AquaSpotting

This is the page to list any little time you see Aquaman in any media other than comic books. This is for mentions on TV, in magazines or newspapers, for sightings related to Aquaman creators that seem Aqua-noteworthy, or anything else. If the sighting appears in a comic book, please report it on the Sightings page. Anyone can post a sighting of Aquaman in a comic book in the discussion page there.

For sightings here, please post a date and grade if possible.

Aquaman Spotting

2007

09 Jul 2007 - Another Aquaman profile at MySpace -Goggles Pisano

08 Jun 2007 - In a promo for Comedy Central's new show "Li'l Bush" which casts George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Condi Rice, and all their co-horts as a latter day Our Gang, the pint-sized president gives us these reasons to watch his show: "Terrorists. Emboldened. 9-11. Aquaman. Tacos. I think I've made myself clear." -Vincent P Bartilucci

02 Jun 2007 - I have an Aquaman sighting! It's in tomorrow's Atlanta Journal Constitution. In fact, it's an article about me and a novelist named Sheri Joseph. The reporter mentions my "blog," and the fact that I seem to be obsessed with "Aquaman and Jerry Lewis." During the actual interview, I cited your blog by name, Laura... well, that part didn't end up in the paper, but maybe people will seek out my "blog" and be led to yours. And it's all thanks to Aquaman! Now give me another shell! -Jack Pendarvis

27 May 2007 - It hurts my heart in horrible ways that I will probably never own one of these: Tonner Dolls Scroll down thru the costumed people to reveal Aquaman on Storm. The doll is "coming soon" according to the Tonner Doll web-site but the centerpiece - no such luck! and the Mera doll that's currently on ebay was a doll convention exclusive limited to 300. She's beautiful! -Vincent P Bartilucci

26 May 2007 - DC Legacy: This summer Rittenhouse Archives presents the first DC Comics Trading Card Set to feature SUPERMAN, BATMAN, WONDER WOMAN, GREEN LANTERN, FLASH, AQUAMAN, and other legendary DC characters as they have appeared in comic books from the 1930s to the present! The stunning 50-Card Base Set will feature holo foil and UV-etch printing to bring each character's rich history to life! Coming: 09.26.2007

Each box of this ground-breaking series will contain ONE hand-drawn colored Sketch Card - a first for any DC trading card series! There are more than 45 artists included in the product to date, including: Link -Joe

08 May 2007 - From a transcript of a Live Chat with representatives of Warner Brothers Home Video TV and animation:

[ThomasP] Are there any plans for season sets of "World's Greatest Superfreinds", "Super Friends - Galactic Guardians", Filmation's animated Aquaman series and Filmation's 1960's animated Batman series? Also the Suprefirends "Lost shorts" from 1980-193?...Much thanks for the upcoming Filmation's Superman, Filmation's (1977) Batman, and Super Friends: Legendary Super Power Show.

[Warner_Brothers] Galactic Guardians and Aquaman are coming out in 07. New adventures of batman is coming out in 2007. Super Friends: Legendary Super Power Show is being released in 2007. the rest are being evaluated.

Link for the full transcript

I'm a giddy little fanboy. The Aquaman Filmation cartoons are one of the primary reasons Aquaman is my fav'. The first time I saw Artie in a comic I wondered where his black boots were! -Vincent P Bartilucci

02 May 2007 - Found this early this morning. -Joe

20 Apr 2007 - This has been out since Saturday, so you've probably seen it, but just in case. Link -etude finch

21 Apr 2007 - Hello, big Aquafan here, i checked out your Aquaman in popular music section and didnt see these 2. I'm a big hip hop fan as well as being an Aquaman fan and i'm always happy to hear him name dropped by artists i like. 2 examples are the song The Mask by Dangerdoom that features the line "Aquaman's pops can't watercheck me" don't know what it means exactly but there it is. The other example is found in the song Animalistics by The Last Emperor, it has the line "Man i'm hot like Atlanta, we about to do battle like Aquaman and Black Manta". -Alexander Adcock

02 Mar 2007 - CBR interview with Tad Williams. -Joe

19 Feb 2007 - Have you seen the Sunday 2/18 newspaper comic strip "The Flying McCoys" by Gary & Glenn McCoy? Super hero themed and Aquaman is present. I'm sorry, I can't seem to find a link to it... -John

18 Feb 2007 - Alter Ego 69 -Billy

12 Feb 2007 - I was watching jeopardy today and one question asked which D.C. hero is king of the seven seas.. AQUAMAN.. -Dennis Doucette

08 Feb 2007 - I just saw a fun little cameo by Aquaman in the Electra Woman and Dyna Girl pilot for the WB from a few years ago. Two interesting side bits here... Norman Alden, the voice of Aquaman on the Super Friends, played Electra Woman and Dyna Girl's side kick on the original 70s show; and the WB is also the network that greenlit the Aquaman t.v. series, before they merged with those losers at UPN and mucked everything up! Anyway, neat to see someone wearing the classic orange and green uniform... but what's up with the weird make-up? Kinda creepy! Here's a link for the pilot on youtube... -Wil Radcliffe

03 Feb 2007 - I saw Aquaman on an episode of X-play on G4 TV.. Heres the story.. Memory Card: A psychotic serial killer who would conceal his identity (in a parody of Billy the Jigsaw Puppet from the movie Saw) by speaking through a modified R.O.B. robot. During the 2006 Halloween episode, Memory Card kidnapped a number of G4TV hosts and put them through a series of tortuous deaths (Kevin Pereira had a Virtual Boy strapped to his head and played Wario Land until his eyes exploded, Zach Selwyn was cut in half by a combination DDR dancepad/beartrap, etc.); Adam and Morgan were both trapped in a room wearing modified Power Gloves that were rigged to explode after 30 minutes unless they listed the top ten scariest video games of all time. At the end of the episode, it was revealed that the person behind the "Memory Card" persona was actually Aquaman, who wanted revenge on X-Play for naming his Battle for Atlantis the worst game of all time. -Dennis Doucette

25 Jan 2007 - Caught a mention of Aquaman on Mythbusters last night (the January 24th episode).

One of the myths being explored was the feasibility of escaping from a sinking auto by either opening the door or rolling down / shattering the window. Before one commercial break near the end of the show, the announcer encourages us to keep watching by asking if Adam (Savage, co-host of the program) will learn to “channel his inner Aquaman” or words to that effect.

I believe the episode is being replayed on Sunday evening (9pm?) so we can all check it out for the actual quote.

This Aqua-spotting is fun! -Vincent P Bartilucci

12 Jan 2007 - Aquaman's One Year Later state soon explained ! Link -Hugo

2006

18 Dec 2006 - The most recent issue of "Smallville Magazine" (Dec. 2006) includes an article on Aquaman, his history, and media appearances. A must read for any Aquafans. -charles coletta

18 Nov 2006 - Caught a mention of Aquaman on the November 15th episode of Drawn Together. Foxxy Love burts in on Captain Hero and another of the flatmates (Don't remember who - Xander? Toot?)in bed together. Captain Hero leaps to the doorway and invites Foxxy to join them with the assurance that, "The fin rot I picked up from Aquaman is all cleared up." The door opens up just a bit more to reveal that Hero's right arm is a fin.

Hey, at least it's not another ill-informed "Aquaman is useless" joke!

This is from memory so i'll post a correction if necessary when the episode is replayed. -Vincent P Bartilucci

11 Nov 2006 - Stop Picking on Aquaman -Arthur Curry

02 Nov 2006 - This blog has [ http://bonesmen.blogspot.com/2006/11/its-aquaman.html a little Aquaman art], nice picture. -Joe

04 Sep 2006 - An episode of THE VENTURE BROTHERS titled "Fallen Arches" included a discussion about whether or not Aquaman has a secret identity. A mention was also made on Black Manta. The character of Hank Venture has been seen several times wearing his Aquaman Underoos. -charles coletta

10 Aug 2006 - I'm not sure if this qualifies or if you've seen it but there's an interesting interview with Ramona Fradon at The Real Ramona. She discusses the creation of Aqualad... -Chris Long

16 Jul 2006 - The June 25, 2006 edition of the TOLEDO BLADE (Ohio) ran an article titled: "Is Aquaman All Wet?: Awkward Superhero Is Becoming Cool." -charles coletta

23 May 2006 - We had a super hero day at my school and i dressed up as my favorite superhero.. AQUAMAN!! Picture 1, Picture 2 -Dennis Doucette

29 Apr 2006 - In the April 28/May 5, 2006 Entertainment Weekly (Issue #874/875), Aquaman gets a mention. On Page 126, they do a piece on shows with similar themes, and which of the two they prefer.

For Aquaman:

• Aquaman (The CW, drama) Inspired by the comic-book series about a superhero who enjoys the H20.
• Ultra (CBS, drama) Inspired by the comic-book series about a superhero who's a single girl in the city.

VERDICT: Ultra. We're down with any superhero who can leap tall buildings and reject men in a single bound. Plus, she'd probably kick ass at speed dating."

So, not a great mention for Aquaman, but then again they don't actually say anything bad (or good) about the show at all. And they also admit that they haven't seen a second of any footage of any of the shows they have in this piece. -Joe

19 Apr 2006 - James Krueger (co-plotter and scripter of "Justice") claims to be a major and Aquaman fan and discusses him in the following interview. He gives some hints of Aquaman's future in the miniseries. He also says the Jim Aparo/Aquaman period included some of the best comics ever made. Link

05 Apr 2006 - Our review group on Newsarama is reviewing Aquaman: Sword Of Atlantis #41 this week, so there will be a bunch of reviews of that issue. Newsarama Review Group reviews SOA #41 -Mike

17 Mar 2006 - In the new Entertainment Weekly (#869, March 24, 2006), Aquaman gets another little mention. On the "Mail" page, there is a cropped shot of AC from the cover of Aquaman #40. Below it reads: COMICS ROUNDUP, Recognize that guy? It's Aquaman - retooled along with other classic DC Comics super-heroes - in the new One Year Later series. Get Ken Tucker's review of the daring new comics, then post your own thoughts at ew.com/comics. -Joe

17 Mar 2006 - On last night's episode of THE OFFICE, Michael Scott was comparing himself to Superman and the office staff to Gotham city which led to a discussion of how the correct hero was Batman which further lead to a comparison of himself as AQUAMAN and the office as the ocean. What a great show! -Jimmie

12 Mar 2006 - In this week's Entertainment Weekly, issue #868 - March 17, 2006, Aquaman gets a mention. On page 22, there is an article titled "Water Log". It features a cropped shot of Aquaman current series cover #17 and a paragraph on the recasting of Toale. Also has two little pics of Toale & Hartley. Then it goes on about other pilot leads who were replaced in their series. -Joe

11 Jan 2006 - Good Eats: "Squid Pro Quo" - There was some sort of Giant Squid theme, and one of the supporting cast for the episode wandered off down the beach. When someone worried that the Giant Squid Monster had got her, Alton Brown replied something to the effect of, "No, she's ok. I just saw her walking with Aquaman."