Name: Aquaman: Andromeda #1
Published by: DC comics
Writter: Ram V
Artist: Christian Ward
Letterer: Aditya Bidikar
Well, Aquaman doesn't seem to have a lot of Elseworlds tales, but with the new 'Black Label' line from DC, he does get his spot to shine. This one is a moody issue just setting up the story and characters, but the beautiful drawing and intriguing mystery will definitely make anyone reading this charged for issue two.
The crew of the experimental submarine Andromeda, powered by a mysterious black-hole drive, have been chosen to investigate a mysterious object that landed in the 'spaceship greaveyard' known as Point Nemo. But they aren’t the only ones pursuing it. It has also attracted Aquaman and Black Manta.
The prose is crisp and tight with no room for idle banter, the non super powered characters seems interesting so far, Manta is as fiendishly awesome as ever (despite only being in a few pages) and Aquaman has plenty of room for breaking his stereotype as this is out of continuity.
The art is gorgeous and demands your attention due to its unusual use of colours to give readers the sense of being really deep underwater.
All in all, very promising stuff so far, 4 out of 5 stars.
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