Aquaman

Toys Magazine - 1973

source: The Aquaman Shrine

if you look close at the sticker shown in the article, you can see its a different picture than the one that ended up on the final product. I wonder what that original art was? Perhaps an Aquaman comic book cover used just for placement...rest assured, the Shrine won't rest until this mystery is r...

Published Wed, Nov 18

‘Twas the Night Before Wednesday…

source: Newsarama

I haven’t read Superman/Batman in a while, but then, they haven’t eschewed the World’s Finest team and instead used Bizarro and Man-Bat instead yet. They’ll give it a try in tomorrow’s Superman/Batman #66, in which the two characters will contend with Black Lantern Solomon Grundy. It’s g...

Published Tue, Nov 17

BRAVE AND THE BOLD #32: Calling all Aquaman fans!

source: Newsarama

If you consider yourself any kind of loyal fan of Aquaman, Rob Kelly is the most important person to know, next to Arthur Curry. And if you know what F.O.A.M. stands for, well, you’ve come to the right place. Rob is the host and caretaker of the Aquaman Shrine, the most endearingly exhaustive [...]

Published Tue, Nov 17

Brave and The Bold: "The Fate of Equinox!"

source: The Aquaman Shrine

Batman turns him down (causing Aquaman a moment of embarrassment), saying it should be Dr. Fate. But Fate says it needs to be Batman, so Fate has all the heroes contribute some of their energy and will to Batman. Aquaman takes it all in stride, telling Batman to "Smash Equinox right in the blowh...

Published Mon, Nov 16

Aquaman Shrine Interview with J. Michael Straczynski - 2009

source: The Aquaman Shrine

JMS: I was at Marvel pretty much exclusively for over ten years, so I never had the chance to touch any of the DC characters during that time. So yeah, he's one of those I wanted to write, as manifested again by how soon he appears in the B&B roster. I've never really understood those who say t...

Published Sun, Nov 15

Brave and the Bold #32 Event

source: The Aquaman Shrine

Some would say considering the way Aquaman is treated by his corporate owners, DC doesn't deserve all this effort in their behalf, and there's some truth to that. But here's our chance to tell DC as directly as possible and in the manner corporations understand the most--money--that ther...

Published Fri, Nov 13

Things That Make The Shrine Go Hmm...

source: The Aquaman Shrine

A couple commenters on the original post mentioned buying more than one copy, as a way to goose sales and send a message to DC that people want to see Classic Aquaman back. That got me thinking. I dunno, what do you all of you think? Any thoughts or ideas please leave in the comments, and vote in ou...

Published Fri, Nov 13

Batman Vs. Ocean Master Action League 2-Pack - 2009

source: The Aquaman Shrine

I picked up this nifty set at Target a few weeks ago but kept forgetting to do a post on it (mostly due to the largess of you Aqua-Fans, who keep sending me more and more stuff!). This is part of the cute "Action League" subset for the Brave and the Bold line of toys. The Aquaman 2-pack featured him a...

Published Sun, Nov 8