Quote Originally Posted by Deku View Post
We agree that his early work was good and his later work was bad. But ultimately, I don't think the way he handled Mera had anything to do with that.
In way it does, Aquaman's comic strongest point, is the duo Arthur and Mera. Johns was clever enough to make it one of the strongest points of his run. Parker too. Abnett's downturn started when he began playing with separating them. Sales confirm that. Just as they are confirming the disaster of Deconnick currently, with again Mera and Arthur not being together.

Earlier in this thread you wrote
Quote Originally Posted by Deku View Post
I agree that Arthur and Mera not getting married and not having a child are definitely missed opportunities from Johns. But I am still happy with the Aquaman mythos he created.
what you wrote applies to Abnett, even more because he separated them.