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This article is about the character in Smallville. For the television pilot, see Aquaman (TV program).

Arthur Curry


Family	Tom Curry (father), Atlanna (mother, deceased), Mera (wife)
Occupation	Member of the Justice League
Powers and Abilities	Enhanced Underwater Breathing, swimming at super speed, super strength, hydrokinesis, communication with marine life
Played By	Alan Ritchson
Status	Alive

"Fish jokes. All I ever get are fish jokes." - Arthur Curry, Justice

Arthur "AC" Curry (born as Orin) is a mysterious Atlantean swimmer that has a special connection with water and the life forms within it.

He is a former marine biology student at the University of Miami and an on-and-off member of the Justice League under the codename: Aquaman.

Recently, after have meet and married Mera, Arthur learned of his true origins as Orin and has embraced his destiny as King of the Seven Seas.

Physical AppearanceEdit

Arthur Curry is a tall, well built Atlantean. According to Sylvester Pemberton's journal on the heroes from Absolute Justice, Part 1, he is 6'2", weighs 213 lbs and has green eyes. He usually has short, medium blond hair. While in civilian clothing, he is mostly seen wearing orange and green clothing, like his costume.

As Aquaman, Arthur wears a customized wet suit that has an orange and green top with a hood. There are two variations of this top: one with sleeves and one without. He also wears green pants and shoes, a black snap-on belt, and has a small dagger saddled to his leg. His costume also features the outline of an "A" in green stitching upon his abdomen.

In Patriot, Arthur was seen wearing a stealth wetsuit with the same colors as his usual outfits. It was dark orange and has a green line patter on it; the suit model is very similar to the wetsuit his wife, Mera, wore while fighting alongside him.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Super breathing - Arthur can breathe underwater for prolonged periods of time, but the full extent to this ability is unknown. (Aqua, Justice)
Telepathy - Arthur is aware of just about anything that occurs underwater. He can mentally communicate with any marine underwater creature, He also has limited sonar abilities. (Aqua, Patriot)

Swimming at super speed - Arthur, while above or underwater, can swim, exercise, or move at incredible speeds, and has proven on numerous occasions to be a much faster swimmer than Clark Kent, indicating his speed capacity potential. It is documented by Marionette Ventures that he can swim up to 100 mph. (Aqua, Justice, Patriot,)
Super stamina - Arthur can swim vast distances, exercise and even fight underwater for prolonged periods of time without getting tired. (Aqua, Justice)

Hydrokinesis - While underwater, Arthur can manipulate water with his mind. Through this ability, he can create a ball of hard water. He also has the ability to propel himself through the water into the air to invade a fortress. (Aqua, Patriot)

Super strength - Arthur, when dosed with water, or while underwater, possesses vast superhuman strength, and as such, he has on numerous occasions, proven to be able to bend metal when exposed to water. (Odyssey, and Patriot) However, the exact degree of his super strength is vague, but he can, while submerged underwater, battle Clark most efficiently.
Super durability - Arthur, either while exposed to water or while submerged in water, becomes highly resistant to pain and harm, and can maintain consciousness and operate in very cold waters. He was even able to easily withstand a double punch from Clark when the two fought underwater. (Aqua, Patriot)
Super leap- While not on par with Clark Kent, he has proven capable of performing standing high jumps (both on land and from water) and was able to jump for the ocean to the Metahuman holding facilities with ease as well as jump through the ice. (Odyssey, Patriot)
Healing factor - Arthur can heal rapidly from virtually any wound by contacting water or while underwater. (Aqua, Patriot)

VulnerabilitiesEdit

Without any source of water, Arthur appears to be more vulnerable on land; he was shot with a tranquilizer dart which hit his neck, causing him to pass out after trying to get to the water. Lex then proceeded to torture him, by tying him down and depriving him completely of water.

Arthur's skin became severely chapped, and he had trouble breathing. Clark Kent activated a sprinkler system and Arthur's skin immediately healed, hinting at a healing factor activated by water. Immediately after the water exposure, Arthur was able to break out of Lex's restraints and when on a mission to find Clark in the arctic, he burst out of the ice from under some of Lex's men and threw him across the room further than a normal human but not at superhuman levels. Either way, water deprivation is clearly a major vulnerability.

Early lifeEdit

The precise details about the origins of Arthur powers are unknown to him however his real name is Orin . He once told Lois and Clark that his father lived in a lighthouse, where his swimming abilities impressed Arthur's mother Queen Atlanna , but she died when he was a baby; whether this means that she was an Atlantean like in the comics or not was unknown. Subsequently attending the University of Miami, Arthur went on to become the University swim champion, although his record was marred when he was caught after breaking into a marine research facility to release eight dolphins back into the wild.

He states that his father was a lighthouse keeper who couldn't swim, and that his abilities must have come from his mother.

Season FiveEdit

"Stay super, bro." - Arthur Curry, Aqua

Arthur appeared in Crater Lake of Smallville, Kansas, to save Lois Lane from drowning, just seconds ahead of Clark Kent's life-saving attempt. However, he was in Smallville to take down a weapons project by LuthorCorp, Leviathan, that was harming undersea life. Due to his flirting with Lois, his criminal record and the lack of information about his origins, Clark, as usual, suspected the worst of him and tried to warn Lois about him, but she told him to buzz off.

Clark followed Arthur and discovered his plan, stopping his attempt to blow up LuthorCorp's marine facility by containing the explosion. This resulted in an underwater battle between Clark and Arthur, during which Clark was thrown out of the water. A later confrontation between Clark and Arthur in the Kent barn resulted in Arthur explaining his motives to Clark.

After both Clark and Arthur made an unsuccessful attempt to convince Lex Luthor to destroy the Leviathan project, Arthur went down to do the job himself but was captured by Lex, who had seen a video clip of him investigating the Leviathan underwater without scuba gear. After being shot by a tranquilizer dart and deprived of water, seriously weakening him; Lex even commented that he shouldn't have been surprised at Arthur's abilities given his friendship with Clark, but Arthur claimed that Clark knew nothing about his powers. Clark arrived and replenished Arthur by turning on the lab's sprinkler systems, after which the two of them were able to destroy Leviathan during Lex's attempts to demonstrate it to the Pentagon.

During another meeting at the barn, Arthur suggested that he and Clark form a 'Junior Lifeguard Association', but Clark mentioned that he wasn't ready to join the 'JLA' just yet, advising Arthur to be careful as Lex was now aware of his powers; Arthur simply pointed out that the world was three-quarters water, and told Clark to stay super before he departed. Arthur left town to freely roam the high seas, after saying an emotionally-charged good-bye to Lois at Crater Lake.

Season SixEdit

"So how's Lois doing, man?" - Arthur Curry, Justice

Arthur Curry returned to Kansas as a member of Oliver Queen's team of heroes. Arthur was recruited by Oliver Queen when he was in Japan where Oliver saved him from "ending up in a thousand tuna cans". With Bart Allen and Victor Stone, they hope to bring down Lex's Level 33.1.

While Green Arrow went to rescue Clark, Aquaman and Cyborg conducted their own part of the mission. Aquaman broke into the facility via waterway, knocked out the guards, and met Cyborg inside where they both set up explosives.

Once they freed the patients of the project and rescued Bart and Clark, they blew up the facility of LuthorCorp. Arthur joined the Justice League in finding other divisions of 33.1 around the globe.

Season EightEdit

Arthur reappeared in the Arctic, along with Dinah Lance and Oliver Queen, in search of Clark, who had gone missing after the Fortress collapsed. They were unsuccessful in locating him, but they did find his jacket in the ice.

Unbeknownst to them, their actions against LuthorCorp who was also in the Arctic searching for Lex, would cost them. Using Chloe and her new found powers; LuthorCorp attacked Arthur and Dinah and then took them prisoner. Transferred to the same prison as Chloe, Arthur and Dinah were interrogated on the matter of Green Arrow's location, but they wouldn't say. The newly-found Clark and Oliver arrived in time to save them.

Though they were rescued, they decided with the new threat of Tess Mercer, it was best if they split up for the moment and wait for the time to strike.

Season NineEdit

The government agency Checkmate wanted to know the locations of the Justice League members, including Arthur, but John Jones successfully managed to erase the memories of the agent of the organization -- Amanda Waller.

Season TenEdit

"Don't let an overzealous warhawk shake your faith in people, Clark. Your endless optimism is the one thing I actually like about you."

"You learn that vocabulary from Mera?" - Arthur and Clark, Patriot

Sometime later, Arthur discovered his true origins as a king of the seas and met who would become his wife, Mera. The two of them worked as a team and when the Vigilante Registration Act was passed by the government, they learned that the government had been setting up containment facilities disguised as oil rigs all over the ocean. Arthur and Mera destroyed one of these which caught the attention of not only head of the Vigilante Registration Act, Slade Wilson, but also Arthur's own teammates, Clark and Oliver.

They questioned his motives and Arthur assured them he was doing what he believed to be right. Oliver signed the Vigilante Registration Act to learn more about it, but soon realized Arthur was right when Slade took him prisoner and subjected him to torture to learn more about the other heroes. Arthur and Clark set out to rescue Oliver but Arthur was taken prisoner while searching for him.

Mera arrived and rescued Arthur and Oliver before they all escaped. Arthur told Clark that he was going to have to treat Lois as an equal like he did with Mera for their relationship to work before parting ways.

After Hawkman sacrificed his life to save Lois Lane from the villainous Slade Wilson, all Justice League members attended the funeral service held in Carter's home country of Egypt, led by Stargirl. He was left unconscious along with everybody else when a mysterious pyramid rose from the ground.

He along with the rest of the heroes were held captive by the VRA, but were freed, thanks to Chloe Sullivan and the Suicide Squad.

Toyman was handing out assignments or missions to the super-villian group, the Marionette Ventures, so they can eliminate each member of the Justice League, and the Black Manta was assigned to target Arthur.

AppearancesEdit

Season Five: Aqua
Season Six: Justice
- Justice and Doom
Season Eight: Odyssey
Season Ten: Patriot, Icarus

In the ComicsEdit

In the comics, Aquaman is the King of the lost land of Atlantis. He is very protective of the sea, and in his recent incarnations has an almost inhospitable personality to "surface dwellers".

Born as Orin to Queen Atlanna and the mysterious wizard Atlan in the Atlantean city of Poseidonis, he was abandoned on Mercy Reef as a baby because of his blond hair, which was seen by the superstitious Atlanteans as a sign of a curse they called "the Mark of Kordax." The only individual who spoke up on Orin's behalf was Vulko, a scientist who had no patience for myth or superstition. While his pleas were to no avail, Vulko would later become a close friend and adviser to the young Orin. He was later found and taken in by a lighthouse keeper named Arthur Curry who named Orin after himself.

Currently, Orin no longer travels under the Aquaman persona, having become the "Dweller in the Depths" one year after the events of DC's universe spanning event, Infinite Crisis. During World War III, Orin was involved in a dark magical ritual to save the citizens of Sub Diego which left him in his new form. He died not long after. In the series Final Crisis an alternate universe Orin came to protect the underwater people in their most desperate time of need as legends predicted he would. Arthur himself is slated to return in the event the Blackest Night as a member of the villainous Black Hand's Black Lanterns or "Death Lantern". In the final battle in of Blackest Night Arthur is brought back to life and reunited with his wife Mera.

Brightest Day begins with Aquaman and Mera reconnecting, but Arthur has yet to enter the water, cautious and fearful of his Black Lantern past. When Aquaman and Mera attempt to save a group of people from pirates, he ends up summoning dead creatures of the deep, who kill the pirates against his command. He and his wife are obviously shaken about Aquaman's powers.

Aquaman's resurrection and place among the twelve will continue to unfold in the pages of Brightest Day. Aquaman is attacked by a woman who looks similar to Mera. After the fight, Mera reveals that it was her sister Hila AKA Siren who attacked them. She tells Arthur that she was sent to Atlantis to kill Arthur, but ended up falling in love with him. Hila was sent with a Death Squad to finish was Mera started. Later, Arthur is contacted by the Entity, which tells him he must locate Jackson Hyde before "they do".

Arthur Curry was one of the many characters to be revamped by DC Comics in September 2011.The relaunched series cements Aquaman's status as the half-human son of Tom Curry and Atlanna, and sees him return to Amnesty Bay along with Mera. Greatly distressed by the harsh treatment given to the oceans during his time as ruler of Atlantis, Aquaman decides to abdicate the Atlantean throne and return to full-time heroics. However, he now struggles with his lack of reputation with the greater public, which views him as a lesser metahuman with less impressive powers than those of his peers. Also, in The New 52 universe, Aquaman is once again a founding member of the Justice League and a main member of the team.

Current AliasesEdit

The following aliases were shown in Sylvester Pemberton's notebook.^[1]

A.C.
The Sea King
Ocean Wizard
Sea Mariner
Orin, King of the Seas

TriviaEdit

According to Toyman's files, Arthur is from Mercy Reef, is 6'1", 325 pounds, his eyes are aqua blue, and he has blonde hair.
He was born in Southern Florida. (Aqua)
Arthur was a student at the University of Miami, whose colors are orange and green. Arthur is often seen wearing orange and green, which are also the colors of Aquaman. (Aqua) In-universe, it's quite possible that AC chose these colors to be the Aquaman colors because they are the University of Miami's school colors.
On the University of Miami swim team, he swam in multiple events and held multiple records. Not surprisingly, he also was the Team Captain and voted MVP. ^{[citation needed]}
Arthur's Justice League codename is Aquaman. (Justice)
Like Bart Allen, Oliver Queen, Dinah Lance and Victor Stone, he attacked Clark when he met him. When Clark faced him underwater, he used a "water ball" to send him soaring out. (Aqua)
The origin of Arthur's abilities are hinted at but never fully revealed. (Aqua) However A.C. mention that Mera revealed to him his true origins as Orin, King of Atlantis. (Patriot)
Arthur is a faster swimmer than Clark Kent. (Aqua)
Aquaman is a main character in the animated mini-episodes, Smallville Legends: Justice and Doom.

A series created by the creators of Smallville, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, about Arthur was intended, starring Justin Hartley as "A.C.", but other from the pilot, the show never got off the ground.
Arthur is seen via photograph in Hex and in Absolute Justice.
Arthur is noted as being Atlantean in Sylvester Pemberton's journal. (Absolute Justice, Part 1)
Arthur's phone number is 429-555-0132. (Odyssey)
Arthur's Atlantean medallion that appears in the pilot of Aquaman is seen in Pemberton's journal.
Both Aquaman and Green Arrow were introduced in More Fun Comics Vol 1 #73 (November 1941) albeit in different storylines; the later was in the second, "Case of the Namesake Murders" while the former was in the seventh and last story, "The Submarine Strikes".
Arthur has met Lois, Chloe, Clark, Lana, Lex and Oliver, but not the other main characters.