Aquaman: The Becoming
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Summary
Jackson Hyde is ready to make some waves！
Jackson Hyde finally has it all。 Mentors who support him， a community that loves him， an honest relationship with his mother， a cute new guy in Amnesty Bay who's caught his eye， and access to Aquaman's private training facility in Atlantis。 Well， he had it all—until that training facility and half of the Atlantean palace got blown to kingdom come with Jackson in them。 Now Jackson stands accused of wrecking the life he worked so hard to build。 Aqualad's going to need all of his skills， wit， and cunning just to prove his own innocence， let alone graduate from sidekick to Aquaman！
Jackson Hyde finally has it all。 Mentors who support him， a community that loves him， an honest relationship with his mother， a cute new guy in Amnesty Bay who's caught his eye， and access to Aquaman's private training facility in Atlantis。 Well， he had it all—until that training facility and half of the Atlantean palace got blown to kingdom come with Jackson in them。 Now Jackson stands accused of wrecking the life he worked so hard to build。 Aqualad's going to need all of his skills， wit， and cunning just to prove his own innocence， let alone graduate from sidekick to Aquaman！
Reviews
Chris Lemmerman
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There are only so many stories you can tell about Aqualad having to deal with his father。 We know Black Manta's a dick， and so does he， so there's no point rehashing that plot more than it needs to be。 So instead， Aquaman: The Becoming focuses on the other side of Jackson's family tree in order to craft a political thriller that takes Jackson to the heart of Xebel to find out the truth about his mother。The thing this story does well is show us that Jackson can stand on his own two feet。 This is There are only so many stories you can tell about Aqualad having to deal with his father。 We know Black Manta's a dick， and so does he， so there's no point rehashing that plot more than it needs to be。 So instead， Aquaman: The Becoming focuses on the other side of Jackson's family tree in order to craft a political thriller that takes Jackson to the heart of Xebel to find out the truth about his mother。The thing this story does well is show us that Jackson can stand on his own two feet。 This is the story about him realising that he's good enough to assume the mantle of Aquaman， and as he navigates his way through battle both political and physical， he proves it to himself just as much as the reader。 With some assistance from Mera， his wayward family， and his not-quite-boyfriend-yet Ha'wea， he manages to show that there's room in the Seven Seas for two Aquamen after all。For a six issue mini-series， there are a lot of artists involved。 Diego Orlortegui is the supposed main artist， but there are also contributions from Daniel Acuna， Scott Koblish， and Paul Pelletier across the story。 None of them are bad， but I always find it bizarre that a mini-series can't keep a consistent art team。Aquaman: The Becoming does what it says on the tin - it tells the story of Jackson Hyde inheriting the title of Aquaman， and showing to the world that he deserves it。 The artwork's all over the place， but the story has a set goal that it accomplishes without drowning under its own weight。 。。。more
Yuri
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3，5/5First of， the art is gorgeous。 Especially the character design。 I think the political setting was well established and developed。 Considering this was my first issue of this， apparently， new DC phase。 With that said， I left this comic pretty disappointed。 My disappointment comes from expectation。 I wanted this to be more focused on Jackson。 A somewhat coming of age plot， instead of political conspiracy mixed with betrayals and family drama。 The last issues inserted more personal subjects bu 3，5/5First of， the art is gorgeous。 Especially the character design。 I think the political setting was well established and developed。 Considering this was my first issue of this， apparently， new DC phase。 With that said， I left this comic pretty disappointed。 My disappointment comes from expectation。 I wanted this to be more focused on Jackson。 A somewhat coming of age plot， instead of political conspiracy mixed with betrayals and family drama。 The last issues inserted more personal subjects but it felt disconnected because that conflicts weren’t established at any point。 At least in this comic。 Overall， I might look for the sequels to this because I usually like Aquaman’s lore and I’m interested in Aqualad。 But I wish this had worked better as a standalone。 。。。more
Christian Zamora-Dahmen
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This was underwhelming at best。 The art was good， the story， not so much。 Jackson is an interesting character。 His role it he Future State storyline was beautiful， but here… it was too much， too little depth， and it got spread too thin for too many issues without anything holding it together。 The whole Xebel thing grew boring since the very first time it got mentioned。 Definitely it wasn’t enough to hold my interest。 I feel it missed the mark and it will hardly get any momentum for the subsequen This was underwhelming at best。 The art was good， the story， not so much。 Jackson is an interesting character。 His role it he Future State storyline was beautiful， but here… it was too much， too little depth， and it got spread too thin for too many issues without anything holding it together。 The whole Xebel thing grew boring since the very first time it got mentioned。 Definitely it wasn’t enough to hold my interest。 I feel it missed the mark and it will hardly get any momentum for the subsequent Aquamen title。 。。。more
Ross
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So， the Aquaman storyline has been a tangle for the last few years。 A mess that needs cleaning up。 THIS is that clean up。Jackson Hyde， the son of Black Manta and a Xebel woman， is a lot of things。 Teen Titan， Xebelian， Aquaman's assistant， LGBTQ。。。 He's also still pretty lost and finding his place。 This is definitely a transitional story。 We get a more fleshed out Xebel and how rough it is there。 We're introduced to Jackson's full family and given backstory for most。It's a good setup for the nex So， the Aquaman storyline has been a tangle for the last few years。 A mess that needs cleaning up。 THIS is that clean up。Jackson Hyde， the son of Black Manta and a Xebel woman， is a lot of things。 Teen Titan， Xebelian， Aquaman's assistant， LGBTQ。。。 He's also still pretty lost and finding his place。 This is definitely a transitional story。 We get a more fleshed out Xebel and how rough it is there。 We're introduced to Jackson's full family and given backstory for most。It's a good setup for the next step in making Jackson Aquaman vs just being a junior player as Aqualad。 。。。more
Brannigan
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A fun little thriller story。
Tuni
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I don’t usually do DC， because I like to have an idea of the full scope of the universe and I can only handle one comic universe’s tangled mythos。 But I have been wanting to try more self contained DC series。I think this hit better than some comic series I have read recently。 Was it perfect？ No， but given that I went in with essentially 0 working knowledge of Aquaman， they did a decent job of clueing me in to background。 And got me interested enough to want to continue on with Aquamen。The only r I don’t usually do DC， because I like to have an idea of the full scope of the universe and I can only handle one comic universe’s tangled mythos。 But I have been wanting to try more self contained DC series。I think this hit better than some comic series I have read recently。 Was it perfect？ No， but given that I went in with essentially 0 working knowledge of Aquaman， they did a decent job of clueing me in to background。 And got me interested enough to want to continue on with Aquamen。The only really downside for me was how muddled the ending was。 I don’t think it really did the rest of the issues justice。 。。。more
Alan
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I've missed a lot of this character's back story， so as an introduction-Not bad。 But， I'll argue Aquaman's continuity is reaching/has reached Hawkman stage。 This translates as to Film/comic book writer James Robinson said about Hawkman， and I paraphase a little hereHe's radioactive-per DC editorialI mean the story is ok， but do I care about Jackson Hyde as a character， and well the answer is not quite yet。 I've missed a lot of this character's back story， so as an introduction-Not bad。 But， I'll argue Aquaman's continuity is reaching/has reached Hawkman stage。 This translates as to Film/comic book writer James Robinson said about Hawkman， and I paraphase a little hereHe's radioactive-per DC editorialI mean the story is ok， but do I care about Jackson Hyde as a character， and well the answer is not quite yet。 。。。more
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