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This for a long time felt like a no brainer connection to me, on multiple facets so I decided to create a blog on the concept at the surprise that there isn’t much content where Carol is interacting with The Inhuman royals, whether it be teaming up or in opposition.

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I see alot of people get surprised when anyone even entertains the idea of a dynamic between these two heroines and although I do think they do have their vast differences one being that their lores are thematically different. Cosmic vs Mythology. I do think out of any Marvel Heroine Carol Danvers does also have the most 1:1 in relation to Wonder Woman.

Don’t get me wrong I do see characters like Power Princess, Thundra, Warrior Woman as Marvel’s actual analogies to the DC Character Wonder Woman.

I do see similarities with characters like Storm and Jane Foster/Thor also to Wonder Woman with the mythic stuff in mind.

But beyond that, looking at overall lores 1:1, conceptions, characters existing within these two characters (Carol/Diana) mythologies I do think Carol comes the closest.

I created a BLOG if anyone’s interested in my reasoning.

I noticed Carol is often downplayed alot among readers, I’m assuming it’s mainly due to casuals going off their perception of the character. So I’ll probably be spending a good amount of future post with Carol Danvers in mind.

Another eventful issue. In a way that felt like a setup issue for things to come. I think alot of this issue left me with more questions.

1.) Corum Rath and Legend seemed to be missing from this issue, if they did appear, I missed them. I think alot of us who have read the Dan Abnett’s run is really curious to Rath’s return and how he went from a mindless creature of the sea to appearing no longer “Cursed by The darkness”. We were told that “only Rath remained” after the end of Aquaman: Kingslayer but it was a very deformed Rath. It’s possible that time cured Rath but it’s still a question mark. Admittedly I am hoping of some residual power left there. Rath has the ambition but he feels massively outclassed if he’s running around just as his regular Atlantean self, though to be fair ambition got him far the last time. Overall hoping we get an explanation though I think it’s easy to infer off his last appearance under Abnett,

2.) I think another twist I guess I wasn’t expecting was I did admittedly think it was a mistake at first and Tiamat was in two different places. But it seems like Siren was taking her appearance which isn’t something contradictory of lore for those who have read Bunn’s Aquaman: Exiled run.

3.) I think the villain I was admittedly the most hyped about in this issue was “The Fisherman” I’ve been saying I believe he has alot of potential especially with Eldritch horror, he gives a simple line before easily dispatching Jarro that makes me really want to see more out of him in the mythos. Potentially the strongest parasitic character in the DC cosmology? Really hoping we get a future arc with him and his kind.

4.) Tiamat is another one I honestly think has a lot of potential. They don’t seem to admittedly do too much in this issue outside of being a mount for Ocean Master. Really cool panels though I’ll give it that. With speaking of Orm he’s been admittedly on a downhill path for me as a character since Rebirth. Can’t hold this on Adams though since it’s just a continuation a characterization he’s been given under 3 different writers prior to Adams anyways. Still it’s a bit sad for those who were fond of the New52 direction of the character.

That page of The Shiver all attacking Tiamat was pretty dope, a lot of upscale for Tiamat lol. It was cool to see The Aquafamily fend off the attack and you can tell Adams made sure to make them go down in a way that didn’t make any of them portrayed as “weak”. Do wish their was a distinguishable difference in design between the Shark squad thought. Like making Nanue a hammerhead and keeping Karshon a Great White for example.

5.) Jenny Greenteeth The Sea Witch? I’m a bit confused on the extent or if this is the same character. Off design I think it’s logical it is. On a power standpoint this character is absolutely insane. Not only is she a potent plant elemental and manipulator she’s also a very potent witch who uses magic. She literally used all her power to statue all of Atlantis in a similar effect to what we saw The Heart of Apokolips doing… it’s honestly wild Aquaman was able to beat her before even becoming The Avatar of The Blue the more we see of Jenny. This is kind of honestly the later development I’m wanting for Dagon as well.

I think the likelihood is Swamp Thing is going to end up fighting Jenny Greenteeth if I had to make a guess. Animal Girl could end up fighting Fisherman or Tiamat if we went off the designs of the characters listed here that would be my guess. Really wishing Chimera The Creature King got brought in now.

6.) Not sure the logic on Lolanna destroying the portal for Arthur to return admittedly given prior issues stated he can easily re-establish them. It’s possible this is potentially with the added aspect of the powerful magic and knowledge Lolanna has gained from her father and her own years of life. I’m also curious to the statuing of the Atlanteans. The statue effect has been used pretty frequently between Lolanna herself being one, to the participants of the DC K.O. Being Statues, to now most of Atlantis being statues. I’m curious to how this is done, what the spell is and how it works. Kind of wish we got a panel or page showcasing this being done.

7.) Red. Blue. Green. The Avatars Unite! I think that final page is definitely a major highlight of the issue and rightfully the cliffhanger. Since the beginning of the run Adams played with the idea of the relationship of these elemental/primal forces so it’s definitely hype to know state about to finally see the representatives all on page together finally.

Overall my hopes are for some more lore explanations, detailed information explaining alot of these events. There’s alot of power all assembled together here and I’m excited to see it let loose. On both the Villain and heroes side.

Fight takes place in the Oceanic world Arthur took Poseidon to. Does Poseidon have the power to stop The Demon from ravaging the world?

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Sauce:

Aquaman v7 Issue 38

Dark Knights of Steel II

Action Comics v1 Issue 520

Dark Nights: Death Metal Issue 7

We really need a modern Atlantis chronicles. Atlanna back story alone seems epic to me, but I’d love to see how the Atlantis sinking storyline works with New History and Death of a King respectively, the war against The Abyssal Dark mentioned in Dan Abnett’s run and why it came to be that Atlantis would magically reject a surface leader.

I wanted to share my thoughts for anyone curious, given I’ve been working long hours and haven’t been online much

But to keep things short this by far is my favorite issue of Jeremy Adams Aquaman run so far.

What really stood out to me.

1.) It was nice to see him come back to previous mentioned aspects of his own run and Arthur’s overall lore/history

Seeing some action with Thalassa was needed and seeing it match and clash with Poseidon’s trident was really cool.

Seeing Poseidon’s trident was still in the possession of the Aquaman family up until Poseidon took it back was a really nice attention to detail by Adams and I really loved the fact Mera has been using it. For anyone wondering Arthur got the trident from Poseidon on multiple occasions once during the Post-Crisis era after defeating Triton, another time he borrowed it during the DCYou Exiled arc to destroy Thule, and the final time it was given to him to keep by Poseidon during the Justice League event Drowned Earth. So Atlantis being in possession of the trident of Poseidon was a really cool lore point. The added aspect of Vivienne being responsible for crafting Poseidon’s trident which was something stated earlier in Adams run.

There’s also the point Adams didn’t obviously have any need to nerf Poseidon in this fight, and he addressed the possible common elephant in the room for probably most battles involving haxxed characters like Aquaman with the fact Arthur stated he couldn’t do the internal hydrokinesis stuff to Poseidon based off his physiology. I’m really enjoying the fact that there are limitations to the powers Arthur has and the writer is showing there are still forces that can challenge Aquaman. It’s also a really great showing for Poseidon in matchups against other characters who have similar hax abilities

2.) I got extremely excited to see Aquaman use his telepathy to call sea life in to help assist him. It’s his most iconic ability and it’s good to see it’s not forgotten. I love how it was something he even fell back on as something he saw as his ace.

3.) I previously mentioned on the preview post I was worried about Arion jobbing and this issue alleviated that concern for me. I think Arion and Garth acting as defense for Atlantis and the Lighthouses is my preferred usage in this case and it was a good subtle feat for Arion while also being a really good feat for the clash between Arthur and Poseidon

4.) The way the fight was done overall was extremely entertaining as well. I liked the fact Arthur was shown to offensively use portals to shift the battle location as needed. It kind of negates any idea that it’s a slow process on Aquaman’s end doing so.

I think the outcome not being necessarily a defeat of Poseidon being knocked out or killed. But instead yielding was definitely my preferred outcome for this clash as well.

Overall this was easily the best issue so far in my opinion. It read smoothly in terms of pacing, the action was superb, the attention to lore/history was great.

Really looking forward to Tidal War!

Would love to hear other thoughts on today’s issue

Location: Desolate world
Win condition: Death, KO or Submission

Characters: Carol Danvers and Black Bolt composite, get what if feats

Round 1: Apokolips Duo/Mister Miracle and Barda

Round 2: The Amazon and Atlantean/Cassie Sandsmark and Jackson Hyde (Composite Cassie and Jackson)

Round 3: The Egyptians/Black Adam and Hawkgirl (Kendra) (Hawkgirl gets her buff during the Scott Snyder run)

Round 4: The Apokolips Siblings/Orion and Grail

Round 5: The Atlantean and Amazon/ Garth and Donna

Round 6: New Olympus/Wonder Woman and Aquaman

Location: Desolate Planet
Victory: Death, KO, or Submission
Characters: Vox Supreme, Supreme Accuser Captain Marvel, Emperor Black Bolt, Grayven, Big Barda, Orion

Location: Battle takes place in a serene valley. Landscape is indestructible

Characters:
Jane Foster has Mljonir
Unworthy Thor
God of War Wonder Woman
Poseidon Blessing Aquaman

Composite Ares no Godwave
Base Kurse (Algrim the strong)

Win conditions: KO, Death or Submission.

Battle Location: is in an uninhabited marshland.

Victory by Death, KO, BFR or Submission

Versions: Waterhand Aquaman, Absolute Superman, Absolute Wonder Woman,

Gauntlet:

1.) Ultimate Thanos
2.) 616 Apocalypse
3.) 616 Annihilus
4.) 616 Uranos

Location: The Heart of Apokolips

Rules:
1.) Fight is to Death, Incapacitation, or KO
2.) Once someone loses the Heart of Apokolips turns them into a statue.
3.) Speed is equalized
4.) 3 rounds

1st Round: Everyone is in base for the first round
2nd Round: Versions as specified in the versions portion of post.
3rd Round: Everyone is at their strongest form

Versions:

Team Asgard
1.) Twilight Sword Beta Ray Bill
2.) Odin Force Thor with Mljonir
3.) Worthy Jane feats with Ultimate Mljonir to ignore Mljnor clashing statements. Jane also gets her Valkyrie shift.
4.) Queen Of Hel Angela

Team Hala
1.) Phyla gets her Quasar and Martyr feats as well as her overall feats as a composite Phylla
2.) Black Bolt gets his Earth-X and 616 feats as well as What-Ifs
3.) Carol Danvers is 616 but has the Arcade Device implemented in her as well as The Universal Weapon
4.) Post-Mad God Genis-Vell

Team New Olympus:
1.) Day of Vengeance Captain Marvel
2.) Avatar of The Blue Aquaman with Poseidon’s Blessing and Trident
3.) Earth Prime Wonder Woman but has the added abilities and gear of Absolute Wonder Woman
4.) Mary Marvel gets her base and Black Mary showings

Team Omega Mutants:
1.) Magneto her base 616 and House of M showings
2.) Emperor Vulcan
3.) Current Storm 616
4.) Current Hope Summers 616

Rules: Win by KO, Death, or Incapacitation

For Round 1:
Thor has the Thor Force
Strange has his current Lord Strange form.
Post-Ice Age Arion
Avatar of The Blue Aquaman
Black Bolt gets his what-if feats

For Round 2:
Everyone is at their strongest form

Battle Location: Is an indestructible dimension

Rules:
Speed Equalized
All characters are base or equipped with stuff they have at their base levels.
Diana does get her Absolute variants lassos and magic.
Storm has Stormcaster and Jane gets her Valkyrie and Thor feats.
Starfire gets her New God Odyssey feats
Phylla is a composite of all her variants
Supergirl gets her base and matrix showings.
Win conditions are KO, Death, Submission or Incapacitation.

Rules:
Speed Equalized
All characters are base or equipped with stuff they have at their base levels.
Diana does get her Absolute variants lassos and magic.
Storm has Stormcaster and Jane gets her Valkyrie and Thor feats.
Win conditions are KO, Death, Submission or Incapacitation.

I’ve stated this before but I love when writers pull old concepts and ideas from older runs, and modernize them or do stuff with concepts that never went anywhere.

Comparison of Jeremy Adams run with stuff that came before.

Wonder Twins interaction with Garth and Jackson is from Dark Nights Death Metal.

King Shark and Arthur Joseph Curry being comrades from Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis

Starro vs Aquaman is from Adventure Comics v1 issue 451

Aquaman’s connection to The Clear/Blue was originally established in Aquaman v5 Issue 35

Aquaman had godlike water powers under the possession of some Godlike spirit in The Flash v2 Issue 66

A mother ensembles the king of the seas rogues gallery to take him down. Action Comics v1 Issue 520

Might, make a bigger post if I find more stuff.