Year of the Villain: Ocean Master #1

This book is totally worth your time and money. Enjoyable from start to finish and filled with breath-taking art and surprises. Read Full Review

Watters' writing is usually best known for twisty, dark storytelling with the occasional deep bout of body horror. However, he takes those horror-influenced elements and somehow manages to make them work perfectly in this tale that finds Orm return to the place he called home with a harrowing tale of monsters and horrors deep below the sea. Read Full Review

Ocean Master #1 is an enchanting character study that is sure to please Aquaman experts and first-time readers. It's inspired, beautiful, heartbreaking just as any mythic tale should be. Read Full Review

This was not your typical Year of the Villain one-shot and I think Orm fans will be very happy about that. Dan Watters gets Ocean Master back in the game, stays true to the character and sets him up for bigger and badder things down the line. This was a pleasant surprise and one I can recommend to any Aquaman fan out there. Read Full Review

At its core, this is a story of change. Whether or not this change is purely a change in the circumstances surrounding its main character, or a more profound change for Ocean Master, is left up to the reader. Read Full Review

The "Year of the Villain" fully comes for Ocean Master in this one-shot, and the end result is interesting. Read Full Review

Diving deep into the depths, the tale of Ocean Master provides a beautiful story of his continued fall from internal peace. Read Full Review

It is not bad for a character that I pretty much have written off. Read Full Review

Ocean Master #1 is exciting and emotionally satisfying and makes you eager to dive into Orm's next adventure in the pages of Aquaman, especially as Ocean Master sets up his own Kingdom, rivalling Atlantis. Read Full Review

TJMB3891

Dec 15, 2019

This was an amazing issue and truly stands out from all the rest of the Year of the Villain one-shots. Dan Watters shines here and shows us why he's an amazing up-and-coming writer. He really did his homework when it comes to what's been going on in Aquaman and with Orm/Ocean Master in the continuity of Aquaman. Definitely someone to watch out for. Miguel Mendonca does an incredible job on pencils with some gorgeous colors from Ivan Plascencia's to match. This something I highly recommend.

Azrael

Dec 13, 2019

Ocean Master is an underrated villain and this issue also ties up a loose end of the Drowned Earth story.

Br'er Lapin AKA 20-Ish Ceiln

Dec 21, 2019

This was a surprise, at least before I saw Dan Watters credited.

M1sf1r3

Dec 11, 2019

Prelude: This is actually a good time to be reviewing YotV: Ocean Master as I had just reviewed Aquaman: Throne of Atlantis. Time to see how Orm is going. The Good: I like that nothing has been forgiven from Orm's actions in Drowned Earth and Mera: Queen of Atlantis. It's interesting to explore this side of Orm's character. I like the whole mythological side to this issue. The Bad: It feels like there is just one part too many in this issue. Conclusion: An interesting story about Orm and his former family with some mythology and Atlantis' underground (Looks like the Ninth). However I do feel like it was slightly overstuffed.

Spacey Medicine

Jan 03, 2020

This one was pretty good but I dunno, I’m sad about his land family. Landily? Familand.

Psycamorean

Dec 12, 2019

This was good enough. I'm not really interested in Ocean Master. I think that's why my rating is lower than the others. This is a competent issue. I just didn't really enjoy reading it.