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
what you wrote applies to Abnett, even more because he separated them.