r/Aquaman

Image courtesy DC (Omnibus Cover Art)

This is my personal favourite rendition of the JL to currently exist (second only to Wonder Woman's JLA in the early 90s).

I've always been in support of unorthodox (or perhaps "unexpected" is more appropriate) matchups in blockbuster superteams of this high a Calibur. The fact that we have Arthur in a position of leadership is in direct violation of the whole *"*Fishy Talk Dude is a Joke" meme that The Boys went berserk on with the Deep. J'onn and Zatanna's relationship was fun (I still ship them), and everyone else is extremely well written and surprisingly relevant. Even in the political sphere, this group is relevant, especially when the writers made the bold decision to have one of their first ventures being rescuing Superman, Wonder Woman, and Barry Allen from the Soviet Union. I don't seem to recall the mainstream continuity discussing the Cold War all that much (this was reserved for Frank Miller's Batman: Hunt the Dark Knight).

I ought to also point out that ALL of this team up becoming prominent figures in The CW's Arrowverse, which is no coincidence since the Bronze Age gave the narratives that were utilized for most of the series (plural). Not certain how this will work out in James Gunn's DC Universe, since the Vibe is just a mural in the Hall of Justice in James Gunn's SUPERMAN, but one can see that some of the older looks will make a comeback.

Image courtesy DC (DC UNIVERSE REBIRTH 2017/DC SHOWCASE 2010)

IK we had a crossover with these two around three years ago titled Aquaman/Green Arrow: Deep Target, which was phenomenally written and really fun; but the fact that we never had them team up in the mainstream prior to that one Season 02 episode of Batman: The Brave & The Bold still irritates me. At this point, unless there's another continuity reboot coming or James Gunn incorporates it OR BOTH (cause the plan is for his universe to become the mainstream), IDK if we'll get another team-up with these two.

If I were involved with DC back when the Rebirth was still ongoing, I would have had the two of them team-up almost indefinitely and combine their runs till the continuity reset. A hot take?? Might be.....let me know

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Hello, I know everyone is different but I was reading the current Aquaman run but i just wasn't loving it so dropped it around issue 10.

What are people's thoughts?

If you didn't like it at first did it get better for you?

I dropped it as I liked the upgrade Aquaman got but the story line with THE BLUE/alternate ocean thing was not for me. I wanted to explore Atlantis a little more and see him exist in the main world.

Side note - I am no expert on Aquaman, I read Geoff Johns run, watch Brave and The Bold, Young justice when I was young and recently read Aquaman Andromeda. I like the character most in Johns run or when he is first a king of Atlantis, superhero second feel like it makes him stand out more compared to others heros.

EDIT - THANK YOU. People gave some really good insight and advice on a post I thought might get 2 or 3 replies with 2 sentences at best. Everyone seems genuinely passionate to talk about this character. Every fandom has its toxic parts but seems like a really healthy fandom to me so far.