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** ''Film/AquamanAndTheLostKingdom'': The final film in the DCEU before its reboot. Introduces Aquaman's son.
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* LazyAlias: Aquaman has had this as a character trait since the Golden Age of Comics, where he named himself Mr. Waterman while attending college and Seven-Seas Saunders upon [[LineOfSightName spotting a seven-seas shipping company]] at the docks. Arthur Curry's names haven't been much better, as a Silver Age appearance had him use the alias "C. King" and reuse the Waterman last name when undercover, while ''ComicBook/AquamanRebirth'' had him use "Aquaman" as a codename within Atlantis.
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This version of Aquaman turned out to be more popular than the original. He continued appearing in ''Adventure Comics'' until issue #284 (April, 1961). He became one of the founding members of the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica in 1960 and was a regular there. In 1961, Aquaman's strip got transferred to ''Detective Comics'', he starred in a few ''Showcase'' issues, and he got several crossovers with Superman. All in preparation of his first solo title, ''Aquaman'' vol. 1 #1-63 (February, 1962-March, 1971, revived August, 1977-August, 1978).

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This version of Aquaman turned out to be more popular than the original. He continued appearing in ''Adventure Comics'' until issue #284 (April, 1961). He became one of the founding members of the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica in 1960 and was a regular there. In 1961, Aquaman's strip got transferred to ''Detective Comics'', he starred in a few ''Showcase'' issues, and he got several crossovers with Superman. All in preparation of his first solo title, ''Aquaman'' ''ComicBook/Aquaman1962'' vol. 1 #1-63 (February, 1962-March, 1971, revived August, 1977-August, 1978).
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This led to yet another revamp. Atlantis was sent back in time thousands of years, its citizens enslaved by their own ancestors, and Aquaman himself was imprisoned as living water. The ComicBook/{{JLA|1997}} freed them in "The Obsidian Age" storyline, but Aquaman himself was cast out as a traitor. This led to him finding Myth/KingArthur's Lady of the Lake, gaining a [[ShapeshifterWeapon magical hand of living water]], and going back to his original appearance. This series also involved an underwater San Diego ("Sub Diego"), whose inhabitants had become water-breathers.

This direction, while not wholly unpopular, didn't result in a high-selling series. Thus, during ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis The comic'', Atlantis was destroyed. After the "One Year Later" TimeSkip, ''Aquaman'' became ''ComicBook/AquamanSwordOfAtlantis'', going back to the BarbarianHero adventures that had done well before. A new Aquaman was introduced, Arthur Joseph Curry, whose origin and powers were similar to MediaNotes/{{the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} Aquaman. He was guided by the "Dweller in the Depths", a tentacled humanoid who was implied to be Aquaman -- most prominently, through having the magical water hand. [[FanNickname Artie Joe]] is now considered to be a multiversal equivalent of Aquaman who left Atlantis at the end of ComicBook/FinalCrisis.

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This led to yet another revamp.revamp with ''ComicBook/Aquaman2003''. Atlantis was sent back in time thousands of years, its citizens enslaved by their own ancestors, and Aquaman himself was imprisoned as living water. The ComicBook/{{JLA|1997}} freed them in "The Obsidian Age" storyline, but Aquaman himself was cast out as a traitor. This led to him finding Myth/KingArthur's Lady of the Lake, gaining a [[ShapeshifterWeapon magical hand of living water]], and going back to his original appearance. This series also involved an underwater San Diego ("Sub Diego"), whose inhabitants had become water-breathers.

This direction, while not wholly unpopular, didn't result in a high-selling series. Thus, during ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis The comic'', ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', Atlantis was destroyed. After the "One Year Later" TimeSkip, ''Aquaman'' became ''ComicBook/AquamanSwordOfAtlantis'', going back to the BarbarianHero adventures that had done well before. A new Aquaman was introduced, Arthur Joseph Curry, whose origin and powers were similar to MediaNotes/{{the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} Aquaman. He was guided by the "Dweller in the Depths", a tentacled humanoid who was implied to be Aquaman -- most prominently, through having the magical water hand. [[FanNickname Artie Joe]] is now considered to be a multiversal equivalent of Aquaman who left Atlantis at the end of ComicBook/FinalCrisis.

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