So Arthur Curry (Aquaman to his friends...and enemies) was killed by a zombie of his dead son (whilst Aquaman was in the midst of being cursed and mutated by some kind of gypsy/god/demon or something) and hadn't been heard of since. Then the "Blackest Night" story came along and introduced us to the White Lantern, the origin of all life in the universe. This lantern, seemingly having a conscience of it's own, gave life back to dead heroes and villains (Aquaman, Hawkman & Hawkgirl to name a few) for it's own unknown purposes.
Anyway, Aquaman is back in action for about a week, with this new body and two hands (he had long ago lost his right hand to pirahna several years ago). So he blinks in the middle of a fight with Black Manta and Manta chops his hand off!
How could you fuck that up twice? Is Batman going to let Bane break his back again? Is Superman going to let Doomsday beat him to death again? Am I actually comparing Aquaman to Batman & Superman?
I've actually been defending Aquaman for years, he gets a bad rep. Let's face it, he's pretty useless but he's one hell of an underdog. If anyone is going to be underestimated, it's him. And if anyone can save the day at the last second, it's probably going to be him because the bad guy just isn't paying him any attention!
However, losing your hand A) to fish...when you have the ability to control FISH and B) getting it back and then GETTING IT CHOPPED OFF AGAIN is definitely a big demerit in the coolness factor. Granted, pirahna are the one fish he can't control...but that's no excuse.
Many episodes of "Super Friends" involved the heroes having to rescue Aquaman but it's pretty clear that nobody can save Aquaman from himself.
