I never saw this animated show of Aquaman until I was a senior in high school. We'd finally gotten a VCR and I rented the Super Powers cartoon set of Aquaman. Though the animation can't hold a candle to today's standards, I truly appreciate the work that Filmation did. The only gripe I had was Aquaman sporting black boots instead of the green fins on the back of his legs. I truly felt the show had its strength in terms of story lines. Aquaman is truly in his element and you did not mess with him. While I love the SuperFriends with a passion, their use of Aquaman was inexcusable, keeping him out of the water way too much. But I will say this, the SuperFriends had the upper hand in terms of voice over. I liked Norman Alden, the first of the 2 Aquaman voice overs better than I did Marvin Miller on this show. For some odd reason, people keep thinking Ted Knight did his voice. While Ted is definitely associated with the Aquaman show, he was the narrator, supportive players and villains while Marvin Miller was Aquaman.
In this show, Aquaman had a sidekick named Aqualad, who together were like an underwater version of Batman and Robin, with Aqualad using stupid catchphrases like "Holy Haddocks!" and "Sufferin Sailfish!", plus they had an Aqua Cave. SOund familiar? And like the SuperFriends afterwards, they had to have a cutesy character around, hence Tusky the Walrus and 2 Seahorses, Storm and Imp. Mera is in the cartoon, but she's not Aquaman's wife. The only villains I recognize are Black Manta and the Fisherman, but I'm not familiar with the Brain and Queen Vassa.
Tomorrow, I will pick up the series on DVD. Too bad it doesn't have the DC Super Hero segments. I love Aquaman along with Batman and Superman, thanks largely to the SuperFriends.
In this show, Aquaman had a sidekick named Aqualad, who together were like an underwater version of Batman and Robin, with Aqualad using stupid catchphrases like "Holy Haddocks!" and "Sufferin Sailfish!", plus they had an Aqua Cave. SOund familiar? And like the SuperFriends afterwards, they had to have a cutesy character around, hence Tusky the Walrus and 2 Seahorses, Storm and Imp. Mera is in the cartoon, but she's not Aquaman's wife. The only villains I recognize are Black Manta and the Fisherman, but I'm not familiar with the Brain and Queen Vassa.
Tomorrow, I will pick up the series on DVD. Too bad it doesn't have the DC Super Hero segments. I love Aquaman along with Batman and Superman, thanks largely to the SuperFriends.