TVZ: Time and Tide (and Issue 13)...

Recently, Warner Bros. has decided to get its cinematic act together as far as their DC Comics properties are concerned and create a cohesive film universe, starting with last year’s Man of Steel. Among the few characters they have announced as “in development” for feature length films is Aquaman.  I am an Aquman fan. There, I've said it. In fact, I'd probably put Aquaman in my list of top ten favorite heroes. My fascination with water-breathing characters actually began back in 1977 with the pilot episode of Man From Atlantis. I'm sure I was already peripherally aware of Aquaman at this point, but seeing a live-action character swimming and breathing underwater really stuck with me. I think I may have had one or two issues of Aquaman's initial series, but I don't really remember them. I followed his exploits in Justice League of America for a while and looked out for any other comics he might appear in. 

After a couple of very cool mini-series, DC Comics ended Aquaman's Fiftieth Anniversary Year in 1991 with the debut of a new ongoing series. Of course I jumped on board and picked it up every month. Unfortunately, it was cancelled a year later. I remember being surprised that issue twelve wasn't the last issue, as it seemed like a perfect stopping point.  So, I marched down to my local comic store the week the final issue came out...and it was sold out! Due to it being cancelled, the shop ordered very little of the final issue and it sold out immediately. No #13 for me. At least I had the main story complete so I wasn't too worried about not getting the denouement.

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