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Mera

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The Queen of Atlantis

Alter ego: Aquawoman (Rebirth only)

Species: Atlantean

First appearance: Aquaman (1962) #11 (September 1963)

For most of her existence in The DCU, Mera's backstory was only alluded to vaguely. Pre-Crisis she was a refugee queen from Dimension Aqua fleeing an usurper, and it wasn't until 2010's Brightest Day that her origin was explored in detail. Hailing from Xebel, an extradimensional penal colony for exiled Atlantean people, Mera was sent to Atlantis (under an assumed alias) to kill Aquaman, but couldn't follow through with the plan because she instead fell in love with him.

Mera would eventually marry Arthur and become the Queen of Atlantis, which is perhaps the best-known aspect of her character, but she's notable on her own terms as well. Whereas he possesses telepathic control of aquatic life, Mera's skillset involves hydrokinesis and manipulation of hard water.

In 2018, her character saw some notable developments, which include temporarily joining the Justice League, becoming Queen of Atlantis, and starring in her own solo series, Mera: Queen of Atlantis. She also starred in her own graphic novel, Mera: Tidebreaker, released as part of the DC Ink Young Adult line in 2019.

Action Girl: Not only a loving and devoted wife/fiance, but a badass on her own who aids and even saves Aquaman.
Apparently Human Merfolk: Moreso than Aquaman; she comes from an undersea colony.
Barrier Warrior: Often uses her water powers to shield herself and her allies, particularly during the Drowned Earth arc.
Battle Couple: Most of Arthur's fights during Geoff Johns' Run and Beyond had Mera alongside him.
The Berserker: During her time as a Red Lantern in Blackest Night.
Beware the Nice Ones: She may be an even more diplomatic face than her husband, but do not get on her bad side. She is even less gentle.
Breakout Character: While she hasn't risen to headliner status, it's pretty safe to say that Mera has gained additional prominence starting from her role in both Blackest Night and Brightest Day.
Broken Bird: Mera had shown signs of instability during and following Crisis after the death of Aquababy, leading to the breakdown of her marriage with Arthur. And a while after their relationship was back on, Arthur was killed, leading her into a prolonged state of mourning, followed by one of rage during the events of Blackest Night, prompting her targeting by the Red Lanterns to help repel the Black Lantern invasion. Unfortunately, she becomes consumed with rage and attacks Wonder Woman, who to be fair, had been just possessed by a Black Lantern ring and was compelled by it to attack her. Thankfully, the now temporary Star Sapphire Wonder Woman calms her down, and, after the power of the Red Lantern leaving her brings her to cardiac arrest, the combined energy of one of the Blue Lanterns, Star Sapphire Carol Ferris and a revived Aquaman not only saves her life but also her marriage and emotional well-being.
Brought Down to Normal: A spell cast by Hagen to spite Arthur turned her gills into lungs, making her surroundings inhospitable to her and requiring her to relocate to land.
Characterisation Click Moment: In Blackest Night, when she is established as a powerful warrior rivaling Arthur with a past she has kept secret, revealed in Brightest Day.
Damsel in Distress: Happens more often than she would like. First off is when The Dead King suddenly came back to the world and dragged her to the Bermuda Triangle to subvert the kingdom of Xebel to his sovereign rule once again. The next is when said ancient monarch occupies Atlantis while backed by the very same penal system of exiled watershifters during Aquaman's six-month absence, who eventually has her imprisoned in a waterproof holding cell. Now again as luck would have it when it is revealed that there's an impostor on the throne currently running Atlantis in her place, Mera is stuck a prisoner of the otherworldy Thule being impersonated by a fellow Xebelian. Worse still? Said pretender to her regency is family. More specifically, Mera's sister. Subverted, as she does get out by her own though. Not to mention Aquaman is also frequently likely to end up in a pickle on his own.
Deuteragonist: This has been of equal importance to Aquaman's story, especially starting with Geoff Johns' run from Blackest Night into the New 52 reboot.
Distaff Counterpart: Adopts the identity of Aquawoman briefly in the transition from New 52 to Rebirth as part of the opening of the Atlantean Embassy as part of her diplomatic role to the surface.
Earn Your Happy Ending: After several trials with her marriage, mental instability, and Atlantean politics, she finally has one of the sorts as Brightest Day wraps up.
Ethnicity Monarch: In stories where she is married to Arthur, she is the Queen of Atlanteans and the oceans themselves. During the Rebirth Era, she takes over leadership after Corum Rath is dethroned.
Expansion Pack Past: Originally Mera was introduced as a refugee from an alternate aquatic dimension. Geoff Johns, upon taking the reins during the Blackest Night/Brightest Day arcs, fleshes her out as a mole sent from the Penal Colony of Xebel trained and sent to kill Arthur, only to fall for him. She also reveals her guilt over the death of her son, which she also blames herself for due to an earlier encounter with Black Manta. The former part of her backstory stays intact through the post-Flashpoint retcon.
Fiery Redhead: One of her explanatory traits, which usually gets her into trouble. While Arthur can be pretty hot-blooded himself, Mera is far less restrained with voicing her thoughts, and her much more preferred way of handling things is to beat them into submission.
Fish out of Water: A couple of stories have dealt with her adjusting to life on the surface, which in the modern eras, she has done remarkably well.
Foil: To Wonder Woman in many ways.
- Both are royalty from mythical humanoid races and skilled fighters. While Wonder Woman has been an All-Loving Hero her whole life and has been motivated by her love of mankind to leave her home of Themyscira, Mera was originally filled with enmity towards Atlantis for its perceived subjugation of Xebel, and left in order to kill their would-be king, Arthur, only to fall in love with him after observing what a selfless person he was, and started to become a hero herself.
- During Blackest Night, the far more hopeful Wonder Woman was chosen as a Star Sapphire for her love for all life, while the then empty, rage filled Mera became a Red Lantern. A positive example is as Diana is exactly the right person to help Mera overcome her rage powered grief.
Government in Exile: To La Résistance after the Crown of Thorns makes her unable to breathe water, and she is chosen as Rath's successor while Arthur leads the resistance against Rath.
Hair-Trigger Temper: Maybe not the quickest to anger, but beware her when her fuse goes out.
Happily Married: To Aquaman... usually. Their marriage died for a while pre-Flashpoint following the death of Aquababy but rekindled somewhat. And then Aquaman dies. Arthur comes back to life at the end of Blackest Night. Post-Flashpoint they're retconned into being engaged. By #65 of the Rebirth run, they finally tie the knot.
Heroic BSoD: Pre-Flashpoint: When her son was killed, she went insane for a time. She didn't fare much better when Arthur was killed just prior to Blackest Night.
Hidden Disdain Reveal: When she gets turned into a Red Lantern during Blackest Night, she gets approached by Black Lantern Aquaman and the newly revived body of their son. As Black Lantern Arthur tries to get a rise out of Mera by provoking her feelings of loss, Mera screams "I never wanted children" and incinerates Black Lantern Aquababy.
Honey Trap: Her original purpose for being sent to court Aquaman. In reality, her mother wanted a better life for her.
Hypercompetent Sidekick: Her watershaping powers are essentially a watery Green Lantern Ring with the only limits being her imagination, especially when later writes established this could include any form and amount of water.
Hysterical Woman: Pre-Flashpoint, it was established that her fits of instability following the death of Aquababy that led up to the dissolution of her marriage with Arthur and being committed to an Atlantean mental institution were attributed to the chemical differences between her home dimension of Xebel and Atlantis.
I Am Not Weasel: Often called a mermaid, which, she does not appreciate.
In a Single Bound: Like Aquaman, she's adapted to and is strengthened by the ocean deep, and can leap sky high on land.
In Love with the Mark: This was added to her backstory in Brightest Day, which eventually bled over into the New 52. Here, she was the princess of the former penal colony of Atlantis, Xebel, and was originally sent to kill Arthur. However, she fell in love with him and opted to stay with him and marry him, keeping her past hidden until the events of Brightest Day.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Mera's mother told her that the plan to assassinate Arthur was just to get Mera to the surface so she could decide what to do from there on.
It's All My Fault: During Brightest Day, she resolves to own her part in the failure of her previous marriage to Arthur, and her part in the couple's perennial struggle with Black Manta.
Lady of Black Magic: The beautiful Queen of Atlantis, and as royalty of Xebel she has hydrokinesis in the form of powerful blasts and waves.
Lady of War: As the Queen of Aquaman, it's her duty to serve as this when needed.
Led by the Outsider: Despite not being native to Atlantis, she becomes its queen following the overthrow of Corum Rath.
Making a Splash: She can control water, which includes the ability to steal water from a person's body. This is later revealed to be a trait of Xebel's royal family. If you marry into it, you will also get the power.
Mama Bear: Like her husband, messing with kids (hers or otherwise) or with Atlantis means that you'll have to deal with her very shortly, and the odds are high against your survival of such a confrontation.
Meaningful Name: Her name is derived from the French la mer, which means water or sea.
Modesty Towel: Vol. 7 #49 has an equal opportunity fanservice moment with Mera dancing around in a towel while Arthur is shirtless at their home. Until they're interrupted by Officer Watson dropping in for a late-night call.
Ms. Fanservice: She doesn't bare much skin outside of the occasional Navel-Deep Neckline, but she wears a suit that hugs her curves very tightly.
Must Make Amends: Following Arthur's revival at the end of Blackest Night, Mera pledges to make up for her part in the failure of their past marriage and do right by him, vowing to never leave him again, and even goes so far as to come clean with her true origin story, and her own history with Black Manta, whose son Kaldur'ahm she saved from being used as a pawn and sent to live with a foster parent. (She and Arthur soon have to face Black Manta, in alliance with her evil sister Siren, when they come back for Kaldur'ahm.)
Navel-Deep Neckline: Depending on the Artist her classic look could have a neckline that reached all the way to her navel.
One True Love: She is unquestionably this to Aquaman. They're together in every form of media they both appear in and are usually already married. Most people aren't even aware that Aquaman had other love interests besides her.
The Power of Hate: By Blackest Night, Mera had endured years of Atlantean political treachery, marital and mental problems, and now the deaths of Aquaman and almost everyone else from there she cared about. And barely an issue in are raised as Black Lanterns, leading her to fight for her life and hold the fort while the Green Lantern Corps are absent. She finally snaps after getting beaten within an inch of her life by a Black Lantern possessed Wonder Woman.
Puppet King: After escaping the Obsidian Age she becomes this to a treacherous consortium of magic crafters who have secretly had her drugged and incapable of making decisions on her own. They even go the extra mile to get her to exile their king and her husband.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: She's known for being a proactive ruler. Mera was sent by her father to kill Arthur and while she's not royalty in Atlantis, she's almost.
Samaritan Relationship Starter: She falls for Arthur after seeing what a good person he is.
Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Xebelian traits (which is probably also why Tula, who had the same look, was recolored).
Silk Hiding Steel: And barely hidden in Mera's case, if not an outright inversion. She can go from elegant, regal, and ladylike to lethal in an instant.
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: This is why she fell in love with Arthur. Originally the Xebellian princess was sent from her home as a mole in order to kill him as part of a perennial quarrel with Atlantis. Seeing what a good person he was led to her falling in love with him and abandoning her mission and old life.
Stalker with a Crush: Red Lantern Atrocitus is rather infatuated with Queen Mera in Blackest Night.
Statuesque Stunner: She stands at 5' 9" and is a very attractive redhead. (Though in the 2018 movie, she's played by the 5' 7" Amber Heard.)
Story-Breaker Power: Her water powers tended to overshadow her husband in the Silver Age, so early writers placed limits such as needing to gesture with her hands to make shapes, or her powers being removed with the presence of lead.
Strong and Skilled: She has the standard Atlantean physiology (which has allowed her to fight Wonder Woman and even send Superman flying with a punch). She also has water powers even greater than her husband's and is quite skilled with them.
Superpower Lottery: As an Atlantean, she has super strength and durability and has been shown as capable of jumping out of the water directly onto a flying plane. But her greatest weapon is her ability to control, manipulate, and shape water to her will. Her feats include pushing back a tidal wave the size of a city, drawing the moisture out of a person's body, and collecting the water in a person's body to flood their lungs.
Super-Strength: She can effortlessly break a man's hand.
Telepathy: It allows her to communicate with other Atlanteans, but she can't talk with other marine life.
Tsundere: Warm, compassionate, and loving towards Arthur, the Atlanteans, and her friends, and protective of innocent people, but also fiery-tempered.
Unstable Powered Woman: Happened in Aquaman (1989), where after her toddler son was killed by one of Aquaman's villains and she failed to save him, her mental state grew more and more unstable until she hated Arthur for his part in her son's death. She's no less dangerous with her hard-water powers, as Aquaman learns. Later runs would attempt to explain it by revealing Earth's different physiology wore on her mind over time, and have her eventually recover from her trauma and reconcile with Arthur—though her singleminded anger became a major part of her character afterward.
Unstoppable Rage: To put it lightly, Mera is nowhere near as patient as her husband. Though she learns some restraint, she's still the more easily angered of the two to the point that she became a deputized Red Lantern.
Violently Protective Girlfriend: She will put anyone who tries to harm Aquaman in a world of hurt.
Warrior Princess: Her father trained her to kill Arthur. She didn't, but the training was pretty effective.
The Worf Effect: In the early Silver Age, she was often used as a measuring stick for tough opponents—if even Mera couldn't beat the opponent it was time to flee.
Xenafication: In the early years, she was a frequent Damsel in Distress despite her skills. She slowly became more competent and violent over the years until Blackest Night cemented her ascension.

Tula / Aquagirl

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"Talk of assassination has been passing around at the deepest levels. I assume the conspirators are loyalists of Orm. So eventually details of this scheme found their way... to his sister."

Pre-Crisis, Tula was an Atlantean girl Garth met and fell in love with, frequently sharing in his adventures until she was killed by the villain Chemo. Post-Rebirth, she's the half-sister of Orm on their father's side and a high-ranking Atlantean warrior and captain of the Drift. While Tula does love her brother, she is loyal to Arthur and Mera.

The Ace: The most effective fighter in the Atlantean guard shown.
Adaptational Badass: The original Tula, aka Aquagirl, wasn't weak per se, but had the water dependency typical of Atlanteans pre-Flashpoint, didn't have superpowers, and was ultimately killed during Crisis on Infinite Earths. Here, she's captain of the Atlantean black ops team The Drift, and is more than capable of holding her own on land or sea.
Cincinnatus: Called up by Arthur Curry to rule as Regent while he plays diplomat for Atlantis.
Depending on the Artist:
- Her hair. During Geoff Johns' run, her hair was a brownish red, as seen in the picture above. However, afterwards, it became straight up brown. It could be that the hair is just part of her helmet, but it's up in the air. The reason is likely because the colourist changed.
  - This actually happened within the same issue due to multiple colourists, and she switched between brown and black hair.
- Similarly, her armour changed from the earlier purple look (likely an homage to the second Aquagirl) seen above to normal yellow. Again, likely because of colourist change.
Dropped a Bridge on Him: Original Tula died in the Crisis by getting a face full of Chemo's toxins.
Empowered Badass Normal: Tula lacks Mera's hydrokinesis and Arthur's brute strength, but still has a degree of Super-Strength, being an Atlantean, and can still kick serious ass.
Everyone Is Related: Turns out in the Prime Earth universe Tula is the younger half-sibling of Orm Marius. Ergo she also serves as a step-sister to Arthur.
Girl Next Door: Tula began as this to Garth as she grew up from a gawky pre-teen into a stunning young woman.
Going Native: Mild example when she lives on land, as she adopts many surface speech habits.
Legacy Character: There were three previous one-shot Aquagirls before Tula, including Jane Stone, a fake mermaid who was merely nicknamed Aquagirl, Lisa Morel, who was unable to live in Atlantis at birth due to a genetic throwback and temporarily gained Aquaman's powers under stress, and Selena, an Atlantean athlete who took over for Aqualad temporarily after he fell ill to make her boyfriend jealous.
The Lost Lenore: Post-Crisis Garth felt very angsty about her death and had several stories about moving on from her memory.
Muggle Best Friend: Pre-Crisis, she was the only major Atlantean character who didn't have superpowers or super smarts, being a normal girl that Garth was enamored with.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Captain of the Drift forces, with plenty of reason to hate Arthur and Mera, but is actually pretty cool with them, and saved Mera's life and actually gives Arthur a chance to prove himself as King.
Related in the Adaptation: Whereas she was adopted pre-Flashpoint, post-Flashpoint she is half-sister to Orm.
The Smurfette Principle: Is the only consistent female Atlantean warrior shown. While one or two very rarely show up in the background, Tula's usually the only one shown.
Super-Strength: As an Atlantean, has this by default. As noted above, it's not at Arthur's levels, but she's still quite a bit stronger than normal humans.
Super-Toughness: Again, due to being Atlantean.

Aqualad I/Tempest

Prince Garth of Shayeris

Created By: Robert Bernstein · Ramona Fradon · Phil Jimenez

First Appearance: Adventure Comics #269

Appearances: Adventure Comics | Detective Comics | Aquaman Vol 1 | World's Finest Vol 1 | Teen Titans Vol 1 | Aquaman: The Search for Mera | Aquaman: Deadly Waters | Death of a Prince | Tales of the Teen Titans | Crisis on Infinite Earths | New Teen Titans Vol 2 | Teen Titans Spotlight | Millenium | Team Titans^(guest) | Aquaman Vol 5 | Tempest | Teen Titans (1996)^(guest) | JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative | Titans (1999) | Justice Leagues (2001) | JLA: Black Baptism^(guest) | JLA: The Obsidian Age | Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day | Aquaman Vol 6 | Teen Titans: Lights Out | Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis | Blackest Night | Aquaman: Exiled | Aquaman: Out of Darkness | Titans Hunt (2015) | Titans Vol 3 | The Lazarus Contract | Aquaman: Underworld | Drowned Earth | Dark Nights: Death Metal | Teen Titans Academy | Aquamen | Batman/Superman: World's Finest | World's Finest: Teen Titans | Titans (2023) | Beast World

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I summon the power of the Tempest!

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"And I've come dressed for the occasion. More important, though, I've finally decided on a new name for myself. If I'm destined to be this great undersea defender, I can't very well go around calling myself "Garth", can I? From now on...You can call me Tempest!"

Pre-Flashpoint, Aquaman's first sidekick was Garth, an Atlantean who had the same powers as Aquaman. He was abandoned by an Atlantean group called the Idylists, but Aquaman took him in and raised him as his own. He was also a founding member of the Teen Titans like many other sidekicks of the day.

He later obtained water-controlling abilities, after which he changed his heroic codename to Tempest. He was tragically murdered in Blackest Night by the Black Lantern of his former girlfriend Tula.

Post-Flashpoint, Garth is an Atlantean warrior and former superhero known as Aqualad. He was a member of the original Teen Titans before Lilith Clay caused the world to forget about his team and his mentorship under Aquaman. He has since reappeared, using the name Tempest, and is a high-ranking Atlantean warrior who works to remember his lost past.

Pre-Flashpoint

Amplifier Artifact: His trident can increase the inherent magical powers of the wielder, turbo charging his already impressive acclaim in the mystic venture.
Astral Projection: He can leave his body as a spirit.
Expy: Starting with Death of a Prince and added onto in Tempest, Garth is explicitly based on Lancelot and the plot of The Knight of the Cart. At the point of the publication of Death of a Prince (October 1974 - September 1978), Garth had yet to be named (Garth would only get named in Tales of the Teen Titans #45 in August 1984), similar to the beginning of The Knight of the Cart ^note
Eye Beams: He can emit destructive beams of force from his eyes.
Forgotten Fallen Friend: Arthur and Mera do acknowledge his death, but only just barely with a curt "At least he's with Tula," with absolutely no reference to Dolphin and Cerdian his, you know, wife and son.
Handicapped Badass: Minor example. Garth is colorblind.
An Ice Person: He can freeze water with a thought.
Kid Sidekick: As Aqualad. Later graduated around the time that Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! occured and then became Tempest.
Killed Off for Real: In Blackest Night. He didn't get a revival before the big reboot of Flashpoint a year later.
Magic Knight: As Tempest. Makes more sense given he's directly inspired by Lancelot.
Making a Splash: He can control water, creating whirlpools, waves, etc.
Mass Teleportation: He once teleported the entirety of Atlantis to safety during the Imperiex War.
Mind over Matter: He has some limited psychokinetic ability.
Nice Guy: He's friendly, polite, and reasonable.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The Idyllists cast him out and left him to die as an infant, fearing that, as the son of King Thar, his blood could be used to complete the ritual needed to unleash the undead tyrant Slizzath. In the Tempest mini-series, Slizzath manipulates him with visions of Tula into doing exactly that.
No Name Given: From his creation in 1960 until 1985, Garth was simply referred to by his superhero name "Aqualad".
Offered the Crown: Eventually in the wake of Aquaman's death and Mera's inability to rule, Garth is eventually crowned king of Atlantis in their stead.
Overshadowed by Awesome:
- During his original stint on the Teen Titans, he felt useless to the point where he got a psychosomatic illness over it.
- Feels like this every time he's around Arthur but only pronounces itself the most during the Waterbearer saga. Once when Arthur undid a astral projection spell he cast and again when his magic couldn't touch The Thirst, who is immune to it due to being of the secret sea.
Playing with Fire: He can project incinerating heat blasts at will.
Prongs of Poseidon: He's been handed both the mystical trident and sovereignty over Atlantis that came with it for a time.
Ret-Gone: Subverted. Initially in the New 52, along with most of the original Titans, and hasn't been reintroduced since. He was mentioned in Aquaman #14 as a purple eyed youth and was later reintroduced in DC Sneak peek Aquaman and Titans Hunt #1, and apparently was on a teen team of heroes with Dick Grayson, Donna Troy and Roy Harper.
Sacrificial Lion: The first major casualty in Blackest Night, to show that Anyone Can Die. Though there was also some behind-the-scenes stuff responsible here as well.
Seers: He can see the past.
Sidekick Graduations Stick: Like many of the sidekicks of his generation, he never went back to being Aquaman's sidekick.
Squishy Wizard: Averted. Garth became a sorcerer, but he was an Atlantean sorcerer, and could still take one heck of a beating.
Summon Magic: He can summon and control demons.
Superior Species: Much like Aquaman, although significantly weaker than he, Aqualad is at least four times stronger and faster than the average Atlantean.
Super-Strength: He's just a few breadths of strength away from Aquaman.
Super-Speed: He's quick on land, but near unmatched underwater.
Super-Toughness: He's tough enough to survive both underwater and fight Superboy without much injury.
Required Secondary Powers: Going to the depths he goes requires super senses, physical abilities, and the ability to breathe underwater.
Time Travel: He can send entire cities and inhabitants to the past or hurl cosmological entities to the Big Bang.
Trauma Conga Line: Where to begin? First, he was cast out by the Idyllists and left to die as an infant, for fear that he would complete the ritual to summon the undead supervillain Slizzath. He is taken in by Aquaman and becomes Aqualad, but loses Tula, the love of his life, to the supervillain Chemo. Following Infinite Crisis, Garth was turned into an albino and rendered powerless, and his wife and son were missing. Then he was restored to normal, only to learn Dolphin and Cerdian were both dead since Infinite Crisis. Was named King of Atlantis and then killed by Black Lantern Aquagirl (his ex-girlfriend) during Blackest Night, turning him into a Black Lantern.
Took a Level in Badass: As Tempest, when he added magic to his power set and after acquiring the trident of Poseidon; came to be regent of Atlantis.

Post-Flashpoint

The Big Guy: He and Donna Troy share this role on the Titans.
Characterisation Marches On: In Aquaman, he's a normal Atlantean. In Titans Hunt, he's a Jerkass Proud Warrior Race Guy who is constantly pissed. Weirdly, Dan Abnett wrote both series at the time.
Continuity Snarl: Geoff Johns' run mentions him being a purple-eyed youth attacked by other Atlanteans. Cullen Bunn's has him being Dick Grayson's age, who is in his early twenties.
Eye Beams: He can emit kinetic and heat beams from his eyes.
Fantastic Racism: For being Atlantean. It's not explained why, but when he was a Teen Titan he was feared for being Atlantean, and this was seemingly before "Throne of Atlantis".
Fish out of Water: Pun intended. When he was first a Teen Titan, he bemoaned his status as an outsider amongst humans, complaining how hard it was for him to be accepted when even Arthur couldn't be.
Laser-Guided Amnesia: Apparently cannot remember his time in the Teen Titans, like many others in new continuity.
Prongs of Poseidon: Of a kind. Has his own little three pronged spear of power.
Retcon: Ignoring the above mentioned Continuity Snarl, Bunn's version was, like Tula, not a superhero, but an Atlantean warrior. Come Titans Hunt (2015), he apparently was a superhero named Aqualad and was on the Teen Titans alongside Dick Grayson, Donna Troy, Roy Harper, Lilith Clay and Wally West.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: On a harsh vigilante crusade against those who turn a profit off Atlantean misery.
Strangled by the Red String:
- With Lilith Clay. They get together during Titans (Rebirth) for seemingly no reason at all. And they've barely interacted before this issue since Lilith's main love interests were either Don Hall or Gnaark (who both died) and the occasional Les Yay with Bette. But because Lilith is a psychic, she says she's known that Garth has been hiding his feelings for her. The couple gets dropped once the team falls apart during Justice League: No Justice.
- With Donna Troy following Titans (2018) having Garth sacrifice himself to save Donna from Deathstroke. The relationship was introduced into the comics in the Canon Discontinuity Titans United series. The couple becomes addressed by Mark Waid in World's Finest: Teen Titans....which promptly drops the couple due to Garth's differing sexuality compared to Donna's.

Aqualad II (Kaldur'ahm/Jackson Hyde)

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Who says blood is thicker than water?

"Destiny is a corny word. but it captures what I can't ignore. The ocean has its own gravity...that I won't resist. On the way here, I considered turning around and racing home a hundred times. Maybe all of my mother's fear will come true. Maybe the Teen Titans will reject me. Or maybe this is my shot at a new life. Reborn."

"I think it's you who doesn't deserve the Hyde name."

— Aqualad to his father Black Manta, Aquaman #63

Garth's successor, Kaldur'ahm (Jackson Hyde) is the son of Black Manta. Despite his father's lifestyle he's chosen the path of the hero as Aqualad. Due to biological experimentation conducted by Xebelian outlaws, Kaldur has the unique ability to construct hard objects and weaponry from water such as a sword and mace.

Pre-Flashpoint

Adaptation Deviation: Jackson was created for the Young Justice show first and adapted into the comics later but he has a very different path in each version.
- In the Young Justice show, Kaldur is an Atlantean-human hybrid who grew up in Atlantis and was friends with Garth and Tula, the latter of whom he harbored a crush on. He trained in magic for a bit before joining Aquaman on the surface world as his sidekick Aqualad while Garth stayed in Atlantis and completed his training in magic. Kaldur was also the original leader of a superhero team of teenage sidekicks.
- In the comics, Kaldur is experimented on as a baby by Xebelian outlaws and is secreted to the surface world by Mera for his safety where he is given the human name Jackson Hyde to protect his identity. Whereas his power to form water constructs and generate electricity are magical abilities he learned in the show, Jackson's powers are a result of being experimented on by the Xebelians. And while he was childhood friends with Garth and Tula in the show, he never met them in the comics as they were both dead. Finally, whereas Young Justice Kaldur was the original and only Aqualad in the show, comic Jackson is the second Aqualad.
Adaptation Dye-Job: Kaldur has blonde hair and grey eyes in the Young Justice show. Jackson has black hair and brown eyes in the comics.
Affirmative-Action Legacy: He's black in contrast to the first Aqualad who is white.
Canon Immigrant: He was originally created for the Young Justice (2010) cartoon, but DC liked him so much they integrated him to the comic before the show even came up.
Electric Black Guy: He's a black teenager who can fire electric bolts.
Half-Human Hybrid: His mother is Atlantean. His father is Black Manta.
Heroic Bastard: The heroic son of an uncaring super villain.
Kid Sidekick: He plays this part to Aquaman when he starts off.
Luke, I Am Your Father: He is actually Black Manta's son.
Magic Knight: A skilled hand-to-hand fighter, but relies on Atlantean magic.
Mermanity Ensues: He discovers he's half Atlantean in his teen years, having been kept away from water due to it causing him to grow gills and giving him limited control over water.
Mythology Gag: He's named after Cal Durham, an employee of Black Manta (as mentioned below).
Ret-Gone: In the New 52, there initially was never even one Aqualad. Subverted in DC Rebirth.
Shock and Awe: He can create electrical shocks.
Super-Toughness: He can survive punches from fellow superhumans with no problems.

Post-Flashpoint

Affirmative-Action Legacy: Jackson is a black, LGBT surfacer taking over as Aqualad for the heterosexual white Atlantean Garth.
Atlantis: Where Jackson does a lot of his heroing, on account of being Aquaman's protege.
Badass and Baby: Deconstructed in "Foreshadow". He and Andy are attacked by Scavenger and a few henchmen. Jackson could probably handle them by himself, but because he has to protect Andy at the same time his combat effectiveness is severely reduced, and he's eventually knocked out from behind.
Big Damn Kiss: His first one ever was with Ha'Wea, towards the end of Aquaman #63.
Black and Nerdy: He hangs out on weird fiction forums, plays tabletop role playing games and is a fan of the DCU’s (not racist) equivalent of H. P. Lovecraft.
A Day in the Limelight: Late in Kelly Sue DeConnick’s run on Aquaman he got a two-issue mini story arc about visiting his mother’s homeland Xebel, where Arthur only made a brief cameo.
Disappeared Dad: His father, Black Manta, is Aquaman's archnemesis.
Distracted by the Sexy: Jackson, apparently, has this effect. Ha'Wea goes from accusing Jackson, an unbelievably suspicious outsider with a giant battle-damaged mech, of being an Atlantean spy to giving him a guided tour of the city as soon as Jackson says he's a surfacer. Inside of an hour Ha'Wea is already hitting on him.
Everything's Better with Rainbows: In Aquaman #51 he uses his aquakinesis to make a rainbow... somehow.
Foil: He’s basically the mirror image of Aquaman in every way, besides both being the sons of human fathers and Atlantean mothers. Jackson is a commoner, Arthur is royalty. Arthur is white and straight, Jackson is black and gay. Jackson is a skinny nerd, Arthur is a muscular Action Hero. Arthur was raised on the coast by his human father, Jackson was raised in a desert by his Atlantean mother. Atlanna loved Tom and Arthur and was forced to leave them, Black Manta hates Jackson and tried to kill his mother when she was pregnant with him, etc.
Insistent Terminology: A quick, mostly one-sided conversation has him hashing out what exactly his title should be. "Sidekick" is insulting, "ward" is creepy and we don't get to hear Jackson's opinion on "apprentice" before he introduces himself as Aquaman's assistant to a pair of Arthur's friends. When Aquaman objects, Jackson admits they're still working on it.
Jock Dad, Nerd Son: More like Jock Grandad, Nerd Grandson. Jackson spends a couple of issues hanging out with a robot programmed with the mind of his dead grandfather (Black Manta’s father), who was a rough, blue-collar fisherman in life. “Mecha Manta” tries to bond with him through stereotypically masculine interests like fishing, cars and football, and tells Jackson he should get out more.
Making a Splash: Jackson is aquakinetic, with fine control over water with or without his waterbearers.
Mermanity Ensues: Like his original counterpart, Jackson doesn't know he's partially Atlantean until he saves Robin from drowning.
My Beloved Smother: Mom is a bit overbearing due to her son's condition, fearing that both that and him being gay will lead to him being ostracised.
Ret-Canon: Initially looked a lot more like his Young Justice (2010) incarnation, with short blonde hair. He has since gained his own iconic haircut: side-parted locks dyed blond, either in part or in whole like in his Future State incarnation.
Shock and Awe: Jackson can generate powerful electric blasts, like his Young Justice counterpart Kaldur.
Sidekick: Specifically sought out Aquaman after his short tenure on the Teen Titans (Rebirth) and even shorter one on Young Justice (2019), first meeting Arthur in Aquaman #50.
Straight Gay: While his 2010 incarnation had a girlfriend, Jackson is gay and has been ever since his reintroduction post-Rebirth in 2016.
Taking Up the Mantle: In Future State he is the new Aquaman.
The Twink: Initially, but he's become a lot less boyish in recent years.
Twofer Token Minority: Black, gay and half-Atlantean.

Aquagirl II (Lorena Marquez)

Lorena Marquez

Created By: Will Pfeifer ・ Patrick Gleason

First Appearance: Aquaman Vol 6 #16 (May 2004)

Appearances: Aquaman Vol 6 | American Tidal | Titans Tomorrow | With the Fishes | To Serve and Protect | Kingdom Lost | Infinite Crisis | 52 | World War III | Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis | Terror Titans | Changing Of The Guard | Deathtrap | Child's Play | The Hunt for Raven | Brightest Day | Future State | Comic Book/Aquamen

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"What's wrong, air breather? Are you drowning without your oxygen?"

Lorena was once an ordinary inhabitant of the Californian city San Diego, but she was present when an earthquake sunk part of it. Aquaman retrieved her and nursed her back to health, discovering that she, along with every other resident present during the sinking, had the ability to breathe underwater. She adopted the name of Aquagirl, leading the effort to rebuild the sunken portion of the city as Sub Diego. Later on she becomes a member of the Teen Titans.

Action Girl: Enough to be a Teen Titans member.
Affirmative-Action Legacy: A Latina girl succeeding the previously white Aquagirl in the role.
Appropriated Appellation: She was first called "Aquagirl" in Ocean Master's fractured alternate reality. She swiped the name when reality reasserted itself.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Despite being created before Kaldur, Lorena had the misfortune of getting written out of the Teen Titans and later hit with the retcon after Flashpoint. Even after continuity got restored through Rebirth and later Infinite Frontier, Lorena was nowhere to be found.
Evil Makeover: Subverted. In the alternate reality Ocean Master created, Lorena was his right hand woman and wore a costume he'd granted her. When reality righted itself, Lorena stole that costume to become Aquagirl II.
Legacy Character: After helping Aquaman, she took up the mantle of Aquagirl.
Mermanity Ensues: She was one of the hundreds of inhabitants who were altered into becoming water-breathers during the Sub Diego crisis.
Ret-Gone: In the New 52, along with all of Aquaman's official sidekicks, at least initially. Now it's more like Arthur has never had an official sidekick.
Spicy Latina: Being pseudo-Atlantean, she's very tough by human standards. She's also exceptionally beautiful, extremely flirty, and quite opinionated. Her personality clashes with Bombshell while with the Teen Titans especially showcase that last aspect.
Token Minority Couple: Invoked by Koryak's crush on her. She's the first person he's met since coming to Atlantis who isn't white and it's what sparks his interest.

Dolphin

Pre-Rebirth, Dolphin was a young girl experimented on by aliens to gain amphibian abilities. Post-Rebirth, she's a mutant Atlantean woman who lives in the slums. She comes across Arthur when he's in hiding, living as "Orin".

Back from the Dead: Died during Infinite Crisis, she returned for New 52 and remains alive so far.
Canon Welding: Originally not part of Aquaman's world, Dolphin was integrated into his cast after Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!.
Cute Mute: Unlike the original, who didn't talk for about two issues, this Dolphin doesn't speak for much longer.
Disabled in the Adaptation: Here she's mute due to her mutations.
Fantastic Racism: Due to being an Atlantean mutant, she's looked down on.
Light 'em Up: Is Bioluminescent and can cast blinding rays of light.

Arthur Curry Jr. (Aquababy)

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Aquaman and Mera's toddler son, he inherited his mother's hard water powers and saw the best in everyone. Arthur Jr. was infamously killed by Black Manta in the "Death of a Prince" storyline, and his loss had repercussions that continue to this day.

Ancestral Name: He shares his father's first name, Arthur.
Cheerful Child: He was relentlessly happy and upbeat even by Silver Age toddler standards.
Children Are Innocent: Arthur Jr. referred to Orm as "nice mans" and saw his attempted kidnapping like a game.
Death of a Child: Arthur Jr. was trapped in an air-filled dome and suffocated. A later issue revealed that he survived the asphyxiation while Mera went in search of a cure...only for him to die before she could return.
Goo-Goo-Godlike: Shortly after being born, he displayed reality-warping powers that got him and the family expelled from Atlantis briefly.
Making a Splash: Like his mother, he can control water and create hard-water constructs.
Only Known by Their Nickname: For decades his "official" name was Aquababy, and he only got properly named as Arthur Jr. shortly before he died.

Andrina "Andy" Curry

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The daughter of Arthur and Mera, Andy is alive and happy in her toddlerhood, with future glimpses showing her as a superhero in her own right. She can control water like Mera can.

Cheerful Child: She's very happy and loves both sea and land.
Compelling Voice: In Future State she can outright control sea life, but doesn't like to use the power.
Future Badass: As Aquawoman in Future State.
Making a Splash: Like her mother, she can control water and create hard-water constructs.
Unstoppable Rage: Future State shows her to have a temper that rivals both her parents', and Jackson has to talk her out of killing her opponents.

Atlanna

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"You have come a long way to find death. So commands Atlanna!"

The former Queen of Atlantis and mother to both Arthur and Orm. Pre-Crisis, she was an Atlantean scientist and explorer who was exiled from her home for her curiosity about the surface, and fell in love with Tom Curry. She died giving birth to Arthur until a retcon revealed she was in a deathlike coma, after which she became unstable and evil and ultimately died again. Post-Crisis, she instead romanced the mage Atlan, and died in prison without ever meeting Arthur in person. Post-Rebirth, she was swimming one day when she witnessed Tom Curry risk his life to save a boat in need. She saved him, and the two fell in love. She eventually gave birth to Arthur, but had to leave him when he was a child to return to Atlantis. There, she married the Captain of the Atlantean Guard, Orvax and gave birth to Orm. She went missing when Orm was a child and was presumed dead.

Action Mom: After Arthur finds her, she's become a badass warrior lady.
Adaptation Dye-Job: Pre-Crisis, she was blond. Post-Crisis, she's a brunette. Post-Flashpoint, back to blonde.
Ancient Artifact: She found a relic called the Staff of Storms, which allows her to utilize the Maelstrom to travel from place to place, even to a separate dimension.
The Beastmaster: She has an empathetic rapport with the Dire Beast population which lives on her island — since many of them are odd amalgams of land and sea animals, her marine telepathy can connect with them as well.
Broken Bird: Became one after years as a political pawn and spousal abuse, leading to her killing him and faking her death in order to escape Atlantis. It's gotten to the point where she accuses her own son, who she believed to be dead all this time, of lying about his identity. See also Heartbroken Badass.
Debt Detester: Saves Arthur only because he saved her from Karaku a moment earlier.
Defector from Decadence: Abandoned Atlantis following years of dissatisfaction with its xenophobia and her abusive husband.
The Dog Bites Back: Orvax got his after having boasted of killing her first love and their son.
Domestic Abuse: The victim of this in her relationship with Orvax.
Easily Forgiven: She is let off the hook a little too easily for almost killing her son during his visit to her isle who had no intention of fighting her, even saving her life from Karaku, not even apologizing for what she did. She is however consumed by sorrow.
Faking the Dead: She faked her death in order to escape Atlantis.
Feeling Oppressed by Their Existence: Her incredibly miserable life as a political bargaining chip caused her to develop a deep-seated hatred for Atlantean culture.
Freudian Excuse: A forced betrothal to a plundering human-hating derelict who boasts of having murdered your first love and young son would be excuse enough for anyone.
Green Thumb: Her abilities extend to the plants and fungi of her island, allowing her to track and trace the movements of whomever or whatever paces across her stomping grounds, useful for tracking the locations of intruder and enemy combatants.
He Who Fights Monsters: Years of having to deal with a decadent and xenophobic monarchy with an abusive husband representing its worst impulses caused her to abandon Atlantis and start a new colony, where visitors, at least Atlanteans, are not welcome. This is understandable until you consider she tried killing the one person who came in peace, claiming to be her long lost son, Arthur.
Heartbroken Badass: She developed into this after her royal status prevented her from living with Tom and raising their child. Even to this day, long after she axed her cruel spouse believing he murdered them for sport before having deserted Atlantis, she still carries the sorrow from her lost family.
I Have No Son!: She refuses to believe Arthur is her son, because she thinks he's dead.
Missing Mom: She left Arthur to keep him safe.
Offing the Offspring: Nearly does this to Arthur, though she is driven by her stubborn belief that Arthur was already killed by Orvax.
Rescue Romance: Rescued by Tom Curry, believing she's drowning. Post-Flashpoint, it's her who rescues Tom Curry.
Superpowerful Genetics: The mental gifts of Atlantean royalty are passed down from generation to generation; this is how Arthur got his mojo with sea life in the first place.
Telepathy: Atlanna is such an accomplished marine telepath that, in addition to mentally commanding and scrying through the sights of her island's native wildlife, she can do this with the plants and fungus growing there as well.
Teleportation: The Staff of Storms can remotely activate a global network of transportation relics called the Maelstrom without need of a destination tablet, at least so far for the Pacifica dimension.
This Is Unforgivable!: Her reaction to her other husband's boasts was less than pleasant.
Ungrateful Bastard: None too grateful for Arthur saving her from Karaku. She saves him only to repay the debt. Not too soon after, she prepares to kill an incapacitated Arthur, only stopped when he proves who he is by his control of sealife.

Topo

An octopus who occasionally functions as Aquaman's ally, he was initially just a normal octopus before the New 52 made him gigantic.

Four-Star Badass: Topo once led a whole army of sea creatures to rescue Aquaman and was made a "five starfish general" in recognition of his heroism.
Multiarmed Multitasking: With his eight limbs he can play piano, cook, juggle, and shoot arrows all at once.
Non-Human Sidekick: Along with Ark the seal and Tusky the walrus, Topo was Aquaman's closest sidekick and friend.
Took a Level in Badass: The New 52 reboot was pretty kind to him. He goes from being a regular octopus to a gargantuan thing that looks like he could give Cthulhu a black eye.
Uplifted Animal: Topo was unusually intelligent even by his species' standards and was able to communicate with Aquaman and others through gestures.

King Atlan

While King Atlan is currently a rogue, in previous Aquaman history he was a legitimately good king of Atlantis and a powerful mage, and was even Aquaman's father. He helped Garth hone his own magical abilities.

Always Someone Better: While a powerful wizard, gods like Triton are beyond him, and he claims Garth has surpassed even him.
The Archmage: Known for his strong magical ability compared to other Atlantean mages.
Bag of Holding: An artifact he possesses is a bag of holding, which he used to contain Tiamat. When Atlan was grievously wounded by Triton, his fish retainers had to put him in the bag.
Because Destiny Says So: Most of the reasons why he does anything are in service of destiny, particularly when he had Arthur and immediately after had Orm in order to continue the prophetic brother-vs-brother feud.
Expy: Of Zeus from Greek Mythology, as Atlan is known for being wise and powerful but is also known for sleeping around when it strikes him to, even visiting Atlanna in her dreams to cause a Mystical Pregnancy.
Mentor Archetype: Trained Garth to hone fire and ice magic.
Really Gets Around: Arthur, Orm, and Debbie Perkins are all his children by separate mothers, and he's implied to have had other lovers.
Wizards Live Longer: He dates to before Atlantis sank and is still alive and young-looking as a spirit.

Debbie Perkins

Aquaman's half-sister on his father's side. She is the daughter of Tsunami.

Amazing Technicolor Population: She has deep blue skin.
Color Motifs: She takes on the superhero titles Deep Blue and Indigo, to fit her skin color.
Surprise Incest: Before she learned of her family tie to Arthur, she had taken a romantic interest in him.

Cerdian

Garth and Dolphin's long-lost son. Initially thought to have been killed alongside his mother in Infinite Crisis, a 2023 Flash issue revealed he had been kidnapped by Granny Goodness and raised for 10 years. Eventually, he was rescued and brought home.

Gender Flip: By accident, some issues referred to the baby as "she" and others "he" before settling on Cerdian being male.
Laser-Guided Tyke-Bomb: Stolen and raised by Granny Goodness to be one of these.
Making a Splash: Like Garth, he could use magic to control and manipulate water.

Supporting cast

Tom Curry

Rebirth

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Pre-Flashpoint

"Part of the test... is not just knowing when to fight, but realizing when a fight is not worth knowing. And you can always seek help when you need it. Though your aquatelepathy was taken... your friends haven't forgotten you. Trust them, when all seems dark."

Tom Curry was a lighthouse keeper who fell in love and had a child with the Queen of Atlantis, Atlanna, after she saved his life. After she gave birth to Arthur, she was forced to return to Atlantis, and Tom waited every day for her return, while also teaching his son responsibility. He eventually died of a heart attack when Arthur was a teenager.

Death by Origin Story: His death, combined with Dr. Shin outing him, starts Arthur on his path to discovering his heritage and becoming Aquaman.
Disappeared Dad: Post-Crisis, Arthur returned to the lighthouse after traveling the oceans to find he's gone.
Good Parents: Made sure his son learned the value of responsibility and tried his hardest to make sure Arthur was kept safe.
Happily Married: With Atlanna, though he's concern about her keeping her past a secret.
Muggle–Mage Romance: As the muggle in the relationship with Atlanna, he completely lacked understanding of Arthur's abilities and had to ask his friend, Stephen Shin, to help Arthur.
Papa Wolf: When Dr. Shin planned on outing Arthur, Tom went to his lab and wrecked the place, along with every scrap of evidence.
Rescue Romance: The rescued with Atlanna.
Sudden Name Change: Post-Crisis, his name was changed to Arthur. Post-Infinite Crisis, his name is Tom once again.
Upbringing Makes the Hero: In Flashpoint, due to him dying earlier, Arthur grew up never learning the values he lives by.

Phineas Pike

Known as the Sea Sleuth, Phineas was the Golden Age Aquaman's only human friend, and was an expert on all marine knowledge in the style of Sherlock Holmes.

Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He made three appearances total before vanishing completely.
Hypercompetent Sidekick: His appearances had him do most of the detective work, leaving Aquaman to work as the muscle of the pair.
Ironic Fear: Despite his love for the water, he couldn't swim, and attempts by Aquaman to teach him were fruitless.
Only Friend: He was the Golden Age Aquaman's only human friend.
Sherlock Homage: He wore a deerstalker and smoked a pipe just like the popular image of Sherlock Holmes.

Calvin "Cal" Durham

A former employee of Black Manta, Calvin quit a life of evil and became one of Aquaman's allies.

The Bus Came Back: Years after the story arc in which he debuted, he became Mayor of Sub Diego.
Heel–Face Turn: Turned on Manta when he realized the villain was using the ideals of freedom as a cover to kill Aquaman, caring nothing for what he claimed to espouse.

Arion

An archmage and previous king of Atlantis, whose sorcery and rule made an impact on the kingdom's history.

To learn more, see his folder here.

Porm

Swimmers and two-tails are all sad things.

Post-Crisis Aquaman's adoptive mother, Porm was the matriach of her dolphin pod and acted as their queen. She was eventually killed by Demon Gate, but joined the spirit world and continued to advise Aquaman from beyond the grave.

Heroic Dolphin: She raised the young Arthur and taught him to survive, and was beloved by all her dolphin children.
Sapient Cetaceans: She communicates with Arthur telepathically and advises him on matters both underwater and above the waves. Even after her death, she continued to provide counsel from the spirit world.
Targeted to Hurt the Hero: She was killed as vengeance for Aquaman leaving Demon Gate to die in their first encounter.

Iqula

Introduced in Aquaman (1991). The prince, later king, of the merpeoples' city of Tritonis, alongside his wife S'Ona. Iqula is a warrior first and foremost and once led his people to help Poseidonis without their consent. After a defeat in battle, he became an uneasy ally to Aquaman, though they're hardly friends.

Alternate Company Equivalent: His hot temper and stubbornness make him one to Namor the Sub-Mariner, whie S'Ona is equivalent to Lady Dorma as his wife and mediating voice.
Foreshadowing: S'Ona brings up her 'curse' and her pendant with a conspicuous letter K on it, with later issues showing she had a connection to Kordax through her blonde hair.
Might Makes Right: Challenges Aquaman to trial by combat to determine the fate of Poseidonis. After losing, he departed peacefully.
Underestimating Badassery: He underestimated Aquaman's physical and mental prowess and was solidly defeated in their first encounter.

Dr. Stephen Shin

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One of Arthur's oldest friends. A marine biologist and former friend of Tom Curry's who taught Arthur how to use his powers. Feeling that Arthur was a great discovery, he told his colleagues, who did not believe him. He convinced Tom to allow him to publicise the fact that Arthur was Atlantean, but Tom reneged on their agreement, and destroyed Shin's lab and all evidence. Shin eventually told the media, and Tom died, Arthur running away from home for years. Dr. Shin was disgraced and lost his only friends.

Asian and Nerdy: Needless to say. He was even the lonely kind of nerd and admits that Tom and Arthur were his only friends.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Hasn't been seen since Rebirth.
Heel–Face Turn: Started out a reluctant ally up but eventually became a straight-up ally.
It's All About Me: Wanted to be credited with discovering Arthur. He later regretted how he acted. It was later revealed that he wasn't being unreasonable, because Tom agreed to allow Shin to publicise his findings.
The Mentor: Taught Arthur how to control his powers.
My God, What Have I Done?: Sent Black Manta after Arthur to get his blood, leading to Tom Curry getting a heart attack, Arthur killing Manta's father, Manta becoming a super villain, and then caused Arthur to run away from home.
My Greatest Failure: Causing Arthur to run away from home.
Only Sane Man: On the research team he's placed onto after Arthur becomes king. Everyone else is pretty much an idiot or amoral/corrupt.

Lucia Hyde

Jackson Hyde's mother, a refugee from Mera's homeland Xebel.

Expansion Pack Past: Jackson's solo series significantly expands her backstory prior to meeting Black Manta. Including giving her an ex-husband and another child.
Making a Splash: Has hydrokinesis like her son.
Mama Bear
Missing Mom: Abandoned her first child Delilah.
Mrs. Hypothetical: Subverted. She had a brief romance with Black Manta and uses his name, but only because she needed a surname on the surface and "Hyde" was the only one she knew, not because she wishes they were married.
Rebel Leader: In her youth she lead a rebellion against Xebel's militaristic government
Stronger Than They Look: She feigns being meek but is actually a Retired Badass.

Karaqan

" My time is not now. My time is before. My place is there. The original. Othermen come to destroy, and I will stop them. I always stop them."

The age-old guardian sea beast who once protected Atlantis in the distant past. Serving as the ultimate guardian of the Advanced Ancient Acropolis until it sank beneath the waves by Atlan's hands, waking up almost several thousand years later it would be seen going on a rampage at a populated city in Iceland.

Attack Animal: It served as this for the Kings of Atlantis and the domain itself.
Chekhov's Boomerang: Part of its grey matter is used to create a deadly new enemy for Aquaman to fight.
Living Relic: It's a living, breathing piece of Atlantean history, making it incredibly sacred and revered to Arthur's subjects.
Post Humous Character: It's killed off as soon as it makes an appearance but.

Orvax Marius

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A former military commander of the Atlantean naval fleet and Atlaana's forced betrothed. He was an abusive husband who would regularly carry out surface dweller sinking raids alongside his forces. Becoming King of Atlantis only served to worsen his frightful demeanor and further estrange himself from his royal bride.

0% Approval Rating: Even among his fellow Atlanteans he made a great deal of enemies.
General Ripper: He was a captain of Atlantis' marine fleet who regularly abused his family and sank surface-world ships.
A Nazi by Any Other Name: He believes that humans are an inferior breed to be preyed upon, regularly berates those who he believes to be beneath him, and seemingly takes a sadistic glee in picking on both the former and the latter on a regular basis.
Posthumous Character: He was killed off early on before the story began.
Too Dumb to Live: His constant insulting of his wife while bragging of having murdered her other family did not end well for him.

Nuidis Vulko

Post-Flashpoint

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Pre-Flashpoint

"Neptune's Knickers! Sorry, Reverend Mother!"

Pre-Rebirth, Vulko was a noted scientist and trusted advisor of Aquaman and was around to see the previous kings of Atlantis. He acted as interim king on occasion when Arthur abdicated the throne, and often worked to ensure the success of the city and Aquaman himself even when not currently ruling.

Post-Rebirth, Vulko was the advisor to Atlanna, Arthur's mother, but was exiled when he tried to blame her death on Orm. Arthur eventually found him after being outed in being Atlantean by Dr. Shin. He waited his whole life to be found by the true King of Atlantis and took Arthur there. Eventually, Arthur would leave the throne to his brother, leaving Vulko alone.

Pre-Flashpoint

Asshole Victim: While a trusted adviser & confidant before dying in Day of Vengeance one can't forget he plotted with the other son to steal the throne or personally oversaw Orin's sentencing after escaping the Obsidian Age.
Big Good: Tends to serve as this during the Silver and Bronze Age stories, often advising Arthur or helping him in his duties.
Brain Uploading: Turns out Vulko died during The Spectre's rampage through Atlantis. Somehow his soul, his very consciousness was uploaded into an Atlantean Magitek apparatus in order to aid Orin's successor, Arthur Joseph Curry on his adventures.
Cool Old Guy: Despite his age and weight, he's a competent fighter in a pinch and an expert scientist and diplomat.
Flat-Earth Atheist: He's an Atlantean who doesn't believe in curses or other superstitious. He often argues against them, but no one listens to him.
The Good Chancellor: Post-Crisis, after freeing them from the prison and taking the throne, Aquaman appointed him his regent. He was briefly king.
I Did What I Had to Do: This is how he felt when Atlantis pushed for Arthur's exile and execution as he carried it out. Subverted when he realizes his grave error in trusting a duplicitous, surface hating sorcerer's word over his best friend.
Internal Reformist: When Vulko found that the new regime after the Obsidian Age was built on the foundation of corruption and self gain. He turned to enlist the thought to be failed super soldier experiment to take back the throne of Atlantis from its sorcerous monarchs.
Noble Confederate Soldier: Once he and the council conspired with AC's illegitimate son to depose him and make Koryak king. Feeling that it was for the good of Atlantis due to Orin's disillusionment with his liege. After that there was personally overseeing and carrying out Orin's summery execution by decree of Atlantean law due to the former's failed past rescuing ended getting the people of Atlantis enslaved by their ancestors. He quickly regretted this though as unscrupulous.
Regular Caller: Was this to both Arthur's pre & post crisis, Vulko was a dutiful follower of the throne and would always cull to Aquaman in order to retake the throne. Even and especially when after the flat out refusal by the latter, given all that Atlantis put him through Arthur had good reason not to.

Post-Flashpoint

Age Lift: Noticeably younger than his pre-Rebirth self.
0% Approval Rating: After it's discovered he was the one behind the war between Atlantis and the US, most people in Atlantis loathe him, to the point that one of the guards once tried to take advantage of the confusion during an attack on Atlantis to murder him and blame it on the battle.
Big Bad: Of Throne of Atlantis, being the cause behind the events of the story.
Evil Counterpart: To Dr. Shin, Arthur's previous mentor.
The Good Chancellor: Averted. His actions come off more as him wanting his position back than anything else.
I Did What I Had to Do: How he justifies his war crimes; he genuinely believed forcing Arthur to take the throne was the best course of action for Atlantis. Nobody, from Arthur to the people of Atlantis, agrees with him.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Sort of. He says that Arthur needs to be king because Orm is a bad king... Except Orm is shown to have actually been a pretty good King until Atlantis was attacked, and his actions after that are even justifiable and completely Vulko's fault to begin with. This bias can be attributed to Vulko assuming that Orm killed Atlanna, to whom Vulko was very loyal. In actuality, Orm had nothing to do with Atlanna's death, and she faked her own death.

Murk

"You've got nothing to prove. Not to them. Not to the world. Not to me. You're Aquaman, by the Gods."

The leader of the Men-of-War, the main army of Atlantis. While initially loyal to Orm, Murk begrudgingly served Arthur after the events of Forever Evil until he joined Rath's side.

Heel–Face Revolving Door: Originally an Orm loyalist, after his plan to break Orm out of prison was interrupted by Forever Evil (2013) he became a Sour Supporter to Arthur. He joins Rath's coup against Arthur, and impales him with his Hook Hand, but it's later revealed this was part of a plan to fake Arthur's death. He eventually turns against Rath when he goes too far.
Hook Hand: He has a blade-like hook similar to the one that Arthur had in the 90s in place of his right hand.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's generally unpleasant, xenophobic, and violent, but he has a strong sense of honor and can usually be counted on to do the right thing when the chips are down.
Noble Bigot: He's xenophobic and doesn't trust surface-dwellers, but he's still a very honorable man.
Sour Supporter: He's never converted to Arthur's liberal policies, but serves him loyally regardless until Rath's coup.
Two-Faced: Half of his face is heavily scarred.

Mecha Manta

A giant robot programmed with the memories and personality traits of Black Manta’s father Jesse Hyde, effectively resurrecting Black Manta’s dad.

Heel–Face Turn: Eventually sees that his son is too much of a monster beyond what he remembers, so he abandons him and becomes an ally of Jackson Hyde.
Humongous Mecha: Stands several meters tall.
Losing Your Head: In a battle with Aquaman his whole body is destroyed and left in pieces, with only his head functioning.

Lernaea

An imprisoned sea spirit who is found and released by Orm, thus becoming his loyal servant.

Heel–Face Turn: Turns against Orm after she learns what she's being used for.
Man of Kryptonite: Lernaea is made of water and can nullify Mera's water-controlling powers by outright stopping them or enveloping her within her body.
My God, What Have I Done?: Was ordered by Orm to kidnap Aquaman’s daughter Andy, and while she did so, the baby went missing (though eventually found by Aquaman), to her horror and guilt. This leads to her Heel–Face Turn.
Punny Name: She is named after a type of aquatic worm.

Delilah Inaego

Lucia Hyde's daughter by her ex-husband Ellec and Jackson Hyde's half-sister. Lucia never told Jackson about her until Delilah came to the surface to enlist him into Xebel's underground resistance.

Anti-Hero
Badass Normal: She doesn't have hydrokinesis like Jackson and Lucia.
Cain and Abel: Subverted, in her first appearances she attacks and mocks Jackson but only so he will get angry and stop holding back, because she wants him to unleash his full potential. She's actually very excited to finally meet him and really wants a sibling relationship with him.
Chainmail Bikini: Subverted, she wears a full suit of Powered Armor that covers her from head to toe and isn't remotely sexual. It isn't even shaped to her figure like most depictions of female armour.
Cool Big Sis: She really tries to be this to Jackson, but he ends up pushing her away.
Daddy's Girl: She loved her father Ellec and misses him deeply.
Foil: To Orm, they're both the maternal half-siblings of a hero who uses the name Aquaman, but are otherwise mirror images. She's a black woman, Orm is a white man. She's Jackson's older sister, Orm is Arthur's younger brother. She reveres her dead father, while Orm hates his. Arthur and Orm started out as friends but became enemies, meanwhile Jackson starts out hostile to Delilah she really tries to build bridges with him.
Long-Lost Relative: She's Jackson's older half-sister and he didn't know about her until she revealed herself.
Missing Mom: Lucia left her and her father when she was a child.
Patriotic Fervor: She loves Xebel, even if it doesn't love her.
Samus Is a Girl: Her armour gives her a male silhouette, so readers and characters in-universe assumed she was a man until she took her helmet off.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Played With. She's extreme compared to Jackson, but much less extreme than the rest of the Xebelian Liberation Front.
Wicked Stepmother: Zig-Zagged. Her stepmother, Meeka, is a villain but was always nice to Delilah, and Delilah thought of her as her real mother since Lucia abandoned her. Even after Delilah learns Meeka is evil she still loves her.

Quisp/Qwsp

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""-Tee hee- Sorry — but I couldn’t resist using my powers to play some pranks ! -Tee hee-"

Arc Welding: Later stories show that Qwsp is an imp from the Fifth Dimension of Superman's enemy Mister Mxyzptlk.
Badass Boast: "I can wear your laws of physics like a funny-paper hat!"
Darker and Edgier: Followed the same suit as Aquaman in the 90's on purpose.
Evil Twin: In the 1960's, he had a pair of nasty brothers who appeared once or twice.
Great Gazoo: Just like Mister Mxyzpltk.
Let's You and Him Fight: His modus operandi in later stories is fomenting wars in the Fifth Dimension that spill over onto Earth.
Sadistic Choice: Once he decides it would be fun to go Darker and Edgier like Aquaman, he demands that one of Earth's heroes sacrifice themselves as a condition of ending his rampage.

Koryak

Aquaman's illegitimate son by the Inuit woman Kako, Koryak possesses the power to control water, and a whole host of parental issues. When his mother is apparently killed by the Deep Six, he allies with Aquaman to fight them, but later becomes jealous of Arthur's close relationship with Tempest. Responsible for freeing Kordax from his centuries long exile, Koryak temporarily sides with him against his father, is exiled to his village, and then finally aids Aquaman against Anton Geist.

Bastard Bastard: Even when he's one of the good guys, Koryak can't let go of his Parental Issues, and is willing to kill far too readily.
Daddy Issues: Having a parent who tried to kill you often leaves you with this.
Exact Words: When Aquaman says that he promised he would let Jaffar of the Deep Six go, Koryak promptly murders the Apokiliptian agent, because he has made no such promise.
Heel–Face Revolving Door: Allies with Aquaman, then Kordax, then aids Atlantis against Geist.
Hot-Blooded: Koryak tends to charge in without thinking. This nearly gets him killed against the Deep Six.
In the Back: Blows Jaffar apart from behind while he is trying to run away.
Making a Splash: Controls water, using it to form hard projectiles.
Ret-Gone: He disappeared after the New 52 reset.
Walking Shirtless Scene: No shirt needed here.

Lagoon Boy

An amphibious humanoid who was allowed into Atlantis by Aquaman as part of his attempt to make Atlantis more open to outsiders. Became a member of the temporary "New Young Justice" team and teamed up with the normal Young Justice as a reserve member after. Following the disbanding of Young Justice he was recruited into Titans East.

Adaptational Jerkass: He shows up in the Animated Series with the team's name where he is a jerk.
Amphibian at Large: He's an amphibian humanoid.
The Beastmaster: He's shown the ability to command humpback whales.
Blow That Horn: Lagoon Boy has a conch horn that allows him to summon Spotty, a monstrous animal from an undersea trench called the Devil's Deep.
Expy: Lagoon Boy is based on the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Fish out of Water: While he is fascinated by the surface his knowledge of it comes from TV so he is always interested in how the real thing differs.
Fish People: He's a scaled green fish boy.
Monochromatic Eyes: Red ones.
Nice Guy: He's still learning and makes mistakes but he's a nice guy who is fascinated by life on the surface.
Sizeshifter: Can expand like a puffer fish.
Speaks Fluent Animal: He can talk to fish. This allows him to at one point in Robin befriend a monster fish whose mate tried to feed Robin to its offspring.
Walking Shirtless Scene: He doesn't seem to own any shirts.

Silverarm (Nuada Silverhand)

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The King of the Atlantean city of Thierna Na Oge, Nuada lost her arm when her sister Bres, deposed her and seized the throne for herself, and gained a new, cybernetic arm instead. Imprisoned in the city's dungeons, Nuada aided a visiting Aquaman, also imprisoned by Bres, in escaping the city and defeating his brother, Ocean Master, before returning home and regaining her own throne from Bres. She has been his ally since.

An Arm and a Leg: Lost her arm when Bres tried to feed her to a monster.
Cain and Abel: With her sister Bres, resulting in her crippling Pre-Crisis and the latter's death during the Post-Crisis timeline.
Distaff Counterpart: She has a lot in common with Aquaman, right down to her rivalry with Bres, which mimics his problems with Ocean Master. Post-Crisis the similarities only became stronger, courtesy of his loss of his hand; during her Post-Crisis return to continuity the narration invokes their similarities, stating that she and Bres are the Yin to Aquaman and Ocean Master's Yang.
God Save Us from the Queen!: Averted for once. Nuada is a very good queen, and a staunch ally to Aquaman.
Hot Witch: A very powerful, and very attractive, sorceress.
Lady of War: Refined, intelligent, and very dangerous.
Meta Guy: When Aquaman and Nuada meet in the Post-Crisis world, she hints that she still remembers their meeting during the pre-Crisis timeline.
Public Domain Character: She and Bres are named after a pair of (male) characters in Celtic mythology.
Reasonable Authority Figure: After removing Bres from power.
Seers: Nuada can see the past and future, and even timelines that no longer exist.
She Is the King: The ruling monarch of Thierna Na Oge is commonly referred to as "King" regardless of their gender.

Lady of the Lake

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A kindly benefactor who guards the Secret Sea along with her mystic sea nymph hand maidens who wait on her as well as doting seafarers who've passed on the oceans as servants and occasional concubines. Having had ties to Arthurian Legend, she aided then disposed king of the seas; Orin of Atlantis when his own people left him for dead and after a mystic cabal enchants the sea life against him, making Arthur her champion by gifting him with her particular seas power.

Amplifier Artifact: Gives AC the Waterbearer Hand which now empowers him through her.
Anthropomorphic Personification: Of lakes.
Butterfly of Doom: Orin's waterhand or its misuse thereof is considered this.
Content Warning: Gave one to Arthur about The Waterbearers usage.
Elemental Embodiment: Of water.
Empowering Lake Lady: Trope Codifier, based on the original Lady of The Lake no less.
Fisher Queen: She along with her sister oceanic figureheads represent the health state of the world's seven seas. Her evil counterpart The Thirst is a very direct threat to both her and the well being of the world as a whole due to his drought inducing vampiric tendencies.
Functional Magic: The sea itself is a wellspring of arcane power and she physically embodies that power.
Innocent Blue Eyes: She literally has crystal clear blue eyes.
Making a Splash: She has extreme control over water.
Our Spirits Are Different: She's the the guardian spirit of life-giving oceans powered by dreams.
Magical Accessory: Played with; A leg brace she enchanted and gave to Arthur which forms his water hand.
Nature Spirit: One of water, the oceans and collective idea/visualization.

Topo II

A young Coleoidiform, Topo is an anthromorphic cuttlefish who's eager for adventure, just like in his favorite TV show. He has knowledge of "hatches", portals that form a vast network in the seas. He helped the second Aquaman, Arthur Joseph Curry.

Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Hasn't been seen or mentioned since Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis.
Named After Somebody Famous: He's named after the original Aquaman's octopus sidekick.
Plucky Comic Relief: His main function was to be funny and provide surprisingly good help in a pinch.

Man-o-War

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An atlantean citizen turned unjustly convicted prisoner in the despotic sorcerous government, he was subjected to cruel black Magitek experimentation which turned him into a chimeric cast off who was believed to've died during the transformation process.

Body Horror: His transition into the thing he is was... graphic to say the least.
Horrifying Hero: Given how his transformation makes him reminiscent to Cthulhu.
Instant Messenger Pigeon: He and Vulko use very rapid messenger jellyfish to communicate between picking of members of the Sorcerer's league.
The Lab Rat: He was one of many to suffer at the hands of the Sorc council's dabbling in techno-mysticism, and one of the few to survive this.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Goes on one against a host of murderous soldiers as he remembers who turned him into a monster, the entire "Patriotic Vendetta" of his and Vulko's against the corrupt hierarchy running the show is considered this as well.
Poisonous Person: He has poisonous stingers in his tentacles.
Whatever Happened to the Mouse?: He just disappear's after The Thirst crisis is averted and the corrupt council is officially dissolved.

Cron One-Eye

A shark who once tried to eat Aquaman when Arthur was a child, losing an eye to a sharpened piece of coral. The two met again when Arthur was in his teens and struck up a friendship. Cron's memory is better than those of most of his kind, and he often acts as an interpreter between Aquaman and the other sharks.

Brainwashed and Crazy: Forcibly mutated and brainwashed into serving The Shark at one point. When Aquaman defeated The Shark, Cron returned to his old form and personality.
Defeat Means Friendship: Cron remembers Arthur taking his eye when they meet up again, but doesn't hold a grudge, and instead treats Arthur with wary respect.
The Ditz: Sharks, at least in Peter David's run, are universally portrayed as ditzy, forgetful creatures who can't remember five minutes into the past. Somewhat downplayed in the case of Cron, who while retaining the typical shark personality, has a working memory.
Due to the Dead: Within the confines of shark culture. Cron believes refusing to eat someone who has died would be most disrespectful. When one of Arthur's dolphin friends is killed and Arthur tries to run off the circling sharks, it is Cron who approaches him and asks "are you going to eat him?" We later meet Cron when he's on deathwatch with a much older shark; when the older shark finally expires it will be Cron's sacred duty to eat him.
Eye Scream: Lost an eye in his first battle with Arthur.
Humans Are Smelly: Slight variation—it is Cron's considered opinion that humans taste terrible.
Threatening Shark: Mostly averted. While he tried to eat Arthur when he was a child, he's generally not interested in eating humans because they taste bad.

Tsunami

Tsunami, aka Miyu Shimada, was a Japanese-American superhuman who could control water. Though originally a member of the All-Star Squadron, she later had a relationship with King Atlan.

For more on the character, go here

Deities

Poseidon

New 52 Version

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Greek god of the oceans, and a patron deity of Atlantis.

To learn more, see his folder here.

Sea Gods of the World

A group of ancient sea gods hiding from their mother Namma. An amnesiac Aquaman comes into their ocean region, Unspoken Water, and they care for him and heal him. He helps them stand against Namma, and they restore his memory. From then onwards, they are staunch allies.

All Myths Are True: They are all sea deities of various regions, who hail from the same parents.
Antagonistic Offspring: To Namma. They also killed off their father, the original sea god, though he came back and forgave them for it.
Beast Man: Tangaroa stands out as being a humanoid whale.
The Cavalry: Become this for Arthur.
Crossover Cosmology: All the gods come from various regions:
- Chalchiuhtlicue and Tlaloc (Wee and Loc) are Aztec water gods.
- Kumungwe (Ku) hails from the Pacific Northwest Coast indigenous regions.
- Amanikable is from the Tagalog people of the Philippines.
- Varuna is a Hindu water god.
- Repun (Repu) is from the Ainu people of Japan.
- Manannan mac Lir (Mac) is an Irish water god.
- Atabey comes from the Taino people of the Caribbean.
- Master Agwe is a Haitian Voodoo water god.
- Tangaroa (Tang) is a Maori sea god.
Heroic Sacrifice: Seeing Arthur fight Namma for them, they join the fight and get absorbed into Namma’s body. She spits them back out at the end of the fight.
Incest Subtext: Chalchiuhtlicue and Tlaloc are married… but are also brother and sister. Nobody mentions it though.
The Medic: Kumungwe does healing as a major skill.
Pals with Jesus: They are incredibly ancient deities (even if they have lost a great deal of power) and are perfectly happy getting along with Arthur and his family.

Caille

A member of the Sea Gods, she gets her own folder as being more distinct and having a closer history with Arthur.

Amazing Technicolor Population: Her skin is sea/sky blue, though she can shift it to a normal skin tone.
Horned Humanoid: Has some prominent horns.
Ironic Name: She was named after the Cailleach, a Scottish water deity who represents an old lady. She herself is not a hag at all. Somewhat subverted as in Irish “cailin” means “young woman” or “girl”.
Ladyin Red: She tends to dress in red.
Unwitting Pawn: She was meant to be used by Mother Namma to destroy the Sea Gods. Aquaman convinces her she can do better with her abilities if she chooses to.

Mother Shark

An ancient sea spirit who takes the form of a giant shark. She guards all memories that come to her.

The Others

The Others are a secret black ops squad that Arthur previously served in before evolving into his Aquaman title. They all wield Atlantean artifacts.

Ya'Wara

"Run! Run if you have a thought for your lives!"

A jungle princess from the Amazon. She wields an Atlantean globe that enables teleportation anywhere in the world.

Anti-Hero: She is very quick to kill enemies and has more than once commanded her jaguars to attack and eat people. She is easily the most brutal member of the team.
Betty and Veronica: She's the Veronica to Mera's Betty. Though Aquaman and Mera are married and Ya'Wara is a lesbian, Mera and Ya'Wara's first meeting wasn't very pleasant.
Jungle Princess: When she was a child, the plane she and her parents were in crashed in the Amazon rainforest and only she survived. She apparently grew up there and can communicate with some kind of forest god that dwells there.
Ms. Fanservice: Her costume is basically a bikini.
Telepathy: She uses hers with mammals. Though she does seem to be able to make contact with Arthur since he too is a telepath.
Teleportation: The Globe of Transportation that she wears around her neck can allow her to teleport anywhere she wants.

Dominick Torrez (Prisoner of War)

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Dominick Torrez is a soldier haunted by the spirits of his platoon who had died around him. They serve as his partners in battle along with his artifact, Atlantean manacles that enable him to generate force fields;

Barrier Warrior: His manacles allow him to create force fields.
Death Seeker: Slightly implied in a flashback. When the Others were saving a village from an avalanche, he was determined to save everyone "this time" or die with them.
I See Dead People: The souls of his deceased war comrades speak to him.
Necromancer: He can take on the abilities of his dead comrades such as sharpshooting.
Shell-Shocked Veteran: He was the sole survivor of his team and he wears each of their dog tags around his neck. During his first appearance he was even in a mental hospital.
Shockwave Clap: His manacles also delivered rapidly expanding waves of concussive force when clanged together.

Vostok-X

A Russian cosmonaut who was bred and trained to handle space environments. He wields an Atlantean helmet that enables him to survive great lengths of time without food, water, oxygen, or sleep.

Go Mad from the Isolation: Is struggling with this, due to his helmet enabling him to endure space all by himself.

Kahina the Seer

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An oracle. She wields an Atlantean seal that can translate any language.

Legacy Character: Her sister Sayeh takes her place as The Seer.

Characters / Aquaman: Supporting Cast

Aquaman Family

Alter ego: Aquawoman (Rebirth only)

Species: Atlantean

First appearance: Aquaman (1962) #11 (September 1963)

Prince Garth of Shayeris

Created By: Robert Bernstein · Ramona Fradon · Phil Jimenez

First Appearance: Adventure Comics #269

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Lorena Marquez

Created By: Will Pfeifer ・ Patrick Gleason

First Appearance: Aquaman Vol 6 #16 (May 2004)

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Alter ego: Aquawoman (Rebirth only)

Species: Atlantean

First appearance: Aquaman (1962) #11 (September 1963)

Prince Garth of Shayeris

Created By: Robert Bernstein · Ramona Fradon · Phil Jimenez

First Appearance: Adventure Comics #269

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Lorena Marquez

Created By: Will Pfeifer ・ Patrick Gleason

First Appearance: Aquaman Vol 6 #16 (May 2004)

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