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JLA Presents: Aztek The Ultimate Man by Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, N. Steven Harris and Keith Champagne
01/07/2008 . Source: Geoff Willmetts 
pub: Titan/DC comics. 240 page graphic novel. Price: £12.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84576-783-3. Buy JLA Presents: Aztek The Ultimate Man in the USA - or Buy JLA Presents: Aztek The Ultimate Man in the UK  check out website: www.titanbooks.comand www.dccomics.com
The DC Earth had a new city in 1996 called Vanity, a home for a new set of villains and one hero, the newly arrived Aztek. Actually, he didn't have a name. That was given to him by the media. He didn't even have much of a Christian name although much later into the ten issues covered in this book we learn its Uno. On one level, he's well-informed and the other, totally naïve with a dash of being sneaky when he takes over the civilian identity of a dead super-villain even if he looks nothing like him.
Aztek is the representative of the Q-Foundation with super-powers generated from the spiky high-tech helmet of Quetzalcoatl he wears. It isn't until after many battles, including a run-in with the Joker, that we discover that the Q-Foundation is being funded by LexCorp which sorts out several of his problems at a stroke to line him up to join the Justice League.
Only he doesn't know that. These problems by the way, resolve the problem of his secret identity, make him immensely wealthy and give him a penthouse apartment. If anything, this turns him into something like the typical DC hero except he doesn't have any business interests and serves as a doctor in the local hospital.
As I'm quite new to this character, I don't know quite where this is leading. No doubt a second volume will sort that out even if some of it is telegraphed as to where it is going. The only thing I'm really apparent of is a little jump in continuity in the latter issues suggesting he must have had some cross-overs in other comicbooks.
I'm still not sure how much involvement Grant Morrison has with the storylines as there is no forward but the Joker two-parter rings more of him than Mark Millar. This shouldn't put you off as this book is both readable and neatly drawn given you a new city and super-villains to look at. It also features the Batman and the third Earth-born Green Lantern.
It's also very odd in that I have nothing bad to say about this book other than can't help thinking it must have had a finite life only cos I haven't seen any mention of him in the later mags like '52'. That would ultimately mean Aztek might not be around much, well at least as far as the JLA is concerned. So, if you want to find out more about this character, look into this book.
GF Willmetts
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