New-52/Rebirth Aquaman Respect Thread [Updated 2/12/19]
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Quotes:
"For years I've tried to fight my birthright. But that's over. My name is Arthur Curry. I am the King of the Seven Seas. I am Aquaman." (Aquaman Issue #17)
"When I was growing up, I didn't feel like I fit in with the people around me. I was always out of place. I didn't understand them. But fear...confusion...the feeling that the world's spinning out of control and all you can do is dig in and hang on...that I get." (Aquaman Issue #41)
"I'm land and sea. I stand guard on the line between the two and watch over both. I protect one from the other. I'm Aquaman."
This thread will be divided into the following sections:
- Bio
- Atlantean Trident
- Poseidon's Trident
- Skill
- Strength
- Durability/Endurance/Pain Tolerance
- Temperature Resistance
- Physicals/Senses
- Marine-Telepathy
- Speed
Bio
(Aquaman Issue #00) Here's a short bio on Aquaman:
Atlantean Trident
(Aquaman Issue #00) Aquaman's Atlantean trident is stated to be indestructible. Also shows that Arthur knows where the armory is with the strongest Atlantean artifacts:
Poseidon's Trident
(Aquaman Issue #41) Aquaman's new trident, which can be used as both a short sword and a trident, was granted to him by the god of the sea Poseidon. Along with the new trident, Aquaman was also granted powers to control the wind, rain, lightning, and other elements. When it's in its sword form, Aquaman need only will it to become a trident and it stretches out to become the trident:
Magic Defense
With the blessing he received from Poseidon, Aquaman was granted a degree of defense against magic, most prominently the magic of Thule users. Here, he uses his magic trident to block a large magical blast from three Thule sorcerers:
Elemental Powers
(Aquaman Issue #41) With his new trident, Aquaman can now use elemental powers, seen here using the trident to freeze a room full of thugs in an instant by striking the ground with his weapon:
(Aquaman Issue #44) When Aquaman was attacked by Siren, Mera's sister, he was pinned against a wall by her water manipulation powers. He freed himself though by sticking his trident in sword form into the water, freezing it, as well as igniting and changing it to trident form:
(Aquaman Issue #47) Aquaman grabs an Atlantean soldier and freezes him up to his neck:
(Aquaman Issue #) Aquaman strikes down two Atlantean aircraft with summoned ice stalagmites:
(Aquaman Issue #41) Aquaman can also with his trident he can call forth lightning, doing so against the same thugs and demons he froze above. When he strikes the side of the wall with his trident, his lightning runs through to every person that was frozen and turns them to ash in seconds:
(Aquaman Issue #43) Here he summons lightning down to strike at the poison Behemoth:
(Aquaman Issue #46) Aquaman calls down lightning on a team of Atlantis's finest warriors and effectively oneshots them:
(Aquaman Issue #47) He can also fire off lightning directly from his magic trident, not always needing to call it down from the air:
(Aquaman Issue #42) Aquaman can also summon large amounts of rock, here creating large pillars of stone for citizens to escape the black, alien poison trying to consume them:
Flight
(Aquaman Issue #46) It's not your conventional flight, but Aquaman now can hover in the air:
Teleportation
(Aquaman Issue #41) On top of the addition of elemental powers, Aquaman can use his trident to teleport around the world. Here he used it to teleport from Missouri in the United States to the Amazon in South America before Atlantean ships could fire at him:
(Aquaman Issue #44) Aquaman can also teleport to other worlds, doing so here after losing his concentration after only a moment after his short fight with Siren:
Skill
This is going to be an extremely short section because I've only come across two clear-cut showing of skill for Aquaman.
(Aquaman and the Others Issue #10/#11) Aquaman easily disarms Chesire of her two swords and once he admits to not holding back anymore, stomps her in three moves flat. Cheshire is regarded as the most dangerous woman alive by both the Operative (a special agent who's in his sixties and still active) and the narrator, yet Aquaman was holding back so that he wouldn't unintentionally hurt someone "vastly inferior to him":
(Aquaman Issue #42) Aquaman fights a team of Atlantis's best highly trained warriors and prevents them from capturing him even though he was outnumbered five to one. The team consisted of King Shark, an eating machine turned barbarian; Scylla, an undersea terrorist; Charbydiss, a more dangerous eating machine than King Shark; Ch'Tok, an assassin from the Trench; and another member that Arthur actually didn't know but could tell was dangerous based on his participation in the hit squad:
Strength
(Aquaman Issue #14) Black Manta describes Aquaman as having ten times the muscle density of normal humans and nearly bulletproof skin:
(Aquaman Issue #00) Aquaman stops a speeding boat from crashing into rocks:
(Aquaman Issue #01) Aquaman easily stabs and flips over a speeding van:
(Aquaman Issue #04) With help from Mera, Aquaman pushes a large portion of an ancient Atlantean ship that was holding entrapped humans that were being used as food for the Trenchers. It's an impressive feat because they pushed the section of ship all the way from the bottom of the ocean from where there's no sunlight (anywhere from 1,000 meters or 3,280 feet down or more), as well as pushed it against the pressures of of the deep all the way to the surface. Aquaman is attacked by the Trenchers and left the pushing of the ship to Mera for a bit, but he rejoined her as soon as he closed up the Trench:
(Aquaman Issue #04) Aquaman pushes a large section of rock on top of the trench that was housing the Trenchers:
(Aquaman Issue #05) Aquaman kicks through an Atlantean jet's door:
(Aquaman Issue #07) Aquaman pulls a fishing boat through a storm:
(Aquaman Issue #12) Aquaman lifts off large pieces of rubble that had previously covered his body up to his chest:
(Aquaman and the Others Issue #05) Aquaman stabs his trident through Legend's armor even though Vostok's handguns, which should have torn the armor to shreds, could do nothing do it:
(Aquaman Issue #21) Aquaman throws a submarine from near the bottom of the ocean (at the very least more than 1,500 meters and against the pressure) all the way to the surface:
(Aquaman Issue #21) Aquaman jumps out of the water and splits a small cruise boat:
(Aquaman Issue #22) Aquaman rams an entire warship into the Dead King:
(Aquaman Issue #22) Aquaman breaks a large piece of ice sent at him by the Dead King:
(Aquaman Issue #25) Aquaman stops the Dead King from stabbing his scepter into Atlantis in order to use it's power to sink it again. This is coming at most a day after Arthur woke up from being in a coma for six months and only a few moments after he was stabbed in the stomach by his own trident. And since there seems to be many users who think this is a durability feat, claiming Aquaman took the full continent sinking force, the third scan proves that wrong. We can see the energy from the scepter lacing out and striking the nearby buildings, meaning it wasn't all focused into Arthur and he didn't tank a continent busting attack:
(Aquaman Issue #27) Aquaman throws a car with each hand at the Karaqan:
(Aquaman Issue #27) Aquaman uses a steel beam to hammer his trident through the Karaqan and send it flying through the other side:
(Aquaman Issue #28) Aquaman breaks free from the grips of many different Giant-born creatures:
(Aquaman Issue #30) Aquaman sends Hercules flying across an island with a punch:
(Aquaman Issue #37) Aquaman displays physical dominance over Gorilla Grodd after holding back in their encounter:
(Aquaman Issue #38) Aquaman takes down a large lava troll with a single punch after dodging its lava breath attack, also showing he is completely unfazed by their heat (magma has temperatures ranging from 1300 degrees F to 2400 degrees F):
(Aquaman Issue #40) Aquaman prevents the lava god Karaku from bringing his fist down on Atlanna with an uppercut hammerfist move:
(Aquaman Issue #48) Aquaman nonchalantly holds up a large section of a building to save an Atlantean woman from being crushed:
(Aquaman Annual #02) While being controlled by the Giant-born Celeana, Aquaman and Wonder Woman have a short grappling match where neither seemed to gain the advantage over the other before being frozen in stone:
Aquaman is stomped on by the Scavenger in a large suit of armor, has his faced pressed on, but is able to lift the Scavenger off of him, push him all the way to the surface, and throw him out and on the docks:
Aquaman then fights Scavenger and eventually tears up the suit:
(Justice League Issue #06) Aquaman has the strength to take out one of Darkseid's eyes:
(Justice League Issue #06) As well as the strength to pierce his skin:
(Justice League Issue #10) Aquaman casually lifts a large cruise ship (think Titanic):
(Justice League Issue #12) Aquaman injures Graves whereas Superman's Heat Vision could not:
(Justice League Issue #17) Aquaman throws a bus at Ocean Master:
(Justice League Issue #16) Aquaman sends Superman flying with a punch:
(Justice League Issue #16) Aquaman charges at Wonder Woman and overpowers her, ramming her back through concrete and knocking down a large crane:
Aquaman breaks out of the grip of a large group of Atlanteans:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #04) Aquaman claims he can break out of handcuffs by flexing and that if he wanted to leave the Hillcrest Department of Homeland Security holding facility in Washington D.C., his "captors" would be hard pressed to stop him:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #05) Aquaman catches a helicopter as it is crashing down to the ground:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #06) Aquaman hits Superman so hard that there's a shockwave that disrupts the ground beneath him:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #30) Aquaman punches a Grandsire'saur and prevents it from attacking Jurok Byss:
(Justice League Rebirth Issue #07) Aquaman and Wonder Woman help drag a large ship to the shore:
(Justice League Rebirth Issue #07) Aquaman then brings 4 Naval submarines onto the shore of a San Diego base:
(Justice League Rebirth Issue #11) Aquaman catches Giganta's foot as she prepares to step on him, then pushes her off and causes her to fall:
Durability/Endurance/Pain Tolerance
(Aquaman Issue #05) Aquaman survives a point blank explosion and a fall from hundreds of feet in the air to land in a desert. He would survive for hours later even with a stab wound in his leg:
(Aquaman Issue #05) Here's Aquaman pulling the shard of metal out of his leg:
(Aquaman Issue #10) A harpoon breaks against a young Aquaman's bare skin. It does draw blood though:
(Aquaman Issue #10) Aquaman takes a prolonged optic blast from Black Manta. Arthur notes that Manta improved his optics as he takes off his golden scale armor and reveals that he received burns on his skin, but Arthur doesn't show that he's in pain from the attack:
(Aquaman Issue #11) Aquaman jumps out of a plane and into the ocean perfectly fine:
(Aquaman Issue #13) Aquaman is first fazed by Black Manta's taser but then overpowers it and defeats Manta while still being electrocuted:
(Aquaman Issue #19) Aquaman is fine after being blown out of the water by an explosion:
(Aquaman Issue #22) Aquaman is slammed through submarines and other wreckage after being hit by the Dead King, but would shrug it off soon after:
(Aquaman Issue #24) After just waking up from a coma he was in for six months, Aquaman jumps down a large distance, lands while cracking the ground, and isn't injured in the slightest:
(Aquaman Issue #26) Aquaman is launched into the air by Mera's Hydrokinesis to the stratosphere in an attack to gather speed for an incredible punch against the Karaqan. Aquaman appears a little dazed afterwards, but is otherwise fine:
(Aquaman Issue #27) Aquaman is stepped on by the Karaqan, is stunned for a few moments, but recovers and immediately jumps back into the fight. A few scans right after the stomp were left out because it's just a few flashbacks of Arthur talking to his father. And I don't need to remind you how big the Karaqan is:
(Aquaman Issue #29) Aquaman is thrashed and beaten by Hercules, yet comes away with just minor scratches:
(Aquaman Issue #36) Aquaman is beaten and blasted by an out-of-control Martian Manhunter but bounces right back up to try and subdue him:
(Aquaman Issue #37) Aquaman is thrashed by Gorilla Grodd but appears no worse for wear afterwards:
(Aquaman Issue #38) Aquaman is blasted by the lava breath of a lava troll but is largely unaffected by both the blast and the heat, bouncing right back up to engage the trolls:
(Justice League Issue #17) Aquaman tanks Ocean Master's lightning attacks:
(Aquaman Issue #40) Aquaman is repeatedly pounded by the lava god Karaku but remains conscious throughout:
Aquaman survives a fall from about a few hundred stories:
Aquaman takes hits from the Scavenger in a suit of armor designed specifically in order to fight him:
(Aquaman Issue #39) Aquaman is blasted twice by Queen Atlanna's trident but is only knocked out for less than a minute:
(Justice League Issue #05) Aquaman was able to hold his ground (more or less) when Darkseid slammed the ground near him and Green Lantern, despite the slam being strong enough to send Hal flying back and destroy the shield he constructed:
(Aquaman Issue #38) Aquaman is blasted by a lava troll's fist and slammed into the ground but returns to his feet in a matter of moments:
(Aquaman Issue #22) Aquaman is stabbed through the hip, shoulder, and bicep with ice spears, yet would continue to fight the Dead King afterwards:
(Aquaman Issue #25) As well as being stabbed with a trident by the Dead King but would heal quickly after:
(Aquaman Issue #47) Aquaman is shot through his shoulder by an Atlantean gun, gives a short exclamation of pain, and then turns around and freezes the soldier:
Aquaman is hit back and stepped on by a large giant-born demon but recovers quickly enough to break the demon's leg later:
(Aquaman Issue #28) He survives having a torpedo explode right in front of him despite another Atlantean losing his leg and part of his midsection after being hit with a torpedo:
(Aquaman Issue #34) Aquaman survives being blasted by Chimera's acid breath, which was potent enough to melt a man to his bones in an earlier issue:
(Aquaman Issue #32) Here's what Chimera's breath did to regular humans:
(Justice League Issue #16) Aquaman is punched by Wonder Woman and only receives a bloody lip:
(Justice League Issue #23) Aquaman takes a punch from Martian Manhunter:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #05) Aquaman shrugs off being shot in the back (apparently with strong enough guns to cause him discomfort) as well as being near the explosion of a tank shell:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #06) Aquaman is uppercut by Superman and although you can make the argument that Clark was holding back, it's still a good feat:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #08) Aquaman is sent flying by the Shaggy Man, someone strong enough to fight the whole Justice League to a standstill before, but recovers in two pages:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #09) Aquaman takes even more of a beating from the Shaggy Man and remains conscious in time to teleport him away to space:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #09) Aquaman takes a punch from the Shaggy Man that sends him flying through two cars and into a building:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #15) Aquaman tanks the explosion of a large boat:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #17) Aquaman tanks a shotgun blast at near point-blank range without any injury:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #17) Aquaman is shot by the weaponry of Warhead but shrugs it off right afterwards:
Temperature Resistance
(Aquaman Issue #25) Aquaman throws the Dead King down into a magma vent, follows him down there, and holds him down so that his whole body as well as his magic scepter both melted completely, and yet Aquaman was fine as the magma overran him and surrounded him:
(Aquaman Issue #13) Aquaman is unfazed by the frigid temperatures of Siberia and is seen outside without any sort of shirt or warm clothing on:
(Aquqman Issue #24) After controlling Topo with his TP for the first time, Aquaman was severely injured and was sent into a comatose state, resting for half a year in the Antarctic continent. When he came to, he goes outside his tent and is unfazed by the sub-zero degree temperatures:
(Aquaman Issue #17) He's also used to swimming in freezing cold waters:
Physicals/Senses
Jumping Ability
(Aquaman Issue #01) Aquaman has the ability to jump long distances, jumping from Boston Harbor inland to catch a speeding van:
(Aquaman Issue #01) He's able to jump hundreds of feet through the air:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #05) The men and woman at the White House Situation Room say that Aquaman may as well be flying with the distance he is able to jump:
Poison Resistance
(Aquaman Issue #03) Aquaman was able to resist the effects of the Trencher's saliva, which was potent enough that Dr. Shin was able to feel the tingling of its paralytic effects just by touching it. Despite this, Aquaman was bitten near through the shoulder but was perfectly fine:
(Aquaman Issue #43) After being blessed by the god Poseidon, Aquaman is granted protection against even deadlier poisons:
(Aquaman Issue #45) Here's some info on the poison:
Skin Density
(Aquaman Issue #01) With his armor, Aquaman is bulletproof, and even when a bullet makes contact with his unprotected face, all it does is make a small amount of blood trickle after barely piercing his skin:
(Aquaman Issue #12) Even without his armor, Aquaman's skin is still capable of protecting him from bullets with nothing more than minor injuries on the surface of his skin:
(Aquaman Issue #09) Another instance of bullets bouncing off his armor:
Senses
(Aquaman Issue #04) As for his senses, Aquaman has super sight, able to normally see in pitch black at the bottom of the ocean:
(Aquaman Issue #05) He also has super hearing, comparable to Superman's:
(Aquaman Issue #01) With his super hearing, he was able to hear a car chase in mid-Boston from the harbor:
(Aquaman Issue #15) Despite all the commotion going on with the tsunami hitting Gotham City, Aquaman was still able to hear Jim Gordon shouting underwater:
(Aquaman Issue #19) Aquaman could hear the heartbeat of another soldier through a thick wall:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #05) Aquaman hears incoming drones some miles away:
Marine-Telepathy
(Aquaman Issue #01) Aquaman describes his telepathy, in that he goes into aquatic animals' minds and pushes them to help him out:
(Aquaman Issue #22) Aquaman calls forth a group of sharks to attack the Dead King:
(Aquaman Issue #23) His TP had the power control Topo for a short time:
This is how big Topo is:
(Aquaman Issue #27) He uses his TP to locate the brain of the Karaqan:
(Aquaman Issue #30) Aquaman uses his TP to call forth a few large squids to hold and restrain Hercules while he pounds on him and defeats him:
(Aquaman Issue #31) Aquaman uses his TP to direct alligators to attack Swamp Thing:
(Aquaman Issue #40) Despite being hammered multiple times by the lava god Karaku into near unconsciousness, Aquaman still is able to call numerous sea life to his side to prove to Queen Atlanna that he is indeed her son:
(Aquaman Issue #42) Aquaman uses his TP to ward away the poisonous bane-field from him so he can safely swim inside a structure:
(Aquaman Issue #43) Aquaman calls forth a giant squid to help battle the black poison Behemoth:
(Aquaman Issue #47) Aquaman calls forth a massive angler fish and large eels to distract and occupy a large Atlantean force:
(Justice League Issue #04) Aquaman calls multiple great white sharks to breach the surface of the ocean and take out Darkseid's parademons:
(Justice League Issue #14) Aquaman calls forth dozens of piranhas to threaten Cheetah:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #08) Aquaman calls in a shoal of fish to save Atlantean children from the Shaggy Man:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #14) Aquaman quickly sends out a Telepathic message to stop a large creature from killing an Aqua-Marine:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #25) Aquaman calls forth a large shoal of fish that hide his presence and uses them to take out three thugs:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #26) Aquaman calls a great white shark to help him fight the Drift:
(Justice League Rebirth Issue #09) Aquaman calls forth various sea creatures in order to battle Simon Baz's sea creature constructs:
Speed/Reactions
(Aquaman Issue #05) Aquaman blocks the laser from an Atlantean gun on his trident:
(Aquaman Issue #08) A younger Aquaman saves a little girl from an avalanche. Avalanches on average can reach speeds of 80 miles (130 kilometers) per hour within about five seconds. Judging by the conversations and events that happened in the scans, it's clear that the avalanche had been going for more than five seconds:
(Aquaman Issue #11) The Operative states that Aquaman can swim faster than his jet:
(Aquaman Issue #13) Aquaman dodges Black Manta's lasers:
(Aquaman Issue #25) He dodges ice spears summoned by the Dead King:
(Aquaman Issue #28) Aquaman can swim at speeds of nearly 200 knots (230 mph):
(Aquaman Issue #39) Aquaman dodges a close range blast from Queen Atlanna's trident:
(Aquaman Issue #) Aquaman was able to tag Atlantean aircraft with his Ice manipulation powers:
(Aquaman Annual Issue #01) Aquaman reacts to Morgaine Le Faye's magical blasts in time to catch them on his trident and direct it back to her:
(Justice League Issue #) He's fast enough to react to and jump over lasers of an Atlantean ship:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #01) After getting headbutted by Black Manta, Aquaman reacts to his wrist gun/rocket to knock the projectile away:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #02) Aquaman dodges Black Manta's lasers:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #05) Aquaman leaps out of the way of gunfire from a helicopter:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #05) Aquaman blocks bullets with his hand:
(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #14) Aquaman fights the Aqua-Marines, a group of genetically enhanced Spec-Ops experts from the SEALS who have two upgraded forms that enable them to fight underwater. The first one, which is called the Transitional Form, has hardened skin, enhanced skeletons, enhanced musculature, and can operate at ocean-bed depths. They're second form wasn't given a name but they take on the characteristics of an aquatic animal, like an orca, an octupus, a barracuda, and a great white. The Aqua-Marines in their normal human form are already capable of catching a bullet fired from less than ten feet away, yet Arthur was able to fight three of them and defeat their leader:
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(Aquaman Rebirth Issue #15) Aquaman blocks a harpoon from Black Manta from close range:
(Justice League Rebirth Issue #) Aquaman swimming the four corners of the world. He started this about the same time the encounter with the Kindred took off the east coast of Canada and was there to help complete that battle. He also started after Superman was boomtubed into the earth and finished before Superman finished his task. The size of the four corners of the world are given context earlier in the story and included. Aquaman is fast enough for global travel to multiple locations over the course of a single battle. It's questionable how long the battle is but impressive nonetheless. Feat credit to @ashrym:
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