Aquaman Isn't Useless

[history79]

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[dr_archeville]

Hunh, I just saw a comic showing the opposite sentiment.

[alicemacher]

Heehee, "Mysteriously wet billionaire Bruce Wayne."

[thanekos]

One of those arguments where both sides end up making you think " Yeah, yeah, yeah, you got anything new? "

[sagrada]

That's just the thing, though. All characters are equally likely to be useful as useless, depending on the story's context. The sole reason Aquaman's had his speciation become such a meme is because the people writing him keep forgetting that stuff happens that is not on land. I mean, piracy, smuggling, attempted naval sabotage, saber-rattling that goes too far, hijackings, spills and illegal dumping of hazardous waste, poaching and so on, all those are things that just happen most often at sea, regardless of all the other crimes and wrongdoing that can happen on both land and water. That's not even getting into all the stuff writers can just make up.

In short, the biggest threat to any character's viability and versatility is their author being lazy. People aren't lazy about figuring out ludicrous things for Batman to do with the power of $implausible. And Namor is just like Aquaman except for a different attitude(and no psychic powers), and he's perfectly viable for all kinds of stupid crap.

You know, all things considered, I wonder why Braniac doesn't try to steal Paradise Island or Atlantis? Those are way more unique than Metropolis.

[nyadnar17]

I love that Batman is casually fist fighting Brainianc in midair.

[reveen]

Oh ho ho, Aquaman's power suck(nope)! But you know what?

Superman has to get up and go to work.

Bruce Wayne has to get up and go to the shareholder's meeting.

Green Lantern has to get up and fly to Oa and listen to a bunch of weirdos with big heads whine at him about anal retentive bullshit.

Aquaman get's sleep in if he wants to because he's a friggin' king, and if anyone doesn't like that they can talk to his giant army of dudes with magic tridents riding giant seahorses and shit.

[cainofdreaming]

Question, if I may? Has anyone seen history79 post a single word on the board? Any comments or forewords to the scans? Anything? Is he/she a person or an automated scan service?

I just find the whole thing a little weird. Bit creepy even.

[stubbleupdate]

Everybody who has read The Martian will know that this isn't the biggest problem with Aquaman

[halloweenjack]

Since when is Metropolis land-locked in canon? Being an aquatic superhero/villain never stopped Namor from, say, invading Manhattan.

[drtechnobabel]

So... is Batman flying in the 5th panel? Because it sure looks like he is, and there's no green aura that would be there if Green Lantern was helping him.

Food for thought.

[lonewolf23k]

When you think about it, Aquaman's possibly one of the busiest superheroes in the Justice League. He patrols the Oceans of the world, which is about 70% of the planet's surface. He manages his own kingdom, which is scattered across multiple oceanic city-states. And he does that ON HIS OWN.

He doesn't care about being snubbed by the landlubber heroes, He's got a full plate on his hands.

Honestly, if anything, he should be building a league of Aquatic heroes to help him. Like he did when Peter David was handling his title, during the hook-hand days.

[lieut_kettch]

You just need this one image to silence the "Aquaman is useless" crowd: