Aquaman #1

[superboyprime]

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[darkknightjrk]

Oh yes, this is definitely going to be good. :D

But I have to admit it's weird to see Aquaman ordering one of his finny-friends for lunch.

[kd_the_movie]

Ok...first off someone for gods sake give the trident a retractable feature cuz that is going to bug the shit out of me...

Secondly hunh. This is kind of an interesting if somewhat OOC change for Arthur. I think it be funnier if his wish to abdicate the throne was based around the fact that he's been ousted as king a million times ("They dont even want me there anyway!!!")

Was there a punchline to the ordering fish and chips thing cuz if not thats kind of...odd.

[aaron_bourque]

He LIVES underwater. What the hell else is he supposed to eat?

[fifthie]

DC, throwing away the perfect opportunity to make him BATB Aquaman.

What a tragic waste of beard.

[darkknightjrk]

There is a point there--plus, as it shows here, it was the restaurant he went to with his dad.

It's just funny to see, though. Makes me wonder just how he made that work when he was underwater all the time. Did his finny friends have to draw straws?

[rainspirit]

Look on the bright side. At least they didn't OMD his wife.

[darkknightjrk]

This might be the thing that makes me a leper around here, but...I like this version better. B&TB Aquaman got annoying real quick for me.

[darkknightjrk]

Oh, so their past marriage still counts? That's cool. I think for a second there was questions about that.

[stubbleupdate]

The free preview intrigued me, but not enough...

[18lemons]

We can only hope that part of his plan for a new life on the land is growing a manly beard.

[rainspirit]

Wait, was there? Don't look at me, then! I'm just going with what I can infer off the pages shown. :)

[abriel]

I loved this issue, and am so mad that my LCS sold out and I had to get it on comixology. The fish & chips thing and the priceless looks on the faces of the other restaurant customers when he orders them was hysterical.

[darkknightjrk]

I think someone said it around the time when we found out Barry and Iris weren't so maybe it was one of those "RAAA RAA DC HATE MARRIAGES" posts. But, considering that Arthur was dead for a while and they were estranged for longer, I think it's fair to say it probably wouldn't count either way.

[icon_uk]

As fish aren't particularly self aware or capable of abstract thought, it's no weirder than someone talking to their dog, and eating bits of a cow.

[stubbleupdate]

That was the bit in the preview that made me swither on this.

However, it's not worth the £1.80 for me.

[q99]

Yea. It's the kind of thing a lot of people draw exactly the opposite of the logical conclusion on :)

[arbre_rieur]

Technically, they weren't married in the old continuity. They divorced during Peter David's run and never actually remarried.

[silverzeo]

I gues they're flushing all the fish-jokes out as much as they can... they do realize that fish eat fish, right?

[fifthie]

You are history's greatest monster.

[fifthie]

Can you feel me shunning you?

I am shunning you SO HARD.

[sinisterlink]

So did they mention in the comic if Aquaman and Mera are still married? Wait, were they even married before the reboot? Because they were married and then Aquaman died so they technically wouldn't be married anymore, but then he came back to life, so would they still be married or would they have to be remarried? Anyways, I'm just curious since the reboot seemed to negate or make changes to a lot of relationships. Like Lois and Clark aren't even together, a bunch of heroes that had kids never had them, and I heard that Flash isn't married anymore either. Are any married couples in DC comics still married now?

[fifthie]

Like how much better would this have been if he'd kicked the door open, announced his intent to feast upon this proud establishment's finest victuals, and roused and caroled all and sundry with tales of his mighty deeds?

Answer: it would have been infinite betters.

[shadowpsykie]

ummm except that Aquaman CAN actually have conversations with fish... nit just how we would talke to dogs... well maybe the Dog Whisperer, but i think Aquaman is a tad ABOVE even him...

[shadowpsykie]

also, FISH eat other fish, don;t think its such a leap that he would too :D

[sinisterlink]

Eh, I think it's one of those things where people are always like, "If you were able to talk to cows/chickens then you wouldn't eat them". They are just kind of weirded out that someone who can communicate with fish also eats them.