- Catharsis Factor: Despite their Freudian Excuse, few would sympathize with the New Atlanteans in Rick Veitch's run after they Jump Off The Slippery Slope and cross the Moral Event Horizon due to Absolute Xenophobia—many readers felt a little vindicated when The Spectre literally puts his foot down on New Atlantis during Infinite Crisis (which follows the events of Volume 6) due to all the Black Magic they're channeling drawing the crazed spirit of vengeance to them. Though it's downplayed as that foot also cost the deaths of Dolphin, Cerdian and many innocent Atlantean civilians.
- Crosses the Line Twice:
- Black Manta lying to Aquaman that autism is to blame for his evil acts and getting him to cure it is seen as one of the pettiest things the character has ever done and cemented his dickery to his fans.
- There was also the time Manta let Aquaman beat him up in front of a crowd to make him look like a racist for beating up an unarmed black man
◊. This works because apparently, no one in the crowd have ever heard of Manta. It's so ludicrous one can't help but be amused.
- Never Live It Down: Aquaman attempting to cure Black Manta's autism Explanation (to no difference) will forever go down in history as either one of DC's most unintentionally hilarious moments or an exercise in poor taste. It's even implied that Black Manta was faking it and that the autism backstory Aquaman heard was a lie.
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Lorena Marquez, the second Aquagirl prior to Flashpoint. Debuting in the Sub Diego arc, she was one of the more memorable characters, and would later join the Teen Titans, and showed up in Aquaman's story in Brightest Day, alongside the debut of fellow minority replacement sidekick Jackson Hyde, the new Aqualad. But whereas the latter would eventually reappear post-Flashpoint as a Teen Titan and ally of Aquaman, Lorena would not reappear in the New 52/Rebirth continuity. (She only makes a cameo as part of the Multiversity.)
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