scans_daily: Aquaman #3 - the peopledickery continues (4 pages)

kirke_novak (

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@ 2011-11-28 08:06 pm UTC

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Entry tags:	char: aquaman/orin/arthur curry, char: mera, publisher: dc comics, title: aquaman

Aquaman #3 - the peopledickery continues (4 pages)

But first! Pretty art.

Every sunrise? Dude, learn to let go.

Aquaman manages to scare the monsters away and saves a puppy but people continue being mean to him. Bloody surfacers.

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	no subject shadowpsykie 2011-11-28 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	i get what they are doing... but another issue or two of these humans being dicks to Aquaman and i am really gonna start wishing he turns into Namor and goes all Imperius Rex on them, and takes off his shirt, and puts on tiny little speedos and.... where... where was i going on this... (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 14 comments) (Show 14 comments)

	no subject icon_uk 2011-11-28 08:54 pm UTC (link)
	Your happy place? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject shadowpsykie 2011-11-28 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	one of many my friend, one of MANY :D (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject akodo_rokku 2011-11-28 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, no kidding. We get it Johns, you don't want people thinking Aquaman is lame. Of course, there's no in-universe reason for people TO think Aquaman is lame, and still harping on it three issues in is just annoying. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

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espanolbot
2011-11-28 09:16 pm UTC (link)

Chris Simms said that Johns has a habit of taking a character or group and rebuilding them from a simple concept upwards.

So JSA is about the interplay of the original generation of heroes interacting with the current one, so that series was defined as JSA = Family.

Green Lantern was about a man who uses willpower to fight a guy whose power comes from fear, so Green Lantern became about Overcoming Fear.

With Aquaman, he decided to refine the character as "People think that he sucks, but he doesn't, honest!".

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	no subject shadowpsykie 2011-11-28 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	With Aquaman, he decided to refine the character as "People think that he sucks, but he doesn't, honest!". yeah and that works, but some how being reminded of that every issue lessens it... it felt subtler... in the other titles. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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jaybee3
2011-11-28 09:37 pm UTC (link)

That's my problem with it as well - sure, people who know nothing about comics and still live in the Superfriends years may think Aquaman is "lame" but outside of isolated incidents over the years (which all superheroes have gotten) there's hasn't been this great wave of "Ewww, it's only Aquaman" from people within the DC Universe. If anything he's been respected since he basically ruled most of the Earth.

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mrstatham
2011-11-28 10:50 pm UTC (link)

But Aquaman is still a bit of a joke, though. Even in the Big Bang Theory, which is a WB-owned property, they use Aquaman as the butt of a bunch of jokes. The reach of Superfriends is freaking vast, and still extends to today, basically. But.. Of course, that doesn't exactly justify Johns *telling*, not *showing* us how amazing Aquaman is as a hero.

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	no subject akodo_rokku 2011-11-29 05:48 am UTC (link)
	Well, he has shown Aquaman being badass. The problem is that he keeps having people, including ones whose lives Aquaman has JUST saved, talking down to the guy. Which doesn't really enforce the idea of "Aquaman's cool, really!". It just reminds us that people think Aquaman is stupid. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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thormonger
2011-11-29 05:02 am UTC (link)

I'm glad the Batman: The Brave And The Bold Aquaman is around to give a better portrayal of him to the world at large than did the Superfriends one. Of course, in watching old Superfriends episodes as an adult (versus watching them when I was a kid), the show really didn't do any favors to any of the heroes, really.

In regard to the comic, though, if this is set five years after the superheroes started popping up in the DCnU, it seems like Aquaman should have a fair amount of media coverage demonstrating his badassery, and should be treated better than this by now.

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	no subject kirke_novak 2011-11-28 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	Namor is not going to be happy that someone is usurping his place. This matter can only be solved in one way - NAKED MUD WRESTLING! FOR SCIENCE! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject shadowpsykie 2011-11-28 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	and of course Hercules will be there cheering along... then when some mud is accidently spashed on him, he slowly removes his garments, tossing them over to Northstar, he then leaps into the fray and.... oh... crap... i did it again... :D (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject kirke_novak 2011-11-28 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	WHY DID YOU STOP?! WHO IS STOPPING YOU?! WHO IS STOPPING YOU?!?! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject shadowpsykie 2011-11-28 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	i propse we make this a "Pass the baton game" when i end, some one else pick up the baton and ~~Rub~~ pass it along. :D after leaping into the fray, both Namor and Aquaman are confused, but as Hercules' godly hands press down on thier warm mud covered flesh.... :P teehee, you must hate me ;D (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject jlbarnett 2011-11-28 11:47 pm UTC (link)
	I'm willing to give a bit of a pass to Aquaman, not because he's Aquaman, but because they're not really acting like jerks towards him, they're just acting like idiots (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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