Of the six regular issues collected here, plus an annual and an issue of Swamp Thing, two have Aquaman fighting a giant sea monster called a Karaqan, two have Aquaman fighting ancient demons, and one has Aquaman fighting the mythological Hercules. Again, however, these school friends play no part afterward, such to make it unclear what Parker's going for. Artist Paul Pelletier goes too over-the-top with Mera's dress (and buxomness) in the party sequence, but there's something utterly endearing about Arthur and Mera drinking beers around a campfire with his school friends in the end, that again wouldn't work with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, or so on. This high school reunion-type story wouldn't work with an identity-revealed Superman because Superman's just too much a godlike figure, but Aquaman's punchline notoriety (tinged with a hint of danger since the Atlantis war) situates him perfectly to be cajoled and jeered by the high school crowd. However, Parker hits on something that Johns set up but never explored, that Arthur was at one point a normal teenager in this town of Amnesty Bay, and so had school friends and a normal life before Atlantis ever came into the picture. The sequence is too predictable by half, with the requisite bullies and jealousy and eventual reconciliations it also comes in an odd break from the main action and is never referenced in this book again.
In the third chapter of Sea of Storms, Parker has Aquaman Arthur Curry and Mera attend Arthur's high school reunion. There are some cute ideas here a couple chapters in, but they get lost in the book's somewhat haphazard structure. Whereas Johns delivered dynamic, mythos-building stories with Aquaman villains Black Manta, Ocean Master, and the Scavenger, there's little here of note from Parker, just a series of action sequences involving threats unlikely to ever be seen again. Unfortunately, after four volumes of Geoff Johns's strong world- and character-building, Parker's first Aquaman outing pales in comparison.
5: Sea of Storms with a bunch of giant monsters, if that's your idea of fun. And when Aquaman's trident is stolen, a host of ancient evils is freed from a mysterious portal along with the Greek demigod, Hercules! * Collects Aquaman #26-31, Aquaman Annual #2, and issue #32 of Swamp Thing.Jeff Parker populates Aquaman Vol. * The "Sea of Storms" story arc begins with the debut of new Aquaman writer Jeff Parker (Batman '66)! Aquaman faces a forgotten Atlantean legend: the Karaqan! A massive crustacean of incredible power, the Karaqan once served the King of Atlantis, but now poses as one of his greatest threats.
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