Aquaman

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Aquaman (formerly known in German-speaking countries as Wassermann ( BSV Verlag ) and Seekönig ( Aller-Verlag )) is a superhero in the comic series of the same name from the US comic publisher DC Comics . The rights to the figure lie with the DC owner WarnerMedia .

The figure of Aquaman was created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger . Paul wrote the stories about Aquaman and Mort implemented them in drawings. Aquaman first appeared in US More Fun Comics # 73 in 1941 .

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In the course of its 70-year history, the figure has been revised several times. This applies to both Aquaman's visual appearance and its background story. Originally Aquaman was shown with short blonde hair, an orange, tight shirt and green, tight pants. In the course of his history he was briefly given a blue camouflage suit and in the early 90s he became a rougher, long-haired, bearded man with a bare muscular torso and a hooked hand. This is how he was portrayed in the cartoon series The Justice League . The hook hand was later exchanged for a technological hand that Aquaman could telepathically control. In the later comic series Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis , Aquaman returned to its classic look, with short blonde hair, an orange, tight shirt and green, tight pants.

Although popularized in the Silver Age , Aquaman is a figure of the Golden Age . Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger , with his first appearance in issue # 73 of More Fun Comics in 1941, he fought German submarines and warships during World War II . Aquaman made his last appearance in More Fun Comics in 1946 in issue # 107, from then on his stories appeared in Adventure Comics . After the war it did not disappear into oblivion, but its background story was worked out from 1959 onwards. As Arthur Curry, which is his real name, he is the son of the marine scientist Tom Curry, who came across Atlantis , and Atlannas, a resident of this legendary underwater city. This is how he developed the ability to breathe underwater and to communicate with marine animals. Then there was superhuman strength, resilience and speed. The background story was later modified, in which, for example, Aquaman's father was a lighthouse keeper and his mother an outcast from Atlantis. In the course of the multiverse of the 1960s, this was explained with various "aquamen", an interpretation that was not established in the long term.

From 1962 Aquaman received its first series, which ran until 1971 and was continued from 1977. From the 1970s, Aquaman increasingly developed into a figure that was perceived as ridiculous and weak. Reasons for this lie in newly ascribed weaknesses, such as the fact that he had to come into contact with water every hour, otherwise he would die. Above all, however, in his portrayal in the animated series Super Friends , which was broadcast from 1973 , which portrayed him as a rather useless character outside of water, who also “spoke” with fish and was perceived as a “joke” compared to other members of the Justice League . Aquaman should never get rid of this image, as can still be seen today in meme culture , as well as in various pop-cultural references, such as in The Big Bang Theory (episode: The Embarrassing Kiss (2010)), Robot Chicken , Family Guy or the parody The Deep in The Boys (2019).

Aquaman Cosplay (2019)

From 1985, DC started the Crisis of Infinite Earths story series, which was supposed to revise the comic universe from the ground up. The new Aquaman created by Neal Pozner in 1986, completely in blue costume, was active in several mini-series, but could not prevail. The Aquaman, reinterpreted by Peter David in 1990, which broke with the previous figure and received its own series from 1991 onwards, was much more influential. Little was changed in the background story, but Aquaman was now a grim and gruff man, with a full beard, long hair and a bare chest. Instead of a hand bitten off by piranhas, he carried an imposing hook, and sometimes a harpoon. With his series, Time and Tide , Peter David, who oversaw the series for four years, was able to increase Aquaman's popularity, even at a time when slippery superheroes were increasingly perceived as boring. This Aquaman was considered grim and gloomy, fought in crossovers with Lobo , who destroyed his top and who in the DC vs. Marvel series defeated the Marvel hero Namor / Sub-Mariner with ease. DC worked hard to create an Aquaman that would no longer be joked about. The series ran for 75 issues, with subsequent authors such as Erik Larsen and Dan Jurgens not being able to tie in with Peter David. Rick Veitch started a new series in 2002 that ended after 57 issues in 2007.

Immediately afterwards Aquaman did not receive its own series. In 2011, DC restarted all of its comic series as part of New 52 , including Aquaman. Although he got his classic look again, with short blonde hair, orange, tight shirt and green, tight-fitting pants, he was again clearly grim and depicted as a disillusioned hero. Already in the first editions of Ivan Reis and Joe Prado, these refer to prejudices and jokes about the hero: When Aquaman visits a fish restaurant, he is laughed at by other guests, his order for a fish dish outrags them. He couldn't eat fish, after all fish were his friends and he talked to them. Aquaman replies irritably that he does not speak to fish. They lack brain capacity and intelligence for conversations. He alone telepathically controls them and gives them orders.

In 2016, DC started the Rebirth series, which also made Aquaman increasingly political, who opposed the pollution of the oceans, including by the USA. Author Dan Abnett brought Aquaman's role as a diplomat to the fore. The movie Aquaman , released in December 2018 as part of the DC Extended Universe , put the hero at the center of a film for the first time. The representation by Jason Momoa was clearly based on Peter David's comic interpretation.

In other media

  • Aquaman also appears in the episode "Aquaman" of the series Smallville , in which he saves Lois Lane from drowning at the beginning of the episode . In the further course of the episode he sabotages a project by Lex Luthor with Clark's help , which (if only as an unwanted side effect) kills marine animals within a few kilometers. Aquaman then wears his typical color combination of clothing with an orange shirt and green trousers. He is played by Alan Ritchson .
At the end of the episode - as in the Smallville episode, in which the Rote Blitz has a guest role - there is an allusion to the Justice League , whose founding members include Aquaman, Green Arrow and the Rote Blitz. Arthur says to Clark at the end of the episode: "Maybe we should open a lifeguard station or something."
  • After Aquaman's appearance in Smallville , a pilot was produced for an Aquaman television series that was to run on The CW . However, the pilot film was never broadcast, but only later offered for download on various Internet sites, including AOL and iTunes.
  • Aquaman appears occasionally in the animated series The Justice League , which is an animated adaptation of the Justice League , of which Aquaman is a founding member. He is also a recurring character on Batman: The Brave and the Bold .
  • In 1967 there was an animated series called Aquaman - Ruler of the Seven Seas on the American television station CBS , which dealt with the DC comic book character and his companion Aqualad .
  • In the second season of the television series Entourage , a fictional film is shot under the direction of James Cameron in which the main character of the series Vincent Chase takes on the role of Aquaman.
  • In the television series Family Guy , Aquaman appears in several episodes.
  • Aquaman appears as Sea Man (with the running gag Semen ) in the animated series South Park in the episodes The League of Super Best Friends , 200 and 201 .
  • In the television series The Big Bang Theory , Raj appears in the episode The Embarrassing Kiss (original title The Justice League Recombination ) of the 4th season in an Aquaman costume, which costume also includes a pink seahorse. Throughout the episode he complains that he has to play Aquaman because he hates this character and expresses that he would have much preferred to dress up as Wonder Woman .
  • In the English television series Young Justice he appears as the instructor for Aqualad.
  • In SpongeBob , the character is parodied as a "mermaid man". However, this is housed in retirement age and in a retirement home. His outfit as well as numerous flashbacks point to the past as a superhero in the style of Aquaman.
  • In Batman v Superman , Aquaman can be seen in the sea when he is being filmed by a Lex Luthor surveillance camera. This is a brief guest appearance as one of the meta-beings (e.g. The Flash, Wonder Woman) that will appear in subsequent films in the DC Extended Universe . Aquaman is portrayed here by Jason Momoa .
  • Aquaman made his first major theatrical appearance in Justice League from 2017, along with Superman, Batman, the Flash, and Wonder Woman. Again, the actor is Jason Momoa.
  • In December 2018, the film Aquaman was released , the first independent feature film about the character of Aquaman.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Comixene ; Issue 129, Winter 2018: The hero who no longer wanted to be a joke , Peter Osteried, p. 39.
  2. ↑ Comixene ; Issue 129, Winter 2018: The hero who no longer wanted to be a joke , Peter Osteried, p. 39.
  3. ↑ Comixene ; Issue 129, Winter 2018: The hero who no longer wanted to be a joke , Peter Osteried, p. 40.
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  7. ↑ Comixene ; Issue 129, Winter 2018: The hero who no longer wanted to be a joke , Peter Osteried, p. 40.
  8. ↑ Comixene ; Issue 129, Winter 2018: The hero who no longer wanted to be a joke , Peter Osteried, p. 41.
  9. ↑ Comixene ; Issue 129, Winter 2018: The hero who no longer wanted to be a joke , Peter Osteried, p. 41.