Does Aquaman have gills?

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#1  Edited By Hit_Monkey

Look. I've always just assumed he does but I'm not an expert on Aquaman lore. I enjoyed the the New 52 series but I don't claim to know a lot about the character. I know he had gills in the DC animated feature of Throne of Atlantis. Guy on here though. I won't call him out. He's adamant in any other piece of Aquaman media. He doesn't have gills. So does he or does he not? If not. How does he breathe underwater?

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No he doesn't have gills.

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#3  Edited By comicfan11

@nerevarine_11 said:

No he doesn't have gills.

This

And as I stated in the other thread:

He is a hybrid with unique physiology but he doesn't have gills. There's a direct quote from the comics with some Atlanteans (or humans who studied Atlanteans or something like that) which says Aquaman is a different from Atlanteans as Atlanteans are from Humans.

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Oh doesn't have gills does he breathe water like the mouse in The Abyss?

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Man doesn't need them

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#8  Edited By Hit_Monkey

@stormshadow_x: Right. Doesn't need gills. Got it. Why doesn't he need them though. What does he have instead?


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@avenging_x_bolt: How does he breathe underwater then? Nobody has been able to answer this. No explanation. Just "no he doesn't ect".

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@hit_monkey:

People of atlantis can simply breathe underwater with no gills.

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@avenging_x_bolt: How does he breathe underwater then? Nobody has been able to answer this. No explanation. Just "no he doesn't ect".

no idea. I dont think its been explained

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@avenging_x_bolt: But it's been canonically established that he doesn't have gills? Otherwise. I reckon he does. It makes far more sense than no explanation at all.

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In some versions he has. I don't know about N52, I just remember that Vulko doesn't have lungs.

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@aaliyahnation79 said:

@hit_monkey:

People of atlantis can simply breathe underwater with no gills.

@wbr17: What do you make of this assertion? I'm not buying it. I don't remember anything like that being established in the New 52 run.