Cleaning out the Links

It's been awhile since I did a proper linkdump, and some of these links are fairly old and you've no doubt already read all about them. Still, it can be good sometimes to be reminded, so here's a nice linkdump for you...

Superhero Profiles: starting with Aquaman. If you like it, check out his shop, lots of Aquaman fun there.

Many versions of Mera.

Peter David on Writing Aquaman. Originally published September 21, 2001, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1453.

Dan Jurgens on Aquaman and the Others.

A review of Justice League: Throne of Atlantis.

The urge to smack Dave for this Sheldon strip is mildly overwhelming.

Bleeding Cool made a prediction back in February about another Aquaman spinoff... let's see if it happens?

DC provides Aquaman coloring pages for younger Aqua-fans. I like that there are really four different versions of Aquaman in the one file. Wow.

Peter David on The Big Bang Theory and Aquaman

Just go read it.

Drop Aquaman in the middle of Gotham City with nothing but the clothes on his back, and he’ll be fine. Drop Batman in the middle of shark-infested waters or off the Marianas Trench, and you’re not going to hear from him again.

Links

Still in the process of moving, so work on this page is still at a complete stop until I can get settled. In the meantime, more links...

Sensor Sweep collects tidbits of Aqua-news.

Comics Should Be Good looks at Ramona Fradon.

Scipio reports that Black Manta is in the Escape from Arkham Heroclix set.

The Aquaman Shrine continues to amaze me, and make me jealous as all get-out.

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #169 looks at the death of Aquaman, while Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #170 examines the delay of Peter David's run due to Dooley confusion.

The Superhero Times reviews the Tonner Aquaman Doll.

Happy Birthday Peter David!

Happy Birthday to the guy who made Aquaman cool for a generation of fans, and who fleshed out the past of Atlantis with one of the best mini-series DC has ever put out.

Father's Day

Aquaman finally meets his almost-mythical father, Atlan, during a difficult quest to stop an alien invasion...

Of course, there's a little pent-up hostility involved in this meeting, and Aquaman's first response is... well... violent:

Golden Age Aquaman had a strong father, who died when Aquaman was old enough to handle it. The Silver Age Aquaman also had a strong father, and again he died when Arthur was an adult. The Modern Age Aquaman has it hard. He lost his first father figure when the man, a lighthouse keeper named Arthur Curry, vanished under mysterious circumstances. He then learned that his real father was an ancient wizard of Atlantis, a man he didn't meet until this adventure, which happened in Aquaman #22 (1996).

Um... Happy Father's Day?

Dolphin Names

Dolphins communicate with each other by name. Makes Peter David's Aquaman look even more plausible.