Q 01/05

Aquaman debuted in November 1941 in the same More Fun Comics issue as which other DC hero?

A) Hawkman

B) Green Arrow

C) Green Lantern

D) Wonder Woman

Answer · why

B) Green Arrow

Green Arrow debuted in that issue too, and editor Mort Weisinger co-created both, Aquaman with artist Paul Norris and Green Arrow with artist George P...

Q 02/05

Aquaman is the son of the queen of Atlantis and a human with what job?

A) Fisherman

B) Marine biologist

C) Lighthouse keeper

D) Navy captain

Answer · why

C) Lighthouse keeper

Lighthouse keeper is right: Tom Curry tended a lighthouse, and his son with Atlanna also goes by the Atlantean name Orin.

Q 03/05

Which HBO comedy gave its hero a record-breaking James Cameron Aquaman movie years before the real one?

A) Curb Your Enthusiasm

B) Veep

C) Entourage

D) Silicon Valley

Answer · why

C) Entourage

Entourage did it: its hero Vincent Chase starred in James Cameron's Aquaman, which on the show broke the record for the biggest opening weekend.

Q 04/05

During the Silver Age, Aquaman was a founding member of which team?

A) The Outsiders

B) The Justice League

C) The Justice Society

D) The Doom Patrol

Answer · why

B) The Justice League

The Justice League is right: he was among the founders in The Brave and the Bold #28 (1960), and in 1984 he briefly disbanded and reformed the League ...

Q 05/05

In his earliest stories, how did Aquaman communicate with sea creatures?

A) By telepathy across any distance

B) Through a magic conch shell

C) By speaking their language, if they were near

D) Through hand signals he had taught them

Answer · why

C) By speaking their language, if they were near

By speaking their language, if they were near: long-range telepathy came later and became a comedy punchline.