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Series | DC Comics |
Age | 37 |
Birthday | January 29, 1986 |
Sex | Male |
Species | Human - Atlantean hybrid |
Height | 6'1" (185 cm) |
Weight | 325 lbs (147 kg) |
Alignment | Lawful Good |
“ | All I ever wanted, was peace and security for Atlantis. | „ |
~ Aquaman |
Orin Atlant-son, also known as Arthur Curry or more famously Aquaman, is a superhero from DC Comics. He is the king of Atlantis and by extension Earth's oceans as well as a founding member of the Justice League.
Background[]
Aquaman aka Arthur Curry was born the son of Atlanna, a Princess from Atlantis. She was banished from Atlantis due to the fact she had a particular interest in the surface world and those people from Atlantis aren’t really found of the surface dwellers. When she got to the surface she eventually met a normal human - Tom Curry, a lighthouse keeper in Maine. Both Atlanna and Tom would meet after a terrible storm. Curry found Atlanna washed up on the shore by waves and rescues her before she can be hurt. Both Curry and Atlanna made the lighthouse their home and over time the pair would develop an extremely strong bond. Eventually the two would fall in love and eventually have a child - Arthur. Tom Curry that would quickly lead to a sentimental relationship when Arthur was born. Although Curry always knew there was more to his wife, he'd never ask her about her origins. By the age of two something strange happened to Arthur - he was playing underwater for an hour without drowning which would be impossible by any ordinary person.
However it was several years late when both Tom and Arthur would find out the truth about Atlanna. She told Arthur/Tom that she came from the learn the lost continent of Atlantis. Sadly Atlanna was on her deathbed when she was telling Arthur/Tom this but she did reveal to Arthur that he had the same skills as she did - increased strength, durability, speed and the power to communicate and control marine life.
After his wife’s death, Arthur's father decided to train young Arthur both physically and mentally to control his unique powers. Arthur was also taught mortality by his father Tom he truly believed that eventually he would become the King of the Seven Seas and the savior of the oceans. Eventually his father also passed away and Arthur decided to leave his Later, after his father's death, Arthur Curry would leave the lighthouse which had been a home to him and his home in the lighthouse in order to find his true calling where he would later adopt his superhero moniker - the Aquaman.
Powers & Abilities[]
- Atlantean Hybridized Physiology: Like most Atlanteans, Arthur Curry is an offshoot homo sapien who is biologically adapted to the deep ocean environment. For most Atlanteans, this means they can breathe underwater, endure the pressures of the deep (among other adaptations), and can only spend a very limited time out of water. However due to either Aquaman's hybrid nature or his royal heritage, he possesses a number of traits others of his mother's side of the species do not; for instance he can spend an elongated time on dry land with little ill effect and is shown to be 20–50 times stronger, faster, tougher and more or less tireless compared to others of his race. Also akin to other amphibian life is his ability to not only function indefinitely within water but to easily withstand the crushing depths of the ocean deep, as well as the harsh environment of the sea itself. These powers make Arthur among other things a super-Atlantean as well as superhuman.
- Superhuman Durability: Tough enough to resist small arms fire with minor injury, the teeth of most trench dwellers break upon contact with his body. He survived an RPG blowing in his face and can thrive in the darkest, deepest bowels of the ocean deep suffering no discomfort. He even lived through falling back to Earth after being launched into orbit by Mera, coming back down hard on top of a sea monsters head, without injury.
- Energy and Heat Resistance: Arthur has taken and lived through multiple energy blasts in the past, including being flash frozen by the dead king's ice magic. His ultimate resilience was tested when he dipped into an open lava bed beneath the sea and emerged unscathed.
- Superhuman Stamina: Aquaman is able to function much longer than any human, without tiring or becoming weak.
- Superhuman Senses: Aquaman's senses are several times more acute than human capacity; he once even heard a police siren from several miles away. His senses are similarly enhanced beyond the regular human norm, he can see perfectly fine in the pitch black abyss of an oceanic trench as well as hear things from a good distance away even while deep beneath the ocean line.
- Superhuman Hearing
- Superhuman Vision
- Superhuman Reflexes: Aquaman's reflexes are heightened to levels far beyond that of any human.
- Superhuman Speed: Arthur is phenomenally fast be it while running or swimming. In the sea he was able to outrace a spy plane owned by The Operative which can travel up to speeds of Mach 5.
- Superhuman Strength: Aquaman's super-Atlantean status enables him to lift insurmountable amounts of weight, for instance towing around fishing boats while tidal waves were crashing down upon them. He is capable of knocking the likes of Superman and Wonder Woman several dozen feet away with singular blows, lifting a 160000 ton Sea Liner barehanded, and lifting and throwing a sunken cargo ship. Some of his greatest feats of might include pushing a tectonic plate over the entrance to the trench's lair, and matching the legendary Hercules blow for blow.
- Super-Leaping: Aquaman can make use of his powerful bodily muscles to launch himself into the air, either jumping on and off land or propelling himself out of open water like a torpedo.
- Accelerated Healing: Aquaman is able to recover from wounds far quicker then any human. It took him a matter of days to recover from his fight with the Shaggy Man.
- Superhuman Durability: Tough enough to resist small arms fire with minor injury, the teeth of most trench dwellers break upon contact with his body. He survived an RPG blowing in his face and can thrive in the darkest, deepest bowels of the ocean deep suffering no discomfort. He even lived through falling back to Earth after being launched into orbit by Mera, coming back down hard on top of a sea monsters head, without injury.
- Latent Magic: Aquaman has the underlying potentiality to cast and manipulate arcanum. Normally he needs an item of power through which he can channel these abilities; like an imperial polearm of national design. An effect which is usually accompanied with a bright golden glow in his eyes, but at times he's been able to use such talents even without his ceremonial trident. Indicating this power is more innate than reliant on a channeling apparatus.
- Magic Resistance: Arthur is more resilient against arcane forces thanks to his dormant magical capacity.
- Life Force Connection: Aquaman has access to one of the seven hidden forces of reality related to the life-giving powers of the oceans themselves. This gives him access to a great many undisclosed abilities the likes of which he has yet to access on his own. Through the Life Force, Arthur is connected to all living beings as he is to the life giving waters which they spring from. Enabling the established supernatural link to any and all sentient entities throughout the cosmos and back towards earth.
- Marine Telepathy: While popular belief is often debated about Aquaman talking to fish or other aquatic fauna. He can 'Hear' the voice of the sea and 'Communicate' with its many denizens living within it along with those who spring from it. Being capable of sending out worldwide telepathic broadcasts with ease, and when necessary. Across space & time beyond mere oceanic psychic ability. Something Arthur has been able to do since when he was very young. He was able to assume control over the mind of the great sea Leviathan Topo but with extreme levels of difficulty as the stress of such an act left him comatose for six months. It seems Aquaman has developed better control over his power as commanding Topo to sunder a dreadnought from Thule wasn't as difficult as it used to be.
- Transformation: Through his use of the Life Force, Arthur could restore fallen gods to their divine selves once again. Even revitalizing them after they'd been subsumed into the primordial goddess Mother Salt. He could also use his powers to keep a divine beast from overtaking Caille's body and mind, enabling her to assume it's power without losing herself to it.
- Hand-to-Hand Combat: Arthur has beaten Black Manta in one-on-one combat. It has been revealed that Arthur was trained by Wonder Woman. Aquaman has admitted that he has trained with Batman.
- Multilingualism: Arthur can speak some Polynesian.
Equipment[]
- Trident of Neptune: Forged from enchanted gold by Atlan, first king of Atlantis, the Trident of Neptune serves as a symbolism of the royal line. Arthur wields the Trident as both his right to rule and as a lethal weapon which can pierce mystical defences and draw blood from New Gods like Darkseid. He eventually lost this trident when the villainous Siren, posing as Mera, usurped his leadership and kingdom, but he has since regained it. Arthur eventually learned his trident is empowered by magical energies. The Trident of Neptune strengthened him by awakening his own dormant mystical capacity, enabling to combat magic in many forms. The Trident was destroyed during Aquaman's battle with the Abyssal Dark-possessed Rath, and currently sits broken in Atlantis.
- Energy Transference: The trident of Atlan has a natural proclivity to absorb, distill, channel and redistribute magical energy both from it's host and outside sources. Enabling the Aquaman to harness and manipulate his own inherent magical power through it, being able to create bundles of arcane energy to attack his enemies with. His magical abilities are likely due to his regal inheritance. He has already been able to overthrow the Crown of Thorns using his innate magical power as well as resist the effect of others' spells and enchantments.
- Eldritch Blast: Arthur can combine his magic and that of the trident to execute great explosions of magic; these explosions are capable of destroying Atlantean fortresses. Through his trident Arthur can discharge potent blasts of raw esoteric power which can put down even the most savvy of magic practitioners.
- Force Field: He is able to generate barriers of energy through his trident.
- Physical Augmentation: The magic of his trident seemingly made Arthur all the more powerful as he absorbed its mystical energies.
- Energy Transference: The trident of Atlan has a natural proclivity to absorb, distill, channel and redistribute magical energy both from it's host and outside sources. Enabling the Aquaman to harness and manipulate his own inherent magical power through it, being able to create bundles of arcane energy to attack his enemies with. His magical abilities are likely due to his regal inheritance. He has already been able to overthrow the Crown of Thorns using his innate magical power as well as resist the effect of others' spells and enchantments.
- Trident of Poseidon: A divine blessing bestowed upon him by its previous wielder Poseidon. The trident given to Arthur blessed him with a host of mystical powers and enchantments as a means to help him battle the invading force known as the Thule. He eventually sacrificed it in order to destroy the encroachment of dimensions, but has been lent a replacement by the gods since then. He put this to full use in the League's war against the mad god Rao, conjuring a massive tidal wave teaming with sea horses. Arthur was gifted the relic by Poseidon once again when the vengeful Triumvirate of Sea Gods, who were wronged by the Grecian ocean divinity millennia ago, came to drown the world. After a lengthily battle with the ancient primal adept Namma with help from a cabaret of old gods, Father Sea would bestow Arthur with his trident once again.
- Divine Empowerment: After receiving the blessing and trident from the Olympian God of the seas, Poseidon, Aquaman gained various mystical powers.
- Weather Manipulation: Aquaman states control over the storm, rain, wind, thunder, and lightning was bestowed upon him.
- Electrokinesis: Aquaman was capable of summoning bolts of lightning from his trident.
- Electro-Blast: Aquaman could project powerful bolts and arcs of electricity from his trident.
- Hydrokinesis: Through both his blessings and the Trident given to him, Arthur was able to bend and manipulate water around himself for various purposes.
- Hydroportation: With an extent water source, Arthur could teleport global-interplanetary distances at will.
- Cryokinesis: Aquaman was able to use his trident to summon large icicles from the ground, and freeze an Atlantean by grabbing him.
- Thule Magic Resilience: With the blessing he received from Poseidon, Aquaman was granted a degree of defense against magic, most prominently the magic of Thule users.
- Bane Field Manipulation: Even before receiving Poseidon's gifts Arthur showed a limited capacity to bend the poisonous aura of Thule realm structures.
- Flight: By Poseidon's blessings, Arthur could fly unaided.
- Divine Empowerment: After receiving the blessing and trident from the Olympian God of the seas, Poseidon, Aquaman gained various mystical powers.
- Shell of Sounds: Given to him by his mother. A relic that can contain recorded memories and dialog from the user, in order to convey their memories to future generations.
- Tenth Metal Armor: During his final battle with the Dark Knights and Barbatos, Aquaman and other members of the Justice League were gifted with suits of armor made from the element of creation itself. The Tenth Metal enables the changing and reshaping of all reality. Using the Element X armor, all of Arthur's natural powers were greatly bolstered. Tenth Metal can also change and morph its physical shape as well as bring the wearer's thoughts and desires into reality. Arthur wearing the Tenth Metal armor caused Atlantis to rise out of the ocean into open air, as this was something he subconsciously wished for.
- Hook Hand/Cybernetic Hand: During an incident where Aquaman's left hand was eaten by piranhas he got a replacement hand in the form of a hook hand. Eventually STAR Labs created a prosthetic that is multifunctional. It’s main weapon is a retractable harpoon, could be drawn into its casing to be temporarily replaced with a prosthetic hand. The Harpoon can be used as a grappling hook to get to higher places. The Harpoon itself can support 2 tons without breaking. It can even spin at high speeds and become a drill - easily able to drill through solid rock. It can even distribute a power electrical charge to the enemy. The Hook Hand can also entangle enemies. Eventually Arthur gained a new prosthetic hand that functioned as his normal hand does but it also has a unique feature is that it can morph into any blunt weapon such as a shield and a mace
- Water Hand: After he lost his metal hand he was given a new water based on by the Lady of the Lake. It is magical and gives him brand new abilities.
- Hydrokinesis: With the Water Hand, Aquaman can freely manipulate the water. Aquaman can manipulate vast amounts of water in various ways. He can fire scalding water jets off extreme pressure and split tidal waves in half as shown here as well as controlling giant tidal waves
Feats[]
Strength[]
- Lifted a cruise ship with ease.
- Held up a collapsing building on his own.
- Can stab Darkseid with his Trident.
- His punches can hurt Superman.
- Can absorb water from the blood of his enemies to increase his strength.
- Collapsed a section of a tectonic plate by pushing hard enough
- Stopped a trident blow from the Dead King who was capable of sinking all of Atlantias wth with a big attack
- Heavily damaged Hawkman
- One-shot Power Ring (who has been shown to be Green Lantern’s Equal)
- Punched Martian Manhunter
- Fought evenly with Martian Manhunter
- Defeated a monster who had just absorbed the powers of Superman
- Tackled Ocean Master through a bridge
- Broke the bonds of Ocean Master powered by the five magic orbs of Atlantis
- Threw his trident hard enough to create a volcanic eruption
- Threw an underwater cruise liner at the Dead King
- Punched Mammoth who was injuring Superman
- KO’D John Stewart with a punch
- Punches an Atlantean soldier off his boat.
- Punches the hood of car, making the back wheels rise up.
- Rams into a submarine.
- Topples a large statue whose base has been weakened by Vixen.
- Kicks Orm a far distance away.
- Topples a moai.
- Lifts a pillar underwater and smacks a dinosaur with it.
- Throws the dinosaur by the tail (still underwater).
- After struggling for a while, breaks an Atlantean-made shackle.
- Rips off the top of a tank and throws it at another tank, destroying it.
- Throws a man using a pair of handcuffs.
- Knocks away the weapons of two Atlantean guards.
- Blocks some of Wonder Woman’s blows.
- Gets up from lying on his back and kicks Wonder Woman.
- Cuts through a gun barrel with his harpoon.
- Cuts through creatures made of lava.
- Breaks through a thick layer of arctic ice.
- Pierces Ice and arrests his fall.
- Shoots his harpoon into a small monster.
- Extends his hook and pushes back lava creatures.
- Deflects an energy beam.
- Throws his trident through a wall and pins Lex Luthor’s hand to another wall.
- Fires a beam that cuts through extradimensional monsters.
- When used by another Atlantean, it fires a beam what appears to be electricity powerful enough to break a large rock.
- Seals an interdimensional breach after Superman and Wonder Woman push a large rock into it.
- When shrunken, slices silicone creatures in half.
- When shrunken, punches a bunch of silicone creatures off him.
- When shrunken, threw a frog around by it’s tongue.
- Nonchalantly knocks out Gordanian aliens.
- Beat up Romans.
- Spins a parademon around, knocking others over.
- Topples a gun turret by body-slamming it.
- Slices through a roof.
- Rips a mech’s leg off and uses it to topple the mech.
- Topples a giant Roman statue after Fire melted one of it’s feet.
- Carries a giant piece of equipment.
- Tears apart a root and knocks out a giant plant that’s easily capable of bursting through roads and buildings.
- Knocks out Gorilla Grodd.
- Punches Planet Master through a wooden support beam.
- Punches Ocean Master hard enough that he cracks the floor when he lands.
- Punches Mr. Freeze hard enough to break open a storage container.
- Throws Batman really far.
- Uppercuts a couple henchmen into the air.
- With Batman, kicks back an Roman Legionnaire brigade.
- Restrains a gorilla.
- Overpowers a pins a couple narwhals to the ocean floor.
- Punches open a security door.
- Throws a rock to destroy a gun turret.
- Destroys time traveling robots by punching, spinning, and throwing one of their heads through another’s body.
- Knocks out Black Manta.
- Knock out a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
- Slices through a submarine.
- Sent Guy Gardner and Booster Gold through a wall in the Watchtower.
- Knocks at least two dozen henchmen off him.
- Punched back a flaming comet attack from Planet Master, causing a building-sized mushroom cloud explosion.
- Throws a huge boulder to crush three mechs.
- Stops an Apokolipan tank, lifts it, and throws it into another.
- Kicks Harley Quinn off him.
- Beats Killer Croc, Scarecrow (DC Comics), KG Beast and Parasite with one hit each.
- Sends Harley flying with a punch cracking the aquarium she rams into.
- Shatters an aquarium when he throws his trident at it.
- One casual strike can knock a regular person out.
- Knocks around Atlantean soldiers hard enough to chip at stone.
- Clotheslines Black Manta into a stone floor hard enough to lightly crater it.
- Casually kicks aside a small boulder.
- Breaks in a submarine’s hatch and heavily dents it.
- Sends a clocktower bell flying with a running shoulder check.
- Casually smacks aside a rowboat.
- Slams Orm into a rock shelf hard enough to knock most of it off.
- Shakes a submarine by ramming it.
- Stabs through a parademon’s armor with his trident, then spears another one with a throw from several meters away.
- Throws his trident hard enough to spear through two parademons to a stone wall.
- Rips a pipe out of the wall and throws it hard enough to pin a man to the metal wall behind him through Kevlar armor.
- Sends Steppenwolf (DCEU) flying away with a swing.
- Spears through Steppenwolf’s armor.
- Slices a chunk of magma in half.
- Clashes with Orm from a full charge and creates a shockwave that covers an entire stadium.
- Throws his trident hard enough to pierce through Atlantean armor and embed in a stone wall.
- Consistently strikes with and block strikes with enough speed to create vacuum pockets behind them and create shockwaves on contact.
- Helps Wonder Woman pull down Steppenwolf, who was bending concrete under his grip.
- Swings two Trench around on a spear into a sailboat’s mast hard enough to break it off.
- Throws a submarine hatch hard enough to embed in metal.
- Heavily warps a heavy wrench and a iron door by opening it.
- Smacks Black Manta with a torpedo.
- Lifts up a section of stone wall.
- Tears two concrete parking stoppers out of the ground and uses them as pair of bolas.
- Pushes a submarine to the surface.
- Stops one of Steppenwolf’s swings.
- Beats up Despero.
- Punches out an OMAC
- One-shots Power Ring.
- Forces open Kyle Rayner’s construct.
- One-shots Olympian.
- Tackles Parallex Hal Jordan.
- Tackles Alan Scott to the ground.
- Draws blood from Martian Manhunter disguised as Superman (DCEU).
- Nearly sends Martian Manhunter back to Mars with a punch.
- Fights evenly with Martian Manhunter while he’s under a telepathic spell.
- Beats up Titus.
- Hurts Kyle Rayner with a punch.
- Hurts Maxima.
- Pulls down Know Man, who no sold punches from Superman.
- Knocks the breath out of Triumph with a punch.
- Flexes out of Swamp Thing’s vines.
- Beats up a monster that absorbed the powers of Superman.
- Punches out a yellow lantern construct.
- Holds back Martian Manhunter with the help of The Flash (DCEU).
- Hurts Ultraman (Ultraman) by throwing a car at him.
- Supports a pillar holding a skyscraper.
- Punches off Charon’s head.
- Rips off one of Cerberus’ heads.
- Throws Cerberus’ head through the gates of Hades.
- Throws a metal rod hard enough to pierce Despero’s skin.
- Punches out an Imperiex probe with the help of Wonder Woman.
- Lifts a San Diego street.
- Wrecks Toxin.
- Easily lifts an alien spaceship.
- Tackles an Angel.
- Uppercuts evil Aquaman.
- Manually diverts the water from his tanks on the Watchtower, which shocks Superman.
- Dissipates a being made of water.
- Throws around some building foundation by a chain.
- Tackles Ocean Master (DCEU) through Sub-Diego.
- Uses construction equipment as a blunt weapon.
- Flexes out of ice created by Tempest twice.
- Casually takes down an Atlantean sorcerer.
- Tackles an OMAC.
- Kicks an OMAC off of him.
- Throws a bus at OMAC.
- Swims up a waterspout and punches Eel.
- Pulls a cruise ship.
- Rips off his hook hand while dehydrated Dr Polaris wasn’t able to rip it off.
- Tears his foot off Trickster’s gum trap.
- Shakes an oil tanker.
- Backhands some underwater soldiers away.
- One-shots Trickster.
- Pulls a giant ship onto shore.
- Accidentally knocks out Mera.
- Easily takes out two Tritonians.
- Breaks out of barnacle handcuffs while dehydrated.
- Kicks the water out of Aqualad.
- Beats up Charbydis.
- Hurts Superboy with a kick.
- Knocks out Superboy with a punch, albeit with the help of Dolphin and Aqualad.
- Sends a large man flying with a tap.
- Rips apart a staircase.
- Takes out members of the Deep Six.
- Takes out Kako.
- Punches Deadline through the ground.
- Thrashes Thanatos.
- Swings fire into Guy Gardner.
- Elbows Kordax.
- Pries a door Dolphin couldn’t.
- Punches Demon Gate through a wall twice.
- Lifts Demon Gate with one hand.
- Pulls the wall out from behind Black Manta.
- Beats up Tempest.
- Overpowers Tempest.
- Easily holds back Superboy.
- Throws a truck filled with explosives at Black Manta’s ship.
- Tears up lava demons.
- Catches a beam swung by King Shark (DCEU) and stabs him with the beam.
- Throws King Shark through a building.
- Knocks out King Shark.
- Tears up the Oblivion.
- Tears up the army.
- Supports a collapsing building.
- Tears apart Lava Lord.
- Breaks some chains and punches Charybdis.
- Rips apart Marauder.
- Breaks the bonds of Ocean Master powered by the five magic orbs of Atlantis.
- Rips apart a robotic squid.
- Accidentally cracks the Justice League table.
- Lifts a ship with one hand.
- Breaks steel cuffs while his powers were being absorbed and did it again with restraints.
- Takes a hit from Charbydis.
- Rips the rudder off of a submarine.
- Punches through the hull of a submarine.
- Bowling with humans.
- Casually blocks all of Aqualad’s punches.
- Beats up Sreng.
- Holds up a sea monster’s mouth.
- Throws a large man over his shoulder with one hand and throws him a great distance into water.
- Headbutts a sea trencher knocking it out or possibly killing it.
- Knocks back Orm and sends him crashing through buildings.
- Punches Orm into a car making him draw blood.
- Throws Flash into a cliffside, breaking off a lot of rock.
- Slams Wonder Woman through a stone wall and throws her to create a larger crater.
- Hits Wonder Woman back, embedding her in a concrete wall.
- Catches Wonder Woman’s punch and slams her through asphalt.
- Using one hand throws a car offscreen.
- The force of him pushing off the ground during a blitz is enough to leave a small crater.
Speed[]
- Can dodge laser fire from Black Manta.
- Can swim fast enough to rival a hypersonic jet without any physical strain.
- His casual swimming speed is 230 mph.
- Faster on land
- Travelled at 10,000 feet per second
- Casually moves at 1,000 knots
- Dodged Superman's heat vision
- Capable of out swimming an entire army of Xebelians
- Swam to the four corners of the earth within a relatively short period of time
- Scaled to the likes of Superman, Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter who are massively faster than light speed
- Managed to jump to the stratosphere in a few seconds
- Swam at 200 knots, or roughly 230 mph
- Outran Mera (who is comparable to him in terms of speed)
- Faster than Class 7 sting-ray torpedoes
- Evaded Sreng while weakened
- Outraces some rockets fired by Marauder and pushes a man out of the way.
- Swims past all the Atlantean defenses.
- Outraces an angel.
- Brings a newborn infant back up to the surface before it could drown.
- Faster than Class 7 stingray torpedoes.
- Surprises Barry Allen jumping out of the water.
- Knocks people off their jet skis by swimming past them.
- More than twice as fast as a regular Atlantean.
- Blitzes some cops.
- Blitzes some soldiers.
- Jumps up to a helicopter.
- Jumps up buildings.
- Outruns a torpedoe.
- Catches up to a fleeing Marauder.
- Swims fast enough to create a whirlpool.
- Swims across Atlantis to catch some sharks about to attack some people.
- Outswims Wonder Woman.
- Evades a swimming dinosaur.
- Swims faster than the Batboat.
- No issues swimming in stormy, rough waters.
- Leaps high into the air from a stand.
- Briefly keeps pace with the Batmobile.
- Breaches high out the water from a short start.
- Swims at high speeds while towing five lifeboats full of men.
- Forms a Mach cone underwater.
- Holds himself stationary inside a rush of water, then rides on top of it.
Durability[]
- Tanked a punch from Wonder Woman with only minor injury.
- Regularly survives the pressures of the ocean floor, which can become thousands of times stronger than Earth's atmosphere.
- Effortlessly survives machine gun fire.
- Took a hit from Malefic with no damage (who is shown to be Martian Manhunter’s equal)
- Also took martian vision from Malefic with no damage
- Took no damage from being hit by Martian Manhunter disguised as Superman (Martian Manhunter is stronger than Superman)
- Took a hit from Lobo with no damage (Has easily matched Superman in combat and has gotten the better of him)
- Took a hit from an angry Wonder Woman with no damage
- Took a hit from a Wonder Woman who doesn't know him and thinks he's attacking her with no damage
- Took a hit from an angry Martian Manhunter with no damage
- Survived a fall from orbit
- Took a blast from Black Manta's laser
- Took a blast from an OMAC
- Impaled by the Dead King's spears
- Takes a hit from an extremely angry Mera who is shown to be Aquaman’s Equal
- Took a missile to the chest
- Took a hit from Solomon Grundy
- Took hits from an Eclipso possessed Power Girl (Power Girl is comparable to Supergirl in Power, Speed and Durability due to the fact that she is an Earth 2 Supergirl and she was amped due to Eclipso possessing her)
- A strike from a normal human doesn’t hurt him at all.
- Takes a fall hundreds of feet in the air and gets back up.
- Rides a parademon as it crashes through several stories of a building and walks out cool.
- Takes a punch from Superman that launches him away and creates a shockwave on impact. The same kind of punch puts Diana on the ground hard enough to crack concrete. He rejoins the fight quite alright.
- Gets ran into by the Flash and hits a set of stone steps hard enough to crater. He’s laid out, but still conscious.
- Takes a swing from Steppenwolf that demolishes a large stone fixture behind him, is injured but in the process of pushing himself back up.
- Takes a punch hard enough that a large wooden pillar splits in half underneath him, and stays conscious until a second punch knocks him out.
- Gets hit by a pole being carried by a tidal wave and is only inconvenienced for as long as it takes to get it off of him.
- Slams through a stone pillar and doesn’t stop fighting with Orm.
- Gets dragged through several meters of rock and keeps on fighting.
- Gets thrown into a stone pillar hard enough to crater it, then gets smashed through it, and seems momentarily stunned at worst.
- A grenade to the chest that launches him back hard enough to cave in a metal wall hurts him, but doesn’t keep him down very long.
- Gets hit by Black Manta’s eye beams, with enough force to push back through several stone fixtures, is heavily injured and burned past the skin, but is able to get back up and continue fighting.
- Takes being hit by Flash, into a cliffside, creating a large crater.
- Is fine after being punched into a cliffside by Wonder Woman.
- Takes being punched by Wonder Woman really far back, through a building.
- Tanks having his head slammed multiple times through concrete.
- Is barely fazed by being punched out of a building by Wonder Woman.
- Takes being rammed into a building by a car.
- Gets punched hard enough to send him and a truck behind him flying back.
- Bullet proof.
- Gets throat punched and kicked by Harley Quinn (DCEU).
- Smiles after Harley wails on him.
- Unharmed by conventional blades.
- Gets kicked through a table by an Atlantean.
- Gets blasted by Orm’s trident which has the power to destroy military tanks.
- Nearly gored by Orm’s trident
- Immune to poison dart frog toxin.
- Immune to sea urchin toxin.
- Roasted in a Gordanian heat trap hot enough to cause everyone to start smoking.
- Swims to thermal energy fissures at the sea floor.
- Shocked by the Penguin.
- Shocked by Black Manta.
- Survived being half frozen in ice in -70 degree conditions.
- Unharmed from an underwater explosion that broke nearby rock.
- Shot by a time traveling robot.
- Survived a hit from a bazooka.
- Hit by Black Manta’s laser eyes.
- Blasted by a magic crystal hard enough to crack a dome.
- Thrown by Darkseid force field which easily disintegrated a wave of water and ice.
- Blasted by Guy Gardner and Booster Gold.
- Slammed by a couple of narwhals into a mountain.
- Tanks blows from Killer Croc.
- Punched by Major Force hard enough to split a tree in half.
- Punched by Ocean Master, who’s strong enough to leave fist imprints in metal and destroy large machines.
- Hit by the Faceless Hunter, who’s strong enough to punch through Red Tornado and slam Batman and B’Wana Beast hard enough to break concrete.
- Doesn’t flinch from Downpour’s punches.
- Gets kicked by Wonder Woman hard enough to crack stone.
- Gets hit by a dinosaur’s tail hard enough to break a stone pillar underwater.
- Syringes can’t pierce his skin.
- Receives an attack from an Atlantean with a dagger and doesn’t visibly bleed.
- Survives a hit from a rocket-propelled grenade, but nearly dies until he’s submerged in salt water.
- Tanks an explosion from beneath a layer of ice.
- Survives an electric beam from his own trident, which can break large stones.
- Takes another beam and gets thrown hard enough to break ice.
- Gets shot in the head by an energy gun while wearing a helmet, then falls off a motorcycle and skids on the road.
- Is unfazed by a powerful stream of water.
- Gets shot in the head by an energy gun while wearing a helmet, then falls off a motorcycle and skids on the road.
- Is unfazed by a powerful stream of water, however, another water attack knocked him back.
- Swims and walks around shirtless at the North Pole.
- Fights hand-to-hand with lava creatures.
- Cuts his hand off using his own belt buckle.
- Takes a full blast from Starro with basically no damage.
- Takes a hit from Malefic with no damage.
- Also takes Martian vision from Malefic with no damage from a hit from Martian Manhunter disguised as Superman.
- Takes a hit from Lobo with no damage.
- Takes a hit from an angry Wonder Woman who doesn’t know him and thinks he’s attacking her with no damage.
- Takes a hit from Martian Manhunter with no damage.
- Takes hits from an Eclipso possessed Power Girl.
- Takes Martian vision to the face.
- Takes a blast from an Imperiex probe.
- Lasts a full minute with Titus, who almost killed Superman with one hit.
- Takes a hit from Triumph.
- Takes a missile to the chest.
- Takes a hit from Solomon Grundy.
- Takes a bunch of hits from Johnny Quick.
- Survives a fall from orbit.
- Ignores the pain that Ocean Master feels whenever he lets go of his trident, which immobilizes him. This was caused by a curse from Nero.
- Takes a blast that would tear apart a normal human.
- Takes a blast from Poseidon's’ trident.
- Takes another blast from Poseidon’s trident.
- Ignores a shock that incapacitated Dolphin.
- Takes an electric shock from Gorilla Grodd’s ship.
- Gets thrown a far distance to a beach but is fine.
- Takes two hits from Mera (DCEU). Mera had been able to casually take down a ship larger than some cities.
- Takes a hit from an Atlantean rail gun while dehydrated.
- Survives getting thrown so violently that some Amazonians believed he couldn’t have survived.
- Takes a blast from an OMAC.
- Survives sustained fire from OMAC.
- No sells Marauder’s rocket.
- Takes no damage from a collapsing building.
- Takes hits from Sreng powered by the magic of an entire city.
- Takes a shock from Marauder.
Skill[]
- Is the King of Atlantis
- Is one of the founders of the Justice League
- Defeated Hercules.
- Has defeated one of his most heated enemies - Black Manta on Multiple Occasions
- Defeated his half brother and rival to the throne - Ocean Master
- Defeated his student - Tempest in combat
- Stopped a war just by showing up
- Commanded plankton to eat a man's brain.
- Devolved The Shark with telepathy.
- Can summon a Cthulhu.
- Can jump 100's of feet in the air.
- He can hear heartbeats.
Agility[]
• Catches a punch thrown at him from behind.
• Pushes a shotgun away before it can be fired.
• Uses a hatch to block semi-automatic fire.
• Dodges a grenade launcher after he knows it’s coming.
• Accurately slips around energy weapon fire.
• Swims around incoming debris from a tidal wave.
• Deflects several energy bolts.
• Dodges an attack from Flash underwater.
• Dodges Wonder Woman’s charge underwater.
• Matches Wonder Woman in a fight.
• Catches Wonder Woman’s punch.
• Dodges and parries the attacks of Killer Croc, Scarecrow, KG Beast, and Parasite.
• Dodges Black Manta’s laser attack in battle.
• Dodges a point blank blast from Despero.
• Dodges two attacks from Tempest.
• As a child FTE catches a harpoon out of the air.
• Tackles some criminals before they pull the trigger.
• Dodges one of Siren’s water constructs.
• Dodges a blow from Siren.
• Dodges a blast from The Shark.
• Dodges a blast from Rhombus.
• Catches a harpoon blast at point blank from Toxin.
• Dodges a blast from Demon Gate.
• Dodges a blast from some Fire Trolls.
• Dodges and blocks the whipcrack of Black Manta’s tail.
• Dodges a blast from omni-guard.
• Dodges a blast and a grab from one member of the Deep Six.
• Dodges a blast from Deadline.
• Blocks a swing from Guy Gardner.
• Reacts to and blocks blasts from laser guns after they were fired.
• Blocks a blow from an Atlantean attacking from behind.
• Dodges bullets from Demon Gate.
• Pulls a rock in front of him to block bullets.
• Easily ducks a gunshot.
• Easily gets away from Charbydis.
• Snatches a spear from Rodunn.
• Grabs two people out of the way of a giant before it could crush them.
• Dodges a sea monster bite.
• Dodges a torpedo.
• Catches a torpedo and turns it around.
• Dodges and catches harpoons.
• Catches a harpoon shot from the Scavenger.
• Dodges a swing from the Thirst
• Dodges beams from an energy gun.
• Turns around and catches a fired harpoon.
• Dodges Orm’s trident attack while lying on the ground.
• Jumps off of falling ice while dodging beams.
Weaknesses[]
- Dehydration: Though he can survive on land just as easily as he does in the water, Aquaman does need the oceans to survive, and the longer he remains away from the water, the weaker he becomes. However, he can fight for hours before this starts to take its toll.
- Underestimated: Even though Aquaman is one of the most powerful beings on earth he is still often underestimated by the humans of earth. At first in the New 52 no one believed Aquaman could do anything other than talk to fish before he joined the Justice League.
Fun Facts[]
- Aquaman first came to being within the 1940s era. In his case being November of 1941 when he was first introduced on More Fun Comics Issue #73.