A Hypothetical Re Aqua Man

[Heloin]

What does Atlantis' society look like? Need to know before I make a call on this.

An underwater city populated by the cast of baywatch and chippendales. They do sit ups and bench press and flex alot. Or atleast that's how I like to imagine it.

[Infected Mushroom]

The history of DC Comics Atlantis is actually wacky as fuck
Stupid wiki urls

I have no idea who thought this would make a good comic

"Hey guys, let's start a comic where Atlantis is real and you have this superhero who can talk to fish. Let's call him AQUA MAN!"

Like did it NOT seem cheesy back then or?

[Alvecia]

The history of DC Comics Atlantis is actually wacky as fuck
Stupid wiki urls

I have no idea who thought this would make a good comic

"Hey guys, let's start a comic where Atlantis is real and you have this superhero who can talk to fish. Let's call him AQUA MAN!"

Like did it NOT seem cheesy back then or?

I mean, originally he was basically a water-based Superman, strong and fast, being able to communicate and control underwater life. He spent a lot of time fighting Nazi's and their U-boats during his wartime appearances.

Later animated shows are what made people start to see him as weak, reportedly.
More recently comics and shows have hyped up the stronger parts of his powers and nature to account for that.

[Olthar]

I have no idea who thought this would make a good comic

"Hey guys, let's start a comic where Atlantis is real and you have this superhero who can talk to fish. Let's call him AQUA MAN!"

Like did it NOT seem cheesy back then or?

I mean, originally he was basically a water-based Superman, strong and fast, being able to communicate and control underwater life. He spent a lot of time fighting Nazi's and their U-boats during his wartime appearances.

Later animated shows are what made people start to see him as weak, reportedly.
More recently comics and shows have hyped up the stronger parts of his powers and nature to account for that.

Not shows, just one: Super Friends.

[Ifreann]

What does Atlantis' society look like? Need to know before I make a call on this.

Hereditary monarchy.

[The New California Republic]

What does Atlantis' society look like? Need to know before I make a call on this.

Hereditary Homosexual monarchy where the most fabulous is chosen to be ruler.

Ftfy.

[Infected Mushroom]

I have no idea who thought this would make a good comic

"Hey guys, let's start a comic where Atlantis is real and you have this superhero who can talk to fish. Let's call him AQUA MAN!"

Like did it NOT seem cheesy back then or?

I mean, originally he was basically a water-based Superman, strong and fast, being able to communicate and control underwater life. He spent a lot of time fighting Nazi's and their U-boats during his wartime appearances.

Later animated shows are what made people start to see him as weak, reportedly.
More recently comics and shows have hyped up the stronger parts of his powers and nature to account for that.

no wonder, he's old lol

[Alvecia]

I mean, originally he was basically a water-based Superman, strong and fast, being able to communicate and control underwater life. He spent a lot of time fighting Nazi's and their U-boats during his wartime appearances.

Later animated shows are what made people start to see him as weak, reportedly.
More recently comics and shows have hyped up the stronger parts of his powers and nature to account for that.

no wonder, he's old lol

While there's no direct canon answer for this, it's generally accepted that Atlaneans live longer than humans. Number range from anywhere from 200 - 500 from what I've found.

[Infected Mushroom]

every time in the comics/cartoons Aquaman turns bad, he's able to effortlessly sink entire continents and human attempts to nuke never work.

In the absence of a source for that deus ex machina:

don't ask me how it works

but every time in media where Atlantis has gone against Earth, Earth somehow can't win without the help of Superman, Batman etc

they are "more technologically advanced" (except its never fleshed out how), I'm assuming its a combination of having superior magical pseudo-electronic jamming weapons, telepathy, and superhuman stats etc

I'm only running with that premise, don't ask me how it all works

in the Aquaman movie Mr. Ocean Master apparently thought that they could easily defeat the Surface (it was only a matter of uniting the sub surface first). I wrote the scenario assuming this is true and he's not a maniac; its consistent with how powerful Atlantis is portrayed generally

I mean in that other link they somehow sank all of Europe without losing anyone in the war so... take it as you will

[Infected Mushroom]

no wonder, he's old lol

While there's no direct canon answer for this, it's generally accepted that Atlaneans live longer than humans. Number range from anywhere from 200 - 500 from what I've found.

So if Earth went against Atlantis, the strongest version of it in the comics, can Earth win?

Every single plot line somehow assumes Earth would lose without superhuman intervention

[Bears Armed]

How are they xenos? They live on Earth.

Well, there was one Silver Age story (starring Superboy and the LSH, travelling back through time) in which Atlantis turned out to have been founded by colonists from another world...

[Infected Mushroom]

What does Atlantis' society look like? Need to know before I make a call on this.

An underwater city populated by the cast of baywatch and chippendales. They do sit ups and bench press and flex alot. Or atleast that's how I like to imagine it.

they just automatically look like that

no gyms necessary, no work necessary

somehow

[Bears Armed]

no wonder, he's old lol

While there's no direct canon answer for this, it's generally accepted that Atlaneans live longer than humans. Number range from anywhere from 200 - 500 from what I've found.

The older stories are no longer considered in-continuity for DC's "main" history, they're considered to have taken place in an alternative reality (which no longer exists) where the "heroic age" began earlier... just like the stories that had characters such as Superman, Batman & Robin, or (the 'Diana Prince' version of) Wonder Woman fighting against the Axis in that period.

[Alvecia]

While there's no direct canon answer for this, it's generally accepted that Atlaneans live longer than humans. Number range from anywhere from 200 - 500 from what I've found.

So if Earth went against Atlantis, the strongest version of it in the comics, can Earth win?

Every single plot line somehow assumes Earth would lose without superhuman intervention

Debateable. Atlanteans as a rule are much stronger and more resilient than humanity. Though I reckon there might be less of them in total. They also have more advanced tech. Purely on an Atlantean v Human fight, with no Hero intervention, like, armies staring across each other battlefield. Atlantis would probably win.

War doesn't quite work like that, so it's hard to say. I'd still say humanity is on the back foot, because we rely on the ocean for survival as much as we do the land, so if we do anything to it to fuck it up, we're fucking ourselves over in the process. Atlantis, on the other hand, doesn't seem to rely on the land quite as much as we rely on the ocean. So if they destroyed the land, chances are nothing much would change, except to create some new zoning areas for underwater condos or parking lots, idk.

[Alvecia]

While there's no direct canon answer for this, it's generally accepted that Atlaneans live longer than humans. Number range from anywhere from 200 - 500 from what I've found.

The older stories are no longer considered in-continuity for DC's "main" history, they're considered to have taken place in an alternative reality (which no longer exists) where the "heroic age" began earlier... just like the stories that had characters such as Superman, Batman & Robin, or (the 'Diana Prince' version of) Wonder Woman fighting against the Axis in that period.

It does make it hard to pin down any concrete information on stuff like this

[Ifreann]

no wonder, he's old lol

While there's no direct canon answer for this, it's generally accepted that Atlaneans live longer than humans. Number range from anywhere from 200 - 500 from what I've found.

I think IM means that the character is goofy because he was created in the 40s, as opposed to some gritty 90s Leifield character.

[Alvecia]

To note, it wouldn't actually take much for humanity to "defeat" Atlantis. They can just irreparably damage the ocean. It'll just probably kill them in the process as well.

[Ifreann]

To note, it wouldn't actually take much for humanity to "defeat" Atlantis. They can just irreparably damage the ocean. It'll just probably kill them in the process as well.

Or we just set Superman on them.

[Eastfield Lodge]

So let me get this straight, Atlantis has super-duper technology that can wipe out the human race in warfare with minimal casualties to themselves, yet cannot seemingly reverse the damage humans are doing to the oceans?

[Bears Armed]

The older stories are no longer considered in-continuity for DC's "main" history, they're considered to have taken place in an alternative reality (which no longer exists) where the "heroic age" began earlier... just like the stories that had characters such as Superman, Batman & Robin, or (the 'Diana Prince' version of) Wonder Woman fighting against the Axis in that period.

It does make it hard to pin down any concrete information on stuff like this

True.
In fact, in those early stories, Aquaman wasn't even 'Atlantean', he was a "surface" human whose father had experimented on him...

[Alvecia]

So let me get this straight, Atlantis has super-duper technology that can wipe out the human race in warfare with minimal casualties to themselves, yet cannot seemingly reverse the damage humans are doing to the oceans?

Supposedly the case given it's their constant beef with humanity.

Who would win?
-Most advanced society on earth
-1 pasticy boi (and his mates)

[Alvecia]

While there's no direct canon answer for this, it's generally accepted that Atlaneans live longer than humans. Number range from anywhere from 200 - 500 from what I've found.

I think IM means that the character is goofy because he was created in the 40s, as opposed to some gritty 90s Leifield character.

He probably things Superman and Batman are goofy as well then, I guess.

[Thermodolia]

Seduce Aquaman and educate him in the ways of humanity, or at least the homoerotic ways of humanity. I might need to get used to the smell of fish though...

I can get passed the fishy smell. Hubba hubba

[Ifreann]

I think IM means that the character is goofy because he was created in the 40s, as opposed to some gritty 90s Leifield character.

He probably things Superman and Batman are goofy as well then, I guess.

One would assume.

[Caracasus]

What does Atlantis' society look like? Need to know before I make a call on this.

Hereditary monarchy.

So it's guillotine time then, that's what you're saying?