- Awesome Art: The art for the series became astoundingly colorful and detailed over the years with exquisite shading, especially when done by Nick Cardy and Steve Skeats.
- Harsher in Hindsight: Early stories featuring Aquababy called attention to how adorable and innocent he was, while Aquaman, Mera, and Aqualad all envisioned him growing up and taking the throne someday, whether as a superhero or a scientist. All of this becomes extremely hard to read knowing of his eventual murder by Black Manta in Death of a Prince, especially a storyline where Aquababy was caught in a crossfire between Manta and Ocean Master and saved Orm's life, putting the villain in debt to the infant.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: A lengthy arc ended with Aqualad and Aquaman speculating on whether a prophecy that Atlantis would eventually breach the surface was true, and whether the people could survive if they were forced to breathe air. Aquaman brushes it off by saying it wouldn't happen until at least the year 2000 and they'd have plenty of time to prepare. In the real-life 2018, the Atlantean Civil War in Aquaman (2016) ended with Atlantis rising from the sea and becoming an island nation again.
- My Real Daddy: Aquaman dates back to the Golden Age, but it was Robert Bernstein who gave him his most iconic backstory as the son of an Atlantean woman named Atlanna and lighthouse keeper Tom Curry; and Nick Cardy and Bob Haney who came up with characters synonymous with him such as Mera, Black Manta, the Ocean Master and Tula.
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