While the Justice League/Aquaman Throne of Atlantis crossover got off to a great start, it loses its footing a bit in Justice League #16. The issue recovers by the end, but at that point the cliffhanger will either have you excited or make you roll your eyes. This issue amounts to a whole lot of piece-moving in a war of murky motivations and superpowered beings, but it's not so bad when the pieces are so gorgeously drawn by Ivan Reis.
Reis carries this book with page after page of detailed heroes performing one dynamic feat after another. Ocean Master shows off his electrifying powers, Wonder Woman works her lasso better than Indiana Jones with a whip, and Superman uses his heat vision in a spectacular display of intensity. Although, some of the action and will have you backtracking to figure out who got thrown where and by who. The Atlantean horde looks particularly impressive with its many layers of progressively bigger sea monsters.
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