{"id":69,"date":"2008-05-20T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/05\/20\/aquaman-creative-homage\/"},"modified":"2008-11-06T23:30:18","modified_gmt":"2008-11-07T03:30:18","slug":"aquaman-creative-homage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/20\/aquaman-creative-homage\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquaman &#8211; Creative Homage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">One of my all-time favorite Aquaman scenes comes from Aquaman #50, 1970.\u00a0 The scene\u00a0features Aquaman swimming through a jumbled telepathic mess.\u00a0 However, if you look closely the jumbled mess is actually the names of several of the various creators that have worked on the character over the years.\u00a0 My buddy <a title=\"Ravenface&#039;s blog\" href=\"http:\/\/ravenface.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Ravenface<\/a> and I would pour over this panel picking out the names we knew.\u00a0 We loved saying &#8220;Gi-Or-Dan-O&#8221; in a warped, warbly voice that matched the lettering of his name in the panel.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Rob over at the fantastic <a title=\"Aquaman Shrine\" href=\"http:\/\/aquamanshrine.blogspot.com\/\">Aquaman Shrine<\/a> recently did a blog on this issue and included my favorite panel (see below).\u00a0 Stop by the <a title=\"Aquaman Shrine - Aquaman #50 review\" href=\"http:\/\/aquamanshrine.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/aquaman-vol-1-50-apr-1970.html\">Aquaman Shrine and check out Rob&#8217;s thoughts on this\u00a0issue.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Aquaman Shrine - Aquaman #50 review\" href=\"http:\/\/aquamanshrine.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/aquaman-vol-1-50-apr-1970.html\"><\/a><a title=\"Aquaman Shrine - Aquaman #50 review\" href=\"http:\/\/aquamanshrine.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/aquaman-vol-1-50-apr-1970.html\"><\/a><a title=\"Aquaman Shrine - Aquaman #50 review\" href=\"http:\/\/aquamanshrine.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/aquaman-vol-1-50-apr-1970.html\"><\/a><a title=\"Aquaman Shrine - Aquaman #50 review\" href=\"http:\/\/aquamanshrine.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/aquaman-vol-1-50-apr-1970.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"Aquaman Shrine - Aquaman #50 review\" href=\"http:\/\/aquamanshrine.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/aquaman-vol-1-50-apr-1970.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/namtab.com\/aquablog\/aquamanV1_50names.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Aquaman Creator Panel\" width=\"410\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Great job with the site, Rob!\u00a0 Keep up the excellent work!\u00a0 And remember, &#8220;Gi-Or-Dan-O&#8221;!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a 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