The Aquaman story really starts to find its sea legs in this issue, and depending on how it shakes out, I think I'll enjoy it a lot. No zombie sharks to be seen this time; it's all about him, Mera and a hinted-at dark secret she's been hiding from him. I wonder if this is the same 'you never told him' that we were scratching our heads about back in Blackest Night: Wonder Woman. If so, that's some good long-term planning there, Geoff Johns.

The Hawkman/Hawkgirl and Deadman stories I could take or leave. It's encouraging, though, that Johns is starting to pace the issue a little faster, focusing on three stories instead of five or six. They're inching closer to those issues dealing with the new Aqualad, so I'm hopeful there'll be a cool payoff there.