Bronze Age Babies: It could have been worse -Aquaman, maybe?

Saturday, January 28, 2012

It could have been worse -Aquaman, maybe?

14 comments:

Kid said...: Hee hee.; January 28, 2012 at 6:22 AM
david_b said...: Is there a hero made more fun of than Aquaman..?

Oh, a fine Silver Age hero has seen better days.; January 28, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Fred W. Hill said...: How about Speedy? Maybe there was another reason he got into drugs aside from Ollie not paying him enough attention (well, hey, with Black Canary around, it's a wonder Ollie even remembered who Speedy was!); January 28, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Anonymous said...: "Is there a hero made more fun of than Aquaman..?"

Matter-Eater Lad from the Legion of Superheroes.; January 28, 2012 at 11:57 AM
J.A. Morris said...: "Blogger david_b said...

Is there a hero made more fun of than Aquaman..?"

Ant-man may be a close second. He even got mocked on an old SNL sketch:
http://www.movieweb.com/tv/TEmXknqsAldapr/HUuSuAzC3FZdyy; January 28, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Inkstained Wretch said...: "Is there a hero made more fun of than Aquaman..?"

The Super Friends' Wonder Twins?; January 28, 2012 at 8:51 PM
ChrisPV said...: Aquaman gets a bad rap. Sure, his costume's kinda lame, but have you seen the kinda stuff in the oceans he can get to murder you? Plus, there's an old Golden Age story that starts out with him straight up throwing a polar bear at some poachers. And you know that bear ain't gonna be happy when he lands.

You know who doesn't get mocked enough? Hawkman. Dude has one power. And don't get me wrong, flying is cool. But he hangs out in a crowd that contains Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, J'onn J'onzz, Batman and Green Arrow who both have branded jets, and so on. Say what you will about Aquaman, when you get that oceanic based crime he's got your back. Hawkman will be useless FOREVER.; January 29, 2012 at 12:27 AM
Edo Bosnar said...: ChrisPV, you have a point - and unlike Angel, who at least has real wings, Hawkman has to strap his on. It reminds of a YouTube video I saw a while back (you've probably seen it) in which all the heroes are in a bar congratulating Green Lantern about his new movie - then Hawkman walks in and says it's time for a Hawkman movie, and they all start snickering...
Another super-hero underachiever was Black Goliath/Giant Man - that poor guy never got any respect, even in his own series.; January 29, 2012 at 2:32 AM
david_b said...: Edo,

Yep, LOVED that Hawkman videom The worst of the Aquaman jokes I've seen was the old Dr Katz's sketch where the black gentleman's in the office and he's musing about the three heroes to choose from that you'd like to be, and he comments, 'Who would EVER want to be Aquaman..?'.

The scene then pictures Aquaman tring to talk to a small, wide-eyed fish, who only knows how to reply, 'Hi, Aquaman..'.; January 29, 2012 at 7:19 AM
david_b said...: Sorry, 'video.'.

Written from my blackberry..; January 29, 2012 at 7:21 AM
Anonymous said...: Edo – you’re right about Black Goliath. He might actually be unique in that he was a very respected scientist and quite well characterised as Bill Foster. He might be the only super hero who was more heroically regarded when he WASN’T a super hero.

Ant Man – there’s a great start to one of the TTA issues, where Hank is, for an utterly unexplained reason, running along a crowded sidewalk and constantly trying not to get squished. Why would you run down a sidewalk at one-inch tall when you could spring up to 6ft or summon a flying ant with but a thought?

Unbelievable stupidity was the main reason I could never warm to DC. Their heroes were either insanely powerful (Superman, Flash, GL) or just insanely rubbish (Bouncing Boy, Hawkman, Matter Eater Lad).

What’s that you say....’Squirrel Girl’? Really? Oh. Forget I spoke.

Richard; January 30, 2012 at 6:25 AM
Edo Bosnar said...: Hey, man, underestimate Squirrel Girl at your own peril. Remember, she took down Dr. Doom all on her own (o.k., she was helped by a herd of squirrels, but you get the idea).; January 30, 2012 at 7:33 AM
Anonymous said...: Hi Edo – it doesn’t help, does it? That her ability to communicate with Squirrel Nutkin somehow makes her Doom-class (bearing in mind that he took out the Surfer and the Beyonder). What’s next? Galactus versus Breathing Man? Willie Lumpkin’s suggestion that he join the FF on the strength of being able to wiggle his ears begins to look like a serious audition.

Richard; January 30, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Weird WWII said...: How about "Type Face"?!

Now that is a super dud,
Brian; January 30, 2012 at 11:07 PM

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