Aquaman

Despero Heroclix Figure - 2009

source: The Aquaman Shrine

As you can see, this old school Despero, not the more "extreme" scary monster version that showed up in the 80s. Whoever got the idea to do the sculpt of him based on the cover to Justice League of America #1, where he played The Flash in a game of intergalactic chess using the other JLAers as the...

Published Fri, Oct 30

The Flash Game (1967)

source: thefastestmanalive (Blogspot)

I love the Flash, and I love games of all kinds, so you can imagine my reaction when I first beheld the 1967 Justice League of America board game starring the scarlet speedster that was recently featured at the Idol-Head of Diabolu, Frank Lee Delano's blog dedicated to that magnificent Mar...

Published Tue, Oct 13

Weclome To The Aquaman Shrine 2.0!

source: The Aquaman Shrine

As you can see, I've spiffed up The Aquaman Shrine with a new header and some new features that ought to make the Shrine a lot more user-friendly: I've also put up our first Aqua-Poll, something I've wanted to add for a long time. And while I don't plan on overdoing it ("Aquaman's yellow gloves...

Published Thu, Oct 1

The Top 16 Best Team-Up Book Runs: # 1

source: Comics Should Be Good!

Haney's Batman, on the other hand.....  Really could. From Brave and the Bold # 116.  Batman by Nick Cardy.) Here's Rob! of the Aquaman Shrine on Brave and the Bold 126. And Chris Sims of the ISB on the Atom/Dead Batman team-up from 115. And Sims again on Batman and Richard Dragon from B &B 132.

Published Sat, Sep 26

Creation Point by J.M. DeMatteis

source: The Aquaman Shrine

Here at the Shrine we always like to point out when one of Aquaman's writers has a presence on the web, so I thought I should mention that J.M. DeMatteis, who wrote one of Aquaman's best runs ever (in Adventure Comics) and has been a friend to the Shrine now has a blog!

Published Sun, Sep 20

Aquaman Shrine Interview with Jimmy Palmiotti - 2009

source: The Aquaman Shrine

Jimmy Palmiotti: It just hit me one day that if would be an interesting thing to do and I grew up on the Super Friends Aquaman, not the royal sometimes entitled Aquaman...so given this chance, I thought...what would Aquaman really be like if he were real, and what would he be acting like and so I work...

Published Sun, Aug 23

Guest Post by Russell Burbage

source: The Aquaman Shrine

Welcome to another Aquaman Shrine guest post! Because of Rob and the Shrine, I've learned to be even more outgoing and outspoken in my support of Aquaman. He's not the useless Super Friend! He can do more than just talk to fish! I'm not just a geek!!

Published Sat, Aug 15

The Aquaman Casting Call Conest - Conclusion!

source: The Aquaman Shrine

Welcome to the conclusion of The Aquaman Shrine Casting Call Contest! Next up: Mera! and finally, Tom Curry! and even though I didn't ask for this, Sage Ricci blew my mind casting Aquaman's trusted friend Vulko with...Ricky Gervais!:

Published Mon, Aug 10