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Are you guys enjoying this new wave of DC animations, more specifically the Tomorrow verse?
Do you think the quality is better or worse than the New 52?
Yes, I was inspired by that scene from Dawn of Justice and The Dark Knight Returns.
Obviously skipping powerless human members like Green Arrow or Batman, the question includes:
Aquaman
Captain Atom
Cyborg
Flash (any member)
Green Lantern (any human member)
Hawkgirl/Hawkman/Hawkwoman
Martian Manhunter
Plastic Man
Red Tornado
Shazam
Superman
Wonder Woman
And that's taking their prime comicbook versions into consideration. Assuming they are standing in the middle of nuclear blast, how would that affect each one of them? Who dies and who survives?
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In a prior post I made the theory that the Golden Age Aquaman would be Neptune Perkins but a recent news preview giving us a glimpse of The New Golden Age event. So apparently this is the original Golden Age returning and is now completely different from the already familiar King of Atlantis. I wonder if Arthur Curry would know that someone else was called Aquaman.
So if anyone if you read Flashpoint Beyond #6 (Spoilers)
They mention one of the thirteen was the “Golden Age Aquaman”
For me I guess that could be Neptune Perkins since he was the Aquaman of that time (even though he existed after) and that he was the analogue to him in Young All-Stars.
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They say Bruce Wayne is the most prepared man on earth but are you?! You'll have to come up with unique and different ways to kill earths' heroes if they ever stopped being on the side of the angels. today you will have to defeat earths' greatest heroes the justice league.
Ahoy-hoy, beautiful friends. I really liked Future State Aquaman, and yesterday I finally followed it up with The Becoming. There are the only two Aqua-centric things I've read, and I'm curious what other stuff is out there.
No preferences, except if anyone knows of anything with particularly great art I'd love to see it (I really like ocean-like world design). Doesn't have to be Jackson stuff either, just any Aquaperson! Whatever you have enjoyed.
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Note: The following article is not a canon statement, is just an observation over some elements in the DC continuity.
There are seven dominant forces in the DC universe, and there are Seven main heroes in the JL after the Rebirth, and each one of them is linked to one of the seven forces.
(Note: When I say "linked" I mean "related", not "connected", some cases count as "connected" though).
Flash: As it was showed before the introduction of the seven forces, the Flash is linked to the Speed Force, the dimensional force that sets the universe in motion.
Green Lantern: As it was also showed before the introduction of the seven forces, Green Lanterns' power comes from the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum, the manifestation of the emotions of the beings in the universe, being the Will the central emotion.
Aquaman: The Life Force, the force that allows the life to flourish and flow through the world, brought to us in the form of water, the element that gave birth to the living beings in the planet and that connect us all.
Wonder Woman: The Sphere of the Gods is the energy that bends the rules of nature to the will of the user, the fount of all the magic and divine power, wielded by gods, new gods, angels, demons, sorcerers and, in this case, the demigods.
Cyborg: As a half machine, Cyborg is the embodimient of knowledge in the Justice League, Batman might be the smartest member, yet the one filled with knowledge instead of intelligence, as such, Cyborg would be the one linked to the Collective Unconscious.
Now, there are only two forces left, The Dimensional Superstructure, the force that states the laws of the universe, and the Faithfulness, the force inside us all that gives us hope and awaken the hero inside us. There are only two heroes left in the list, the World's Finest (Batman and Superman), the thing is that I don't know wich one to link with each one...
In one side, Superman is the most powerful hero of the earth and someone that has control over the imaginable, able to fly, super-strength, heat vision and all and Batman, as the primal member of the JL without super powers is the one that has the faith and hope, becoming a hero despite everything else.
But for the other side, Batman, as the one without power and fully human (almost) could be the one linked to the Dimensional Superstructure as he is the one that it's what the universe stated to be, the one who follows the rules of the universe, such as humans bleed, humans don't fly and all that meanwhile, Superman, the original hero is the embodiment of the Faithfulness, being the principal sign of hope in the earth.
What do you guys think?
So they changed Aquaman's powers from the Clear to the Life Force. But what I'm wondering is the Clear is part of the Life Force then? If so, then is the Green, Red, etc. part of it too? Or something else because I read that they are somewhat related to Magic and pair up in the same category. DC really needs to be consistent and clear (Pun not intended) with their storytelling and lore-making. Can anyone explain this?
Hey everyone. I wanted to start a series of posts to discuss exclusively about comic books. Most of the comics I've been reading recently are from the 90s, 80s, or older, and I'd like to review some titles I find interesting. I plan on doing some for many types of storylines, characters, creative runs, etc., be it because they are good or I simply feel like discussing. For this first post, I'd like to review this comic book that surprised me and, honestly, I've never seen anyone talk about it:
Aquaman: Atlantis Chronicles, written by Peter David and drawn by Esteban Maroto.
The interesting thing about this comic book is that it's not a story about Aquaman. This is not even about superheroes, adventure, or action. This story is mainly focused on the origins of Atlantis: their culture, how they ended in the bottom of the ocean, how they developed the ability to breathe underwater, etc. We follow the path of different characters from two different nations throughout the years. They get old, have children, and die, but all of their stories are pretty well connected to each other, and they manage to make you care about them.
As I said, the story is very different from what you might see in other Aquaman comics, and it has a more serious, mature tone. These seven issues have war, conspiracies, romance, religion, mythology, politics, bloodlines... a lot of topics, but they are told really well, with enough space to develop and expand on each one of them. Along with the storyline is the art of Esteban Maroto, which is good and bad. It fits well with the style of the story, and the storytelling is pretty nice, but it can look really sketchy at times.
But what caught my interest the most is that it's allegedly based on "real" historic documents found by archeologist R.K. Simpson. This professor couldn't publish these documents because no one would believe him that it was not fiction. So he came up to DC Comics and worked closely with Peter David to adapt the manuscripts to a comic book. There is more information about this in the Deluxe Edition hardcover, along with many essays written by this archeologist explaining how Atlantis's mythology influenced many of the religions around the world. This might be true... Or might be an invention from the writers. But it's interesting anyway.
This is just a quick review I did from the top of my head. I really recommend that you read it if you are interested in Aquaman or Atlantis' history, or if you want to read a different kind of comic book. I tried to be as brief as possible but also include every thought that came to my mind because there is a lot going on in this series.
I plan on doing more reviews and analysis like this for other comics in the future. Feel free to discuss, leave your opinion, or ask questions in the comments!