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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1936823" data-attributes="member: 151">Ha!&nbsp; Maybe in 1964, that was even true.&nbsp; By the 70s, that was all out the door. I mean, have you seen how many beings wield Cosmic Power, these days?&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp;The truth is that Aquaman is as strong as the current writer wants him to be, and can survive out of water in the same way.&nbsp; The problem is that many writers never know what to do with him, since he is more of a specialist.&nbsp; In a lot of ways, he was a victim of power creep.&nbsp; Consider, for example, a character like the Angel, from the X-men.&nbsp; His big power is....flight.&nbsp; Yeah, not exactly thrilling stuff, these days.&nbsp; So, like Aquaman, they buffed him out, in several ways.&nbsp; He becomes amazingly manueverable (90 deg. turns), very fast and has the ability to anticipate and perceive spatial relationships far beyond a normal person, and his fabulouse personal wealth.&nbsp; Still not enough, so then Apocalpyse gets him and turns Archangel, and he gets ranged attacks and still more powers.&nbsp; Then they scale him back a little, and so on, as every new writer gets him.&nbsp;&nbsp;Aquaman's the same way.&nbsp; His biggest personal asset has always been his kingship, which was the source of lots of really excellent material in the late '60s/early 70s, when he had Neal Adams for his artist, and some really trippy stories running.&nbsp; Then he got cancelled (like many of DC's big heroes) and then came back in the 80s/90s, getting reworked several times, getting killed, disappearing, getting rebooted, and so on and so forth.&nbsp;&nbsp;The animated versions are probably my second favorite version, behind Peter David's iteration.&nbsp; The 60's Adams version is pretty cool, too.&nbsp;&nbsp;And like Seanbaby points out, prior to the character reboots of the 80s, Superman made everyone redundant.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1936823, member: 151"] Ha! Maybe in 1964, that was even true. By the 70s, that was all out the door. I mean, have you seen how many beings wield Cosmic Power, these days? :) The truth is that Aquaman is as strong as the current writer wants him to be, and can survive out of water in the same way. The problem is that many writers never know what to do with him, since he is more of a specialist. In a lot of ways, he was a victim of power creep. Consider, for example, a character like the Angel, from the X-men. His big power is....flight. Yeah, not exactly thrilling stuff, these days. So, like Aquaman, they buffed him out, in several ways. He becomes amazingly manueverable (90 deg. turns), very fast and has the ability to anticipate and perceive spatial relationships far beyond a normal person, and his fabulouse personal wealth. Still not enough, so then Apocalpyse gets him and turns Archangel, and he gets ranged attacks and still more powers. Then they scale him back a little, and so on, as every new writer gets him. Aquaman's the same way. His biggest personal asset has always been his kingship, which was the source of lots of really excellent material in the late '60s/early 70s, when he had Neal Adams for his artist, and some really trippy stories running. Then he got cancelled (like many of DC's big heroes) and then came back in the 80s/90s, getting reworked several times, getting killed, disappearing, getting rebooted, and so on and so forth. The animated versions are probably my second favorite version, behind Peter David's iteration. The 60's Adams version is pretty cool, too. And like Seanbaby points out, prior to the character reboots of the 80s, Superman made everyone redundant. ;) [/QUOTE]

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