ChillMan Posted May 20, 2022 Posted May 20, 2022 If the 'Wonder Woman all the time' thread can be on the front page since 2007.... I mean I feel like Red Buttons....And Aquaman never got a dinner or a thread !!! The media says WW is awesome. But they lie. She is great. But she's nowhere near Aquaman's popularity.
Pantodude Posted May 20, 2022 Posted May 20, 2022 If Aquaman had only said something nice to this "fish".... Correct, 1st cover appearance. Love this cover, as bizarre as it is. Captainwonder 1
Bronty Posted May 20, 2022 Posted May 20, 2022 I saw that per the Heard/Depp trial Aquaman was the #1 DC movie? How the BLEEP did that happen?? I wouldn't too much stock into Aquaman suddenly becoming a big star.
batman_fan Posted May 20, 2022 Posted May 20, 2022 On 5/19/2022 at 11:01 PM, D84 said: 1) Aquaman didn't have a cover appearance until the silver age. 2) Aquaman talks to fish, so unless you are out of tuna, he's useless. Yeah but he literally talks to fish AND he can swim.
sagii Posted May 20, 2022 Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) Not taking a side, but (sea)food for thought here: You would most likely never see the kind of knocks directed at Aquaman leveled at Namor and they are more or less the "same" (using loosely) character of their respected universes (King of an undersea empire, half Atlantean, half human, etc) That said, Aquaman is the more high profile name of the two outside of the 'comic knowledgeable' in crowd and has been for decades. Poll non comic readers you will get more who have heard of Aquaman than Namor (as it stand now). Whether you heard of him by joke, have some vague memories of him riding shotgun in the invisible jet, remember a mego toy, tee shirt image, whatever. Folks are clamoring for a Namor MCU introduction to introduce him to the masses. Aquaman has been there and done that. Say what you will, he's no DC big 3, or Marvel legend, but he's carved out his own respectable place in the pop culture. Not saying any of this makes More Fun 73 a top 10 ga book. But just saying... *had to edit this phone posting sucks Edited May 20, 2022 by sagii Larryw7, Raze and MusterMark 3
MusterMark Posted May 20, 2022 Posted May 20, 2022 On 5/19/2022 at 10:01 PM, D84 said: 1) Aquaman didn't have a cover appearance until the silver age. 2) Aquaman talks to fish, so unless you are out of tuna, he's useless. And, let's not forget: Batman talks to Robin, so unless you are out of birds, he's useless. Batman talks to Joker, so unless you are out of playing cards, he's useless. Batman talks to Penguin, so unless you are out of flightless birds, he's useless. Useless, useless Batman. Raze, Larryw7, Pantodude and 1 other 4
MusterMark Posted May 20, 2022 Posted May 20, 2022 On 5/20/2022 at 12:24 PM, D84 said: On 5/20/2022 at 12:02 PM, MusterMark said: And, let's not forget: Batman talks to Robin, so unless you are out of birds, he's useless. Batman talks to Joker, so unless you are out of playing cards, he's useless. Batman talks to Penguin, so unless you are out of flightless birds, he's useless. Useless, useless Batman. Huh? Apparently you are smoking the good stuff because I have no clue what you are saying. Haha, now that is funny!
Crowzilla Posted May 21, 2022 Posted May 21, 2022 On 5/20/2022 at 12:50 AM, ChillMan said: The media says WW is awesome. But they lie. She is great. But she's nowhere near Aquaman's popularity. I'm sure you are well aware that Batman and Superman are the only two DC Characters that individually license over $100 million in merchandise a year (Batman close to half a billion, Superman about half that amount). While Wonder Woman is a distant third, she destroys the rest of the DC Universe and is ranked above Teen Titans, Justice League, and DC Super Hero Girls, which are next on their rankings and she is the only other DC Comics property that Warnermedia lists individually on their sales charts. Aquaman may be popular, but he is still light years behind the trinity.
Larryw7 Posted May 21, 2022 Posted May 21, 2022 The general public has some idea of Aquaman because of the Superman/Batman/Aquaman Hour cartoons from the sixties that were reran to death during the seventies and early eighties. Point Five 1
batman_fan Posted May 22, 2022 Posted May 22, 2022 On 5/21/2022 at 4:57 AM, Larryw7 said: The general public has some idea of Aquaman because of the Superman/Batman/Aquaman Hour cartoons from the sixties that were reran to death during the seventies and early eighties. I remember watching it as a kid and I have to say of all the times me and my friends played "superheroes" I cannot recall a single time someone want to be Aquaman sagii, tth2 and Larryw7 1 1 1
Captainwonder Posted May 22, 2022 Posted May 22, 2022 On 5/20/2022 at 12:50 AM, ChillMan said: If the 'Wonder Woman all the time' thread can be on the front page since 2007.... I mean I feel like Red Buttons....And Aquaman never got a dinner or a thread !!! The media says WW is awesome. But they lie. She is great. But she's nowhere near Aquaman's popularity. Hhhhmmmm I think Wonder Woman is better known. Larryw7 and Crowzilla 2
Readcomix Posted May 22, 2022 Posted May 22, 2022 On 5/20/2022 at 2:25 PM, sagii said: Not taking a side, but (sea)food for thought here: You would most likely never see the kind of knocks directed at Aquaman leveled at Namor and they are more or less the "same" (using loosely) character of their respected universes (King of an undersea empire, half Atlantean, half human, etc) That said, Aquaman is the more high profile name of the two outside of the 'comic knowledgeable' in crowd and has been for decades. Poll non comic readers you will get more who have heard of Aquaman than Namor (as it stand now). Whether you heard of him by joke, have some vague memories of him riding shotgun in the invisible jet, remember a mego toy, tee shirt image, whatever. Folks are clamoring for a Namor MCU introduction to introduce him to the masses. Aquaman has been there and done that. Say what you will, he's no DC big 3, or Marvel legend, but he's carved out his own respectable place in the pop culture. Not saying any of this makes More Fun 73 a top 10 ga book. But just saying... *had to edit this phone posting sucks All this, except…. I’m happy to level those same knocks at Namor, where they are more legitimately placed anyway. Ironically, the main reason Namor doesn’t get knocked is he doesn’t talk to fish. In fairness, early Namor is the original anti-hero, waaay before the edgy bad@ss heyday brought on by Punisher and Wolverine saturation. But since the early silver age, when he played that foil to the Avengers and FF, he has mostly devolved into a pompous gasbag. I said this in another thread — my favorite post-silver Namor story is Avengers 155. Subby runs his mouth and Wonder Man pulps him in three blows. He desperately needs a writer with a plan. He has had nothing like Peter David’s Aquaman run. On the other hand, while Aquaman has topped the low bar of DC movies, it wasn’t terribly special either. You could swap out its cast and setting with Black Panther; basically same story. I do think MF73 is an underrated cool GA key but I’m hardly on the ShillMan bandwagon either. But I kinda like Aquaman having a cheerleader; he needs it. Namor is kind of tiresome as the proud prince who is always ready to tell someone how not scared of them he is. We already had Hercules for that, and he’s more amusing as a semi-comical character. Namor hasn’t been interesting and textured since Stan was writing him — not because no one else could do it, but because no one else used him so well in that anti-hero, could be friend or foe way. Aquaman has had a lot more development as a character, from the loss of his son to reluctant leader of the last incarnation of the original JLA to Peter David’s run. Namor’s whole shtick for 30 years has been roll him out when you need an angry guy to start a slugfest. tth2 and sagii 1 1
MusterMark Posted May 22, 2022 Posted May 22, 2022 (edited) On 5/21/2022 at 6:16 PM, batman_fan said: I remember watching it as a kid and I have to say of all the times me and my friends played "superheroes" I cannot recall a single time someone want to be Aquaman Alas, you played with the wrong friends! (Finally, after all these years, this is the day! The day I got to use that word that I had never used before. I am aghast that I finally got the opportunity. Oh wait, now that’s TWO words I had never used before. Oh what a day, what a day!!!) Edited May 22, 2022 by MusterMark Larryw7 1
