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Best of 2025: Aquaman

Powered up after the events of "Absolute Power," King Arthur of Atlantis returns in a new ongoing title written by Jeremy Adams and illustrated by John Timms. With a new supporting cast and a Vernesque take to his adventures, Aquaman is now one of the most powerful beings on Earth and beyond. Aquaman Artwork John Timms The premise of this book in its first year revolves around the loss of Atlantis and all its citizens, chiefly among them Queen Mera, Princess Andrina, the Titan Tempest, and Aquaman Jackson Hyde. Aquaman is on a mission to find his vanished kingdon, rescue his family, and unveil the connnection between their disappearance and Darkseid's apparent fall in DC's "All-In Special." Separating him from the Justice League, Adams gives Aquaman a new supporting cast and a new team. These are not The Others from his youth, either; this is an ensemble of characters that long-time readers may find familiar: Arion the Sorcerer, the mermaid Lori Lemaris, th...

Best of 2025: Green Lantern Corps

Reborn from the ashes after the events of "Civil Corps," the Green Lantern Corps made its splashy return in 2025 with a namesake new monthly series, written by Morgan Hampton and Jeremy Adams, and featuring artwork by renown artists Fernando Pasarín, Amancay Nahuelpan, and V. Ken Marion. The Green Lantern Corps Artwork by Fernando Pasarín, Oclair Albert, Arif Prianto While the main Green Lantern series focuses on Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner, the Corps book puts the spotlight on the other emerald crusaders, namely John Stewart, Guy Gardner, Jessica Cruz, Simon Baz, Sojourner Mullein, Sinestro, Teen Lantern Keli Quintela, and lantern construct Ellie Stewart. With a roll call like that, one would think that Hampton and Adams already had their hands full trying to juggle such a large cast, but their stories have been so well structured that they even had room for other supporting characters like Hawkwoman, Kilowog, Razer, Mogo, Aya, Space Cabbie, Atrocitus and his Red Lanterns, a...