DC continues to world-build and expand on its characters, trying Aquaman and Aqualad out in a full-length story in Showcase #30 (Nov 1960). Atlantis is really the third “character” in the story, with Aquaman’s full origin retold as flashback (including his mother, the exiled Atlanna, and his father Tom Curry). Aquaman returns to Atlantis, responding […]
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I’m sure I’ll stop posting every time new characters meet or team-up, but it’s still interesting to me at this point when it happens in the DC continuity (see Green Arrow meeting Superman). This month, in Adventure Comics #267 (Oct 1959), we get a bit of a unique twist when forgettable Aquaman and Green Arrow […]
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A girl shows up with Aquaman’s powers in Adventure Comics #266 (Sept 1959). Lisa Morel dubs herself Aquagirl, complete with a matching costume and joins Aquaman on adventures. Aquaman asks how she got her powers, but neither she, nor her famous ichthyologist father Hugo, can explain their emergence. Aquaman does digging and keeps a close […]
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