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In the [[Silver Age]], Aquaman's origins were revamped; now, he was a [[Half-Human Hybrid]] of [[Atlantis|Atlantean]] and surface human, raised by his father, a lighthouse-keeper, and unaware of his royal heritage until recently. He was super-strong and tough because his body was "adapted to the sea's depths", and he could [[Psychic Powers|telepathically]] control anything that lived on or near the sea. However, he was also given a [[Kryptonite Factor]] of sorts; he could only spend [[Hour of Power|one hour]] out of the water before succumbing to potentially fatal weakness. Aquaman's career was, like Superman's, also retroactively extended back into his childhood as "Aquaboy," [[Superboy]]'s sole contemporary hero.
This version of Aquaman turned out to be more popular than the original. He continued appearing in ''Adventure Comics'' until issue #284 (April, 1961). He became one of the founding members of the [[Justice League of America]] in 1960, and was a regular there. In 1961, Aquaman's strip got transferred to ''Detective Comics'', he starred in a few ''Showcase'' issues, and he got several crossovers with Superman. All in preparation of his first solo title, ''Aquaman'' vol. 1 #1-63 (February, 1962-March, 1971, revived August, 1977-August, 1978).
In the process Aquaman picked up a supporting cast, something which he previously lacked. Most notable among them were [[Sidekick]] Aqualad, and super-powered wife Mera. They even had a kid. The [[Bronze Age]] led to his comic being canceled, [[Uncancelled]], and re-canceled repeatedly. His child was murdered in an effort to drum up interest and provide angst, and he became the leader of the [[Dork Age]] version of the Justice League (often referred to as "Justice League Detroit").
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This direction, while not wholly unpopular, didn't result in a high-selling series. Thus, during ''[[Crisis Crossover|Infinite Crisis]]'', Atlantis was destroyed. After the "One Year Later" [[Time Skip]], ''Aquaman'' became ''Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis'', going back to the [[Barbarian Hero]] adventures that had done well before. A new Aquaman was introduced, Arthur Joseph Curry, whose origin and powers were similar to the [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] Aquaman. He was guided by the "Dweller in the Depths", a tentacled humanoid who was implied to be Aquaman — most prominently, through having the magical water hand.
The Dweller died at the end of the series, after being revealed as, yes, the original Aquaman, who had made a deal with the sea gods to bring Sub Diego back onto land, after the magic that allowed them to breathe underwater was revoked.
In the ''[[Blackest Night]]'' [[Crisis Crossover]], Orin came back as a zombified Black Lantern, determined to show people why you don't mess with the king of the seas. He got off to a hell of a start by ripping out a guy's heart and summoning a bunch of zombie sharks to kill people. At the end of the series, he was brought back to life with his classic appearance and no water hand due to his Black Lantern form repairing him. He then went on to play a significant part in ''[[Brightest Day]]'', discovering a new Aqualad along the way.
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* [[Depending on the Writer]]: Whether he outright ''controls'' fish, or if they just do as he says because he's the king of the ocean. For example, [[Geoff Johns]] explicitly states the former in the first issue of latest series.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Constantly. Aquaman throws down with Gods and Lovecraftian Horrors on the reg. Starting in his teenage years, when he messed up Triton's attempts to, um, "claim" Wonder Woman, through Peter David's run where he threw down with Poseidon, Hades, [[Eldritch Abomination|Tiamat]] and others, all the way up to the more modern stories where he's "only" picking fights with Lovecraftian Horrors at the bottom of the Ocean, or the [[The Spectre|living embodiment]] of God's wrath.
** He gets a really great moment like this in "JLA: Midsummer's Nightmare". Arbitrarily powerful badguy Knowman has just punched Superman into orbit. He makes a crack along the lines of "You people have no idea the kind of pressure I've been under. Allow me to demonstrate," and increases gravity enough to knock the entire team, including Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman, to the floor, where they stay as he strides around monologuing. Until he makes the mistake of walking by Aquaman, who mutters [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"Pressure? Obviously you've never been to the bottom of the sea!" before ganking him with his hook hand and yanking him to the floor]].
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: One ''Brave and the Bold'' story reveals that there is an ancient Lovecraftian demon which emerges at the bottom of the sea to destroy the Earth once a year. Aquaman and [[The Demon]] have a standing pact to team up each year to drive it back to its own dimension. Yes, Aquaman not only [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|punches out Cthulhu]], he beats the ever loving shit out of him ''on an annual basis''. [[Dude, Where's My Respect?|And yet people still think he's lame...]]
* [[Enemy Without]] / [[The Heartless]]: This is the role which "The Thirst" plays to the Waterbarer. If a barer uses their power to harm rather then heal then he will revive to [[Omnicidal Maniac|drink life itself]]. His strength is based on the barer's negative emotions {{spoiler|and if they should wield their power against him as well, then the two will merge, leading to a particularly unusual [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]]. Giving in is the only way to truly defeat him.}}
* [[Enigmatic Empowering Entity]]: In the early 2000s Aquaman underwent yet another retooling, which involved him being named 'The Waterbearer' by The Lady of the Lake herself. Rather than a magic sword, he was given a magic hand made of water. It was Better Than It Sounds.
* [[Everything's Deader with Zombies]]: Aquaman was one of the most prominent [[Blackest Night|Black Lanterns]]. In [[Brightest Day]], it turned out that {{spoiler|he still had some of the Black Lantern taint - he summoned undead sealife just like when he was a zombie.}}
* [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks]]: One of Aquaman's enemies is King Shark, who's basically a humanoid shark.
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* [[In a Single Bound]]: Being fully adapted to live in the pressure of the deepest sea trenches, Aquaman and Mera while on surface are both able to leap miles at at time through the air, with [[Incredible Hulk]]-like jumps.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: While Mera found that amusing during the '60s run, a slight annoyance in the '90s, she's now shown as completely fed up at the amount of people calling her ''Aquawife'' or ''Aquawoman'', and ready to snap towards them whethever they use the unwanted fan nickname in her presence.
* [[Kraken and Leviathan]]: He's been called on to fight these things a few times. For obvious reasons, Aquaman can deal with them on a much more level playing field.
* [[Love Redeems]]: Mera, post [[Brightest Day]]. Raised as little more than an assassin, her only purpose in life enacting her people's revenge towards Atlantis, she was meant to get close to the then-current Atlantis' king and start tearing apart the undersea kingdom from behind. However, she found Aquaman noble, gentle and likeable, [[Becoming the Mask|becoming an affectionate wife]] and a heroine on her own.
* [[Legacy Character]]: Arthur Joseph Curry.
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* [[Psychic Powers]]: Usually only works on fish and other marine life... but since all life on Earth came from the ocean, Aquaman can telepathically stun even humans (though this takes a lot out of him).
** When he gave [http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg91/scaled.php?server=91&filename=jla00410gk1.jpg&res=landing an enemy a seizure] though [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/5/53838/1210972-jla_004_11_super.jpg tapping into their basal ganglia], Aquaman does it fairly casually, and he even says for ''starters'' he can give a seizure to incapacitate, implying that's not even all he's got. And what's more, he did it to a martian, which are naturally strong telepaths in the first place.
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]: Due to being adapted for life deep underwater as well as dry land Aquaman has basically won the [[Superpower Lottery]]: He's strong and tough to the point where he can lift around 20 tons, has several [[Super Senses]], is very fast, and his telepathic abilities are as strong as (if not stronger than) the [[Martian Manhunter]].
** Aquaman is actually far above twenty tons, both in and out of water. And he's even admitted J'onn is the more powerful telepath
* [[Rogues Gallery Transplant]]: The Shark and King Shark started out menacing Green Lantern and [[Superboy]], respectively.
* [[Running Gag]]: Aquaman's love of hot dogs. This led to a hilarious moment when he was forced to see a doctor for an unrelated issue, and told he should be eating more fish.
* [[Ruthless Modern Pirates]]: Aquaman often clashes with pirates.
** Black Manta himself is a submarine pirate.
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