This was considered by many as one of the defining points that ended the Silver Age and marked the beginning of the Bronze Age, where stories would become more serious and relevant to the real world.
It’s necessary to add that before this event, death of characters was something still pretty rare and especially no one could have expected that a child would die in a superhero comic. The big change however, came in the 1970s with the classic story ‘Death of a Prince’ where Aquaman’s son, Arthur Curry Jr., is murdered by Black Manta. This was the period where most of his classic rogue’s gallery was created, too, which consisted of characters like Ocean Master, Black Manta, The Fisherman, and The Scavenger being the most notable. It was this era where most of the classic mythos and supporting cast were introduced, including his wife Mera, his sidekick Aqualad, Aqualad’s girlfriend Tula, his advisor Vulko, and his pet sidekick called Topo (every superhero had one then). Hard to believe now but in fact he was one of the few superheroes popular enough to survive until the Silver Age. This was surprisingly a much more ridiculous origin than the ones we will see later. His father, an undersea explorer, discovered the lost city of Atlantis and a way to allow his son to breathe underwater and be able to communicate with sea life.
In this early incarnation he was born as Arthur Curry. As you can see there’s no shortage of talent in his history nor people uninterested in his potential.Īquaman was created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger in 1941 at the birth of the Golden Age. Since he has been treated by several great creators including David Michelinie, Steve Skeats, Jim Aparo, Neal Pozner, Craig Hamilton, Curt Swan, Keith Giffen, Peter David, Esteban Maroto, Rick Veitch, Will Pfeiffer, Kurt Busiek, among others. That doesn’t mean that people haven’t tried. It is not easy being Aquaman: he’s a pretty hard character to get right, much less making him cool.
If you’re a non-superhero reader, the first thing that would come to your head after hearing Aquaman would probably be: “Oh, the guy who talks to fish,” “The Superfriend who needs to be in the water,” or even “The lamest superhero ever”.Īnd you know what? Based on the references that you see in TV, movies, and the internet, who could blame you?
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