Aquaman/Arthur Curry Appreciation 2023

[Vordan]

Figured we shouldn’t go a whole year without making a thread for him this time



Big year for him with Aquaman 2 on the way! I also suspect that PKJ is working on a new ongoing/mini for him that will debut in the back half of 2023.

[Frontier]

Happy New Year to Arthur and his family !

Also seems like the clean-shaven look is coming back given recent promo art .

[Johnny]

Also seems like the clean-shaven look is coming back given recent promo art .

Thank god.

[Primal Slayer]

[Mantis-Ray]

Happy new year to the fish guy

I really wanna get the Geoff Johns run omnibus but I'm currently waiting for Amazon to discount the price from 75 dollars to around 50. They did that previously but for some reason its now back to its original price.

Edit: Wait scratch that its down again, I might be able to get it this time

[Lucas 35]

One question, but what do you guys think about the idea of Arthur's son, the Arthur Curry, Jr/Aquababy, coming back to life as a Red Hood-style character? I think this cliche, Red Hood/Winter Soldier is popular and would draw people's attention to the Aquaman comics.

[married guy]

One question, but what do you guys think about the idea of Arthur's son, the Arthur Curry, Jr/Aquababy, coming back to life as a Red Hood-style character? I think this cliche, Red Hood/Winter Soldier is popular and would draw people's attention to the Aquaman comics.

Nope.
Hells no!
One, it's a tired trope that's been done to death and two, it takes away far more than it gives (storywise).
After the initial dealing with the return and the how..... then what?
It was a story WAY ahead of it's time (especially at DC) and has had serious and long lasting repercussions ever since.

[Mantis-Ray]

I would prefer more if the kid was simply acknowledged and remembered. Cause the idea that Artur and Mera actually lost a child before is an interesting concept and it makes the birth of Andy all the more special.

Plus it does add an extra layer to Manta's depravity and his rivalry with Arthur. Like as much as people tout Joker's crippling of Barbara and murder of Jason, Manta arguably tops that with the murder of a child just to spite the parents.

Also I'm now reminded of a funny comment on a post with this image.

She was not saying "Red" she was saying "Dead". Like if she stays around him too long she could end up dead. Like seriously this guy murdered their kid and I have no reason to believe he would not do it again.

[Frontier]

One question, but what do you guys think about the idea of Arthur's son, the Arthur Curry, Jr/Aquababy, coming back to life as a Red Hood-style character? I think this cliche, Red Hood/Winter Soldier is popular and would draw people's attention to the Aquaman comics.

I feel like that's more Koryak, but they probably won't be bringing him back either.

[Primal Slayer]

[Primal Slayer]

One question, but what do you guys think about the idea of Arthur's son, the Arthur Curry, Jr/Aquababy, coming back to life as a Red Hood-style character? I think this cliche, Red Hood/Winter Soldier is popular and would draw people's attention to the Aquaman comics.

Having a character actually stay dead is always nice. If they were to ever bring him back, it's something I would want to be temporary with him on a timelimit. Maybe a wish, multiverse, something like that.

[sifighter]

I would prefer more if the kid was simply acknowledged and remembered. Cause the idea that Artur and Mera actually lost a child before is an interesting concept and it makes the birth of Andy all the more special.

Plus it does add an extra layer to Manta's depravity and his rivalry with Arthur. Like as much as people tout Joker's crippling of Barbara and murder of Jason, Manta arguably tops that with the murder of a child just to spite the parents.

Also I'm now reminded of a funny comment on a post with this image.

What if it was like Judy Garrick though? That history has altered and rewritten so much that Arthur only later finds out he had a son who died and he forgot him

[sifighter]

Speaking of characters from the new Golden Age I do hope that someone at DC does something with the idea of the mysteriously missing 1940's Golden Age Aquaman who came before Arthur. Maybe make it a mystery connecting to Arthur's family lineage or at the very least they knew him.

Heck maybe a brand new grandchild of the original who gets to meet Arthur and Jackson.

[Frontier]

I still don't see the need for a Golden Age Aquaman.

[Vordan]

Anyone who is hungry for a good Aquaman story while we wait for his next books needs to go read Voidsong:



Great team up story between Arthur and Barry.

I still don't see the need for a Golden Age Aquaman.

I could see the benefit if he was Polynesian to capitalize on Momoa’s popularity, but to have another Aquaman who looks exactly like Arthur is the most useless addition imaginable.