Unfortunate Choice 1: Aquaman

Trying out something new.  Unfortunate Choice is a new column dedicated to comics that have unintentionally made a serious situation silly, or a comedic reference that sounds sexual in nature, or just in general a different meaning came through than what was intended.  For the first one, a very recent Aquaman splash page.






Its supposed to be a super dramatic ending to the second part of Throne of Atlantis, somewhat of a cliffhanger to keep us excited until the next two issues come out at the end of January.  ...But I just keep snickering at how on the nose it is.  "You've FORCED MY HAND" and suddenly he's got Aqua-Tourette's and can't keep himself from strangling Bruce.  

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