{"id":200,"date":"2008-11-21T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2008-11-20T23:39:33","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T04:39:33","slug":"the-future-of-aquaman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/21\/the-future-of-aquaman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Aquaman"},"content":{"rendered":"

AQUAMAN WEEK concludes here at Once Upon a Geek.\u00a0 To close out the week, I thought I would talk a little about the future of Aquaman.<\/p>\n

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Before we get into it, you should probably know that Aquaman is currently dead.\u00a0 Yup, he’s sleeping with the fishes, literally and figuratively.\u00a0 Well… to be exact, the original Aquaman is dead; the one we all grew up with on the Super Friends.\u00a0 There is a new Aquaman that is alive and swimming, but he’s slightly different.\u00a0 Rather than the Aquaman we know (a.k.a. Orin or Arthur Curry), the new Aquaman is Orin’s adopted cousin.\u00a0 He’s the sword-and-sorcery Aquaman I’ve mentioned a few times this week.\u00a0 There is a whole bunch of confusing origin-stuff I could cover, but I’ll skip to the bottom line.\u00a0 The new Aquaman goes by the name Joseph and has inside him a piece of Orin’s soul.\u00a0 He looks somewhat like Orin and even has some memories of the original.\u00a0 So while he’s not the original, he makes a pretty good substitute.<\/p>\n

I’m not really going to talk about it here, but the original Aquaman does appear in the ‘DC Kids’ comic book ‘Super Friends’.\u00a0 In addition to the comic book, they also have some action figures.\u00a0 This is a line for real little kids and doesn’t have any connection with regular continuity.<\/p>\n

FUTURE TIDES – COMIC BOOKS<\/h3>\n

Geoff Johns has stated that the original Aquaman will make an appearance in the forthcoming ‘Green Lantern: Blackest Night’ storyline.\u00a0 We know this storyline will feature many characters returning from the dead as ‘Black Lanterns’.\u00a0 Now the real question is, what will happen to these characters after the storyline?\u00a0 Will they return to the DCU proper, or return to the grave?\u00a0 Based upon other conversations Johns and Sciver have had, it’s assumed by the fans that the original Aquaman will be back for good.<\/p>\n

It’s also well known that Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver are interested in tackling\u00a0 the original Aquaman.\u00a0 These are the guys who did ‘Green Lantern: Rebirth’ which brought Hal Jordan back as the primary Green Lantern.\u00a0 Next year they will be producing ‘Flash: Rebirth’ which will return Barry Allen as the primary Flash in the DCU.\u00a0 So they’ve got a history of returning classic characters to greatness and pushing them forward into exciting new adventures.\u00a0 So it’s quite possible we’ll be reading an ‘Aquaman: Rebirth’ in the next few years.\u00a0 For further background on this click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So if we get an ‘Aquaman: Rebirth’ that returns Orin to the role of Aquaman, what happens to Joseph?\u00a0 I for one hope they don’t get rid of him.\u00a0 I think there is plenty of room for multiple aquatic heroes. If Geoff Johns can write a book with numerous Green Lanterns and at least three Flashes, then why can’t we have two Aquamen?<\/p>\n

\"Batman:<\/a>FUTURE TIDES – TELEVISION<\/h3>\n

Cartoon Network has a new show called “Batman: Brave and the Bold”.\u00a0 It features Batman teaming up with other heroes each week.\u00a0 On Friday, November 28, an episode is scheduled to air that features Batman teaming up with Aquaman. In this series Aquaman’s a bit different than he is in the comics.\u00a0 This Aquaman has an enormous barrel-chest and sports a close-cropped beard.\u00a0 Additionally, I believe he’s supposed to come off as extremely confident with the occasional corny one-liners.<\/p>\n

The target demographic is ages 6 to 15, so it might be a little kiddie for us grown geeks, but I’m willing to give it a try. Feel free to check out either the Cartoon Network web site<\/a> or the DC HeroZone web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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FUTURE TIDES – TOYS<\/h3>\n

Aquaman has a handful of action figures scheduled for release in 2009.\u00a0 There are two particular upcoming figures that I’m pretty excited about (pictured below).\u00a0 Besides these two, there are also Aquaman action figures planned for the ‘Batman: Brave and the Bold’ line and for DC Direct action figures.<\/p>\n

Here is Aquaman from Mattel in the blue camo suit.\u00a0 I can’t wait for this figure!<\/p>\n

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DC Direct is putting out an Aquaman-Joseph figure in the Superman\/Batman line.\u00a0 Looks cool!<\/p>\n

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SURFING THE WEB<\/h3>\n

Looking for more Aquaman?\u00a0 Be sure to check out these sites:<\/p>\n