Aquaman, Vol. 1
Aquaman, Vol. 1
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This is my first exposure to aquaman and I am hooked. He's just trying to make the world a better place everyone, my kind of hero
This was fascinating as a possibly unintentional allegory about international relations and the ways that people in different nations view the USA.
To recap: we see this story from the perspective of a nation (Atlantis) that has recently entered into normalized relations with the United States after years of antagonism. A US National launches a terrorist attack on that nation's embassy in an attempt to assassinate its head of state. He fails, but ultimately manages to escape custody. The offical US government response is to seize the embassy and arrest that country's king, depriving him of access to legal cousel and diplomatic resources. US special forces then attack an Atlantean military squad, and the White House itself attempts to assassinate the king of Atlantis.
Throughout all this, the American characters act like they're the victims because people who aren't Americans aren't following their rules.
Was Dan Abnett trying to present the USA as a rogue hegemonic state, operating completely outside established rules of diplomacy? I'm not sure. The resulting text is a fascinating look at that, though, whether intentioned or not.
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1 primary book8 released booksAquaman is a 25-book series with 1 primary work first released in 1989 with contributions by Dan Abnett, Vicente Cifuentes, and 20 others.
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5 primary booksAquaman (2016) (Collected Editions) is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Dan Abnett, Phillippe Briones, and Kelly Sue DeConnick.
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11 primary booksAquaman (2016) (Single Issues) is a 1-book series first released in 2017 with contributions by Dan Abnett, Phillippe Briones, and 8 others.