![]() ![]() Essentially, it seems DeConnick is using the "six issues to a trade" (five, here) format as it was perhaps best intended - not feeling the need to slot in an action sequence every issue, but rather just letting the story build naturally to its conclusion. ![]() In terms of "talkiness," Amnesty's structure is interesting - two issues telling Arthur's origin and recent history in flashback, an issue that largely consists of Arthur chatting with Wonder Woman and a history of his home of Amnesty Bay, an issue of Arthur and new Aqualad Jackson Hyde hanging out, and then finally a closing battle with a sea monster. But again, the core seems to be the characters - many of them familiar - and that's far, far better than the book starting over from scratch. There's a heavy dose of court politics here, plus a sprinkling of sea-supernatural and even a couple of supervillains. This second volume, however, is thoroughly set in the mythos Arthur has occupied since the New 52 and into Rebirth, and DeConnick excels in simply putting the characters in rooms and letting them talk to one another. ![]() Last time around featured an amnesic Arthur Curry among some esoteric water gods - a blank slate story that didn't feel much related to Aquaman necessarily. 2: Amnesty is a lot more set-up than superhero action, but if this is an indication of what Kelly Sue DeConnick's Aquaman run will truly be like, I'm all for it. ![]()
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