“They’ve been selected to move down under !🪸”

Inspired by yesterday’s post, would love to see everyone’s collections!!

I always liked that they had the sword and the mage superhero trope. Which does follow many female and male relationships but it works for them. Mera is not quite as physically strong as him but she does possess her continental level water manipulation . While Arthur would take care of the things physically and also be able to control fish. Also Aquakenesis is shared by Nereus(Xebelian), Mera(Xebelian) and Kaldur(Half-Xebelian). It runs in the Xebelian colonies lineage. I honestly feel like the ability might be taken away at the end of the run but I always liked that Arthur was more hands on while Mera was lowkey more versatile. It also made more sense why he would bring her along on missions , because she could rapidly dehydrate the enemy, or create a barrier for them, or create constructs to aid him. I think it takes away from Mera. She’s one of my favorite superheroines and I think this was one thing that should have stayed hers. She’s the most powerful aquakinetic in Atlantean History.

EBay came through with this guy. So happy to finally add him to the collection!!!

I loved the first 10 issues by Kurt Busiek. The pacing was slow the atmosphere was thick and the mystery was intriguing. It felt like a fantasy role playing game. Joseph Curry was a decent lead while King Shark and Dweller made for a great main cast dynamic. Art by Butch Guice was a highlight and the Fisherman was an excellent villian. Unfortunately once Buseik left Tad Williams took over for what might be the worst Aquaman run ever. He starts by killing Dweller who was basically the original Aquaman, making Curry who I'm pretty sure was meant to be the other half of Aquaman into a legacy character in and age were nobody cared about legacy characters Wich was a Bold and extremally stupid move. The art was simply unprofessional looking like a lazy web comic the plot had no direction.... honestly there's nothing positive I can say about it. Never seen a series with such a drop in quality. Kurt Busiek's run is a 9, Tad Williams is a 1. Finally entering the Geoff Johns era

Poor Erin. I loved how they met. At least Orm said he would come back for her son; Tommy. But then again he’s doing that against the wishes of the mom. I liked him more when he was good. He was sweet. Maybe I’m only saying this because this is kinda my type. Oh well.

Absolute Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman have all been super interesting reimaginings of the characters. If they released an Absolute Aquaman, what do you think they would do with him and what do you personally think would be interesting to see?

Mera always shows their culture through her outfits at least 🩵💚

Glad I got it in clutch before the day is over…

For anyone wondering what I'm referring to in Alter Ego #69 in a audio transcript with Paul Norris Paul remembers Whiteney calling him into office and talking to him about a water themed character and showed him a sketch of a man with fins on his feet and head and a big cigar in his mouth according to Paul he sent this sketch to a newsletter at the time though I don't think it's ever been found?

If any of you got in on the Super Saucer campaign... great news!!!

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There are lots of villains from the DC Universe I love but I swear to God no one could ever top Black Manta, that guy is such an ominous psycho and I couldn't ever get tired of him

The beginning was absolutely phenomenal. Will Pfeifer did the first 8 issues including American Tidel(the best Aquaman arc I've read so far) and with the fishes arcs and managed set up a fantastic foundation with multiple interesting new characters like Lerona and Geist and the entire concept of Sub Diego. Patrick Gleason's beautiful art helping the grim horror feel. The rest aside from a few issues were written by John Arcudi who did a decent job. This version of Arthur excellent, Being serious and badass without becoming edgy. Loved seeing Koryak again, the world building was great, Lerona was likable, the new vilians were cool. All around a great saga...until it all went to shit in the last 5 issues after Omac project. Pre New 52 Aquaman run always seem to have disappointing endings but this is by far the worst. What was the point of this? The entire supporting cast is dead Atlantis is destroyed and Sub Diego is screwed and Mera is stuck on land. Dolphin and her child got offscreened 💀. I know They wanted a fresh start for the new writer but this is redicilus. Personally it's a 8.5/10 and would be higher if the ending wasn't such a trainwreck

The ending to Sub Diego was unbelievably terrible but this one moment was good