Mera guides Aquaman as he uses his newfound ... a crack about his 'talking to fish' power. The best thing about Aquaman #1 is that it doesn't try to make a counterargument to that line of thinking.

With aid from Nuidis Vulko and the gorgeous Mera, Arthur must discover the full potential of his true destiny and become Aquaman in order to save Atlantis and the surface from Orm's evil plot.

As Aquaman gets us up to speed on recent developments, the ensuing montage has the oily fingerprints of strange re-workings, as though it were edited to excise Amber Heard’s Mera (his baby’s ...