![]() ![]() In Adventure Comics #452, Aquaman has a showdown with his greatest villain, Black Manta. Aquaman's happy undersea fairy tale life with his perfect Aqua-family was coming to its end. Fighting Nazis gave a huge number of costumed heroes plenty to do, but once that battle was over, the superhero craze started to die down.Īs the 1980s drew near, comics were determined to grow up a bit, taking on darker themes and more serious stories. In the 1940s he was simply too busy fighting Nazi U-boat captains to have that complex a backstory. It was only later stories that made Aquaman first Atlantean and then the heir to the Atlantean throne. So this version of Aquaman isn't Atlantean at all, although he was raised in a deserted city that might have once been Atlantis. Using the ancient science of that forgotten civilization, he raised Aquaman to live comfortably under the sea, down to breathing water and talking to sea life. Aquaman's mother died when he was a baby, and his father took him to live under the sea, in a water-tight building that was part of a long-abandoned city under the sea that he'd found. As he relates in flashback in that story, his father was a world-famous undersea explorer and researcher. ![]() with the opportunity to set a percentage of the purchase price to go to the We Can Be Heroes campaign.Everybody knows that Aquaman's from Atlantis, but in his first appearance in 1941's More Fun Comics #73, that wasn't the case at all. Digital bundles: An online fundraising initiative that offers fans a suite of popular digital comic books, movies, games and music from DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Online auction: The online auction will also include other highly unique items such as a collection of original pieces of comic book character artwork, entitled Darkness & Light, which was custom commissioned and created by contemporary artists for the benefit of We Can Be Heroes. In addition to the seven KIA vehicles inspired by the individual Super Hero characters, the DC Entertainment-KIA partnership will culminate with a fully drivable custom car, also designed by Jim Lee, that encompasses each member of the Justice League, to be auctioned off at 2013 Comic-Con International in San Diego to raise money for the cause. The partnership, which has yielded seven individually customized vehicles to date, harnesses the talents of legendary comic book artist and DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Jim Lee, who has collaborated on the design of each car with his vision for each iconic member of DC Comics’ Justice League. Justice League-inspired vehicles: Over the last six months, DC Entertainment has partnered with KIA Motors to bring the World’s Greatest Super Heroes to life by combining automotive styling with comic book art. One small act can make you a hero and a lot of small acts can save millions of lives.” “You don’t need a super power to be a hero. “We hope to build upon last year’s very successful inaugural campaign, which raised more than $2 million and helped change the lives of more than 5 million people,” said DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson. ![]() ![]() These nonprofit partners have a track record of delivering effective and expeditious humanitarian aid to those affected by this crisis." "We Can Be Heroes raises funds for three humanitarian aid organizations working in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya: Save the Children, Mercy Corps and International Rescue Committee. and DC Entertainment formed We Can Be Heroes in response to the crisis in the Horn of Africa where 8 million people are in need of life-saving food, clean water, healthcare and other services," DC Entertainment Senior Vice President Amit Desai told Wired. More than a year after launching its We Can Be Heroes charity initiative, which raises money for humanitarian aid organizations dealing with the hunger crisis faced in the Horn of Africa, DC Comics announced the second phase of the project today: a fundraiser on the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo. ![]()
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