Aquaman: The Becoming #6

Aquaman: The Becoming #6

by Brandon Thomas

Final issue, leading directly into the Aquamen #1 launch! Alongside family old and new, Jackson Hyde races to stop the next big undersea terrorist attack-and this time, Mera’s the target! But if he hopes to overcome his greatest enemy yet and protect the people he loves most, he’ll have to stop waiting for someone to give him permission to lead. It’s time for Jackson to reach out and take the mantle of Aquaman!

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics

Paperback

Published February 15, 2022

About the author

Brandon Thomas is the writer and co-creator of critically-acclaimed comics series EXCELLENCE (Skybound/Image), HORIZON (Skybound/Image) and THE MANY ADVENTURES OF MIRANDA MERCURY. Previous work includes the comics series NOBLE (Lion Forge), VOLTRON (Dynamite), and FANTASTIC FOUR TALES (Marvel).

NOBLE #1 was awarded the Fist Award for Best International Comic by the 2017 Lagos Comic-Con, in recognition of best usage of characters/stories based on persons of African descent. NOBLE was also nominated for 2019 Glyph Comics Awards in six categories: Story Of The Year; Best Cover (winner); Best Writer; Best Artist (winner); Best Male Character (winner); and Best Female Character.

Since 2003, Brandon has written comics for several publishers, including Marvel, Lion Forge, Arcade, Dynamite, and DC Entertainment, and has published over 300 original columns as part of the Ambidextrous series. His first creator-owned project THE MANY ADVENTURES OF MIRANDA MERCURY shipped from Archaia Entertainment to widespread critical success, leading to his biggest comics projects to date — the sci-fi conspiracy thriller HORIZON (co-created with artist Juan Gedeon), and the action fantasy series EXCELLENCE (co-created with artist Khary Randolph) — both published by Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment.

Brandon also hosts The Two Brandons podcast with Eisner-Nominated writer Brandon Easton (Transformers: War For Cybertron, Star Trek: Year Five, Vampire Hunter D: The Series).

He lives and writes in Southern California with his wife and son.

Reviews

[B!!! · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay this 6 issue run was beautiful and perfect. Jackson’s turmoil with finally taking the mantle as aquaman and learning to deal with failures was great. He is at the tipping point where he still blames himself for everything and is angry and I’m excited to see how he will deal with and cope with it in Aquamen!!!!

[Mery ✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75/5

[Nicolás · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 / 5 ⭐️

Okay, I’ve had my fair share of struggling through this series, but this ending really made it worth it for me! I love how much is left to be talked and discussed and explored further with, and I love to see how Jackson has progressed as a character AND the people around him. I’m loving how it’s portrayed of his struggles and his changes and how that’s happening and occurring.

I really enjoyed this ending! And this whole series in general was great, I have no regrets :D

[Annemarie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series had it's ups and downs, but this was a very powerful issue. While the timeline skips were not always the best timed imo, the issue itself was very good. I loved the art as well, and I'm glad this story will continue in Aquamen (2022-) #1, which I'll definitely be picking up.

[Burton Olivier · Rating 3 out of 5]

Looking forward to Aquamen even if Jackson is kind of an annoying teen but that's okay, he's been through a lot

[Skye · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a rather unsatisfying conclusion.

[Aradhna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jackson is very Angry Young Man trope but it does work and that end surprised me though now I have to go read Aquamen.