hope they would get their own series eventually
too. But, little did I know they were making one eventually. So you can tell
how pretty excited I was when I heard the news. Anyways, since this first issue
barely introduces the characters I will tell you something about each character
briefly. {Sky Alchemy is a Native American girl that has the ability to call
ghosts from the spirit world to help. She also became part The Others very
recently when her friend who passed away named Kahina. Kahina had the ability
to see the future so when she was getting killed by Black Manta she passed down
the role to her and gave her an artifact that has the ability to translate any
language. Prisoner of War is a black American former soldier that has the
ability to use any skills of the soldiers that died around him. He also possesses
an artifact that makes him indestructible and creates a force field. The
Operative is a British secret agent who serves much like the Batman of the team.
He doesn’t have super powers, but he uses martial art skills and gadgets to
help himself fight. He also has an artifact that can unlock any vessel that is
sealed. He also has a son named Aaron Cole who has the ability to use magic and
has an established relationship with Sky. Ya’Wara is a South American woman who
has the ability to talk to cats to help fight anyone and possesses an artifact
to teleport anywhere she wants to go. Lastly, there was man from Russia name
Vostok who was also killed by Black Manta. He had no powers, but had an
artifact that possesses the ability to live without water, food, oxygen or
sleep.} That’s pretty much I can tell about them, but if you want to know more
about them I highly suggest you get those Aquaman issues that feature them
especially Aquaman Annual #1. The story here is that the team is assembled
because their artifacts have stopped working and they are set figure out why.
The issue had a pretty good story I highly suggest you check out especially since
it tie-ins to Future’s End.
Story
The Others and Aquaman has found out their artifacts have
stopped working and they work together to find out why.
The Good
Aquaman and The Others are already off to a good start with
a good issue. It has an interesting plotline that will definitely pull you in.
It does an okay job of introducing each character separately and how they come
together. We also get to know their names, some of their powers, personalities
and establishing relationships. We also get to know about the new threat that’s
after them. There also something teased at the end that leads into DC’s next
main event.
The art team does a pretty good on the character models and
face expressions. But they also have good shots of brief action and that’s
really good because some people can barely pull that off at times. The colors
are pretty basic, but they blend in with the issue very well.
The Bad
The really big problem with this issue is that it doesn’t
introduce the characters all too well. You don’t get to know anything from
their past and ethnic backgrounds. We only get their names, some of their powers
(not all of them) and their relationships and personalities. We also don’t get
to know anything new about them. So far, that isn’t really good because there
isn’t too much we know about them in the Aquaman issues and we need to know more
new stuff to keep the interest for the audience. So, it’s not a new reader friendly issue and
it feels like it was made for old readers who enjoyed The Others and read the
Aquaman’s New 52 run. I don’t think this is a good idea especially since these are
obscured characters that can probably barely sell and the most important thing
is that this is the first issue which, it supposed to introduce them to a good
solid interest for readers.
Verdict
I give this issue a 4/9 out of 5/10 stars. Aquaman and The
Others already started with a really good issue. It gives an interesting story
that will pull readers in. They tell a good job of who the members are and why
they are here. But it doesn’t give us any past history about them or anything
that makes them different besides their powers. The art is really good
especially the action and the coloring. The only problem I had is that new
readers may have trouble reading this because they won’t know much about the
characters. It really just dives into the story plot. So, it’s pretty much for
readers who have already read the Aquaman issues that have The Others and
enjoys them. But, I highly suggest newbies to still get because it’s an
interesting team with a good story and who knows you might get to know more
about them later down the road.
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