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Aquaman

October 13, 2023

For other uses, see Aquaman (disambiguation).
"Arthur Curry" redirects here. For the military general, see Arthur Currie.
"Aquaman II" redirects here. For the 2023 film, see Aquaman 2.

Aquaman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in More Fun Comics #73 (November 1941).[1]. Initially a backup feature in DC's anthology titles, Aquaman later starred in several volumes of a solo comic book series. During the late 1950s and 1960s superhero-revival period known as the Silver Age, he was a founding member of the Justice League. In the 1990s Modern Age, writers interpreted Aquaman's character more seriously, with storylines depicting the weight of his role as king of Atlantis.[2]

Aquaman
Variant cover of Aquaman: Rebirth #1 (August 2016).
Art by Brad Walker.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceMore Fun Comics #73 (November 1941)
Created byMort Weisinger
(writer)
Paul Norris
(artist)
In-story information
Alter egoArthur Curry
Species
  • Atlantean-demigod hybrid (2019–present)
  • Human-Atlantean hybrid (some continuities)
Place of originAtlantis (Earth)
Team affiliations
Partnerships
Notable aliasesOrin
King of the Seven Seas
Dweller-in-the-Depths
Aquatic Ace
Marine Marvel
Terra Firma
Rider of King Tide
AC
Protector of the Deep
Abilities
  • Superhuman strength, intelligence, durability, endurance, speed, agility, and senses
  • Telepathic control of all aquatic life
  • Divine empowerment
  • Weather manipulation and electricity manipulation via trident
  • Hydrokinesis
  • Magic
  • Aquatic adaptation
  • Master strategist, tactician, and field commander

The son of a human lighthouse-keeper and the queen of Atlantis, Aquaman is the alias of Arthur Curry, who also goes by the Atlantean name Orin. Others to use the title of Aquaman include a short-lived human successor, Joseph Curry; his protégé Jackson Hyde; and the mysterious Adam Waterman, who was briefly active during World War II. Aquaman's comic books are filled with colourful undersea characters and a rich supporting cast, including his mentor Vulko, his powerful wife Mera, and various sidekicks such as Aqualad, Aquagirl, and Dolphin. Aquaman stories tend to blend high fantasy and science fiction. His villains include his archenemy Black Manta and his own half-brother Ocean Master, among others.

The character's original 1960s animated appearances left a lasting impression, making Aquaman widely recognized in popular culture and one of the world's most recognized superheroes. Jokes about his wholesome, weak portrayal in Super Friends and perceived feeble powers and abilities have been staples of comedy programs and stand-up routines,[3][4][5] leading DC at several times to attempt to make the character edgier or more powerful in the comic books.[6] Modern comic book depictions have attempted to reconcile these various aspects of his public perception, with many versions often casting Aquaman as serious and brooding, weighed down by his public reputation, his responsibilities as king, and the complex world of Atlantean politics.[7]

Aquaman has been featured in several adaptations, first appearing in animated form in the 1967 The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure and then in the related Super Friends program. Since then he has appeared in various animated productions, including prominent roles in the 2000s series Justice League and Justice League Unlimited and Batman: The Brave and the Bold, as well as several DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Actor Alan Ritchson also portrayed the character in the live action television show Smallville. In the DC Extended Universe, actor Jason Momoa portrays the character in the films Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League and its director's cut Zack Snyder's Justice League, Aquaman, the HBO Max series Peacemaker, The Flash, and the upcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.[8][9][10]

Publication history Edit

Aquaman's appearances began in More Fun Comics #73 in 1941 and continued until issue #107, after which all superhero stories were replaced with humor features. At this time, in 1946, Aquaman was transferred to Adventure Comics with issue #103 along with the other superhero features from More Fun Comics. Aquaman would continue to feature in Adventure Comics for the next 15 years, being one of the few DC superheroes to appear continuously throughout the 1950s.

In 1961, Aquaman starred in a four-issue run in the anthology series Showcase in issues #30–33. These Showcase issues are notable as Aquaman's first cover appearances in any comic. Simultaneously, the Aquaman backup feature ended in Adventure Comics with issue #284 and was transferred to Detective Comics with issue #293.

Soon thereafter, the first Aquaman solo series began, with the first issue cover-dated February 1962. The same month, the backup feature in Detective Comics ended with issue #300. Simultaneously with the solo series, an Aquaman backup feature was also published in World's Finest #125–139 (cover-dated May 1962 to February 1964). The solo series Aquaman would last 56 issues in its initial run until 1971.

After a three-year hiatus, Aquaman returned as a backup feature in Adventure Comics for issues #435–437 before becoming the main feature in issues #441–452. This run transitioned into a revival of the Aquaman solo series in 1977, resuming the initial run's numbering at #57; however, the series ended after just seven issues with #63 in 1978.

Aquaman once again returned to Adventure Comics as part of the Dollar Comics revamp of the series, appearing in issues #460–466 over 1978–1979. When this ended, Aquaman appeared in three issues of World's Finest Comics (#262–264) and then returned to Adventure Comics as the first feature for four more issues (#475–#478) and as a back up in issues #491-500. The feature found a new home as a backup in Action Comics for 14 issues (#517–521; #527–530; #536–540), which would be the end of Aquaman's Pre-Crisis solo appearances.

Aquaman's first Post-Crisis appearance was in the four-issue miniseries Aquaman (vol. 2) in 1986, which gave the character a new blue costume which did not reappear in any later series. In 1988 the character starred in the one-shot Aquaman #1, followed by the Legend of Aquaman Special one-shot issue in 1989. This was followed by the five-issue miniseries Aquaman (vol. 3). A new ongoing series, Aquaman (vol. 4), began in 1991, but was cancelled after 13 issues.

The character was reinvented in the 1993–1994 miniseries Aquaman: Time and Tide, which provided a revamped origin for Aquaman. This was followed by a new ongoing series, Aquaman (vol. 5), which lasted until 2001 with 75 issues altogether, making it the longest-running Aquaman solo series to date.

Aquaman (vol. 6) was launched in 2003, following on from the Obsidian Age storyline in JLA. In the wake of the DC event miniseries Infinite Crisis and DC's "One Year Later" relaunch, the series was renamed Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis with issue #40 until the final issue (#57); these 18 issues starred a brand new, younger Aquaman named Arthur Joseph Curry. There were no more solo Aquaman publications in Post-Crisis continuity, although the original Aquaman did feature as a main character in the limited series Brightest Day.

The New 52 continuity reboot in September 2011 saw the beginning of the ongoing series Aquaman (vol. 7). A spin-off team title, Aquaman and the Others, also ran for 11 issues from 2014 to 2015. Aquaman vol. 7 lasted for the entirety of the New 52 era of DC, ending with issue #52 in 2016 as part of the line-wide relaunch DC Rebirth. The New 52 volume was immediately followed by the one-shot issue Aquaman: Rebirth, preceding the launch of the current ongoing series Aquaman (vol. 8), which ended with issue #66.

Upon cancellation of Aquaman vol. 8, Aquaman did not have titled release until a digital only series titled Aquaman: Deep Dives released in 2020. Throughout 2022 Aquaman appeared in both Aquaman: The Becoming, and Aquamen which saw Aquaman train Jackson Hyde/Aqualad to take over his mantle. However by the end of 2022 it seemed DC was moving away from this decision as they began publishing regular Aquaman team-up stories again. These included the seven issue series Aquaman/Green Arrow: Deep Target and the three issue Aquaman/The Flash: Voidsong. In August 2022, Aquaman received a three issue mini-series called Aquaman: Andromeda under DC’s adult audience comic series DC Black Label. This was the last Aquaman titled publication until the upcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Special #1 one-shot in October of 2023.

Fictional character biography Edit

Golden Age Edit

Aquaman's first origin story was presented in flashback from his debut in More Fun Comics #73 (November 1941), narrated by the character himself:

The story must start with my father, a famous undersea explorer—if I spoke his name, you would recognize it. My mother died when I was a baby, and he turned to his work of solving the ocean's secrets. His greatest discovery was an ancient city, in the depths where no other diver had ever penetrated. My father believed it was the lost kingdom of Atlantis. He made himself a water-tight home in one of the palaces and lived there, studying the records and devices of the race's marvelous wisdom. From the books and records, he learned ways of teaching me to live under the ocean, drawing oxygen from the water and using all the power of the sea to make me wonderfully strong and swift. By training and a hundred scientific secrets, I became what you see—a human being who lives and thrives under the water.

In his early Golden Age appearances, Aquaman can breathe underwater and control fish and other underwater life for up to an hour. Initially, he was depicted as speaking to sea creatures "in their own language" rather than telepathically and only when they were close enough to hear him (within a 20 yards (18 m) radius). Aquaman's adventures took place all across the world and his base was "a wrecked fishing boat kept underwater," in which he also lived.[11]

During his wartime adventures, most of Aquaman's foes were Nazi U-boat commanders and various Axis villains from when he once worked with the All-Star Squadron. The rest of his adventures in the 1940s and 1950s had him dealing with several sea-based criminals, including modern-day pirates such as his longtime archenemy Black Jack, as well as various threats to aquatic life, shipping lanes, and sailors.

Aquaman's last appearance in More Fun Comics was in issue #106, before being moved along with Superboy and Green Arrow to Adventure Comics, starting with issue #103 in 1946.

In "The New Golden Age" #1 (2022), writer Geoff Johns restores a variation of the Golden Age Aquaman to DC continuity. This version's profile tells the story of an Aquaman who was the predecessor of Arthur Curry. This Aquaman was the unnamed son of two well-respected scientists who studied what they believed to be the underwater ruins of Atlantis (in reality an abandoned Atlantean scientific outpost), where they lived in an underwater lab. This unique environment seemed to slowly alter their young son's physiology. The boy learned how to breathe in the water, developed incredible strength, and formed a bond with sea life while training some of them to aid him in his underwater heroic activities. In 1941, he first appeared to the surface world as Aquaman. While he turned down the offer to join the Justice Society of America when he encountered Green Lantern, he was briefly a member of the All-Star Squadron. In 1947, Aquaman left the sea where he sought to live on the land using the alias of "Adam Waterman". He retreated back to the ocean soon after for reasons unknown. This Aquaman disappeared from the public eye in the 1950s.[12][13]

At the end of the "Flashpoint Beyond" limited series, this version of Aquaman was among "The Thirteen" characters "removed from time" seen in the custody of the Time Masters. The capsules containing this Aquaman and those with him were found to have failed and they have been pulled back to the 1940s, restoring them to DC's history in modern-day stories.[14]

Arthur Curry Edit

Silver Age Edit

Aquaman's adventures continued to be published in Adventure Comics through the 1940s and 1950s, as one of the few superheroes to last through the 1950s in continuous publication. Starting in the late 1950s new elements to Aquaman's backstory were introduced, with various new supporting characters added and several adjustments made to the character, his origins, his power and persona. The first of these elements was the story "Aquaman's Undersea Partner" in Adventure Comics #229 (October 1956), where his octopus sidekick Topo was first introduced. This and subsequent elements were later removed or altered from the Aquaman character after the establishment of DC's multiverse in the 1960s, attributed to the Aquaman of Earth-One.

The Silver Age Aquaman made his first appearance in Adventure Comics #260 (May 1959). In it and subsequent Silver Age comics, it was revealed that this Aquaman was Arthur Curry, the son of lighthouse keeper Tom Curry and Atlanna, a water-breathing outcast from the lost underwater city of Atlantis. Due to his heritage, Aquaman discovered as a youth that he possessed various superhuman abilities, including the powers of surviving underwater, communication with sea life and tremendous swimming prowess. Eventually, Arthur decided to use his talents to become the defender of the Earth's oceans. It was later revealed that in his youth Arthur had adventured as Aquaboy and, on one occasion, met Superboy, Earth's only other publicly active superpowered hero at the time.[15] When Arthur grew up, he called himself "Aquaman".

It was later revealed that after Atlanna's death, Tom Curry met and married an ordinary human woman and had a son named Orm Curry, Aquaman's half-brother. Orm grew up as a troubled youth in the shadow of his brother, who constantly bailed him out of trouble with the law. He grew to hate Aquaman not only for the powers that he could never possess, but also because he believed that their father would always favor Aquaman. Orm disappeared after becoming an amnesiac and would resurface years later as Aquaman's nemesis the Ocean Master.[16]

Aquaman's ability to talk with fish eventually expanded to full-fledged telepathic communication with sea creatures even from great distances. He also retroactively developed a specific weakness akin to Superman's vulnerability to kryptonite or Green Lantern's vulnerability to the color yellow: Aquaman had to come into contact with water at least once per hour or he would die. Prior to this, Aquaman could exist both in and out of water indefinitely.[17]

In Aquaman #18 (December 1964), Aquaman married Mera in the first superhero wedding depicted in a comic book.[18]

Aquaman was included in the Justice League of America comic book series, appearing with the team in their very first adventure,[19] and was also a founding member of the team.[20] Aquaman took part in most of the 1960s adventures of the superhero team.

Aquaman's supporting cast and rogues gallery soon began to grow with the addition of Aqualad, an outcast, orphaned youth from an Atlantean colony whom Aquaman took in and began to mentor.[21] Aquaman later discovered the submerged fictional city of New Venice,[22] which became Aquaman's base of operations for a time.[23]

Aquaman is recognized as the son of Atlanna and is later voted to be the King after the death of the former regent, who had no heirs.[24] By this time, Aquaman had met Mera,[25] a queen from a water-based dimension, and married her shortly after he became king.[24] They soon have a son, Arthur, Jr. (nicknamed "Aquababy").[26]

 
Aquaman in Adventure Comics #443 (January 1976), art by Jim Aparo

The 1960s series introduced other such archenemies as the Ocean Master (Aquaman's amnesiac half-brother Orm),[27] Black Manta,[28] the Fisherman,[29] the Scavenger,[30] and the terrorist organization known as O.G.R.E.[31] Other recurring members of the Aquaman cast introduced in this series include the well-meaning but annoying Qwsp (a water sprite);[32] Dr. Vulko, a trustworthy Atlantean scientist who became Aquaman's royal advisor and whom Aquaman eventually appoints to be king after leaving the throne himself;[33] and Tula (known as "Aquagirl"), an Atlantean princess who was Aqualad's primary love interest.[34]

In the mid-1980s, after his own feature's demise, Aquaman is briefly made the leader of the Justice League of America. In a storyline in Justice League of America #228–230, an invasion of Earth by a race of Martians occurs at a time when the core members are missing. Aquaman is thus forced to defend Earth with a League much depleted in power and capability, and he takes it upon himself to disband the Justice League altogether in Justice League of America Annual #2 (1984), thereafter reforming it with new bylaws requiring members to give full participation to the League's cases.

With the help of veteran Justice League members the Martian Manhunter, Zatanna, and the Elongated Man, Aquaman recruits and trains four new and untried members: Gypsy, Vibe, Vixen, and Steel. Arthur also relocates the team's headquarters to a reinforced bunker in Detroit, Michigan after the destruction of the JLA's satellite headquarters during the Martian invasion.[35] Aquaman's participation in this new version of the Justice League ended in #243 (October 1985), when he resigned to work on his marriage with Mera.

Modern Age Edit

After the 1985 miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths, several short miniseries were produced in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, beginning with 1986's four-issue miniseries Aquaman (February–May 1986), written by Neal Pozner and featuring Aquaman in a new, largely deep-sea blue "camouflage" costume. The series was well received and a follow-up limited series was in the works, but was eventually cancelled due to creative problems.[36] This series also expanded on several details of the Silver Age Aquaman's origin as well as Aquaman's relationship with his half-brother, the Ocean Master, whose origin was retold in more complete detail. The series also added mystical elements to Aquaman's mythology and reinvented the Ocean Master as a sorcerer. Aquaman reappeared in his blue costume in Aquaman Special #1 (1988).

 
Aquaman's deep-blue camouflage suit in Aquaman (vol. 2) #1 (February 1986), art by Craig Hamilton

In late 1988, the character appeared in the Invasion! storyline, guest-starring with the Doom Patrol and once again wearing his trademark orange and green costume.

In 1989, the Legend of Aquaman Special (officially titled as Aquaman Special #1 in the comic's legal indicia, the second Special in back-to-back years) rewrote Aquaman's mythos and origin while still keeping most of his Silver Age history intact. The special was written by writer Robert Loren Fleming with plots/breakdown art by Keith Giffen and full pencil art by artist Curt Swan.

This origin story of the Modern Age recounts that Aquaman is born as Orin to Queen Atlanna and the mysterious wizard Atlan in the sunken Atlantean city of Poseidonis. As a baby, Orin was abandoned to die on Mercy Reef (which is above sea level at low tide, causing fatal air exposure to Atlanteans) because of his blond hair, which was seen by the superstitious Atlanteans as a sign of a curse they called "the Mark of Kordax." The only individual who spoke up on Orin's behalf was Vulko, a scientist who had no patience for myth or superstition. While his pleas fell on deaf ears, Vulko would later become a close friend and advisor to the young Orin.

As a feral child who raised himself in the wilds of the ocean with only sea creatures to keep him company, Orin was found and taken in by a lighthouse keeper named Arthur Curry who named Orin "Arthur Curry" after himself. One day, a young Arthur returns home and finds that his adoptive father has disappeared, so he sets off on his own. In his early teens, Orin ventures to Alaska, where he meets and falls in love with an Inupiaq girl named Kako. It is also here that he first earned the hatred of Orm, the future Ocean Master, who was later revealed to be Arthur's half-brother by Atlan and an Inupiaq woman.[37]

As detailed in the five-issue miniseries Aquaman (June–October 1989) (by the same creative team of the 1989 special of Robert Loren Fleming, Keith Giffen, and Curt Swan), which continued a few of the themes from the Legend of Aquaman Special, Mera is eventually driven insane by grief over the death of her son, Arthur, Jr., and is committed to an asylum in Poseidonis. Shortly afterwards, a jellyfish-esque alien force conquers Atlantis. Arthur is forced to save the city, but is hampered by an escaped Mera, who personally blames Arthur for the death of their son. In a fit of rage, Mera leaves Earth for her homeworld of Xebel in another dimension.

The publication of writer Peter David's The Atlantis Chronicles #1–7 (March–September 1990), which tells the story of Atlantis from antediluvian times to Aquaman's birth, introduced the ancient Atlantean characters Orin (after whom Aquaman was named) and Atlan (who was revealed to be Aquaman's father).

Another Aquaman ongoing series with creative team Shaun McLaughlin and Ken Hooper (#1–13) thereafter ran from December 1991 to December 1992, which portrayed Aquaman reluctantly deciding to remain in Poseidonis as its protector once again. For a time, Arthur served as Atlantis' representative to the United Nations, but always found himself thrust back into the superhero role. Becoming more and more of a workaholic and solitary figure, Aquaman eventually returned to the oceans and soon becomes tangled up in another attempt by Black Manta to destroy Atlantis by dragging it into a war with a surface nation.

Peter David returned to the character in another miniseries, Aquaman: Time and Tide, a 1993–1994 four-issue miniseries which further explained Aquaman's origins, as he finally learns all about the history of his people through the Atlantis Chronicles, which are presented as historical texts passed down and updated through the centuries. Aquaman learns that his birth name was Orin and that he and his enemy the Ocean Master share the same father, "an ancient Atlantean wizard" named Atlan. This revelation sends Orin into a bout of rage and depression, setting the stage for later confrontations between the two, as it is said in the Chronicles that "two brothers will also battle for control of Atlantis". This is in contrast to the Silver Age Aquaman, who had always known that the Ocean Master was his half-brother Orm, although Orm's amnesia prevented him from remembering this fact for some time. This series is credited by Kevin Melrose of Comic Book Resources with helping the character reach the height of his modern-era popularity.[38]

Aquaman starred in his own series again with the publication of Aquaman (vol. 5) #1 (August 1994), initially scripted by Peter David, following up on his 1993 Time and Tide miniseries. This series was the longest-running for the character, lasting until its 75th issue. David left the series after issue #46 (July 1998) after working on it for nearly four years.

 
The 1990s version of Aquaman on the cover of Aquaman (vol. 5) #17 (February 1996), art by Jim Calafiore

David began by giving Aquaman an entirely new look, forsaking his former clean-cut appearance. Following his discoveries reading the Atlantis Chronicles during Time and Tide, Aquaman withdraws from the world for a time. Garth finds him weeks later, with his hair and beard grown long, brooding in his cave. Aquaman loses his left hand when the madman Charybdis, attempting to force Arthur to show him how he can harness Arthur's ability to communicate with sea life, sticks Arthur's hand into a piranha-infested pool.[39] This loss causes Aquaman to become somewhat unhinged and he begins having prophetic dreams, and then, feeling in need of a "symbol", attaches a harpoon spearhead to his left arm in place of his missing hand. His classic orange shirt is shredded in a battle with Lobo,[40] but rather than replace it, he instead goes shirtless for a while before donning a gladiatorial manica.[41] After the destruction of the harpoon,[42] Aquaman has it replaced by a cybernetic prosthetic harpoon from S.T.A.R. Labs[43] with a retractable reel that he can fully control.

A major storyline, culminating in #25, concerns the Five Lost Cities of Atlantis. Facing an unearthly invading species linked to the origin of the Atlanteans, Aquaman has to search out and unite the lost cities. This storyline established Arthur as a Warrior King and a major political power, ruling largely undisputed over all the Atlantean cities. The remainder of Peter David's run focused on Orin coming to terms with his genetic heritage and his role as king. During this time he discovers the remnants of a sentient alien ship beneath Poseidonis and is able to take control of it, returning Poseidonis to the surface and bringing Atlantis into greater contact with the outside world. The cultural changes this brings about, including increased tourism, as well as his conflicting duties as superhero and king, bring him into increasing tension with the political powers in his city.

After a brief stint by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, David was replaced as writer by Erik Larsen with issue #50 (Dec. 1998) and again by Dan Jurgens in issue #63 (January 2000). The series ended with issue #75 (January 2001). During this time Aquaman's wife Mera returns, once again sane, from the otherworldly dimension where she had been trapped and Aquaman narrowly averts a coup d'état orchestrated by his son Koryak and his advisor Vulko. Arthur's second harpoon is also destroyed, this time in a battle with Noble, King of the Lurkers. Aquaman replaces it with a golden prosthetic hand developed by Atlantean scientists which can change shape at his command, thus retaining the powers of the former harpoon while also being more all-purpose. After a brief war with an island nation, Aquaman expands Atlantis' surface influence by annexing the country to Atlantis.

Aquaman had no regular series of his own from 2001 to 2003, but his plot went through several developments via his cameo appearances in multiple other titles.

Aquaman was a founding member of the reformed JLA[44] and remained an active, if sometimes reluctant member of that team, until the "Our Worlds at War" storyline in 2001 (shortly after the cancellation of Aquaman vol. 5), during which Aquaman and the city of Poseidonis disappear during a battle between Aquaman and an Imperiex probe.

The Justice League eventually found out that the city was still there, just magically shielded, but in ruins and apparently uninhabited. These Atlanteans were trapped in the ancient past, sent there by Tempest (Aqualad) as a last measure when it appeared that the city would be destroyed by the probe. There, however, they were enslaved by their own Atlantean ancestors, led by a powerful sorceress named Gamemnae, and Aquaman himself was transformed into living water and imprisoned in an ornamental pool. Over time, this civilization had collapsed until only Gamemnae herself, now immensely powerful, inhabited the ruins.

After a few months of their own time, but fully 15 years for the Atlanteans, the JLA free Aquaman in "The Obsidian Age" storyline in JLA.[45] Although the original League is killed by Gamemnae, their souls are contained by the magician Manitou Raven to use in a spell to contain Gamemnae in Atlantis until the present day, when he is able to resurrect them. Aquaman is freed from his imprisonment in the pool and Zatanna enhances his abilities so that he can now control the entire ocean as a powerful water wraith. With this power, Aquaman is able to sever Gamemnae's connection to the city by sinking it under the sea again. While he fights Gamemnae, the League members return the modern Atlanteans to the present, where they begin rebuilding the city, which is once again at the bottom of the sea.

 
The initial look of the 2003 series by Yvel Guichet

A sixth Aquaman series began shortly afterward, initially written by Rick Veitch, who sought to take Aquaman in a more mystical direction. Subsequent writers who contributed to the series include John Ostrander, Will Pfeifer, Tad Williams, and John Arcudi. This series ran 57 issues, starting in December 2002 (cover-dated February 2003). Initially focusing on Aquaman's efforts to survive after he was exiled from Atlantis and the ocean, the theme of the storyline changed when Aquaman became involved after a sizeable portion of San Diego sunk into the ocean. Over the next few months, it was discovered that the sinking was the work of a scientist who had acquired a sample of Aquaman's DNA. Believing that the human race as it currently existed would destroy Earth, he had sunk the city while also using the DNA sample he took from Aquaman to convert most of the residents into water-breathers. Aquaman goes on to establish himself as the protector of 'Sub Diego', aided by new Aquagirl Lorena Marquez, despite such problems as the human residents' poor reaction to being trapped underwater and the Ocean Master's attempt to rewrite history so that he is Aquaman while Orin is the Ocean Master.

Starting with #40 (May 2006), following the events of the Infinite Crisis storyline, the series was renamed Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis which ended with issue #57 (October 2007). These issues featured a new, younger Aquaman named Arthur Joseph Curry.

Following the "One Year Later" storyline (starting with Aquaman (vol. 6) #40 (May 2006)), the series was renamed Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis and taken in an entirely different direction by writer Kurt Busiek. In this version, Aquaman is missing and presumed dead following the events of Infinite Crisis. A young man with aquatic powers by the name of Arthur Joseph Curry is summoned by the mysterious Dweller in the Depths to take up the mantle of Aquaman, but it gradually emerges that the Dweller himself is Aquaman, having lost much of his memory and been strangely mutated, while gaining magical powers (see the Arthur Joseph Curry section below).

These changes were explained later during the "missing year" between Infinite Crisis and One Year Later depicted in the weekly series 52, where Aquaman makes a brief appearance at the memorial for Superboy. Sometime later Ralph Dibny, seemingly accompanied by Doctor Fate's helmet, meets a bearded, long-haired and amnesic Orin in the ruins of Atlantis. The helmet portends that "if he lives... if he lives... it is as a victim of the magicks of legend and the power of the sea."[46]

During Infinite Crisis, Orin makes a deal with the gods of the sea in a desperate bid to gain the power to save the lives of several Sub Diego inhabitants who had lost the ability to live in water. Using the bones of his severed left hand in a magical ritual, the sea gods give Orin the power to raise Sub Diego onto dry land. However, as a side effect of this, Orin mutates into the "Dweller of the Depths" and loses his memories.[47] The fate the Dweller foresees for Arthur Joseph Curry once they meet is revealed to really only be a confused memory of the Dweller's own past as Aquaman.

In the midst of trying to help his successor, Arthur Joseph, the Dweller (Orin) is murdered by Narwhal.[48] Upon the receipt of Orin's body, members of the Justice League of America, including Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, and the Flash, examine the body in Atlantis and wish the best for Mera and the new Aquaman.[49]

Orin seemingly reappears in Atlantis during the 2008 Final Crisis storyline to fend off the forces of Darkseid, but this Aquaman is revealed to be from another Earth in the multiverse.[50][51] The appearance of this Aquaman is later perceived by Hal Jordan and Barry Allen to be an unsubstantiated rumor, however, since this person was never seen nor heard from again.[52] Sometime between his death and the beginning of the 2008–09 Blackest Night storyline, Orin's body is moved and buried on land at Mercy Reef alongside Tom Curry in accordance with his final wishes.[53]

In Blackest Night #1 (July 2009), Garth returns to Atlantis and tells Orin's wife Mera that he is angry at the notion of Aquaman's body being buried on land. Mera relays to Tempest that Orin felt safe on land and that this is indeed what Arthur wanted. Sometime later, a black power ring is seen entering Orin's grave, bidding him to rise from the dead.[53] Aquaman's corpse rises, along with those of Tula and the Dolphin as revenant members of the Black Lantern Corps, and demands that Mera reunite with him in death, offering her a chance to see her son again. Garth is killed and joins the Black Lanterns himself. Mera rejects Aquaman's corpse before fleeing. In the climax of the miniseries, Aquaman is among those resurrected by The White Lantern Entity and is reunited with Mera. The Black Lantern Ring helps reconstruct Orin's body and when he is resurrected, his hand is restored as well.[54]

During the "Brightest Day" storyline, Aquaman and Mera spend the night together in the lighthouse of Amnesty Bay, but in the morning Mera finds Arthur on the dock looking at the sea and wondering why he was resurrected.[55] They later intercept a pirate vessel, but Aquaman finds that he can now only call on dead sea life to help him.[56]

While cleaning up an oil spill, Aquaman and Mera are attacked by soldiers from Mera's homeworld, led by the Siren, and Mera reveals that the Siren was sent to kill him.[57] Mera also hints that, despite the long-lasting exile of her people, Xebel's soldiers had been enemies of Black Manta himself from a distant time, even preceding the first public appearance of Aquaman. She also states that, despite Mera's original mission being a solo one, the Siren is now backed by an entire Death Squad of elite Xebel soldiers acting at the orders of the acting princess and also later reveals that the Siren is her younger sister.[58]

Aquaman is instructed by the White Lantern Entity to find Jackson Hyde before a second, unidentified group does.[59] Mera states that she knows who Hyde is[60] and after she tells Aquaman, he leaves and rescues Jackson from a Xebel attack. It is revealed that Aquaman's Silver Age origin has been re-established and he is once again the half-human son of Tom Curry and an Atlantean queen.[61] The Entity subsequently reduces Aquaman to what appears to be white water.[62] Aquaman is revealed to be one of the Elementals, transformed by the Entity to become the element of water and protect the Star City forest from the Dark Avatar, the Black Lantern version of the Swamp Thing.[63] After the Dark Avatar is defeated, the Swamp Thing returns Aquaman to normal. Afterward, Aquaman is reunited with Mera, at which point he discovers that the Xebels' weapons were made of Atlantean technology.[64]

The New 52 Edit

As part of The New 52, DC's 2011 relaunch of their entire superhero line, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis and Joe Prado served as the initial creative team of the company's new Aquaman series, the first issue of which was released September 28, 2011.[65] The three creators remained on the title for the first 16 issues [66] which subsequently lead into the first continual Aquaman-related crossover in years: "Throne of Atlantis".

The relaunched series cemented Aquaman's status as the half-human son of Tom Curry and Atlanna and saw him return to Amnesty Bay with Mera. Greatly distressed by the harsh treatment given to the oceans during his time as ruler of Atlantis, Aquaman decides to abdicate the Atlantean throne and return to full-time heroics. Arthur struggles, however, with his lack of reputation with the greater public, which views him as a lesser metahuman with less impressive powers than those of his peers.[67] He is also once again a founding member of the Justice League[68] and it is revealed in Aquaman (vol. 7) #7 that early in his career, Aquaman had teamed with a mysterious, loose-knit group of characters simply known as the Others. The Others consist of Aquaman, the South American jungle girl Ya'Wara and her panther, a Russian known as Vostok-X, an ex-army veteran called Prisoner-of-War, the Operative, and an Iranian called Kahina the Seer. All of the Others have in their possession an enchanted relic from Atlantis. From 2014 to 2015, an independent Aquaman and the Others series was launched based on the success of these new characters.

Convergence Edit

The 2015 Convergence storyline gave Aquaman a new look at issue #41. In this story, he has been deposed from his throne by Mera, now Queen of Atlantis, who is now hunting him as a fugitive. Along the way, Arthur acquires some new powers and new equipment, giving him access to powerful mystical capabilities. It is later revealed that Atlantis is really being run by the Siren, identical twin sister of Mera, whom Mera had taken prisoner.

DC Rebirth/DC Universe Edit

Following the company-wide rebranding in DC Rebirth with one focus point to bring back legacy and relationships, Arthur finally proposes to Mera in DC Universe: Rebirth #1. Aquaman was given an eighth volume of his eponymous series, which started with a one-shot comic book entitled Aquaman: Rebirth #1 (August 2016). This series kept writer Dan Abnett, who had taken over the title for the last three issues of The New 52 and who had previously written the character for a short time a decade earlier. Aquaman (vol. 8) focuses on Aquaman's role as king and diplomat with Arthur attempting to strengthen Atlantis-surface relationships by opening an Atlantean embassy in Amnesty Bay, with Mera appointed as ambassador. The series largely focuses on the main cast featured in the New 52 series, consisting of Aquaman, Mera, and Black Manta while also fleshing out forgotten side characters such as Lagoon Boy, Tula (Aquagirl), Black Jack, and others. After the events of Drowned Earth Arthur loses his memories, begins going by Andy and lives amongst an enclave of island dwellers making their home on Unspoken Water.[69]

Unbeknownst to him, however, this habitation is a place set within the Sphere of the Gods where forgotten sea deities go—either when/after they perish, fade from their worshipers' memories or simply forget their role in servicing the ocean's majesty.[70] One such goddess, who was actually a primordial adept from before time, begrudgingly makes her home on a separate island adjacent to that of the divinity who betrayed her and her departed husband. Namma, whose real name is actually Mother Salt, has every intention of drowning the world in brine with the intended consequence of killing everything that lives and breathes on it in revenge and to start over—remaking the universe in her own image.[71]

With the help of one of Namma's cast-off creatures—needed to regain her full power as well as aid from the forgotten gods—who is reawakened by Arthur/Andy's clarion call through the Life Force power, Aquaman is able to best the vengeful divine progenitor and scatter her essence across the cosmos, ending her threat for a time.[72] In thanks for aiding them in quelling their mother's fury, the Sea Gods of the World and the newly revived Father Sea (the aforementioned life mate of Mother Salt), give praise to Arthur for his valor and integrity. The Sea Gods awaken his dormant demigod abilities by bestowing upon him tribal tattoos, christening him a bastion of the High Seas, while Father Sea himself retrieves Arthur/Andy's trident from the waters bestowing it to him once more.[73] Yearning to remember who he was, Arthur/Andy undergoes a ritual where he communes with another primal ocean entity known as Mother Shark, who, when asked to, restores Arthur's memories wherein he realizes Mera killed him in a fit of rage because of his hesitation about hearing that he is going to become a father.[74]

Aquaman and the sea gods return to Amnesty Bay, the gods settle on Amnesty Island, in an abandoned lighthouse formerly occupied by Tristram Maurer, a 19th-century horror writer. Aquaman is called upon to bail Jackson Hyde out of jail, and Jackson appoints himself Aquaman's ”assistant”.[75] Along with Callie and Tula, the two fight a sea monster which mysteriously disappears when the new lamp in the restored lighthouse is destroyed. An Amnesty Bay civilian named Ralph is killed during the fight, and at his funeral, Aquaman meets the resurrected Tristan Maurer.[76]

Black Manta destroys an Atlantean historical site in order to provoke a confrontation with Mera and the recently resurrected Arthur. Mera, along with Arthur, Jackson Hyde, and Arthur's new ally Tristan Maurer successfully fight off Manta, who is equipped with a mecha provided by Lex Luthor. Mera joins her powers with Jackson to create a gigantic, bioelectric powered water construct of herself, destroying the mecha, however, the strain of the immense hydrokinetic power Mera she is forced to use puts her in a coma, and she gives birth to her daughter Andy shortly after. Arthur was present for his daughter's birth, and fell in love with her instantly, losing all of his trepidation about becoming a father or the kind of life they could have together. He named her Andy, the name he used while amnesiac and stranded on Unspoken Water.

Mera remains comatose for ten months, during which Arthur and Andy would regularly sneak into Atlantis to visit the comatose Mera in secret. After 10 months in a coma, Mera reawakens. With the ruse of a fake wedding to Vulko she calls to Atlantis the leaders of the 7 underwater kingdoms. Prior to the wedding, she has the entire widowhood arrested. Once all 7 kingdoms are assembled, to their surprise, Mera announces that she was dissolving the Atlantean monarchy and that she intended to hand power to the people. Orm attempts to take power for himself, however, Orm and his forces are stopped by Aquaman, assisted by the Justice league and the Sea gods.

Following this, Mera finally embraces her daughter, as she and Arthur settle down in Amnesty Bay. Soon afterwards, Mera and Arthur marry in the presence of their family and friends, in what was originally planned as a welcome back party for her.[77]

Following the abolition of the monarchy, Arthur and Mera intended to hold themselves apart from Atlantis to allow the city to govern itself, but they were forced to intervene when the Frost King's forces attacked the city during what was intended to be their honeymoon. Arthur journeyed into the city's heating vents to meet with the Fire Trolls who lived in the tunnels below Atlantis, hoping they could be an ally against the Frost King. Originally Mera agreed to stay behind to guard Andy but quickly followed him, arriving in time to save Arthur from a Fire Troll with a hydrokinetic attack. The Trolls were in awe of this and swore loyalty to her. With her army of Fire Trolls, Mera and Arthur defeated the ice creatures attacking Atlantis.[78]

Arthur Joseph Curry Edit

Arthur Joseph Curry is the second DC Comics superhero to be known as Aquaman. Created by Kurt Busiek and Jackson Guice, he first appeared in Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #40 (May 2006). As part of DC Comics's One Year Later event, Aquaman's series was renamed Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis with issue #40 (May 2006). The new developments included a new lead character, a new supporting cast, and the inclusion of sword and sorcery–type fantasy elements in the series. The character was short-lived, and was not seen much leading up to the revival of Aquaman in the 2010 Blackest Night miniseries, and he was not featured in DC continuity at all following its 2011 reboot, The New 52.

Arthur's story resembles versions of the original Aquaman's. While awaiting transport to Miami, Florida, a young man named Arthur Joseph Curry is washed out to sea when a storm ruptures the tank he is in. This Arthur Curry, much like the Golden Age Aquaman, is the son of oceanobiologist Dr. Phillip Curry. Arthur's mother, Elaine, died in childbirth and Dr. Curry was forced to use a mutagenic serum on his son when he was born three months premature. Arthur has lived his whole life in the main tank of his father's research facility at Avalon Cay, his only window to the outside world being television.

 
Arthur Joseph Curry on the cover of Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #54 (September 2007), art by Rachel and Terry Dodson

Shortly after his arrival in the sea, Arthur is mentally contacted by the mysterious "Dweller of the Depths", a deformed humanoid with tentacles instead of hair and a left hand made of water who is later revealed to be the new form of the previous Aquaman (Arthur Curry). The Dweller urges him to help King Shark, who still bears scars from a previous battle with Aquaman during the recent Crisis. The Dweller, confusing this new Arthur for Aquaman and calling him his "charge", tells Arthur and King Shark of a prophecy regarding Arthur's future, a prophecy which seems to be a distorted version of the original Aquaman's history. The Dweller reveals that the original Aquaman was "transformed into one akin to a great and terrible enemy of your people and became the vessel of power strange, ancient and terrible."

Arthur's first trip to Atlantis and the oceans causes him to meet many of Aquaman's supporting characters, including Mera, the Sea Devils, Vulko, and, eventually, the Ocean Master. During this adventure, the Dweller progressively realizes that he himself is the original Aquaman, despite having no memory of his former life.

Later, Arthur finds a humanoid squid named Topo, a naive youth attracted by superheroics and seeking to become a sidekick and Tempest, who is amnesiac, unable to breathe water, and implanted with a post-hypnotic suggestion warning of an upcoming battle. The foreseen battle soon occurs, during which the Dweller is apparently killed. The Justice League is called in to evaluate The Dweller's situation, but are unable to determine if he is truly dead, or if he can somehow resurrect himself due to his new magical nature.[49]

In Sword of Atlantis #57, the series' final issue, Aquaman is visited by the Lady of the Lake, who explains his origins. She explains that the original Aquaman had given a sample of his water hand to Dr. Curry in order to resurrect Curry's dead son, Arthur, whom he had named after the hero. When the original Aquaman attempted to resurrect Sub Diego, a part of his soul attached itself to the dead body of Arthur Joseph Curry, while Aquaman's (Arthur Curry) body mutated into the Dweller of the Depths. Blaming himself for this death, Aquaman vows to never be called 'Arthur' again, refraining from using what he sees as a "stolen" name and asking only to be called Joseph in the future.[79]

Joseph is considered as a candidate for the new Outsiders by Batman. After seeing him in action with Metamorpho, however, Batman decides against his induction.[80]

In their quest to rid the Earth of all forms of kryptonite, Superman and Batman journey deep below the sea, where they find a large amount of the substance. The two of them are met with hostility by Aquaman and King Shark. A brief fight ensues, but, eventually, Joseph allows them to take the kryptonite. Before doing so, he points out that not everyone may want Superman to find all of Earth's kryptonite, but that Superman would have to be at least part human to understand that.[81]

Joseph Curry would continue to be the stand-in king of Atlantis until after the Final Crisis storyline. It was revealed that Joseph had stepped down from his position due to being unable to deal with the pressure of carrying on the Aquaman legacy. Tempest later finds Joseph's trident and costume draped over a throne, confirming that he had abandoned his duties as Atlantis' king.[82] This is the final real reference to Arthur Joseph Curry, with the character never appearing again or being referenced in any DC material since that point. The character has yet to reappear after two of DC Comics' major relaunches, 2011's The New 52 and 2016's DC Rebirth.

Powers and abilities Edit

Marine Telepathy Edit

Aquaman's most widely recognized power is the ability to communicate with marine life, which he can summon from great distances. This was originally described in the stories as an ability to actually speak with fish (in a similar manner to Dr. Dolittle's ability to speak to animals).[83] This portrayal of his powers was later retconned into the ability to communicate with them telepathically. He once stated that this power more relied on encouraging and compelling the subject rather than full control, citing piranha as a species he has trouble commanding under any circumstances due to their ruthlessness and hunger.

In the New 52 onwards, Aquaman's telepathy abilities changed; acknowledging that most marine life does not possess enough intelligence to carry on a meaningful telepathic communication, Aquaman is now stated to simply add compulsions and needs in the mindset of aquatic life, compelling them to do his bidding by a subtle altering of their cerebellum.[67] It is later revealed during Drowned Earth event that Arthur's ability to speak with the ocean comes from a metaphysical energy known as the Life Force,[84] a vast ocean of genesistic power which enables him to connect with any and all forms of sentience within the cosmos, even from across realities.[85] Through it, Arthur could also use its power to revert lost forms and assert varying consciousnesses within, like making the human shell of Mother Salt's monster daughter, the Cailleach, subservient to her human host's will; even restoring the true forms and divine powers of long-forgotten ocean gods while calling out to them through his aquatelepathy.[86]

Physical abilities Edit

The character has a number of other superhuman powers, most of which derive from the fact that he is adapted to live and thrive in the harshest of underwater environments. He has the ability to breathe underwater and possesses a superhuman physique strong enough to withstand attacks from superhuman opponents and resist machine gun fire.[87] Aquaman frequently displays feats of super-Atlantean (the average Atlantean can lift/press approximately two tons) and superhuman strength. While not on par with Superman and Wonder Woman, he has proven capable of leaps up to six miles.[88] He can swim at extremely high speeds, capable of reaching speeds of 3,000 meters per second[87] (10,800 km [roughly 6,700 miles] per hour) and can swim up Niagara Falls.[89] He can see in near total darkness and has enhanced hearing, granting limited sonar.[2]

Although Aquaman can remain underwater indefinitely without suffering any ill effects, he grows weak if he remains on land for extended periods. Originally, when Batman invented Aquaman's water suit, he was able to walk on land for an indefinite amount of time and was no longer vulnerable to a "dehumidifier".[2] This weakness was later removed from continuity in 2011, establishing that he grew up on land before learning of his Atlantean heritage,[90] but he still runs the risk of dying by dehydration within incredibly hostile environments, such as deserts.[91] Aquaman had also been bestowed an ability he never showcased before, given to him by an old Sea Monarch, granting him the ability of unaided flight using his own power.[92]

Other powers and abilities Edit

While typically able to mostly telepathically commune with marine animals, Aquaman has at times demonstrated the ability to affect any being that lives upon the sea (e.g., sea eagles), or even any being evolved from marine life (e.g., humans and some aliens). Pre-Flashpoint Aquaman has had an ill-defined level of telekinetic capability he would use every so often. It's very, very rarely touched upon and the only times he ever used it few and far between; often applying these abilities as a focus for team battles to strengthen combo attacks with other supers.[93]

At various times in his life, Aquaman has been transformed into a purely oceanic entity with power over all the seas of the world;[94] this was usually temporary, as he would often revert to normal afterwards.[95][96][97]

Weapons and equipment Edit

Trident of Neptune Edit

Before The New 52, the Trident, granted by Poseidon to the rightful ruler and protector of the seas, was indestructible and a very powerful melee weapon, which Aquaman wielded with unmatched skill. Apart from its power as a melee weapon, the Trident also had the power to manipulate water, fire bolts of powerful energy and act as a focus to amplify the magical power of others, most notably Tempest.[98]

In the New 52, the Trident of Neptune (also called Atlan's Trident or the Trident of Atlan) is a weapon in which is part of a collection of seven very powerful Atlantean magical items, forged by the first king of Atlantis who calls himself 'The Dead King'.[99] initially thought to be the most powerful weapon of the set, with the possible exception of the recently discovered seventh item, the Trident is completely indestructible and able to hurt even the most powerful of opponents, such as the evil New God Darkseid. In one instance, the Trident was shown glowing with magical power when Black Manta used the rest of the items to discover the hidden seventh one. Sometimes when Arthur utilizes the Trident of Neptune's supernatural powers, his eyes glow with arcane power and this further strengthens his abilities as well as giving him various arcane energy-based capabilities.[100]

Trident of Poseidon Edit

In the New 52 onwards, the trident in which is usually the favored weapon of Poseidon was given to Aquaman by the sea god.[101] Poseidon's trident has displayed the power to summon tsunamis and deluges,[102] and call down thunder and lightning,[103] project and control ice, move landmasses, and grant the ability for Aquaman to teleport himself across global and even interplanetary distances using water as a medium.[104] It can also transform into a gladius (a type of sword used by ancient Roman gladiators) and back into a trident at will.[105]

Prosthetic hand Edit

After the loss of his left hand, Aquaman initially replaced it with a cybernetic retractable hook, then a liquid metal hand. The mechanical hand was replaced by a magical hand made out of water. His biological hand was restored when the character was resurrected in Blackest Night #8.

Waterbearer Hand Edit

A magical hand made out of water, it was given to him by the Lady of the Lake, which granted Aquaman numerous abilities. These included: the ability to instantly dehydrate to death anyone he touched, shoot jets of scalding or freezing water from it, healing abilities, the ability to create portals into mystical dimensions that could act as spontaneous transport, control and negate magic, manipulate almost any body of water he sets his focus on[2] and the capability to communicate with the Lady of the Lake.[106]

Other versions Edit

Earth-Two Edit

Main article: Earth-Two

In the 1960s following the establishment of DC Comics's multiverse system,[107] the Golden Age version of Aquaman became known as the Aquaman of Earth-Two, while the Silver Age version of Aquaman became the Aquaman of Earth-One. This Aquaman has the same history as his Golden Age counterpart. Although the two versions of Aquaman never met, the Earth-Two Aquaman did appear post-Golden Age in All-Star Squadron #31 (March 1984) and #59–60 (July–August 1986). The Earth-Two version of the character was retroactively eliminated from existence via the 1985 Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline.[108]

Earth-C-Minus Edit

The 1980s series Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! presented the parallel Earth of "Earth-C-Minus", a world populated by anthropomorphic animal superheroes that paralleled the mainstream DC Universe. Earth-C-Minus featured Aquaduck, a duck version of Aquaman with similar powers.[109]

Supergirl: Wings Edit

Aquaman watches over the seas and his kingdom in the Supergirl: Wings، Elseworlds story.

Tangent Comics Edit

Arthur Curry appears in the 1997 Tangent Comics one-shot Green Lantern, in which he is revealed to be the son of the pilot Captain Boomerang, and a member of Boomerang's fleet.

Old Lady Harley Edit

Aquaman is the focus in a look into the future in Old Lady Harley. During a Joker attack on the Justice League, Aquaman and Lobo had pursued the villain. A simple accident has the Joker decapitated by Aquaman's trident. Future Aquaman acts as a peacekeeper between America and Mexico, a meeting that goes well for all concerned.[110]

Earth-11 Edit

In the Countdown tie-in issue The Search for Ray Palmer: Superwoman/Batwoman, a female version of Aquaman is shown to reside on Earth-11. This version is called "Anne", is physically similar to Joseph Curry, and commands the armies of Atlantis. The Aquawoman of the slightly revised Earth-11 appears in The Multiversity #1 (2014) as one of the assembled heroes of the Multiverse who have come together to save it from destruction.

JLA/Avengers Edit

In the 2003–04 intercompany crossover JLA/Avengers, Aquaman teams up with the Avenger the Vision to investigate the changes to their respective Earths as a result of the actions of the Grandmaster. He displays his immense psychic control over sea life when he single-handedly shuts down the minds of Atlantean soldiers under the control of Attuma, although his abilities only partially affect Namor the Sub-Mariner, due to Namor's half-human physiology.

Flashpoint Edit

In the alternate timeline of the 2011 Flashpoint storyline, Aquaman is brought back to Atlantis when he was a teenager, due to the death of his father. As a result, the young Arthur never learned compassion and kindness from his father, who was killed by the Atlantean agents sent to recover him.[111] In the present day, Aquaman and all of Atlantis wage war against Wonder Woman and the Amazons,[112] which began when Diana's mother Hippolyta was killed on Aquaman and Diana's wedding day. In an act of retribution, Wonder Woman later killed Mera, who had apparently married Aquaman.[113] The death of Hippolyta was, however, revealed to be a casualty of war since the real target was Wonder Woman herself. Aquaman later caused Western Europe to sink into the sea, killing over 60 million people, and intends to sink England as well.[114] In the present, Aquaman reassigns the Siren and the Ocean Master to assassinate Terra in New Themyscira. The mission fails, with the Siren being killed by Diana's aunt, Penthesleia. The Amazonian Furies then attack the reinforcements led by Aquaman, who is confronted in battle by their leader, Wonder Woman.[111] During their struggle, Wonder Woman tells him that they have both been deceived by the Ocean Master and Penthesileia, who are responsible for the war between the Atlanteans and the Amazons.[115] This Aquaman returns in Convergence: Justice League #1.

Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel Edit

Main article: Injustice: Gods Among Us (comics)

In the prequel comic to the online video game Injustice: Gods Among Us, Aquaman appears to attack Japanese fisherman who killed a whale. He is intercepted by the Justice League, with it turning into a brawl between the Justice League and the Atlanteans. Superman, having undergone the death of his wife and unborn child and the destruction of Metropolis, threatens Aquaman to stop his efforts. While warned over a communication link with Batman not to test him, Aquaman does just that, summoning a kraken. In response Superman, Green Lantern, Shazam, and Wonder Woman lift the entire city of Atlantis off the sea floor and carry it to dry deserts, putting its inhabitants in harm as a way to bully Aquaman. He relents and, as a result of this, largely abstains from the conflict between the Regime (led by Superman) and the Insurgency (led by Batman). In Year Four, he gets involved when Batman informs him that the Greek gods have attempted to force their own rule over the world, so Aquaman and Mera take on Poseidon. He wins the conflict, as his wife stalls a massive tidal wave from crashing on Themiscyra. Superman comes to Atlantis in Year Five to ensure the Regime has Aquaman's support, despite Aquaman having frequently made it clear he is not choosing sides. Aquaman agrees, purely to get Superman to leave.

Earth-3 Edit

Main article: Earth-3

During the 2013 "Trinity War" storyline, Aquaman's Crime Syndicate counterpart is revealed to be The Sea King. He apparently fails to survive the passage from Earth-3 to Prime Earth, but is awakened in "Forever Evil: Blight"[116] after being possessed by Deadman.[117] The design of the Sea King resembles that of the 1990s Aquaman.[118]

Collected editions Edit

Title Material collected Pages ISBN
Silver Age
Aquaman Archives Vol. 1 Adventure Comics #260–280, 282; Showcase #30–31; 224 1-5638-9943-4
Aquaman Archives Vol. 2 Showcase #32-33, Adventure Comics #284, Detective Comics #293-300, World's Finest Comics #125-133, Aquaman (vol. 1) #1-9 424 9781401243807
Showcase Presents Aquaman Vol. 1 Aquaman (vol. 1) #1–6; Adventure Comics #260–280, 282, 284; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #12; Showcase #30–33; Detective Comics #293–300; Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #55; World's Finest Comics #125–129 544 1-4012-1223-9
Showcase Presents Aquaman Vol. 2 Aquaman (vol. 1) #7–23; World's Finest #130–133, 135, 137, 139; The Brave and the Bold #51 544 978-1401217129
Showcase Presents Aquaman Vol. 3 Aquaman (vol. 1) #24–39; The Brave and the Bold #73; Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #115 448 978-1401221812
Aquaman: The Search for Mera Aquaman (vol. 1) #40–48 216 978-1401285227
Aquaman: Deadly Waters Aquaman (vol. 1) #49–56 208 978-1779502940
Aquaman: Death of a Prince Aquaman (vol. 1) #57–63; Adventure Comics #435–437, 441–455 336 978-1401231132
Bronze Age
Aquaman: The Legend of Aquaman Aquaman (vol. 3) #1–5; Aquaman Special #1 176 978-1401277932
Aquaman by Peter David Book One Aquaman (vol. 5) #0–8; Aquaman: Time and Tide #1–4 344 978-1401277468
Aquaman by Peter David Book Two Aquaman (vol. 5) #9–20, Annual #1 344 978-1401281434
Aquaman by Peter David Book Three Aquaman (vol. 5) #21-34, Annual #2-3 400 9781401292591
Aquaman by Peter David Omnibus Aquaman (vol. 5) #0-46, Annual #1-4 1,464 [119]
Aquaman: The Waterbearer Aquaman (vol. 6) #1–4; Aquaman Secret Files and Origins #1 119 1-4012-0088-5
Aquaman: The Waterbearer (new edition) Aquaman (vol. 6) #1–6; Aquaman Secret Files and Origins #1 and material from JLA/JSA Secret Files and Origins #1 200 9781401275143
Aquaman: Sub Diego Aquaman (vol. 6) #15–22 192 978-1401255107
Aquaman: To Serve and Protect Aquaman (vol. 6) #23–31 224 978-1401263829
Aquaman: Kingdom Lost Aquaman (vol. 6) #32–39 200 978-1401271299
Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #40–45 114 1-4012-1145-3
Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis Book One Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #40–49 160 978-1401287719
Limited Series
Aquaman: Time and Tide Aquaman: Time and Tide #1–4 88 1-5638-9259-6
Aquaman: The Atlantis Chronicles – The Deluxe Edition The Atlantis Chronicles #1–7 344 978-1401274399
Aquaman: Tempest Tempest #1–4; Teen Titans Spotlight #10, 18 168 978-1401280482

The New 52 Edit

Title Material Collected Pages ISBN
Aquaman (vol. 7) (2011)
Aquaman Vol. 1: The Trench Aquaman (vol. 7) #1–6 144 1-4012-3551-4
Aquaman Vol. 2: The Others Aquaman (vol. 7) #7–13 160 1-4012-4016-X
Aquaman Vol. 3: Throne of Atlantis[120] Aquaman (vol. 7) #0, 14–16; Justice League (vol. 2) #15–17 176 978-1401243098
Aquaman Vol. 4: Death of a King Aquaman (vol. 7) #17–19, 21–25 192 978-1401246969
Aquaman by Geoff Johns Omnibus Aquaman (vol. 7) #0-25, #23.1, #23.2, Justice League (vol. 2) #15-17 728 1401285465
Aquaman Vol. 5: Sea of Storms Aquaman (vol. 7) #26–31, Aquaman Annual #2, Swamp Thing (vol. 5) #32 208 978-1401250393
Aquaman Vol. 6: Maelstrom Aquaman (vol. 7) #32–40 and material from Secret Origins (vol. 3) #2, 5 240 978-1401254414
Aquaman Vol. 7: Exiled Aquaman (vol. 7) #41–48 200 978-1401260989
Aquaman Vol. 8: Out of Darkness Aquaman (vol. 7) #49–52, Aquaman: Rebirth #1 144 978-1401268749
Limited Series
Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Wonder Woman Emperor Aquaman #1-3 and Outsider #1-3, Lois Lane and the Resistance #1-3, Wonder Woman and the Furies #1-3 272 978-1401234102
Aquaman and the Others Vol. 1: Legacy of Gold Aquaman and the Others #1–5, Aquaman (vol. 7) #20, Aquaman Annual #1, 176 978-1401250386
Aquaman and the Others Vol. 2: Alignment: Earth Aquaman and the Others #6–11, Aquaman: Futures End #1, Aquaman and the Others: Futures End #1 176 978-1401253318
Convergence: Zero Hour: Book Two Convergence: Aquaman #1-2 and Convergence: Superman: The Man of Steel #1-2, Convergence: Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1-2, Convergence: Supergirl: Matrix #1-2, Convergence: Green Lantern/Parallax #1-2 272 978-1401258405

DC Rebirth Edit

Title Material Collected Pages Publication date ISBN
Aquaman Vol. 8 (2016)
Aquaman Vol. 1: The Drowning Aquaman (vol. 8) #1–6, Aquaman: Rebirth #1 192 January 17, 2017 978-1401267827
Aquaman Vol. 2: Black Manta Rising Aquaman (vol. 8) #7–15 212 April 18, 2017 978-1401272272
Aquaman: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 1 Aquaman (vol. 8) #1–12, Aquaman: Rebirth #1 392 August 22, 2017 978-1401271480
Aquaman Vol. 3: Crown of Atlantis Aquaman (vol. 8) #16–24 216 September 5, 2017 978-1401271497
Aquaman Vol. 4: Underworld Aquaman (vol. 8) #25–30 152 January 30, 2018 978-1401275426
Aquaman Vol. 5: The Crown Comes Down Aquaman (vol. 8) #31–33, Annual (vol. 2) #1 144 July 10, 2018 978-1401280697
Aquaman Vol. 6: Kingslayer Aquaman (vol. 8) #34–38, Annual (vol. 2) #2 128 December 18, 2018 978-1401285432
Aquaman/Suicide Squad: Sink Atlantis Aquaman (vol. 8) #39–40, Suicide Squad #45–46 128 February 19, 2019 978-1401290726
Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth #1, Justice League (vol. 4) #10–12, Titans (vol. 3) #28, Aquaman (vol. 8) #41–42, Aquaman/Justice League: Drowned Earth #1 224 April 16, 2019 978-1401291013
Aquaman Vol. 1: Unspoken Water Aquaman (vol. 8) #43–47 152 August 13, 2019 978-1401292478
Aquaman Vol. 2: Amnesty Aquaman (vol. 8) #48–52 144 December 24, 2019 978-1401295332
Aquaman Vol. 3: Manta vs. Machine Aquaman (vol. 8) #53–57, Annual (vol. 3) #2 168 September 8, 2020 978-1779502810
Aquaman Vol. 4: Echoes of a Life Lived Well Aquaman (vol. 8) #58–65 200 February 9, 2021 978-1779505880
Limited Series
DC Meets Hanna Barbera Vol. 2 Aquaman/Jabberjaw #1 and The Flash/Speed Buggy #1, Super Sons/Dynomutt #1, Black Lightning/Hong Kong Phooey #1 168 December 24, 2018 978-1401286286
Future State: Justice League Future State: Aquaman #1-2 and Future State: Justice League/Justice League Dark #1-2, Future State: Flash #1-2, Future State: Green Lantern #1-2 288 June 22, 2021 978-1779510655
Aquaman Deep Dives Material from Aquaman Giant #1-4, Aquaman: Deep Dives #4, 6-7, 9 168 June 8, 2021 978-1779511249
Aquaman: Andromeda Aquaman: Andromeda #1-3 176 November 21, 2023 978-1779517333
Aquaman/Green Arrow: Deep Target Aquaman/Green Arrow: Deep Target #1-7 200 October 18, 2022 978-1779516893
Aquamen Aquamen #1-6 144 November 29, 2022 978-1779516954
Aquaman/The Flash: Voidsong Aquaman/The Flash: Voidsong #1-3 168 February 23, 2023 978-1779517050
Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 Years Adventure Comics #120, 174, 220, 260, 266, 269, 444, 452, 475; Aquaman (vol. 1) #1, 18, 40; Justice League of America Annual #2; Aquaman (vol. 2) #3; Aquaman (vol. 4) #2, 34; Aquaman (vol. 5) #4, 17; Aquaman (vol. 7) #1, 43 400 October 25, 2016 978-1401264468
Aquaman: 80 Years of the King of the Sea Stories from: Aquaman #0-37; JLA: Our Worlds at War #1; Aquaman #17; Outsiders: Five of a Kind - Metamorpho/Aquaman #1; Adventure Comics #120-137, 232-266, 269-475; More Fun Comics #73; Aquaman #11-35, 46-62; Aquaman #1; Aquaman Special #1; Aquaman #25 429 February 14, 2023 978-1779510198

In other media Edit

 
Promotional image of Jason Momoa as Aquaman in the DC Extended Universe
Main article: Aquaman in other media

Since his comic book debut in November 1941, Aquaman has appeared in a number of adaptations. These formats include television shows, video games, and films.

Television Edit

Aquaman has made multiple television appearances. The character was featured in the animated series The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, Super Friends, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Young Justice, Harley Quinn and Aquaman: King of Atlantis.[5][121]

He also appeared in the live-action television series Smallville being portrayed by Alan Ritchson.

There was also an Aquaman pilot made by the creator of Smallville, featuring Justin Hartley, which never aired.

Aquaman has made non-speaking appearances in the animated series Teen Titans Go!. In "Don't Press Play", he is voiced by Greg Cipes. In "Finding Aquaman", he is voiced by Patrick Warburton.[122]

Film Edit

 
Jason Momoa at 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International

The character has appeared in direct-to-DVD animated films such as Justice League: The New Frontier (2008) and Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2011).

Within the live-action DC Extended Universe films, American actor Jason Momoa plays Aquaman, and the character made his feature film debut in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). Momoa reprised the role in Justice League (2017) and starred in his own film Aquaman (2018). This movie version of Aquaman is of Polynesian ethnicity, rather than the blond-haired white man of his traditional depiction. Momoa's Aquaman has long, dark hair, a full beard and extensive tattoos.[123][124] Vijay depicted an Indian Aquaman version in the 2010 film Sura.[125]

Theme park attractions Edit

The character has multiple attractions themed to the character at Six Flags theme parks.

One of them, announced in 2020 is Aquaman: Power Wave, a Mack water roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas.[126] The roller coaster is set to open in 2023.[127] Aquaman: Power Wave replaced another theme park attraction based on Aquaman, Aquaman Splashdown.[128]

Another one, Aquaman Splashdown, is an Arrow Dynamics hydroflume water ride at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. The water ride was Yankee Clipper in 1976, but was re-themed to Aquaman in 2022.[129]

Reception Edit

Aquaman was listed as the 147th-greatest comic book character of all time by Wizard magazine.[130] IGN also ranked Aquaman as the 53rd-greatest comic book hero of all time, opining that "even though he'll forever be the butt of jokes thanks to his fishy powers, comic readers have come to love Aquaman as a noble (and very powerful) figure who is forever torn between the worlds of land and sea."[131] In a 2011 reader poll, Parade magazine ranked Aquaman among the top 10 superheroes of all time.[132]

By 2008, cultural critic Glen Weldon noted that Aquaman had become ridiculed by a popular mindset that cast him as an ineffectual hero. This was due to the perception that his heroic abilities were too narrow. Weldon wrote that critics and pop culture comedians who chose to focus on this had overplayed the joke, making it "officially the hoariest, hackiest arrow in the quiver of pop-culture commentary."[133][134]

See also Edit

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External links Edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aquaman and his cast.
  • Official website  
  • The Unofficial Aquaman Site, including the Aquaman FAQ
  • Aquaman Shrine
  • AquamanTV: Mercy Reef
  • Index of Aquaman's Earth-1 Adventures
  • Aquaman at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012.
  • Aquaman on DC Database, a DC Comics wiki

October 13, 2023
aquaman, other, uses, disambiguation, arthur, curry, redirects, here, military, general, arthur, currie, redirects, here, 2023, film, superhero, appearing, american, comic, books, published, comics, created, paul, norris, mort, weisinger, character, debuted, m. For other uses see Aquaman disambiguation Arthur Curry redirects here For the military general see Arthur Currie Aquaman II redirects here For the 2023 film see Aquaman 2 Aquaman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger the character debuted in More Fun Comics 73 November 1941 1 Initially a backup feature in DC s anthology titles Aquaman later starred in several volumes of a solo comic book series During the late 1950s and 1960s superhero revival period known as the Silver Age he was a founding member of the Justice League In the 1990s Modern Age writers interpreted Aquaman s character more seriously with storylines depicting the weight of his role as king of Atlantis 2 AquamanVariant cover of Aquaman Rebirth 1 August 2016 Art by Brad Walker Publication informationPublisherDC ComicsFirst appearanceMore Fun Comics 73 November 1941 Created byMort Weisinger writer Paul Norris artist In story informationAlter egoArthur CurrySpeciesAtlantean demigod hybrid 2019 present Human Atlantean hybrid some continuities Place of originAtlantis Earth Team affiliationsJustice LeagueJustice League InternationalThe OthersJustice League EuropeJustice League Task ForcePartnershipsMera wife Aqualad various Aquagirl various Nuidis VulkoTopoNotable aliasesOrinKing of the Seven SeasDweller in the DepthsAquatic AceMarine MarvelTerra FirmaRider of King TideACProtector of the DeepAbilitiesSuperhuman strength intelligence durability endurance speed agility and senses Telepathic control of all aquatic life Divine empowerment Weather manipulation and electricity manipulation via trident Hydrokinesis Magic Aquatic adaptation Master strategist tactician and field commanderThe son of a human lighthouse keeper and the queen of Atlantis Aquaman is the alias of Arthur Curry who also goes by the Atlantean name Orin Others to use the title of Aquaman include a short lived human successor Joseph Curry his protege Jackson Hyde and the mysterious Adam Waterman who was briefly active during World War II Aquaman s comic books are filled with colourful undersea characters and a rich supporting cast including his mentor Vulko his powerful wife Mera and various sidekicks such as Aqualad Aquagirl and Dolphin Aquaman stories tend to blend high fantasy and science fiction His villains include his archenemy Black Manta and his own half brother Ocean Master among others The character s original 1960s animated appearances left a lasting impression making Aquaman widely recognized in popular culture and one of the world s most recognized superheroes Jokes about his wholesome weak portrayal in Super Friends and perceived feeble powers and abilities have been staples of comedy programs and stand up routines 3 4 5 leading DC at several times to attempt to make the character edgier or more powerful in the comic books 6 Modern comic book depictions have attempted to reconcile these various aspects of his public perception with many versions often casting Aquaman as serious and brooding weighed down by his public reputation his responsibilities as king and the complex world of Atlantean politics 7 Aquaman has been featured in several adaptations first appearing in animated form in the 1967 The Superman Aquaman Hour of Adventure and then in the related Super Friends program Since then he has appeared in various animated productions including prominent roles in the 2000s series Justice League and Justice League Unlimited and Batman The Brave and the Bold as well as several DC Universe Animated Original Movies Actor Alan Ritchson also portrayed the character in the live action television show Smallville In the DC Extended Universe actor Jason Momoa portrays the character in the films Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice Justice League and its director s cut Zack Snyder s Justice League Aquaman the HBO Max series Peacemaker The Flash and the upcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 8 9 10 Contents 1 Publication history 2 Fictional character biography 2 1 Golden Age 2 2 Arthur Curry 2 2 1 Silver Age 2 2 2 Modern Age 2 2 3 The New 52 2 2 4 Convergence 2 2 5 DC Rebirth DC Universe 2 3 Arthur Joseph Curry 3 Powers and abilities 3 1 Marine Telepathy 3 2 Physical abilities 3 3 Other powers and abilities 3 4 Weapons and equipment 3 4 1 Trident of Neptune 3 4 2 Trident of Poseidon 3 4 3 Prosthetic hand 3 4 3 1 Waterbearer Hand 4 Other versions 4 1 Earth Two 4 2 Earth C Minus 4 3 Supergirl Wings 4 4 Tangent Comics 4 5 Old Lady Harley 4 6 Earth 11 4 7 JLA Avengers 4 8 Flashpoint 4 9 Injustice Gods Among Us prequel 4 10 Earth 3 5 Collected editions 5 1 The New 52 5 2 DC Rebirth 6 In other media 6 1 Television 6 2 Film 6 3 Theme park attractions 7 Reception 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksPublication history EditAquaman s appearances began in More Fun Comics 73 in 1941 and continued until issue 107 after which all superhero stories were replaced with humor features At this time in 1946 Aquaman was transferred to Adventure Comics with issue 103 along with the other superhero features from More Fun Comics Aquaman would continue to feature in Adventure Comics for the next 15 years being one of the few DC superheroes to appear continuously throughout the 1950s In 1961 Aquaman starred in a four issue run in the anthology series Showcase in issues 30 33 These Showcase issues are notable as Aquaman s first cover appearances in any comic Simultaneously the Aquaman backup feature ended in Adventure Comics with issue 284 and was transferred to Detective Comics with issue 293 Soon thereafter the first Aquaman solo series began with the first issue cover dated February 1962 The same month the backup feature in Detective Comics ended with issue 300 Simultaneously with the solo series an Aquaman backup feature was also published in World s Finest 125 139 cover dated May 1962 to February 1964 The solo series Aquaman would last 56 issues in its initial run until 1971 After a three year hiatus Aquaman returned as a backup feature in Adventure Comics for issues 435 437 before becoming the main feature in issues 441 452 This run transitioned into a revival of the Aquaman solo series in 1977 resuming the initial run s numbering at 57 however the series ended after just seven issues with 63 in 1978 Aquaman once again returned to Adventure Comics as part of the Dollar Comics revamp of the series appearing in issues 460 466 over 1978 1979 When this ended Aquaman appeared in three issues of World s Finest Comics 262 264 and then returned to Adventure Comics as the first feature for four more issues 475 478 and as a back up in issues 491 500 The feature found a new home as a backup in Action Comics for 14 issues 517 521 527 530 536 540 which would be the end of Aquaman s Pre Crisis solo appearances Aquaman s first Post Crisis appearance was in the four issue miniseries Aquaman vol 2 in 1986 which gave the character a new blue costume which did not reappear in any later series In 1988 the character starred in the one shot Aquaman 1 followed by the Legend of Aquaman Special one shot issue in 1989 This was followed by the five issue miniseries Aquaman vol 3 A new ongoing series Aquaman vol 4 began in 1991 but was cancelled after 13 issues The character was reinvented in the 1993 1994 miniseries Aquaman Time and Tide which provided a revamped origin for Aquaman This was followed by a new ongoing series Aquaman vol 5 which lasted until 2001 with 75 issues altogether making it the longest running Aquaman solo series to date Aquaman vol 6 was launched in 2003 following on from the Obsidian Age storyline in JLA In the wake of the DC event miniseries Infinite Crisis and DC s One Year Later relaunch the series was renamed Aquaman Sword of Atlantis with issue 40 until the final issue 57 these 18 issues starred a brand new younger Aquaman named Arthur Joseph Curry There were no more solo Aquaman publications in Post Crisis continuity although the original Aquaman did feature as a main character in the limited series Brightest Day The New 52 continuity reboot in September 2011 saw the beginning of the ongoing series Aquaman vol 7 A spin off team title Aquaman and the Others also ran for 11 issues from 2014 to 2015 Aquaman vol 7 lasted for the entirety of the New 52 era of DC ending with issue 52 in 2016 as part of the line wide relaunch DC Rebirth The New 52 volume was immediately followed by the one shot issue Aquaman Rebirth preceding the launch of the current ongoing series Aquaman vol 8 which ended with issue 66 Upon cancellation of Aquaman vol 8 Aquaman did not have titled release until a digital only series titled Aquaman Deep Dives released in 2020 Throughout 2022 Aquaman appeared in both Aquaman The Becoming and Aquamen which saw Aquaman train Jackson Hyde Aqualad to take over his mantle However by the end of 2022 it seemed DC was moving away from this decision as they began publishing regular Aquaman team up stories again These included the seven issue series Aquaman Green Arrow Deep Target and the three issue Aquaman The Flash Voidsong In August 2022 Aquaman received a three issue mini series called Aquaman Andromeda under DC s adult audience comic series DC Black Label This was the last Aquaman titled publication until the upcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Special 1 one shot in October of 2023 Fictional character biography EditGolden Age Edit Aquaman s first origin story was presented in flashback from his debut in More Fun Comics 73 November 1941 narrated by the character himself The story must start with my father a famous undersea explorer if I spoke his name you would recognize it My mother died when I was a baby and he turned to his work of solving the ocean s secrets His greatest discovery was an ancient city in the depths where no other diver had ever penetrated My father believed it was the lost kingdom of Atlantis He made himself a water tight home in one of the palaces and lived there studying the records and devices of the race s marvelous wisdom From the books and records he learned ways of teaching me to live under the ocean drawing oxygen from the water and using all the power of the sea to make me wonderfully strong and swift By training and a hundred scientific secrets I became what you see a human being who lives and thrives under the water In his early Golden Age appearances Aquaman can breathe underwater and control fish and other underwater life for up to an hour Initially he was depicted as speaking to sea creatures in their own language rather than telepathically and only when they were close enough to hear him within a 20 yards 18 m radius Aquaman s adventures took place all across the world and his base was a wrecked fishing boat kept underwater in which he also lived 11 During his wartime adventures most of Aquaman s foes were Nazi U boat commanders and various Axis villains from when he once worked with the All Star Squadron The rest of his adventures in the 1940s and 1950s had him dealing with several sea based criminals including modern day pirates such as his longtime archenemy Black Jack as well as various threats to aquatic life shipping lanes and sailors Aquaman s last appearance in More Fun Comics was in issue 106 before being moved along with Superboy and Green Arrow to Adventure Comics starting with issue 103 in 1946 In The New Golden Age 1 2022 writer Geoff Johns restores a variation of the Golden Age Aquaman to DC continuity This version s profile tells the story of an Aquaman who was the predecessor of Arthur Curry This Aquaman was the unnamed son of two well respected scientists who studied what they believed to be the underwater ruins of Atlantis in reality an abandoned Atlantean scientific outpost where they lived in an underwater lab This unique environment seemed to slowly alter their young son s physiology The boy learned how to breathe in the water developed incredible strength and formed a bond with sea life while training some of them to aid him in his underwater heroic activities In 1941 he first appeared to the surface world as Aquaman While he turned down the offer to join the Justice Society of America when he encountered Green Lantern he was briefly a member of the All Star Squadron In 1947 Aquaman left the sea where he sought to live on the land using the alias of Adam Waterman He retreated back to the ocean soon after for reasons unknown This Aquaman disappeared from the public eye in the 1950s 12 13 At the end of the Flashpoint Beyond limited series this version of Aquaman was among The Thirteen characters removed from time seen in the custody of the Time Masters The capsules containing this Aquaman and those with him were found to have failed and they have been pulled back to the 1940s restoring them to DC s history in modern day stories 14 Arthur Curry Edit Silver Age Edit Aquaman s adventures continued to be published in Adventure Comics through the 1940s and 1950s as one of the few superheroes to last through the 1950s in continuous publication Starting in the late 1950s new elements to Aquaman s backstory were introduced with various new supporting characters added and several adjustments made to the character his origins his power and persona The first of these elements was the story Aquaman s Undersea Partner in Adventure Comics 229 October 1956 where his octopus sidekick Topo was first introduced This and subsequent elements were later removed or altered from the Aquaman character after the establishment of DC s multiverse in the 1960s attributed to the Aquaman of Earth One The Silver Age Aquaman made his first appearance in Adventure Comics 260 May 1959 In it and subsequent Silver Age comics it was revealed that this Aquaman was Arthur Curry the son of lighthouse keeper Tom Curry and Atlanna a water breathing outcast from the lost underwater city of Atlantis Due to his heritage Aquaman discovered as a youth that he possessed various superhuman abilities including the powers of surviving underwater communication with sea life and tremendous swimming prowess Eventually Arthur decided to use his talents to become the defender of the Earth s oceans It was later revealed that in his youth Arthur had adventured as Aquaboy and on one occasion met Superboy Earth s only other publicly active superpowered hero at the time 15 When Arthur grew up he called himself Aquaman It was later revealed that after Atlanna s death Tom Curry met and married an ordinary human woman and had a son named Orm Curry Aquaman s half brother Orm grew up as a troubled youth in the shadow of his brother who constantly bailed him out of trouble with the law He grew to hate Aquaman not only for the powers that he could never possess but also because he believed that their father would always favor Aquaman Orm disappeared after becoming an amnesiac and would resurface years later as Aquaman s nemesis the Ocean Master 16 Aquaman s ability to talk with fish eventually expanded to full fledged telepathic communication with sea creatures even from great distances He also retroactively developed a specific weakness akin to Superman s vulnerability to kryptonite or Green Lantern s vulnerability to the color yellow Aquaman had to come into contact with water at least once per hour or he would die Prior to this Aquaman could exist both in and out of water indefinitely 17 In Aquaman 18 December 1964 Aquaman married Mera in the first superhero wedding depicted in a comic book 18 Aquaman was included in the Justice League of America comic book series appearing with the team in their very first adventure 19 and was also a founding member of the team 20 Aquaman took part in most of the 1960s adventures of the superhero team Aquaman s supporting cast and rogues gallery soon began to grow with the addition of Aqualad an outcast orphaned youth from an Atlantean colony whom Aquaman took in and began to mentor 21 Aquaman later discovered the submerged fictional city of New Venice 22 which became Aquaman s base of operations for a time 23 Aquaman is recognized as the son of Atlanna and is later voted to be the King after the death of the former regent who had no heirs 24 By this time Aquaman had met Mera 25 a queen from a water based dimension and married her shortly after he became king 24 They soon have a son Arthur Jr nicknamed Aquababy 26 nbsp Aquaman in Adventure Comics 443 January 1976 art by Jim AparoThe 1960s series introduced other such archenemies as the Ocean Master Aquaman s amnesiac half brother Orm 27 Black Manta 28 the Fisherman 29 the Scavenger 30 and the terrorist organization known as O G R E 31 Other recurring members of the Aquaman cast introduced in this series include the well meaning but annoying Qwsp a water sprite 32 Dr Vulko a trustworthy Atlantean scientist who became Aquaman s royal advisor and whom Aquaman eventually appoints to be king after leaving the throne himself 33 and Tula known as Aquagirl an Atlantean princess who was Aqualad s primary love interest 34 In the mid 1980s after his own feature s demise Aquaman is briefly made the leader of the Justice League of America In a storyline in Justice League of America 228 230 an invasion of Earth by a race of Martians occurs at a time when the core members are missing Aquaman is thus forced to defend Earth with a League much depleted in power and capability and he takes it upon himself to disband the Justice League altogether in Justice League of America Annual 2 1984 thereafter reforming it with new bylaws requiring members to give full participation to the League s cases With the help of veteran Justice League members the Martian Manhunter Zatanna and the Elongated Man Aquaman recruits and trains four new and untried members Gypsy Vibe Vixen and Steel Arthur also relocates the team s headquarters to a reinforced bunker in Detroit Michigan after the destruction of the JLA s satellite headquarters during the Martian invasion 35 Aquaman s participation in this new version of the Justice League ended in 243 October 1985 when he resigned to work on his marriage with Mera Modern Age Edit After the 1985 miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths several short miniseries were produced in the late 1980s and the early 1990s beginning with 1986 s four issue miniseries Aquaman February May 1986 written by Neal Pozner and featuring Aquaman in a new largely deep sea blue camouflage costume The series was well received and a follow up limited series was in the works but was eventually cancelled due to creative problems 36 This series also expanded on several details of the Silver Age Aquaman s origin as well as Aquaman s relationship with his half brother the Ocean Master whose origin was retold in more complete detail The series also added mystical elements to Aquaman s mythology and reinvented the Ocean Master as a sorcerer Aquaman reappeared in his blue costume in Aquaman Special 1 1988 nbsp Aquaman s deep blue camouflage suit in Aquaman vol 2 1 February 1986 art by Craig HamiltonIn late 1988 the character appeared in the Invasion storyline guest starring with the Doom Patrol and once again wearing his trademark orange and green costume In 1989 the Legend of Aquaman Special officially titled as Aquaman Special 1 in the comic s legal indicia the second Special in back to back years rewrote Aquaman s mythos and origin while still keeping most of his Silver Age history intact The special was written by writer Robert Loren Fleming with plots breakdown art by Keith Giffen and full pencil art by artist Curt Swan This origin story of the Modern Age recounts that Aquaman is born as Orin to Queen Atlanna and the mysterious wizard Atlan in the sunken Atlantean city of Poseidonis As a baby Orin was abandoned to die on Mercy Reef which is above sea level at low tide causing fatal air exposure to Atlanteans because of his blond hair which was seen by the superstitious Atlanteans as a sign of a curse they called the Mark of Kordax The only individual who spoke up on Orin s behalf was Vulko a scientist who had no patience for myth or superstition While his pleas fell on deaf ears Vulko would later become a close friend and advisor to the young Orin As a feral child who raised himself in the wilds of the ocean with only sea creatures to keep him company Orin was found and taken in by a lighthouse keeper named Arthur Curry who named Orin Arthur Curry after himself One day a young Arthur returns home and finds that his adoptive father has disappeared so he sets off on his own In his early teens Orin ventures to Alaska where he meets and falls in love with an Inupiaq girl named Kako It is also here that he first earned the hatred of Orm the future Ocean Master who was later revealed to be Arthur s half brother by Atlan and an Inupiaq woman 37 As detailed in the five issue miniseries Aquaman June October 1989 by the same creative team of the 1989 special of Robert Loren Fleming Keith Giffen and Curt Swan which continued a few of the themes from the Legend of Aquaman Special Mera is eventually driven insane by grief over the death of her son Arthur Jr and is committed to an asylum in Poseidonis Shortly afterwards a jellyfish esque alien force conquers Atlantis Arthur is forced to save the city but is hampered by an escaped Mera who personally blames Arthur for the death of their son In a fit of rage Mera leaves Earth for her homeworld of Xebel in another dimension The publication of writer Peter David s The Atlantis Chronicles 1 7 March September 1990 which tells the story of Atlantis from antediluvian times to Aquaman s birth introduced the ancient Atlantean characters Orin after whom Aquaman was named and Atlan who was revealed to be Aquaman s father Another Aquaman ongoing series with creative team Shaun McLaughlin and Ken Hooper 1 13 thereafter ran from December 1991 to December 1992 which portrayed Aquaman reluctantly deciding to remain in Poseidonis as its protector once again For a time Arthur served as Atlantis representative to the United Nations but always found himself thrust back into the superhero role Becoming more and more of a workaholic and solitary figure Aquaman eventually returned to the oceans and soon becomes tangled up in another attempt by Black Manta to destroy Atlantis by dragging it into a war with a surface nation Peter David returned to the character in another miniseries Aquaman Time and Tide a 1993 1994 four issue miniseries which further explained Aquaman s origins as he finally learns all about the history of his people through the Atlantis Chronicles which are presented as historical texts passed down and updated through the centuries Aquaman learns that his birth name was Orin and that he and his enemy the Ocean Master share the same father an ancient Atlantean wizard named Atlan This revelation sends Orin into a bout of rage and depression setting the stage for later confrontations between the two as it is said in the Chronicles that two brothers will also battle for control of Atlantis This is in contrast to the Silver Age Aquaman who had always known that the Ocean Master was his half brother Orm although Orm s amnesia prevented him from remembering this fact for some time This series is credited by Kevin Melrose of Comic Book Resources with helping the character reach the height of his modern era popularity 38 Aquaman starred in his own series again with the publication of Aquaman vol 5 1 August 1994 initially scripted by Peter David following up on his 1993 Time and Tide miniseries This series was the longest running for the character lasting until its 75th issue David left the series after issue 46 July 1998 after working on it for nearly four years nbsp The 1990s version of Aquaman on the cover of Aquaman vol 5 17 February 1996 art by Jim CalafioreDavid began by giving Aquaman an entirely new look forsaking his former clean cut appearance Following his discoveries reading the Atlantis Chronicles during Time and Tide Aquaman withdraws from the world for a time Garth finds him weeks later with his hair and beard grown long brooding in his cave Aquaman loses his left hand when the madman Charybdis attempting to force Arthur to show him how he can harness Arthur s ability to communicate with sea life sticks Arthur s hand into a piranha infested pool 39 This loss causes Aquaman to become somewhat unhinged and he begins having prophetic dreams and then feeling in need of a symbol attaches a harpoon spearhead to his left arm in place of his missing hand His classic orange shirt is shredded in a battle with Lobo 40 but rather than replace it he instead goes shirtless for a while before donning a gladiatorial manica 41 After the destruction of the harpoon 42 Aquaman has it replaced by a cybernetic prosthetic harpoon from S T A R Labs 43 with a retractable reel that he can fully control A major storyline culminating in 25 concerns the Five Lost Cities of Atlantis Facing an unearthly invading species linked to the origin of the Atlanteans Aquaman has to search out and unite the lost cities This storyline established Arthur as a Warrior King and a major political power ruling largely undisputed over all the Atlantean cities The remainder of Peter David s run focused on Orin coming to terms with his genetic heritage and his role as king During this time he discovers the remnants of a sentient alien ship beneath Poseidonis and is able to take control of it returning Poseidonis to the surface and bringing Atlantis into greater contact with the outside world The cultural changes this brings about including increased tourism as well as his conflicting duties as superhero and king bring him into increasing tension with the political powers in his city After a brief stint by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning David was replaced as writer by Erik Larsen with issue 50 Dec 1998 and again by Dan Jurgens in issue 63 January 2000 The series ended with issue 75 January 2001 During this time Aquaman s wife Mera returns once again sane from the otherworldly dimension where she had been trapped and Aquaman narrowly averts a coup d etat orchestrated by his son Koryak and his advisor Vulko Arthur s second harpoon is also destroyed this time in a battle with Noble King of the Lurkers Aquaman replaces it with a golden prosthetic hand developed by Atlantean scientists which can change shape at his command thus retaining the powers of the former harpoon while also being more all purpose After a brief war with an island nation Aquaman expands Atlantis surface influence by annexing the country to Atlantis Aquaman had no regular series of his own from 2001 to 2003 but his plot went through several developments via his cameo appearances in multiple other titles Aquaman was a founding member of the reformed JLA 44 and remained an active if sometimes reluctant member of that team until the Our Worlds at War storyline in 2001 shortly after the cancellation of Aquaman vol 5 during which Aquaman and the city of Poseidonis disappear during a battle between Aquaman and an Imperiex probe The Justice League eventually found out that the city was still there just magically shielded but in ruins and apparently uninhabited These Atlanteans were trapped in the ancient past sent there by Tempest Aqualad as a last measure when it appeared that the city would be destroyed by the probe There however they were enslaved by their own Atlantean ancestors led by a powerful sorceress named Gamemnae and Aquaman himself was transformed into living water and imprisoned in an ornamental pool Over time this civilization had collapsed until only Gamemnae herself now immensely powerful inhabited the ruins After a few months of their own time but fully 15 years for the Atlanteans the JLA free Aquaman in The Obsidian Age storyline in JLA 45 Although the original League is killed by Gamemnae their souls are contained by the magician Manitou Raven to use in a spell to contain Gamemnae in Atlantis until the present day when he is able to resurrect them Aquaman is freed from his imprisonment in the pool and Zatanna enhances his abilities so that he can now control the entire ocean as a powerful water wraith With this power Aquaman is able to sever Gamemnae s connection to the city by sinking it under the sea again While he fights Gamemnae the League members return the modern Atlanteans to the present where they begin rebuilding the city which is once again at the bottom of the sea nbsp The initial look of the 2003 series by Yvel GuichetA sixth Aquaman series began shortly afterward initially written by Rick Veitch who sought to take Aquaman in a more mystical direction Subsequent writers who contributed to the series include John Ostrander Will Pfeifer Tad Williams and John Arcudi This series ran 57 issues starting in December 2002 cover dated February 2003 Initially focusing on Aquaman s efforts to survive after he was exiled from Atlantis and the ocean the theme of the storyline changed when Aquaman became involved after a sizeable portion of San Diego sunk into the ocean Over the next few months it was discovered that the sinking was the work of a scientist who had acquired a sample of Aquaman s DNA Believing that the human race as it currently existed would destroy Earth he had sunk the city while also using the DNA sample he took from Aquaman to convert most of the residents into water breathers Aquaman goes on to establish himself as the protector of Sub Diego aided by new Aquagirl Lorena Marquez despite such problems as the human residents poor reaction to being trapped underwater and the Ocean Master s attempt to rewrite history so that he is Aquaman while Orin is the Ocean Master Starting with 40 May 2006 following the events of the Infinite Crisis storyline the series was renamed Aquaman Sword of Atlantis which ended with issue 57 October 2007 These issues featured a new younger Aquaman named Arthur Joseph Curry Following the One Year Later storyline starting with Aquaman vol 6 40 May 2006 the series was renamed Aquaman Sword of Atlantis and taken in an entirely different direction by writer Kurt Busiek In this version Aquaman is missing and presumed dead following the events of Infinite Crisis A young man with aquatic powers by the name of Arthur Joseph Curry is summoned by the mysterious Dweller in the Depths to take up the mantle of Aquaman but it gradually emerges that the Dweller himself is Aquaman having lost much of his memory and been strangely mutated while gaining magical powers see the Arthur Joseph Curry section below These changes were explained later during the missing year between Infinite Crisis and One Year Later depicted in the weekly series 52 where Aquaman makes a brief appearance at the memorial for Superboy Sometime later Ralph Dibny seemingly accompanied by Doctor Fate s helmet meets a bearded long haired and amnesic Orin in the ruins of Atlantis The helmet portends that if he lives if he lives it is as a victim of the magicks of legend and the power of the sea 46 During Infinite Crisis Orin makes a deal with the gods of the sea in a desperate bid to gain the power to save the lives of several Sub Diego inhabitants who had lost the ability to live in water Using the bones of his severed left hand in a magical ritual the sea gods give Orin the power to raise Sub Diego onto dry land However as a side effect of this Orin mutates into the Dweller of the Depths and loses his memories 47 The fate the Dweller foresees for Arthur Joseph Curry once they meet is revealed to really only be a confused memory of the Dweller s own past as Aquaman In the midst of trying to help his successor Arthur Joseph the Dweller Orin is murdered by Narwhal 48 Upon the receipt of Orin s body members of the Justice League of America including Superman Batman Green Lantern and the Flash examine the body in Atlantis and wish the best for Mera and the new Aquaman 49 Orin seemingly reappears in Atlantis during the 2008 Final Crisis storyline to fend off the forces of Darkseid but this Aquaman is revealed to be from another Earth in the multiverse 50 51 The appearance of this Aquaman is later perceived by Hal Jordan and Barry Allen to be an unsubstantiated rumor however since this person was never seen nor heard from again 52 Sometime between his death and the beginning of the 2008 09 Blackest Night storyline Orin s body is moved and buried on land at Mercy Reef alongside Tom Curry in accordance with his final wishes 53 In Blackest Night 1 July 2009 Garth returns to Atlantis and tells Orin s wife Mera that he is angry at the notion of Aquaman s body being buried on land Mera relays to Tempest that Orin felt safe on land and that this is indeed what Arthur wanted Sometime later a black power ring is seen entering Orin s grave bidding him to rise from the dead 53 Aquaman s corpse rises along with those of Tula and the Dolphin as revenant members of the Black Lantern Corps and demands that Mera reunite with him in death offering her a chance to see her son again Garth is killed and joins the Black Lanterns himself Mera rejects Aquaman s corpse before fleeing In the climax of the miniseries Aquaman is among those resurrected by The White Lantern Entity and is reunited with Mera The Black Lantern Ring helps reconstruct Orin s body and when he is resurrected his hand is restored as well 54 During the Brightest Day storyline Aquaman and Mera spend the night together in the lighthouse of Amnesty Bay but in the morning Mera finds Arthur on the dock looking at the sea and wondering why he was resurrected 55 They later intercept a pirate vessel but Aquaman finds that he can now only call on dead sea life to help him 56 While cleaning up an oil spill Aquaman and Mera are attacked by soldiers from Mera s homeworld led by the Siren and Mera reveals that the Siren was sent to kill him 57 Mera also hints that despite the long lasting exile of her people Xebel s soldiers had been enemies of Black Manta himself from a distant time even preceding the first public appearance of Aquaman She also states that despite Mera s original mission being a solo one the Siren is now backed by an entire Death Squad of elite Xebel soldiers acting at the orders of the acting princess and also later reveals that the Siren is her younger sister 58 Aquaman is instructed by the White Lantern Entity to find Jackson Hyde before a second unidentified group does 59 Mera states that she knows who Hyde is 60 and after she tells Aquaman he leaves and rescues Jackson from a Xebel attack It is revealed that Aquaman s Silver Age origin has been re established and he is once again the half human son of Tom Curry and an Atlantean queen 61 The Entity subsequently reduces Aquaman to what appears to be white water 62 Aquaman is revealed to be one of the Elementals transformed by the Entity to become the element of water and protect the Star City forest from the Dark Avatar the Black Lantern version of the Swamp Thing 63 After the Dark Avatar is defeated the Swamp Thing returns Aquaman to normal Afterward Aquaman is reunited with Mera at which point he discovers that the Xebels weapons were made of Atlantean technology 64 The New 52 Edit As part of The New 52 DC s 2011 relaunch of their entire superhero line Geoff Johns Ivan Reis and Joe Prado served as the initial creative team of the company s new Aquaman series the first issue of which was released September 28 2011 65 The three creators remained on the title for the first 16 issues 66 which subsequently lead into the first continual Aquaman related crossover in years Throne of Atlantis The relaunched series cemented Aquaman s status as the half human son of Tom Curry and Atlanna and saw him return to Amnesty Bay with Mera Greatly distressed by the harsh treatment given to the oceans during his time as ruler of Atlantis Aquaman decides to abdicate the Atlantean throne and return to full time heroics Arthur struggles however with his lack of reputation with the greater public which views him as a lesser metahuman with less impressive powers than those of his peers 67 He is also once again a founding member of the Justice League 68 and it is revealed in Aquaman vol 7 7 that early in his career Aquaman had teamed with a mysterious loose knit group of characters simply known as the Others The Others consist of Aquaman the South American jungle girl Ya Wara and her panther a Russian known as Vostok X an ex army veteran called Prisoner of War the Operative and an Iranian called Kahina the Seer All of the Others have in their possession an enchanted relic from Atlantis From 2014 to 2015 an independent Aquaman and the Others series was launched based on the success of these new characters Convergence Edit The 2015 Convergence storyline gave Aquaman a new look at issue 41 In this story he has been deposed from his throne by Mera now Queen of Atlantis who is now hunting him as a fugitive Along the way Arthur acquires some new powers and new equipment giving him access to powerful mystical capabilities It is later revealed that Atlantis is really being run by the Siren identical twin sister of Mera whom Mera had taken prisoner DC Rebirth DC Universe Edit Following the company wide rebranding in DC Rebirth with one focus point to bring back legacy and relationships Arthur finally proposes to Mera in DC Universe Rebirth 1 Aquaman was given an eighth volume of his eponymous series which started with a one shot comic book entitled Aquaman Rebirth 1 August 2016 This series kept writer Dan Abnett who had taken over the title for the last three issues of The New 52 and who had previously written the character for a short time a decade earlier Aquaman vol 8 focuses on Aquaman s role as king and diplomat with Arthur attempting to strengthen Atlantis surface relationships by opening an Atlantean embassy in Amnesty Bay with Mera appointed as ambassador The series largely focuses on the main cast featured in the New 52 series consisting of Aquaman Mera and Black Manta while also fleshing out forgotten side characters such as Lagoon Boy Tula Aquagirl Black Jack and others After the events of Drowned Earth Arthur loses his memories begins going by Andy and lives amongst an enclave of island dwellers making their home on Unspoken Water 69 Unbeknownst to him however this habitation is a place set within the Sphere of the Gods where forgotten sea deities go either when after they perish fade from their worshipers memories or simply forget their role in servicing the ocean s majesty 70 One such goddess who was actually a primordial adept from before time begrudgingly makes her home on a separate island adjacent to that of the divinity who betrayed her and her departed husband Namma whose real name is actually Mother Salt has every intention of drowning the world in brine with the intended consequence of killing everything that lives and breathes on it in revenge and to start over remaking the universe in her own image 71 With the help of one of Namma s cast off creatures needed to regain her full power as well as aid from the forgotten gods who is reawakened by Arthur Andy s clarion call through the Life Force power Aquaman is able to best the vengeful divine progenitor and scatter her essence across the cosmos ending her threat for a time 72 In thanks for aiding them in quelling their mother s fury the Sea Gods of the World and the newly revived Father Sea the aforementioned life mate of Mother Salt give praise to Arthur for his valor and integrity The Sea Gods awaken his dormant demigod abilities by bestowing upon him tribal tattoos christening him a bastion of the High Seas while Father Sea himself retrieves Arthur Andy s trident from the waters bestowing it to him once more 73 Yearning to remember who he was Arthur Andy undergoes a ritual where he communes with another primal ocean entity known as Mother Shark who when asked to restores Arthur s memories wherein he realizes Mera killed him in a fit of rage because of his hesitation about hearing that he is going to become a father 74 Aquaman and the sea gods return to Amnesty Bay the gods settle on Amnesty Island in an abandoned lighthouse formerly occupied by Tristram Maurer a 19th century horror writer Aquaman is called upon to bail Jackson Hyde out of jail and Jackson appoints himself Aquaman s assistant 75 Along with Callie and Tula the two fight a sea monster which mysteriously disappears when the new lamp in the restored lighthouse is destroyed An Amnesty Bay civilian named Ralph is killed during the fight and at his funeral Aquaman meets the resurrected Tristan Maurer 76 Black Manta destroys an Atlantean historical site in order to provoke a confrontation with Mera and the recently resurrected Arthur Mera along with Arthur Jackson Hyde and Arthur s new ally Tristan Maurer successfully fight off Manta who is equipped with a mecha provided by Lex Luthor Mera joins her powers with Jackson to create a gigantic bioelectric powered water construct of herself destroying the mecha however the strain of the immense hydrokinetic power Mera she is forced to use puts her in a coma and she gives birth to her daughter Andy shortly after Arthur was present for his daughter s birth and fell in love with her instantly losing all of his trepidation about becoming a father or the kind of life they could have together He named her Andy the name he used while amnesiac and stranded on Unspoken Water Mera remains comatose for ten months during which Arthur and Andy would regularly sneak into Atlantis to visit the comatose Mera in secret After 10 months in a coma Mera reawakens With the ruse of a fake wedding to Vulko she calls to Atlantis the leaders of the 7 underwater kingdoms Prior to the wedding she has the entire widowhood arrested Once all 7 kingdoms are assembled to their surprise Mera announces that she was dissolving the Atlantean monarchy and that she intended to hand power to the people Orm attempts to take power for himself however Orm and his forces are stopped by Aquaman assisted by the Justice league and the Sea gods Following this Mera finally embraces her daughter as she and Arthur settle down in Amnesty Bay Soon afterwards Mera and Arthur marry in the presence of their family and friends in what was originally planned as a welcome back party for her 77 Following the abolition of the monarchy Arthur and Mera intended to hold themselves apart from Atlantis to allow the city to govern itself but they were forced to intervene when the Frost King s forces attacked the city during what was intended to be their honeymoon Arthur journeyed into the city s heating vents to meet with the Fire Trolls who lived in the tunnels below Atlantis hoping they could be an ally against the Frost King Originally Mera agreed to stay behind to guard Andy but quickly followed him arriving in time to save Arthur from a Fire Troll with a hydrokinetic attack The Trolls were in awe of this and swore loyalty to her With her army of Fire Trolls Mera and Arthur defeated the ice creatures attacking Atlantis 78 Arthur Joseph Curry Edit Arthur Joseph Curry is the second DC Comics superhero to be known as Aquaman Created by Kurt Busiek and Jackson Guice he first appeared in Aquaman Sword of Atlantis 40 May 2006 As part of DC Comics s One Year Later event Aquaman s series was renamed Aquaman Sword of Atlantis with issue 40 May 2006 The new developments included a new lead character a new supporting cast and the inclusion of sword and sorcery type fantasy elements in the series The character was short lived and was not seen much leading up to the revival of Aquaman in the 2010 Blackest Night miniseries and he was not featured in DC continuity at all following its 2011 reboot The New 52 Arthur s story resembles versions of the original Aquaman s While awaiting transport to Miami Florida a young man named Arthur Joseph Curry is washed out to sea when a storm ruptures the tank he is in This Arthur Curry much like the Golden Age Aquaman is the son of oceanobiologist Dr Phillip Curry Arthur s mother Elaine died in childbirth and Dr Curry was forced to use a mutagenic serum on his son when he was born three months premature Arthur has lived his whole life in the main tank of his father s research facility at Avalon Cay his only window to the outside world being television nbsp Arthur Joseph Curry on the cover of Aquaman Sword of Atlantis 54 September 2007 art by Rachel and Terry DodsonShortly after his arrival in the sea Arthur is mentally contacted by the mysterious Dweller of the Depths a deformed humanoid with tentacles instead of hair and a left hand made of water who is later revealed to be the new form of the previous Aquaman Arthur Curry The Dweller urges him to help King Shark who still bears scars from a previous battle with Aquaman during the recent Crisis The Dweller confusing this new Arthur for Aquaman and calling him his charge tells Arthur and King Shark of a prophecy regarding Arthur s future a prophecy which seems to be a distorted version of the original Aquaman s history The Dweller reveals that the original Aquaman was transformed into one akin to a great and terrible enemy of your people and became the vessel of power strange ancient and terrible Arthur s first trip to Atlantis and the oceans causes him to meet many of Aquaman s supporting characters including Mera the Sea Devils Vulko and eventually the Ocean Master During this adventure the Dweller progressively realizes that he himself is the original Aquaman despite having no memory of his former life Later Arthur finds a humanoid squid named Topo a naive youth attracted by superheroics and seeking to become a sidekick and Tempest who is amnesiac unable to breathe water and implanted with a post hypnotic suggestion warning of an upcoming battle The foreseen battle soon occurs during which the Dweller is apparently killed The Justice League is called in to evaluate The Dweller s situation but are unable to determine if he is truly dead or if he can somehow resurrect himself due to his new magical nature 49 In Sword of Atlantis 57 the series final issue Aquaman is visited by the Lady of the Lake who explains his origins She explains that the original Aquaman had given a sample of his water hand to Dr Curry in order to resurrect Curry s dead son Arthur whom he had named after the hero When the original Aquaman attempted to resurrect Sub Diego a part of his soul attached itself to the dead body of Arthur Joseph Curry while Aquaman s Arthur Curry body mutated into the Dweller of the Depths Blaming himself for this death Aquaman vows to never be called Arthur again refraining from using what he sees as a stolen name and asking only to be called Joseph in the future 79 Joseph is considered as a candidate for the new Outsiders by Batman After seeing him in action with Metamorpho however Batman decides against his induction 80 In their quest to rid the Earth of all forms of kryptonite Superman and Batman journey deep below the sea where they find a large amount of the substance The two of them are met with hostility by Aquaman and King Shark A brief fight ensues but eventually Joseph allows them to take the kryptonite Before doing so he points out that not everyone may want Superman to find all of Earth s kryptonite but that Superman would have to be at least part human to understand that 81 Joseph Curry would continue to be the stand in king of Atlantis until after the Final Crisis storyline It was revealed that Joseph had stepped down from his position due to being unable to deal with the pressure of carrying on the Aquaman legacy Tempest later finds Joseph s trident and costume draped over a throne confirming that he had abandoned his duties as Atlantis king 82 This is the final real reference to Arthur Joseph Curry with the character never appearing again or being referenced in any DC material since that point The character has yet to reappear after two of DC Comics major relaunches 2011 s The New 52 and 2016 s DC Rebirth Powers and abilities EditMarine Telepathy Edit Aquaman s most widely recognized power is the ability to communicate with marine life which he can summon from great distances This was originally described in the stories as an ability to actually speak with fish in a similar manner to Dr Dolittle s ability to speak to animals 83 This portrayal of his powers was later retconned into the ability to communicate with them telepathically He once stated that this power more relied on encouraging and compelling the subject rather than full control citing piranha as a species he has trouble commanding under any circumstances due to their ruthlessness and hunger In the New 52 onwards Aquaman s telepathy abilities changed acknowledging that most marine life does not possess enough intelligence to carry on a meaningful telepathic communication Aquaman is now stated to simply add compulsions and needs in the mindset of aquatic life compelling them to do his bidding by a subtle altering of their cerebellum 67 It is later revealed during Drowned Earth event that Arthur s ability to speak with the ocean comes from a metaphysical energy known as the Life Force 84 a vast ocean of genesistic power which enables him to connect with any and all forms of sentience within the cosmos even from across realities 85 Through it Arthur could also use its power to revert lost forms and assert varying consciousnesses within like making the human shell of Mother Salt s monster daughter the Cailleach subservient to her human host s will even restoring the true forms and divine powers of long forgotten ocean gods while calling out to them through his aquatelepathy 86 Physical abilities Edit The character has a number of other superhuman powers most of which derive from the fact that he is adapted to live and thrive in the harshest of underwater environments He has the ability to breathe underwater and possesses a superhuman physique strong enough to withstand attacks from superhuman opponents and resist machine gun fire 87 Aquaman frequently displays feats of super Atlantean the average Atlantean can lift press approximately two tons and superhuman strength While not on par with Superman and Wonder Woman he has proven capable of leaps up to six miles 88 He can swim at extremely high speeds capable of reaching speeds of 3 000 meters per second 87 10 800 km roughly 6 700 miles per hour and can swim up Niagara Falls 89 He can see in near total darkness and has enhanced hearing granting limited sonar 2 Although Aquaman can remain underwater indefinitely without suffering any ill effects he grows weak if he remains on land for extended periods Originally when Batman invented Aquaman s water suit he was able to walk on land for an indefinite amount of time and was no longer vulnerable to a dehumidifier 2 This weakness was later removed from continuity in 2011 establishing that he grew up on land before learning of his Atlantean heritage 90 but he still runs the risk of dying by dehydration within incredibly hostile environments such as deserts 91 Aquaman had also been bestowed an ability he never showcased before given to him by an old Sea Monarch granting him the ability of unaided flight using his own power 92 Other powers and abilities Edit While typically able to mostly telepathically commune with marine animals Aquaman has at times demonstrated the ability to affect any being that lives upon the sea e g sea eagles or even any being evolved from marine life e g humans and some aliens Pre Flashpoint Aquaman has had an ill defined level of telekinetic capability he would use every so often It s very very rarely touched upon and the only times he ever used it few and far between often applying these abilities as a focus for team battles to strengthen combo attacks with other supers 93 At various times in his life Aquaman has been transformed into a purely oceanic entity with power over all the seas of the world 94 this was usually temporary as he would often revert to normal afterwards 95 96 97 Weapons and equipment Edit Trident of Neptune Edit Before The New 52 the Trident granted by Poseidon to the rightful ruler and protector of the seas was indestructible and a very powerful melee weapon which Aquaman wielded with unmatched skill Apart from its power as a melee weapon the Trident also had the power to manipulate water fire bolts of powerful energy and act as a focus to amplify the magical power of others most notably Tempest 98 In the New 52 the Trident of Neptune also called Atlan s Trident or the Trident of Atlan is a weapon in which is part of a collection of seven very powerful Atlantean magical items forged by the first king of Atlantis who calls himself The Dead King 99 initially thought to be the most powerful weapon of the set with the possible exception of the recently discovered seventh item the Trident is completely indestructible and able to hurt even the most powerful of opponents such as the evil New God Darkseid In one instance the Trident was shown glowing with magical power when Black Manta used the rest of the items to discover the hidden seventh one Sometimes when Arthur utilizes the Trident of Neptune s supernatural powers his eyes glow with arcane power and this further strengthens his abilities as well as giving him various arcane energy based capabilities 100 Trident of Poseidon Edit In the New 52 onwards the trident in which is usually the favored weapon of Poseidon was given to Aquaman by the sea god 101 Poseidon s trident has displayed the power to summon tsunamis and deluges 102 and call down thunder and lightning 103 project and control ice move landmasses and grant the ability for Aquaman to teleport himself across global and even interplanetary distances using water as a medium 104 It can also transform into a gladius a type of sword used by ancient Roman gladiators and back into a trident at will 105 Prosthetic hand Edit After the loss of his left hand Aquaman initially replaced it with a cybernetic retractable hook then a liquid metal hand The mechanical hand was replaced by a magical hand made out of water His biological hand was restored when the character was resurrected in Blackest Night 8 Waterbearer Hand Edit A magical hand made out of water it was given to him by the Lady of the Lake which granted Aquaman numerous abilities These included the ability to instantly dehydrate to death anyone he touched shoot jets of scalding or freezing water from it healing abilities the ability to create portals into mystical dimensions that could act as spontaneous transport control and negate magic manipulate almost any body of water he sets his focus on 2 and the capability to communicate with the Lady of the Lake 106 Other versions EditEarth Two Edit Main article Earth Two In the 1960s following the establishment of DC Comics s multiverse system 107 the Golden Age version of Aquaman became known as the Aquaman of Earth Two while the Silver Age version of Aquaman became the Aquaman of Earth One This Aquaman has the same history as his Golden Age counterpart Although the two versions of Aquaman never met the Earth Two Aquaman did appear post Golden Age in All Star Squadron 31 March 1984 and 59 60 July August 1986 The Earth Two version of the character was retroactively eliminated from existence via the 1985 Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline 108 Earth C Minus Edit The 1980s series Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew presented the parallel Earth of Earth C Minus a world populated by anthropomorphic animal superheroes that paralleled the mainstream DC Universe Earth C Minus featured Aquaduck a duck version of Aquaman with similar powers 109 Supergirl Wings Edit Aquaman watches over the seas and his kingdom in the Supergirl Wings Elseworlds story Tangent Comics Edit Arthur Curry appears in the 1997 Tangent Comics one shot Green Lantern in which he is revealed to be the son of the pilot Captain Boomerang and a member of Boomerang s fleet Old Lady Harley Edit Aquaman is the focus in a look into the future in Old Lady Harley During a Joker attack on the Justice League Aquaman and Lobo had pursued the villain A simple accident has the Joker decapitated by Aquaman s trident Future Aquaman acts as a peacekeeper between America and Mexico a meeting that goes well for all concerned 110 Earth 11 Edit In the Countdown tie in issue The Search for Ray Palmer Superwoman Batwoman a female version of Aquaman is shown to reside on Earth 11 This version is called Anne is physically similar to Joseph Curry and commands the armies of Atlantis The Aquawoman of the slightly revised Earth 11 appears in The Multiversity 1 2014 as one of the assembled heroes of the Multiverse who have come together to save it from destruction JLA Avengers Edit In the 2003 04 intercompany crossover JLA Avengers Aquaman teams up with the Avenger the Vision to investigate the changes to their respective Earths as a result of the actions of the Grandmaster He displays his immense psychic control over sea life when he single handedly shuts down the minds of Atlantean soldiers under the control of Attuma although his abilities only partially affect Namor the Sub Mariner due to Namor s half human physiology Flashpoint Edit In the alternate timeline of the 2011 Flashpoint storyline Aquaman is brought back to Atlantis when he was a teenager due to the death of his father As a result the young Arthur never learned compassion and kindness from his father who was killed by the Atlantean agents sent to recover him 111 In the present day Aquaman and all of Atlantis wage war against Wonder Woman and the Amazons 112 which began when Diana s mother Hippolyta was killed on Aquaman and Diana s wedding day In an act of retribution Wonder Woman later killed Mera who had apparently married Aquaman 113 The death of Hippolyta was however revealed to be a casualty of war since the real target was Wonder Woman herself Aquaman later caused Western Europe to sink into the sea killing over 60 million people and intends to sink England as well 114 In the present Aquaman reassigns the Siren and the Ocean Master to assassinate Terra in New Themyscira The mission fails with the Siren being killed by Diana s aunt Penthesleia The Amazonian Furies then attack the reinforcements led by Aquaman who is confronted in battle by their leader Wonder Woman 111 During their struggle Wonder Woman tells him that they have both been deceived by the Ocean Master and Penthesileia who are responsible for the war between the Atlanteans and the Amazons 115 This Aquaman returns in Convergence Justice League 1 Injustice Gods Among Us prequel Edit Main article Injustice Gods Among Us comics In the prequel comic to the online video game Injustice Gods Among Us Aquaman appears to attack Japanese fisherman who killed a whale He is intercepted by the Justice League with it turning into a brawl between the Justice League and the Atlanteans Superman having undergone the death of his wife and unborn child and the destruction of Metropolis threatens Aquaman to stop his efforts While warned over a communication link with Batman not to test him Aquaman does just that summoning a kraken In response Superman Green Lantern Shazam and Wonder Woman lift the entire city of Atlantis off the sea floor and carry it to dry deserts putting its inhabitants in harm as a way to bully Aquaman He relents and as a result of this largely abstains from the conflict between the Regime led by Superman and the Insurgency led by Batman In Year Four he gets involved when Batman informs him that the Greek gods have attempted to force their own rule over the world so Aquaman and Mera take on Poseidon He wins the conflict as his wife stalls a massive tidal wave from crashing on Themiscyra Superman comes to Atlantis in Year Five to ensure the Regime has Aquaman s support despite Aquaman having frequently made it clear he is not choosing sides Aquaman agrees purely to get Superman to leave Earth 3 Edit Main article Earth 3 During the 2013 Trinity War storyline Aquaman s Crime Syndicate counterpart is revealed to be The Sea King He apparently fails to survive the passage from Earth 3 to Prime Earth but is awakened in Forever Evil Blight 116 after being possessed by Deadman 117 The design of the Sea King resembles that of the 1990s Aquaman 118 Collected editions EditTitle Material collected Pages ISBNSilver AgeAquaman Archives Vol 1 Adventure Comics 260 280 282 Showcase 30 31 224 1 5638 9943 4Aquaman Archives Vol 2 Showcase 32 33 Adventure Comics 284 Detective Comics 293 300 World s Finest Comics 125 133 Aquaman vol 1 1 9 424 9781401243807Showcase Presents Aquaman Vol 1 Aquaman vol 1 1 6 Adventure Comics 260 280 282 284 Superman s Girl Friend Lois Lane 12 Showcase 30 33 Detective Comics 293 300 Superman s Pal Jimmy Olsen 55 World s Finest Comics 125 129 544 1 4012 1223 9Showcase Presents Aquaman Vol 2 Aquaman vol 1 7 23 World s Finest 130 133 135 137 139 The Brave and the Bold 51 544 978 1401217129Showcase Presents Aquaman Vol 3 Aquaman vol 1 24 39 The Brave and the Bold 73 Superman s Pal Jimmy Olsen 115 448 978 1401221812Aquaman The Search for Mera Aquaman vol 1 40 48 216 978 1401285227Aquaman Deadly Waters Aquaman vol 1 49 56 208 978 1779502940Aquaman Death of a Prince Aquaman vol 1 57 63 Adventure Comics 435 437 441 455 336 978 1401231132Bronze AgeAquaman The Legend of Aquaman Aquaman vol 3 1 5 Aquaman Special 1 176 978 1401277932Aquaman by Peter David Book One Aquaman vol 5 0 8 Aquaman Time and Tide 1 4 344 978 1401277468Aquaman by Peter David Book Two Aquaman vol 5 9 20 Annual 1 344 978 1401281434Aquaman by Peter David Book Three Aquaman vol 5 21 34 Annual 2 3 400 9781401292591Aquaman by Peter David Omnibus Aquaman vol 5 0 46 Annual 1 4 1 464 119 Aquaman The Waterbearer Aquaman vol 6 1 4 Aquaman Secret Files and Origins 1 119 1 4012 0088 5Aquaman The Waterbearer new edition Aquaman vol 6 1 6 Aquaman Secret Files and Origins 1 and material from JLA JSA Secret Files and Origins 1 200 9781401275143Aquaman Sub Diego Aquaman vol 6 15 22 192 978 1401255107Aquaman To Serve and Protect Aquaman vol 6 23 31 224 978 1401263829Aquaman Kingdom Lost Aquaman vol 6 32 39 200 978 1401271299Aquaman Sword of Atlantis Aquaman Sword of Atlantis 40 45 114 1 4012 1145 3Aquaman Sword of Atlantis Book One Aquaman Sword of Atlantis 40 49 160 978 1401287719Limited SeriesAquaman Time and Tide Aquaman Time and Tide 1 4 88 1 5638 9259 6Aquaman The Atlantis Chronicles The Deluxe Edition The Atlantis Chronicles 1 7 344 978 1401274399Aquaman Tempest Tempest 1 4 Teen Titans Spotlight 10 18 168 978 1401280482The New 52 Edit Title Material Collected Pages ISBNAquaman vol 7 2011 Aquaman Vol 1 The Trench Aquaman vol 7 1 6 144 1 4012 3551 4Aquaman Vol 2 The Others Aquaman vol 7 7 13 160 1 4012 4016 XAquaman Vol 3 Throne of Atlantis 120 Aquaman vol 7 0 14 16 Justice League vol 2 15 17 176 978 1401243098Aquaman Vol 4 Death of a King Aquaman vol 7 17 19 21 25 192 978 1401246969Aquaman by Geoff Johns Omnibus Aquaman vol 7 0 25 23 1 23 2 Justice League vol 2 15 17 728 1401285465Aquaman Vol 5 Sea of Storms Aquaman vol 7 26 31 Aquaman Annual 2 Swamp Thing vol 5 32 208 978 1401250393Aquaman Vol 6 Maelstrom Aquaman vol 7 32 40 and material from Secret Origins vol 3 2 5 240 978 1401254414Aquaman Vol 7 Exiled Aquaman vol 7 41 48 200 978 1401260989Aquaman Vol 8 Out of Darkness Aquaman vol 7 49 52 Aquaman Rebirth 1 144 978 1401268749Limited SeriesFlashpoint The World of Flashpoint Featuring Wonder Woman Emperor Aquaman 1 3 and Outsider 1 3 Lois Lane and the Resistance 1 3 Wonder Woman and the Furies 1 3 272 978 1401234102Aquaman and the Others Vol 1 Legacy of Gold Aquaman and the Others 1 5 Aquaman vol 7 20 Aquaman Annual 1 176 978 1401250386Aquaman and the Others Vol 2 Alignment Earth Aquaman and the Others 6 11 Aquaman Futures End 1 Aquaman and the Others Futures End 1 176 978 1401253318Convergence Zero Hour Book Two Convergence Aquaman 1 2 and Convergence Superman The Man of Steel 1 2 Convergence Batman Shadow of the Bat 1 2 Convergence Supergirl Matrix 1 2 Convergence Green Lantern Parallax 1 2 272 978 1401258405DC Rebirth Edit Title Material Collected Pages Publication date ISBNAquaman Vol 8 2016 Aquaman Vol 1 The Drowning Aquaman vol 8 1 6 Aquaman Rebirth 1 192 January 17 2017 978 1401267827Aquaman Vol 2 Black Manta Rising Aquaman vol 8 7 15 212 April 18 2017 978 1401272272Aquaman The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 1 Aquaman vol 8 1 12 Aquaman Rebirth 1 392 August 22 2017 978 1401271480Aquaman Vol 3 Crown of Atlantis Aquaman vol 8 16 24 216 September 5 2017 978 1401271497Aquaman Vol 4 Underworld Aquaman vol 8 25 30 152 January 30 2018 978 1401275426Aquaman Vol 5 The Crown Comes Down Aquaman vol 8 31 33 Annual vol 2 1 144 July 10 2018 978 1401280697Aquaman Vol 6 Kingslayer Aquaman vol 8 34 38 Annual vol 2 2 128 December 18 2018 978 1401285432Aquaman Suicide Squad Sink Atlantis Aquaman vol 8 39 40 Suicide Squad 45 46 128 February 19 2019 978 1401290726Justice League Aquaman Drowned Earth Justice League Aquaman Drowned Earth 1 Justice League vol 4 10 12 Titans vol 3 28 Aquaman vol 8 41 42 Aquaman Justice League Drowned Earth 1 224 April 16 2019 978 1401291013Aquaman Vol 1 Unspoken Water Aquaman vol 8 43 47 152 August 13 2019 978 1401292478Aquaman Vol 2 Amnesty Aquaman vol 8 48 52 144 December 24 2019 978 1401295332Aquaman Vol 3 Manta vs Machine Aquaman vol 8 53 57 Annual vol 3 2 168 September 8 2020 978 1779502810Aquaman Vol 4 Echoes of a Life Lived Well Aquaman vol 8 58 65 200 February 9 2021 978 1779505880Limited SeriesDC Meets Hanna Barbera Vol 2 Aquaman Jabberjaw 1 and The Flash Speed Buggy 1 Super Sons Dynomutt 1 Black Lightning Hong Kong Phooey 1 168 December 24 2018 978 1401286286Future State Justice League Future State Aquaman 1 2 and Future State Justice League Justice League Dark 1 2 Future State Flash 1 2 Future State Green Lantern 1 2 288 June 22 2021 978 1779510655Aquaman Deep Dives Material from Aquaman Giant 1 4 Aquaman Deep Dives 4 6 7 9 168 June 8 2021 978 1779511249Aquaman Andromeda Aquaman Andromeda 1 3 176 November 21 2023 978 1779517333Aquaman Green Arrow Deep Target Aquaman Green Arrow Deep Target 1 7 200 October 18 2022 978 1779516893Aquamen Aquamen 1 6 144 November 29 2022 978 1779516954Aquaman The Flash Voidsong Aquaman The Flash Voidsong 1 3 168 February 23 2023 978 1779517050Aquaman A Celebration of 75 Years Adventure Comics 120 174 220 260 266 269 444 452 475 Aquaman vol 1 1 18 40 Justice League of America Annual 2 Aquaman vol 2 3 Aquaman vol 4 2 34 Aquaman vol 5 4 17 Aquaman vol 7 1 43 400 October 25 2016 978 1401264468Aquaman 80 Years of the King of the Sea Stories from Aquaman 0 37 JLA Our Worlds at War 1 Aquaman 17 Outsiders Five of a Kind Metamorpho Aquaman 1 Adventure Comics 120 137 232 266 269 475 More Fun Comics 73 Aquaman 11 35 46 62 Aquaman 1 Aquaman Special 1 Aquaman 25 429 February 14 2023 978 1779510198In other media Edit nbsp Promotional image of Jason Momoa as Aquaman in the DC Extended UniverseMain article Aquaman in other media Since his comic book debut in November 1941 Aquaman has appeared in a number of adaptations These formats include television shows video games and films Television Edit Aquaman has made multiple television appearances The character was featured in the animated series The Superman Aquaman Hour of Adventure Super Friends Justice League Justice League Unlimited Batman The Brave and the Bold Young Justice Harley Quinn and Aquaman King of Atlantis 5 121 He also appeared in the live action television series Smallville being portrayed by Alan Ritchson There was also an Aquaman pilot made by the creator of Smallville featuring Justin Hartley which never aired Aquaman has made non speaking appearances in the animated series Teen Titans Go In Don t Press Play he is voiced by Greg Cipes In Finding Aquaman he is voiced by Patrick Warburton 122 Film Edit nbsp Jason Momoa at 2017 San Diego Comic Con InternationalThe character has appeared in direct to DVD animated films such as Justice League The New Frontier 2008 and Justice League The Flashpoint Paradox 2011 Within the live action DC Extended Universe films American actor Jason Momoa plays Aquaman and the character made his feature film debut in Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice 2016 Momoa reprised the role in Justice League 2017 and starred in his own film Aquaman 2018 This movie version of Aquaman is of Polynesian ethnicity rather than the blond haired white man of his traditional depiction Momoa s Aquaman has long dark hair a full beard and extensive tattoos 123 124 Vijay depicted an Indian Aquaman version in the 2010 film Sura 125 Theme park attractions Edit The character has multiple attractions themed to the character at Six Flags theme parks One of them announced in 2020 is Aquaman Power Wave a Mack water roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington Texas 126 The roller coaster is set to open in 2023 127 Aquaman Power Wave replaced another theme park attraction based on Aquaman Aquaman Splashdown 128 Another one Aquaman Splashdown is an Arrow Dynamics hydroflume water ride at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee Illinois The water ride was Yankee Clipper in 1976 but was re themed to Aquaman in 2022 129 Reception EditAquaman was listed as the 147th greatest comic book character of all time by Wizard magazine 130 IGN also ranked Aquaman as the 53rd greatest comic book hero of all time opining that even though he ll forever be the butt of jokes thanks to his fishy powers comic readers have come to love Aquaman as a noble and very powerful figure who is forever torn between the worlds of land and sea 131 In a 2011 reader poll Parade magazine ranked Aquaman among the top 10 superheroes of all time 132 By 2008 cultural critic Glen Weldon noted that Aquaman had become ridiculed by a popular mindset that cast him as an ineffectual hero This was due to the perception that his heroic abilities were too narrow Weldon wrote that critics and pop culture comedians who chose to focus on this had overplayed the joke making it officially the hoariest hackiest arrow in the quiver of pop culture commentary 133 134 See also EditList of Aquaman enemies Namor a similar character from Marvel Comics References Edit Happy 70th Birthday Aquaman The Aquaman Shrine Archived from the original on October 28 2011 Retrieved October 9 2011 a b c d Wallace Dan 2008 Aquaman In Dougall Alastair ed The DC Comics Encyclopedia London Dorling Kindersley pp 18 19 ISBN 978 0 7566 4119 1 Bradley Laura December 12 2018 A Brief History of Pop Culture Dumping on Aquaman HWD Retrieved January 16 2019 How The Animated Justice League Erased Super Friends Aquaman CBR November 4 2018 Retrieved December 31 2018 a b Fuller Devin December 24 2018 Aquaman Through History The Stuff That Memes Are Made Of The New York Times Retrieved 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