World's Finest #37 came out last week, wrapping up the underwater adventure that writer Mark Waid and artist Adrian Gutierrez have sent our heroes into.
I will start with the most amazing thing about this story ... perhaps the most amazing thing that Mark Waid has ever done. He made Ronal both sympathetic and interesting.
The story itself, the Floronic Man using 'magic plants' to pit the twin cities of Atlantis against each other, is a bit of a stretch. I still don't know why he simply couldn't harvest these plants on the downlow. Or replant these plants somewhere else and create his own crop. And the wrap-up to the story is sort of a secondary part of the tale which seems more about the burden of leadership and how it can strain relationships. Whether it is Aquaman who is accused as an absent leader or Ronal who is so consumed by leadership that he has lost himself, being a leader is difficult.
The art by Adrian Gutierrez remains fun and energetic. I am amazed at how he continued to remind me this is an undersea story by adding bubbles and wave lines throughout.
But overall, I feel this story was a little stretched out when comparing to other arc in this title. Still fun!
On to the story.
