Pros
-We need to have more moments of Aquaman and Batman talking to each other. Geoff Johns has a great voice for both characters and they have a lot in common if you think about it.
-Great opening sequence with Gotham City being flooded. Johns had a great moment with Gordon and it really brings an impact that people are dying as this is happening.
-This is the first issue with Paul Pelletier as new artist and he is a pretty good choice to replace Ivan Reis. Now he is no where near as impactful as Reis was with his pencils. But still, I liked his style which is a mix of Chris Sprouse layouts and Cully Hamner’s designs. It is cartoony which is good because we really shouldn’t have had an artist here that is similar to Reis. His layouts for the opening sequence was impressive and it makes me happy that DC got a nice replacement for this series.

Cons
-Not much really happens here if you read ‘Justice League’. We see Aquaman and Mera save people in Gotham but apart from that it is basically an issue to sum up what is happening and leads up to the main crux of the ‘mini-event’.
-Pelletier is a good artist, but some of his character designs are a bit ‘off’. His noses, oddly specific I know, in general really bugged me. Superman and Aquaman have either Popeye noses or just circles attached to their faces.

Summary
-While nothing much happens in this second installment of ‘Throne of Atlantis’, Geoff Johns still puts in some exciting stuff in here to make it an enjoyable issue. Paul Pelletier’s first issue on this series is the real focus here and he is a good replacement for Ivan Reis. Again, he’s no Ivan Reis, but his style is really different and it suits this character just fine. He was a make or break for me to stick with this book and thankfully he does such a great job I know this book is in good hands now.