Polite Dissent

I’ve found the “Sub Diego” storyline in Aquaman to be one of the better arcs in recent memory. I know I’ve questioned some of its science a few times, but that’s only because the story is actually making me want to think about it, a rare commodity. The characters are interesting and Arthur is truly acting like a ruler for the first time in years.

The art is quite nice and detailed and full of lots of fun little bits in the panel backgrounds. I particularly like the big fish eating the medium fish eating the small fish picture on the page with the TSCO (Top-Secret Conspiratorial Organization).

I still have concerns about some plot points, though…
1. Are dogs the only animals (beside Man) who converted? Surely other animals were fed tap water too.
2. I just realized that all the health-freaks drinking bottled water would have died. Only those people who actually drank tap water would have survived. Is that selection good or bad though?
3. Can all of the denizens of Sub Diego communicate with sea-life now too? The end of the issue seems to suggest that.
4. The electric eel is a freshwater fish, not salt water.

(In repsonse to Tim’s concern last month about Lorena’s top staying on:

Does is not seem that if someone were really swimming that fast their skimpy yellow tube top would, um, slide off?

He’s absolutely right. It was originally her headband.)