What to Read Before/After “Aquaman Vol. 4: Echoes of a Life Lived Well” – Plus References In It
Are you interested in reading Aquaman Vol. 4: Echoes of a Life Lived Well? Want to know what to read before it? After it? Or do you just want to have some of the references in it explained?
If you’re interested in any of this, you’re in the right place. This article will look at what to read before Aquaman Vol. 4: Echoes of a Life Lived Well, what to read after Aquaman Vol. 4: Echoes of a Life Lived Well, and references in Aquaman Vol. 4: Echoes of a Life Lived Well. In this way, it is a full continuity breakdown of this volume.
What to Read Before Aquaman Vol. 4: Echoes of a Life Lived Well
Aquaman Vol. 4: Echoes of a Life Lived Well directly continues the storyline from Aquaman Vol. 3: Manta vs. Machine (Continuity).
Aquaman Vol. 4: Echoes of a Life Lived Well also features Aqualad and highlights his relationship with his father. If you want to be familiar with this relationship before going into this volume, you can also read the “Blood of the Manta” story arc from Teen Titans #9-11, collected in Teen Titans Vol. 2: The Rise of Aqualad (Review).
What to Read After Aquaman Vol. 4: Echoes of a Life Lived Well
Aquaman Vol. 4: Echoes of a Life Lived Well in the final volume in this series. The characters appear in the Justice League: Endless Winter crossover event (Reading Order), specifically in the Aquaman issue from this crossover. Their appearance there serves as somewhat of an afterword for what happens at the end of this volume but is still relatively small. So, this effectively concludes this Aquaman and Aquaman-family storyline for the New Justice era.
The next significant continuation of this storyline is in Aquaman: The Becoming. This story arc mostly focuses on Aqualad but still features Aquaman, Mera, and more.
References in Aquaman Vol. 4: Echoes of a Life Lived Well
- The relationship between Aqualad and his father is mostly explained in the “Blood of the Manta” story arc from Teen Titans #9-11, collected in Teen Titans Vol. 2: The Rise of Aqualad (Review).
- Orm lost the crown of Atlantis in the Aquaman: Throne of Atlantis crossover event (Reading Order).
- The story behind Orm’s son is briefly shown in Mera: Queen of Atlantis (Review).
- Lernaea’s story is detailed in Year of the Villain: Ocean Master #1, which is currently uncollected.
- It is mentioned that Aquaman was once able to control the Trench with something. This is shown in Aquaman Vol. 4: Death of a King (Review) from Geoff John’s run on Aquaman (Reading Order).