I'm really in the middle on this one. It's more like a 2.5 but I gave it a 3 simply because I liked more than I disliked. This volume is kind of split. First half is just a generic looking fish monster named Chamire or whatever choosing to show how "strong" he is by going after Aquaman. It's pretty boring and honestly worried this volume would be a total dud.

Then the second half kicks in and we get Arthur traveling with mara to different portals to find his....MOMA! That's right mofos, big moma ain't dead yet! It's pretty entertaining watching him jump around to visit Mr. Grodd who's just a big old baby now days. Then we find someone important and all hell breaks loose.

What I liked: Watching Aquaman go after his moma brought up some good emotion. I loved watching him vs Grodd. Very entertaining. I also love Mara, of course, cause she so damn fine and so damn badass. Her last few panels in this book were FANTASTIC. I also am eager to see where we go from here.

What I didn't like: The first few issues were a total dud. Like the worst in the entire New52 run. I also didn't feel any emotion to a death because the character was kind of...lame? Oh and Aquaman's mom is kind of a bitch.

Overall it was decent fun but nothing to write home about. Seems that's the calling of most Aquaman stories not written by my dude Johns. Sad. Still. I SHALL FINISH THIS RUN!