These are all great picks. Jeff Parker's run was criminally short. They were such great adventure stories that made Aquaman's world feel massive and mysterious. The Sub Diego arc was also fantastic. It introduced one of my favorite Aqua Family members, Lorena. I loved her as Aquagirl and I have been rather sad that she has not made a return in the New 52 or in Rebirth. I do hope we see her again soon. I do have some hope since Dolphin was just recently returned. Time and Tide is a great book. Short, a great look at Aquaman's history through his eyes, and you see Aquaman hook up with a beautiful Inuit girl, Kako. A great look into how Aquaman thinks. The Waterbearer arc is phenomenal. I loved how things started to take a more mystical and magical approach (I love the magical side of DC). Aquaman gained some amazing new powers and the story was fasinating. I have not read Death of a Princes, so I cannot comment on it, but it is a crucial part of Aquaman's history and I am trying to find the trade that is not disgustingly expensive.
I feel like all Aquaman comics are underrated. Except the Geoff Johns run which is good but not even close to the best. Also, Time & Tide was collected in it's own TPB. I know because I have it, but I bought it in the 90s so maybe it's been out of print for awhile.
Question. If Aquamans mystical magical water hand had all these special abilities why couldn't it help him survive out of the water? That would've been better than those hideous god awful hydro pants he got from batman. Wasn't crazy about that run to be honest.
Ah, young padawan - so you just don't grok stories from before Watchmen? You are talking about the era when comics were actually literate, whereas after the early 90s they were decompressed and finished in five minutes. Well. I guess it's a generational thing.
