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Ron Chevrier
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I just finished reading the Aquaman Showcase book the other day, and I
noticed that in 500 pages of comics, Aquaman throws a punch maybe
three times. Every so often he'll kick a weapon out of someone's hand,
but for the most part, he lets his army of "finny friends" do all the
dirty work. No wonder folks think he's lame!
Granted, he gets a few points for figuring out clever solutions to
difficult situations, but come on! Across town Namor is "Imperious
Rex"-ing all over the damn place and duking it out with the Fantastic
Four, while Aquaman is trying to figure out whether Quisp, Quink or
Quirk is the Water Sprite responsible for all current shennanigans in
the ocean. Sad to think that talented artists like Ramona Fradon and
Nick Cardy were wasted on pap like this.
I guess since Aquaman was one of the handful of superheroes that
DC published continuously since the 40's, the powers that be at the
time must've figured that a Julius Schwartz/Gil Kane/ Carmine Infantino
style revamp might confuse too many readers. A shame, because that was
precisely what the character needed at the time. If only they'd
have let him slug a few goons . . .
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Ed Love
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I suggest you try the later 60's and early 70's, especially with the Jim Aparo artwork.
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Bob Simko
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What's covered in the SHOWCASE? I picked up the ARCHIVE and was disappointed.
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Brad Krawchuk
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At least Namor hits stuff! Viva la Sub-Mariner!
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Rick Hannah
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One of the reasons I couldn't like the 90s Fox Spider-Man show. I don't think he threw one punch the whole time. Not the kinda Spider-Man I want to see.
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Michael Connell
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Like Ed wrote, the later stuff gets better.
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Kurt Anderson
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Aquaman and Green Arrow didn't get Silver Age revamps because they were continuously in print since the dawn of superhero comics. They were kept alive through back-up stories by Mort Weisinger, possibly because they were his creations.
Most of those stories pre-date the FF and Namor's return.
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Michael Connell
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It collects: Adventure Comics #260-280, 282 & more.
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Brad Krawchuk
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Spidey threw plenty of punches in the 90's cartoon! He fought Lizard, Rhino, Venom, Doc Ock... and I remember plenty of hitting.
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Jason Czeskleba
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Aquaman did get a revamp when Dick Giordano took over as editor in 1968, and brought in his former Charlton associates Steve Skeates and Jim Aparo. This was issues #40 to 56 of Aquaman's own title. I'd say it's the best Aquaman run ever, based on the handful of issues I've got. Skeates took kind of a Marvelish approach in his scripts, and of course Aparo was absolutely amazing. When Showcase gets up to these issues I'm totally there.
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J.C. Alexander
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Aquaman should always have matched or done better than Martian Manhunter in telepathy. He should even be better than Xavier for Marvel.
His gift was always telepathy...not swimming better than anyone else.
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Michael Connell
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True. But Aquaman's telepathy only works with creatures of the sea. He couldn't read Wonder Woman's thoughts for example. Hence the term "Aquatic Telepathy".
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