“Hey Aquaman, do it your goddamn self!” – Super Friends #17

Really Aquaman? You want to go down that route? You want Superman to bail you out of this one? You want him to help you get out of a jam that COMES FROM THE OCEAN?

The Super Friends comic was a more kid-friendly effort from DC, of course tied in with TV show of the same name. In this particular issue — written by E. Nelson Bridwell with art from Ramona Fradon and Bob Smith —  Wonder Twins Zan and Jayna have disappeared into different points in the timestream. The heroes, instead of looking at each other and saying “What exactly is the downside those twits being gone?”, decide to go and rescue them. Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman travel to Krypton’s past to retrieve Jayna (while there witnessing the launch of Kal-El’s rocket) and Superman and Aquaman head to an alien world of the future to save Zan. In what must be a great relief to all seven Aquaman lovers out there, Arthur doesn’t prove to be the complete incomeptent that the cover would suggest:

Well done, fish-man.

I actually like Aquaman, and I think that he gets a bad rap. But he’s just so easy to pick on. He really is.