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CPF WotS, Rd. 1: Aquaman vs. Beast Boy

Aquaman

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Beast Boy

2 votes

Edgy MD Dec 16 2014 10:52 AM

In the showdown that MFS62 has been jonesing for, two dudes who can breathe underwater meet in the Gold/Silver-Era Superheroes Bracket of the DC/Indy Conference [fimg=300]http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/thumbnail_570x321/2013/07/aquaman_a_l.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=350]http://media.dcentertainment.com/sites/default/files/GalleryChar_1900x900_beastboy_52ab931cdd3fc2.22281527.jpg[/fimg] Name: Aquaman Name: Beast Boy AKA: Arthur Curry, Orin, Aquaboy AKA: Arnold Drake, Bob Brown Creator(s): Mark Weisinger, Paul Norris Creator(s): Garfield Mark "Gar" Logan, The Changeling Place of Birth: Either Amensty Bay, ME, or Atlantis Place of Birth: Dunno. How He Came to Be: Either you buy that his father discovered Atlantis and Arthur developed his powers by being raised in Atlantis and schooled in their ways, or you buy that his father married an Atlantean and Arthur's powers developed genetically. Or perhaps he was found by his father and has no biological human parentage at all. How He Came to Be: Contracts a rare illness, and is given an experimental serum by his parents. BOOM! Superpowers! Base of Operations: Atlantean Royal Palace; Poseidonis, Atlantis Base of Operations: San Francisco, CA Teams: Justice League, Black Lantern Corps, The Others Teams: Doom Patrol, Teen Titans, Young Justice, Titans West, The Ravagers Signature Lines: "If you sail the seven seas! In gondola or catamaran! And you find yourself in trouble! Please call on Aquaman!" Signature Lines: "Watch out! Endangered species comin' through!" Arch-Enemy: Ocean Master (Black Jack in the early years) Arch-Enemy: "Zookeeper" Sidekick(s): Topo the Octopus, Aqualad, Lorena/Aquagirl II Sidekick(s): None Paramour(s): Mera, Kako Paramour Jillian Jackson, Raven, Terra Has Been Played By: Alan Ritchson, Justin Hartley, Vincent Chase, Craig Ferguson, Jason Momoa Once Played By: Nobody except cartoons and their voices, as far as I can see. Could Have Been Played By: Troy Donahue Could Have Been Played By: Elijah Wood Song I Think Of: "Underwater Life" Song I Think Of: "I'm an Animal" Supernatural Powers: His body adapted the high-pressure environments of life underwater, Aquaman has superhuman strength, endurance, durability, reflexes, agility, dexterity, healing, and senses. He can, of course, swim at very high speeds. (Wikipedia is telling me 3,000 meters per second, so you know it's true.) Current don't bother him much, as he's been known to swim up Niagara Falls. He has telepathy that allows him to speak to sea creatures. They mostly have little to say, but he can summon them to his aid. His telepathic abilities also allow him to understand any human toungue. Apart from being pressure-resistent, he's resistent as well to extreme temperatures. His skin is tough enough to deflect most gunfire and he has limited sonar capability.He enventually aquired a magical right hand to replace one that was severed. This hand is made of water and allows him to dehydrate an enemy (wow), shoot jets of water, freeze or scald as needed, or call the The Lady of the Lake up for advice. Supernatural Powers: He can change into any animal, at least any animal he has seen, including those he's seen in pictures. These enclude extinct things like T-Rex. It's no matter the outrageous changes in mass, that you'd think would lead to some sort of energy burst, he can totally do this. He's got a dramatic ability to heal, that you might think a shapeshifter should have. He has all those animal's abilities. If he's a jellyfish, he can sting, if he's a bat, he can see at night. Non-Super Abilities: He seems like a good dude, but I don't know that he has any superlative non-super abilities. Non-Super Abilities: He's got hand-to-hand combat proficiency, but I would think keeping that sharp is a waste of time. Just become a boa and strangle. Weaknesses: Through much of his history, he grows fatigued if he spends prolongued periods on land. At some points in his history, it was suggested that he'd die if he didn't come into contact with water at least once per hour. Weaknesses: Changing into very large forms can tire him. And he cannot turn into a form that the space he's confined to won't allow. He also has to think of the right animal for the right situation. Not always as easy as all that in the heat of a conflict.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 16 2014 11:20 AM Re: CPF WotS, Rd. 1: Aquaman vs. Beast Boy

I know him more as "Changeling". The Doom Patrol is my favorite DC superteam (a little bit of Fantastic Four, a little bit of X-Men) and the Titans were always, to me anyway, far more interesting than the Justice League. I know they gave Aquaman some edge later on, with his long hair and a blade replacing one of his hands (is he still like that, I wonder) but when I think of Aquaman I think of Mitt Romney trying to pretend to be the Sub-Mariner. (Oh, and Justin Hartley played Green Arrow on Smallville, not Aquaman. But good job including Vincent Chase and Craig Ferguson!)

Benjamin Grimm Dec 16 2014 11:23 AM Re: CPF WotS, Rd. 1: Aquaman vs. Beast Boy

Benjamin Grimm Dec 16 2014 11:25 AM Re: CPF WotS, Rd. 1: Aquaman vs. Beast Boy

Vic Sage Dec 16 2014 12:13 PM Re: CPF WotS, Rd. 1: Aquaman vs. Beast Boy

i liked Peter David's run on Aquaman (i like his runs on practically everything). And the "Brave & the Bold" cartoon version was hilarious. Beast boy? some comic relief for the Teen Titans cartoon, but otherwise "eh".

Edgy MD Dec 16 2014 12:38 PM Re: CPF WotS, Rd. 1: Aquaman vs. Beast Boy

Aquaman, like many of your Golden Age allies, has had a serious case of power creep. That annoys me. After fifty years, all these guys founded to trade blows to the baddies can now create a tsunami by farting in the bath. But still, he calls himself Aquaman instead of Waterman. I like that respect for Latin.

Edgy MD Dec 16 2014 04:30 PM Re: CPF WotS, Rd. 1: Aquaman vs. Beast Boy

Benjamin Grimm wrote: (Oh, and Justin Hartley played Green Arrow on Smallville, not Aquaman. But good job including Vincent Chase and Craig Ferguson!) Hartley played him in a 2006 pilot for a CW series that never came to be.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 16 2014 05:35 PM Re: CPF WotS, Rd. 1: Aquaman vs. Beast Boy Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 16 2014 07:58 PM

I watched him for years on SuperFriends, read him in various iterations of the Justice League, and owned two of his figures growing up. So why is it that whenever I see the guy these days, all I can think is, "Aquaman, go... talk to some fish?"

Fman99 Dec 16 2014 06:30 PM Re: CPF WotS, Rd. 1: Aquaman vs. Beast Boy

Aquaman has more aquapubes so he wins.

MFS62 Dec 16 2014 09:45 PM Re: CPF WotS, Rd. 1: Aquaman vs. Beast Boy

You may think that while Aquaman breathes under water and can talk with fish, so can Spongebob Squarepants. But its not easy to do those things. Just try them. Later