Jackson Hyde / Kaldur'ahm: Son of Manta, Aqualad, Aquaman Appreciation 2021

[Frontier]

I love how Jackson just does not care to have a secret identity. I know he doesn't have a mask but some heroes still care.

It would be kind of weird if he did considering no one else in his Superhero family has them...I mean, they're practically royalty, so parade that out .

[Restingvoice]

Pencil by Diego Olortegui


Ink by Wade Von Grawbadger


Color by Adriano Lucas


Posted from Wade's twitter

[SecretWarrior]

Jackson's Water Bearers are the most sensible limitation on hydrokinesis that I've ever seen.

With characters like Mera or waterbenders in the Avatar universe, hydrokineses should be a one-shot win, either through dehydration or just making your opponent explode. Garth should literally be able to boil his opponents from the inside-out. "Fights" should look like this:



With Jackson's Water Bearers, you can just say that they need to make contact with the water source they're controlling. So he can pull water out from his sheath-gourd hybrid, or from the ambient air, or from some other water source within reach. He could only bloodbend or dehydrate his opponents if his Water Bearers make direct contact with his opponent. This should make fights much more interesting.

From a story-telling perspective, I think Jackson has the best powerset in the Aquaman family-- Limited hydrokinesis, electric charges, strength, speed, damage resistance, resistance to poison toxins, and breathing in water. Very good powerset for a character calling himself Aqualad or Aquaman.

[SecretWarrior]

[HandofPrometheus]

Jackson's Water Bearers are the most sensible limitation on hydrokinesis that I've ever seen.

With characters like Mera or waterbenders in the Avatar universe, hydrokineses should be a one-shot win, either through dehydration or just making your opponent explode. Garth should literally be able to boil his opponents from the inside-out. "Fights" should look like this:



With Jackson's Water Bearers, you can just say that they need to make contact with the water source they're controlling. So he can pull water out from his sheath-gourd hybrid, or from the ambient air, or from some other water source within reach. He could only bloodbend or dehydrate his opponents if his Water Bearers make direct contact with his opponent. This should make fights much more interesting.

From a story-telling perspective, I think Jackson has the best powerset in the Aquaman family-- Limited hydrokinesis, electric charges, strength, speed, damage resistance, resistance to poison toxins, and breathing in water. Very good powerset for a character calling himself Aqualad or Aquaman.

I think he was limited before Flashpoint but now? He's able to pull off powerful hydrokinesis feats without the water bearers. It's still a nice touch for the character though.

[Alphaxman]

Not many artist can render locks right, most of the time they look like worms. Not a fan of Diego Olortegui's rendition.

[king kazma]

Pencil by Diego Olortegui


Ink by Wade Von Grawbadger


Color by Adriano Lucas


Posted from Wade's twitter

Did anyone else notice Nami, Usopp and Robin just chilling on the beach? That's probably the best rendition of a realistic Usopp I've ever seen.

[lemonpeace]

Did anyone else notice Nami, Usopp and Robin just chilling on the beach? That's probably the best rendition of a realistic Usopp I've ever seen.

yessir, we also see Jackson pass by an auto shop named Franky's House, with Franky's star as it's logo. I wonder if we'll see all the Straw Hats get cameos in the issue when it drops. that'd be an automatic 6/10 on this issue for me.

[Drako]

Did anyone else notice Nami, Usopp and Robin just chilling on the beach? That's probably the best rendition of a realistic Usopp I've ever seen.

Franky' House too and looks like he went into Sanji's restaurant

[Frontier]

So all we're missing is Luffy, Zoro, Chopper, and Jinbe...

[HandofPrometheus]

[Frontier]

Nice art .

[Shimbo]

yessir, we also see Jackson pass by an auto shop named Franky's House, with Franky's star as it's logo. I wonder if we'll see all the Straw Hats get cameos in the issue when it drops. that'd be an automatic 6/10 on this issue for me.

Holy shit! Major props to Olortegui for referencing the greatest manga ever. Or maybe it was in the script with visual references?

[Restingvoice]

Holy shit! Major props to Olortegui for referencing the greatest manga ever. Or maybe it was in the script with visual references?

My guess it's him. That page looks like the script is just "Jackson happily arrived in Amnesty Bay, a friendly home. He's at the height of his life. Establish that he already has some friends there." and then let the artist be creative with the visuals.

[HandofPrometheus]

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