Aquaman: Andromeda Puts DC’s King in Deep Sea Sci-Fi Horror

After his solo movie made some fairly massive waves again in 2018, DC’s been constructing out Aquaman’s nook of the DC universe with varied occasion books and miniseries framed round his supporting solid. For Arthur Curry’s latest title, DC is bringing the King of Atlantis over to their prestigious Black Label in a miniseries that each seems to be and sounds fairly superior.

The three-issue Aquaman: Andromeda—from author Ram V (Venom, Catwoman, Swamp Thing), and artist Christian Ward (Black Bolt, Blood Stained Teeth)—will see Arthur Curry within the real-world location of Point Nemo. Nemo is notable for being the furthest level of the planet’s oceans away from land, and he’ll must enterprise there to rescue a bunch of scientists who’ve traveled there within the titular Andromeda submarine. But the Andromeda isn’t simply any regular submarine: it’s operating on an experimental engine pushed by a black gap, and the crew has simply discovered “a spaceship graveyard.” Naturally, that piques Black Manta’s curiosity, and Aquaman isn’t far behind—however one thing is threatening to get up, and it sounds fairly alien.

Andromeda is a “sci-fi horror human character drama,” in response to Ram V, and new territory for the superhero. So a lot of the character’s storylines and historical past all through the many years has leaned into (underwater) swords and sorcery, leaving science fiction and horror notably untapped wells. Those two genres are areas through which Ram V excels, and he’s definitely excited to deliver his experience to Arthur Curry. Speaking to CBR, he talked about the way it was necessary to make sure how he and Ward had been “presenting a concept and an idea that genuinely felt fresh and new…I wanted to see if we could drop it into a different genre and make it work.”

Going to such uncharted waters means a brand new outfit, and that’s the place the Coral Suit is available in. On Twitter, Ward talked in regards to the creation strategy of the brand new threads. While he at all times knew he needed the swimsuit to include coral, it was Ram describing the e-book’s tackle Arthur as “mythical and ancient” that helped slim down the main focus. By seeking to to movies like Bram Stoker’s Dracula and David Lynch’s Dune for inspiration, Ward discovered a glance he’s very a lot happy with, and he thanked DC for letting him “go bananas” for the brand new look, which you’ll be able to see within the cowl down beneath.

Overall, this e-book appears like a real blast. V’s an actual good author, Ward is a hell of an artist, and DC Black Label has had a stable output of books as of late. Combined with the truth that there’s certainly some scary shit deep beneath the ocean, and Aquaman: Andromeda appears like a title value testing when it debuts on June 7.

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