The original Aquaman of Earth-Two was just fine swimming with his finny friends and fighting both Nazis and pirate to bide his time under the tides. And he used the time to master his communication with the undersea life thanks, in part, due to the knowledge imparted to him as a youth by his scientific father... since he didn't have the natural telepathic abilities that his counterpart Arthur Curry of Earth-One possessed. That Aquaman gained his powers thanks to being born a hybrid of a human father and an Atlantean father. Each Aquaman had numerous adventures in the oceans around the world, with the silver age version joining the Justice League of America while his earlier twin remained a relative recluse aside from occasional appearances alongside the war time All-Star Squadron.
Aside from slightly different color schemes (yellow instead of green gloves and fins for the first Aquaman) and origins, each were cookie-cutter counterparts of the other in most significant ways. They each faced arch-foes with "Black" dispositions... as in Black Jack the pirate and Black Manta the terrorist (and aforementioned arch-foe), with their legions of minions, as well as encountering their closest relation several times... on Earth-One this was the evil Ocean Master aka Arthur's brother Orm Curry, and on Earth-Two the good Sea Sleuth aka Phineas Pike a detective of the oceans and close friend to Aquaman.And, of course, the Aquamen's greatest allies were the creature with whom the shared the seas throughout their careers and for whom they often gained the upper hand against their foes. Each endured for decades as their world's premier heroes of the oceans. And for the dozens of adventures that Earth-One's Aquaman had alongside his wife Mera as well as scores of tales as a charter member of the Justice League of America, this was balanced on Earth-Two by Doctor Fate's costumed crusades when he no longer had the helmet of Nabu and was simply a powerhouse like the King of Seas. Fate aka Kent Nelson had a partner in both fighting crime and in love in his wife Inza.
In addition to that, Fate was a charter member of the Justice Society of America, fighting alongside that team for several years while his actual counterpart Felix Faust was an arch-enemy of the Justice League when he wasn't pretending to be Earth-One's Doctor Fate himself. Both Arthur and Kent possessed super strength, tough physiques and mental abilities and an affinity towards Atlantis itself.
No comments:
Post a Comment