Comics on Film: The Excellent 'Aquaman' Proves That the DC Universe Lives

[Amber]

For years -- decades even -- wider popular culture and even embedded comics fans have been strangely unanimous concerning their opinions over one superhero: Aquaman. It seems that for the longest time, the only people who were willing to give the character the benefit of the doubt were fans who had already given him a chance, and in so doing, discovered an underwater world within the DC Comics Universe that had a legacy of wonderful storytelling, encapsulating ideas like those found in regal Arthurian legends, and even horror stories about the unknowns just waiting to be found in the deep. Director James Wan had a Herculean task in front of him: make clear that Aquaman is just as worthy of a major superhero film as his DC and Marvel brethren, that he's not a joke, and that...
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