Arthur is currently trying to save the surface world from the attacks of Atlantis that for some reason are persecuting him and he wants to survive their attacks he will need to join with other people with similar objectives as his.
At this point people must know that this is a direction that was mandated by DC Comics that sadly uses one of the most overused plot-points in Aquaman's history: Arthur Vs. Atlantis. After the great work that both Geoff Johns and Jeff Parker have done to cement Arthur's place as King is frankly a disappointment to see this old tropes return and it's also handled by Cullen Bunn, a writer I'm not particularly fond of, so how does it fares?
I would say, it's not as bad as I was expecting.
There are some things that I still don't like though, the writing itself doesn't really present a distinctive style nor voice which is typical from Bunn's work but I still wish he would improve in those aspects. However, there are other things that I do enjoy like the more supernatural and mystical direction that the author is taking by focusing on magic and the different new abilities that Arthur and his weapons have, I'm actually interested in those.
The story itself is as predictable as you would expect, Arthur and Mera are somehow in war with each other and there's not a clear explanation about why this is happening yet and the ending of this issue doesn't really present a clear direction either.
Trevor McCarthy is in charge of the pencils and his work is pretty creative with inventive layouts and storytelling that might not be that clear but it certainly looks good.
Overall, I still wouldn't recommend this issue but again, it could have been worse.
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