Flashpoint Emperor Aquaman
Aquaman in the Flashpoint universe was taken to live with the Atlanteans years before, where he. This page contains information about Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman (Volume 1). Back to Comics. Monsters Unleashed #1 Review. Gigantic monsters are attacking Earth. It's up Marvel's heroes to stop them.
Up until this point, it looked like the two “Flashpoint” mini-series focusing on Aquaman and Wonder Woman would be their own little self-contained story, bringing their saga to a rise and fall. Since it’s been little more than window dressing within “Flashpoint” itself, I think it’s been a reasonable assumption, doubly so with the utter lack of intersection between those mini-series and “Flashpoint.” So with this issue? We’re told to tune into “Flashpoint” #4-5 to see how it all ends. Well, if you’re reading this comic, you’ve probably also read “Flashpoint” #4. And as a result, you know that virtually nothing with those two characters actually happens there. But we’re skipping ahead a bit, although considering how (deliberately) out-of-order “Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman” is written, that’s somewhat apt. The last of the pieces of the Aquaman and Wonder Woman story are filled in with this issue, although by this point they’re pieces that were unnecessary.
The death of Mera (telegraphed for the past two and a half months) is somehow less interesting than you can possibly imagine, and the confrontation between Aquaman and Wonder Woman where they finally compare notes is slightly lame. Vicente Cifuentes switched from inks to pencils last month (so Ardian Syaf could get ready for next month’s relaunch of the DC Universe), and he once again does a good job in his new role.
There are some slightly uneven moments-Aquaman looks surprisingly dopey for far too many panels, and that final panel of him is jaw-droppingly ridiculous-but I like that more often than not he’s able to get the regal, imperial nature of the character across on the page. The book ends on a particularly sour note, though, with a slightly ham-handed “if only this timeline had gone differently” piece of narration. I understand that Tony Bedard is trying to tie this into the whole idea of the timeline gone wrong (and I appreciate that he’s making an effort that few people have tried), but it feels overwrought and intrusive in those final pages. It’s a bad final taste (and image) to close out the mini-series, and it in some ways sums up the vast majority of the “Flashpoint” experience.
Flashpoint Aquaman
It was the road paved with good intentions, but ultimately it took us to a less than enjoyable destination.
This is the respect thread for Emperor Aquaman and his appearances during the period the DC Universe was altered to the Flashpoint timeline. Focusing on his feats and fights. Emperor Aquaman's 'profile', a more militaristic version of the character.
Aquaman's warrior training since childhood, acknowledgment as the most powerful Atlantean ever and a scene of him leading the Atlantean armies against an underwater race. The location of Atlantis and the world reaching effects of the war between Atlantis and Themyscira Now on to the actual feats. : Understandable. I really like them since they are meant to be radically different than the regular interpretations. Flashpoint is interesting (moreso than most of the other alternate reality stories) due to 2 reasons. A) It was actually the main DCU that turned to the Flashpoint universe replacing the previous one for a while b) It has become quite popular with the release of the animated feature and known to more people than the regular comic book fans. And in this universe Aquaman is one of the most important characters, so a respect thread seemed like a natural thing.
Emperor Aquaman
Of course I prefer the regular version of Aquaman, that goes without saying. Flashpoint is a unique situation because during the time of the event, that was the main universe and not some alternate reality (like Ultimate universe in Marvel).
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The characters are basically the same as pre DCnU, same powers and whatnot with the only difference being that the JL never met due to Barry's actions. So technically all feats should be valid, since the power levels were supposed to be the same, but the personalities of the characters were changed. Thanks for the info, man. Long live Emperor Aquaman!