What can you do that we can't Aquaman?

[Figuremod73]

The biggest difference these day, i think, is that writers arent as inventive when writing for him. His title from the sixties had some pretty good stories. I like that at least an effort is being put for to try and make him cool.

[ctc]

>But what's odd is there are dozens of issues where Batman, who everyone thinks is super-cool, is put in an environments, like snow-capped mountains/deserts/outer space, where his bat costume serves no useful purpose and he looks absurd. And nobody seems to have a problem with that.

Batman gets a save from the ol’ “most popular wins” clause. His years of training, or some Bat-gadget invariably give him the edge. Look at the last Justice League cartoon; durned near EVERY episode featured Bats saving the day. Somehow.

But Bats gets something of a pass on that ‘cos he’s SUPPOSED to be the human Swiss army knife; either through his myriad gadgets, or insanely diverse training and experiences. (Depending on which version you’re currently perusing.) Aquaman doesn’t get the same break ‘cos he’s always “guy who talks to fish and doesn’t drown so easily.” It’s a lot harder to work around those limits.

>writers arent as inventive when writing for him.

They aren’t; but part of the problem is the fans who want “serious” stories and would balk at some of the wackier hyjinx. Even the ones that aren’t THAT wacky. The “Brave and the Bold” cartoon had an interesting take on him, by making him a larger than life, swashbuckling Erol Flynn type; but that was a kids cartoon and they could get away with more than a comic.

>Im one of those that happen to like the old 70s Namor costume

So.... YOU’RE the guy!

>It's like him and Dazzler are now borrowing each other's clothes

“Relinquish those boots, female! Prince Namor does battle with his arch-enemy Attuma, and his current footwear clashes with his Speedo!”

>they have alluded to the fact that it is one object of power amidst a set

Makes sense, but it also sounds like DC’s go at an “Infinity Gauntlet” sort of thing.

>Waaaay back when I was a diehard role playing gamer,

You don’t have to make excuses. We’re ALL nerds here.

>If he can move just as fast as we can while underwater, imagine how fast he'd be on the surface, his reflexes would be insane. He's got to be fairly invulnerable to survive the depths of the oceans and immensely strong.


Which is all true and valid, and he’s presented as being well above the human norm physically.... but you’ve run up against the arch-nemesis of the golden age hero: physics. Realistically he’d need to be ASTOUNDINGLY durable; (or is that AMAZINGLY so? MONSTROUSLY perhaps? HAW! Gamer in-joke!) But since cartoonists back in the day neither knew about or CARED about such things they wrote with no concept of the horrific pressure exerted by the ocean depths so ol’ Arthur Curry gets the short-shrift there. The ocean floor is always brightly lit, bereft of pressure and a quick swim away. (If you want to get all realistic, think of the cardiovascular system he’d need to go from the bottom to the surface as fast as he does in the comics!)


Don C.

[samurainoir]

>they have alluded to the fact that it is one object of power amidst a set

Makes sense, but it also sounds like DC’s go at an “Infinity Gauntlet” sort of thing.

Makes sense to me, but it might also be that Geoff Johns has no doub made some major Bank by creating an entire universe of various differently coloured Green Lantern characters that are all over the comic shops and toy stores this past year.

I wouldn't doubt if he's got a new toyetic character creation or reinvention/revamp for to go along with each of these other objects.

[samurainoir]

#7 solicits

Who destroyed Atlantis? In the start of a new storyline, we follow the hunter as he stalks and kills his prey, claiming their weapons and armor as trophies. A golden shield, a golden helm…and the final prize is the most powerful of all: a golden trident. The only problem is, he’s going to have to go through Aquaman to get it. Who is he? What is the secret of Aquaman’s trident? And how does this all tie into the destruction of Atlantis?

Johns also revisits the Aquaman in the desert scenario in issue #5...

Aquaman has been left for dead in the middle of the desert! But how did the King of Atlantis find himself marooned in such a hellish environment? As Aquaman struggles to survive impossible odds, what extreme measures will he resort to in order to stay alive?

[samurainoir]

[thunderbolt]

so the Mrs Roper jewelry and anti-theft chain were just junked up stuff from Lee and not used in the monthly?

[thunderbolt]

The way the Justice League book is starting is horrendous. It reeks of hack job, amateur night. This was a HUGE mistake to start your flagship book as a prequel of sorts. Four issues in and it's nothing more than a junk-measuring contest.

Thank you, I've been trying to put it into words what JLA was about and that is it. Drawn out waste of time for what should be a huge epic battle storyline.

[PNGwynne]

There is an upcoming storyline supposedly explaining what is so special out his trident and why he carries it around, they have alluded to the fact that it is one object of power amidst a set.

It seems I remember, back in the Peter David title, that Arthur actually kicked the god Triton's (son of Poseidon) butt to claim ownership of the trident.

[samurainoir]

It seems I remember, back in the Peter David title, that Arthur actually kicked the god Triton's (son of Poseidon) butt to claim ownership of the trident.

Interesting! A little bit of a cool tie in to Wonder Woman.

On repeated occasion, Aquaman has fought Triton, the other dimensional being of incredible power who was worshipped as a god by Ancient Greece and whose father is the even more powerful Poseidon. Triton has never liked the fact that Aquaman is considered "king of the seven seas" by the modern world and has repeatedly tried to humiliate him.

In one story, Triton sent his father Poseidon into Hades, the afterlife world of the Greek Pantheon and their ilk, and then wreaked havoc on Earth. Aquaman confronted Triton and then tricked the competitive god into sending him to Hades as well. But rather than let Charon, the ferryman of Styx and the Ancient Greek version of the grim reaper, escort him to the land of the dead, Arthur had a different plan: He punched Charon in the face, took his boat, hit him again with said boat, took down the three-headed demon dog Cerberus, and then talked Lord Hades into releasing him and Poseidon. Back in the land of the living, Poseidon helped bring down Triton and then gave Aquaman his famous trident as a keepsake, believing the hero was more noble than those who called themselves gods.