The true difference between Robin and Aqualad: Robin thinks weddings are mushy and rather Batman stay a bachelor, while Aqualad is excited to see Aquaman get married.
Aquaman had the first superhero marriage, huh, he has both the longest and most stable marriages in comics, and that's saying something! You know, with those waves, Oceanus kinda looks like Sea Norman Osborn.
Always amusing to look back at the age before decompressed storytelling. Three parts for Arthur to become king, flee his responsibilities, find out Mera lost her powers, realize his love for her, lose his kingdom, witness the transformation of Atlantis, rebel, get rescued, have a wedding. That’s at least a couple years’ worth of modern plotting.
@@bryanabbott6169 This is the time when Aquaman can't be out of water for super long. So they'll probably come up with some... ray or drug... to (temporarily) give Lois water-breathing. Then promptly forget it ever existed by the next issue.
Ugh. I bet Oceanus smells of stale smoke, even under water. Also, elective monarchies were a thing historically. There are even (sort of) two examples today: Malaysia, and (Western) Samoa.
Also, can we note that even during this Silver Age, the Atom of all characters gets the respect he deserves? It's like he just vanished until the DCAU brought him back into knowledge.
Looks like Sasha's finally run out of Lois weddings and moved on to other great superhero wedding stories. I look forward to the Flash marrying Iris, Elongated Man marrying Sue, of course the Hawks, all leading up to the *real* wedding of the century: Scott "Mister Miracle" Free and Big Barda!
The faces in this comic just make me smile. Also "Thankfully Oceanus hasn't watch alot of henti so he just starts monologuing." Another reason to enjoy this channel.
Mera was also dead at one time -- maybe for a two issues of a mini-series before it was revealed her physiology is different than most Atlanteans. She was impaled, but no big whoop -- apparently.
This issue was redone for Teen Titans: Year One and was a ton of fun. I loved in that issue Wonder Woman is telling everyone close to her "Oh I don't need scuba gear, I got these ear rings from Poseidon, and now I can breath under water" to the point other Justice Leaguers are all "She needs to stop with the ear ring talk we all heard." under their breath
I was puzzled by WW standing there like breathing under water was super easy, barely an inconvenience, but then I can never figure out precisely how superpowered she's supposed to be.
at one point, golden age WW had earrings that magically produced fresh oxygen so i guess they got "passed on" to silver age WW just for this undersea shin-dig!
Superman had a similar "Woman he rejected becomes his enemy" story Post Crisis when Maxima wanted to marry him and when he said no she became a villain for a bit but eventually reformed and later sacrificed herself during the Imperiex War.
Really? Cool. I know in a Supergirl comic series, they wrote it where she came from a world with very few men, so it was her responsibility to marry the strongest man & repopulate the planet. Even though (written in this story) she was a lesbian and ended up crushing on Supergirl. And I think she got to stay single/free then? Read this a while back lol details r fuzzy.
with her flaming red hair, green and yellow costume and powerful psionic powers, Maxima was (practically) DC's Jean Grey/Phoenix. i always wanted her to fight Wonder Woman to see who would win.
Well, I definitely wasn't expecting that story for a wedding. Also, hate that the silver age didn't let her keep her powers. At least she has them now.
I remember reading this issue a few months ago, Mera really took rejection hard in this and another issue where she caused Atlantis to munity under her evil rule because Aquaman left her home.
Have you ever watched Smallville? Lois was hot for all the heroes, except Clark. And that includes Aquaman. Well, she didn't date Cyborg or Flash/Impulse.
Truly one of the most tragic love stories in DC, the death of their child was at the hands of Black Manta was heart-breaking. Aquaman has worse luck than Spider-Man.
@@Rei-Rei At least MJ is still alive, so they could (re)marry. I think Aquaman is the 1st superhero parent to lose a kid to an archenemy, and Junior was a toddler.
@@Rei-Rei I see your point, but having your son killed in front of you is much worse in my opinion. And we could add poor Ralph Dibney to that list. A trifecta of misery,for sure.
I´ve always liked Aquaman. So much so that I´ve been reading his comics since New 52. As for Mera she´s such an amazing character. Love their relationship and I´m amazed she made it into the movies sooner than later.
With Dr Manhattan putting all of DCs past, eras and continuities into a blender, I now feel satisfied that Lois and in this case Mera can at least recall these marriages as one epicly awkward dream after another.
One day I saw a video of yours. I thought: she presents the content well and it's entertaining. I like all the silver/golden age content since it's stuff I don't hear about that much. I like the content on newer comics since I have't read much after the they launched the new 52. And I love the "you guys have been sleeping on..." content too because not everything in comics has to be superheroes. All in all, thanks for the videos. Have a nice end of the year and let's hope there will be many more weddings in 2021.
Should've been a no-brainer from the beginning. "Oh hey, you actually have experience ruling an undersea kingdom, job's yours now, hot potato rules BYE *nyoom*"
Aquaman's reaction to suddenly choosing someone to marry totally gave off some ace/aro vibes like specifically demisexual/romantic or graysexual/romantic vibes I don't know much about Aquaman but at least based off of this I would headcannon him as graysexual
"He's marrying her?!" "Guess so." "Correct me if I'm wrong, but did she or did she not help someone invade and conquer our civilization, then force us all into slave labour to build foreign temples, all basically just to spite our king?" "I think that's long and short of it." "So are we just OK with this?" "Look, she's a danger to herself and others, with very little in the way of a moral compass, but on the other hand, she's a very cute redhead and she fills that green outfit out real nice." "...true."
I know I am years late but Atlantis could be an Elective Monarchy. It happened in Real Life were a King is chosen by a handful of candidates that are related to him or from powerful noble families who rule their own fiefdoms within the Kingdom or Empire. Hell, one exists right now with Malaysia.
The first comics wedding I've ever seen was Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel, drawn by the great Dave Cockrum. I'd like a vlog about that. And about the most relevant marriage of comics (IMHO): Reed & SUe. Besides that, Sasha, thank you for these excellent videos.
I too pronounce Mera two different ways. I also highly appreciate the water effect you put over the underwater scenes and ONLY the underwater scenes (yes I noticed)
I've long suspected that the real reason Mera's powers were temporarily removed was because the PTB felt that she was more powerful than Aquaman, and that the star of the title shouldn't be outshone by his love interest. This also carried over to the 1967 Filmation cartoon, in which Mera doesn't have hard-water powers (and the Atlanteans are air-breathers!) There must've been a change of heart 'cause Mera's powers are restored just 4 issues later, in #22. Which is a good thing!
7:41. The Common People, "It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace." He gave a shrug. "They never are.”
When I saw you posted this I literally said "YES!" out loud... this channel has become something of an addiction for me and im totally ok with that lol
Can you do a Deep Dive..on the character of Aquaman? A nice long video on his character history? Thank you. If I just haven't found it yet, I apologize.
Love your channel ! Salt and all. Great content and commentary ! Aquaman has been dissed ever since the "Superfriends" You always educate and entertain. Keep up the great work !
As a matter of trivia yes some societies on Earth did Elect their Monarchs including Kings. Not by the masses of the People of course but by the Nobles or a Council like how the Pope is elected (people forget that he is a King of sorts). The Holy Roman Empire elected its Monarch so did the Spartans of Ancient Greece. BTW, how can you mop underwater (when Aqualad was a servant)?😉
"Clark, you have lost the right to comment on any relationship for the rest of your life." 😂 Sasha, you made me laugh so hard that my eyes are literally tearing up. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
As always thank you so very much for your videos. My favorite DC comics wedding, or at least the first one that comes to mind, perhaps because it was such a big issue, was the wedding of the Legion of Super Heroes Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl (two of the original three members). And Merry Christmas Sasha!
GREAT POSTING! Have you ever thought of doing an Aquaman vs. Black Manta, Black Manta The Ocean Master (Orm Curry Aquaman's half brother) or Arthur Curry Jr. (aka Aquababy) post?
Plot twist; Lois was cosplaying as Mera
In the silver age a wig is all you need!
Aquaman's ;like "Damsels? I was hoping for Dames."
We Aint got Dames!!
The true difference between Robin and Aqualad: Robin thinks weddings are mushy and rather Batman stay a bachelor, while Aqualad is excited to see Aquaman get married.
I think it depends on which Robin.
Robin and Batman had secret identities. The Aquas did/do not. That is actually the key.
Aquaman had the first superhero marriage, huh, he has both the longest and most stable marriages in comics, and that's saying something!
You know, with those waves, Oceanus kinda looks like Sea Norman Osborn.
Yes happy mera enslaves the entire race
Sadly you are right
first marriage ceremony maybe. Not the first marriage.
Always amusing to look back at the age before decompressed storytelling. Three parts for Arthur to become king, flee his responsibilities, find out Mera lost her powers, realize his love for her, lose his kingdom, witness the transformation of Atlantis, rebel, get rescued, have a wedding. That’s at least a couple years’ worth of modern plotting.
Truth, they would have dragged that out between a few "universe-shattering events" and we're like "they're still making statues?
Superman's wedding commentary just further underscores his ambivalence to his thirstydesperate girlfriend. Poor Lois.
A little disappointed this wasn't a Lois Lane marries Aquaman story 😅
Lois can't marry Aquaman! Have you seen what the water would do to her hair?
@@Rognik But he's handsome! ;)
@@billkelly3015 And Lois is vain. She'll definitely fall for Aquaman, but have to dump him since his home is deep in salt water.
@@Rognik She'll be all for it, as long as he moved in with her in Metropolis. 🏙
@@bryanabbott6169 This is the time when Aquaman can't be out of water for super long.
So they'll probably come up with some... ray or drug... to (temporarily) give Lois water-breathing. Then promptly forget it ever existed by the next issue.
" thankfully Oceanus hasn't watched any hentia so he starts monologuing to her." LOL
Ugh. I bet Oceanus smells of stale smoke, even under water.
Also, elective monarchies were a thing historically. There are even (sort of) two examples today: Malaysia, and (Western) Samoa.
Yes, I want Oceanus' shirt.
Also, can we note that even during this Silver Age, the Atom of all characters gets the respect he deserves? It's like he just vanished until the DCAU brought him back into knowledge.
This is extremely worrying...is Lois even in this issue? There can't be a wedding without Lois. What is happening to this channel?
Lol
Looks like Sasha's finally run out of Lois weddings and moved on to other great superhero wedding stories. I look forward to the Flash marrying Iris, Elongated Man marrying Sue, of course the Hawks, all leading up to the *real* wedding of the century: Scott "Mister Miracle" Free and Big Barda!
@@dadoctah ooh, yes. And the Nightwing x Oracle wedding in Convergence
I told my fiancee that there can't be a wedding without Lois and she left me
The faces in this comic just make me smile.
Also
"Thankfully Oceanus hasn't watch alot of henti so he just starts monologuing."
Another reason to enjoy this channel.
I wouldn’t mind a confusing history of Mera. She’s interdimensional? I didn’t know that, then again I only just learned she had an evil twin so
Mera was also dead at one time -- maybe for a two issues of a mini-series before it was revealed her physiology is different than most Atlanteans. She was impaled, but no big whoop -- apparently.
@@landreaulover Iirc Namora was also dead for a couple of decades but got better.
@@landreaulover To be fair it’s comics. Who HASNT been dead at some point
@@Kierste_n It's like the Infinity Stones. Seemingly everybody had one at least once.
Fun fact: Oceanus would learn from his mistakes in love and become singer Tom Jones!
I now want this to be canon
Oceanus: "Mera, marry me or else!" Mera: "Arthur, marry me or else!" Arthur/Scooby: "Whaaaaat?" Garth/Alvin Chipmunk: "I love weddings!"
Jack Sparrow: "Drinks all around!"
This issue was redone for Teen Titans: Year One and was a ton of fun. I loved in that issue Wonder Woman is telling everyone close to her "Oh I don't need scuba gear, I got these ear rings from Poseidon, and now I can breath under water" to the point other Justice Leaguers are all "She needs to stop with the ear ring talk we all heard." under their breath
I was puzzled by WW standing there like breathing under water was super easy, barely an inconvenience, but then I can never figure out precisely how superpowered she's supposed to be.
at one point, golden age WW had earrings that magically produced fresh oxygen so i guess they got "passed on" to silver age WW just for this undersea shin-dig!
Aquaman in a dungeon? You just gave Jason Momoa's lady admirers a deep thought.
The Crown sure gets weird in Season 5...
Robin is just pissed because Aquaman forced him to be a flowergirl
Superman had a similar "Woman he rejected becomes his enemy" story Post Crisis when Maxima wanted to marry him and when he said no she became a villain for a bit but eventually reformed and later sacrificed herself during the Imperiex War.
Really? Cool. I know in a Supergirl comic series, they wrote it where she came from a world with very few men, so it was her responsibility to marry the strongest man & repopulate the planet. Even though (written in this story) she was a lesbian and ended up crushing on Supergirl. And I think she got to stay single/free then? Read this a while back lol details r fuzzy.
with her flaming red hair, green and yellow costume and powerful psionic powers, Maxima was (practically) DC's Jean Grey/Phoenix. i always wanted her to fight Wonder Woman to see who would win.
I don't know about that shirt, but those mutton chops he's sporting make him look like he's in a rockabilly band!
Well, I definitely wasn't expecting that story for a wedding. Also, hate that the silver age didn't let her keep her powers. At least she has them now.
I remember reading this issue a few months ago, Mera really took rejection hard in this and another issue where she caused Atlantis to munity under her evil rule because Aquaman left her home.
I can't wait for you to review the Ray (Atom) Palmer/Jean Loring relationship and their wedding. Now THAT is a bumpy ride, folks.
The artist loves drawing suprised expressions.
Aquaman wasn't handsome enough for Lois Lane or she saving herself for an unconscious Hal Jordan or she was off having adventure with Comet
Have you ever watched Smallville? Lois was hot for all the heroes, except Clark. And that includes Aquaman. Well, she didn't date Cyborg or Flash/Impulse.
Hmmm, maybe she was taking special care of Hal after he slipped on the soap? Did she plant the soap bar?
Oceanus looks like a rugby player to me with that shirt.
Lmao “So he started monologuing”. Priceless lmao
Truly one of the most tragic love stories in DC, the death of their child was at the hands of Black Manta was heart-breaking. Aquaman has worse luck than Spider-Man.
HEY!! Be careful of the spoi - - -Oh, sorry, this isn't one of those channels! LOL!
I'm not sure you can say he has worse luck than Spidey. I mean Aquaman didn't have his marriage retconned away by the devil.
@@Rei-Rei At least MJ is still alive, so they could (re)marry. I think Aquaman is the 1st superhero parent to lose a kid to an archenemy, and Junior was a toddler.
@@Rei-Rei I see your point, but having your son killed in front of you is much worse in my opinion. And we could add poor Ralph Dibney to that list. A trifecta of misery,for sure.
Aquaman and Mera had a baby girl after
"Thankfully, Oceanus hasn't watched a lot of hentai, so he just starts monologuing at her...." Somewhere, someone has did a "What If" about this.....
Congrats on wearing both a Meera inspired & Christmas themed outfit. 🤣 Happy Holidays! ❄☃️❄
I´ve always liked Aquaman. So much so that I´ve been reading his comics since New 52. As for Mera she´s such an amazing character. Love their relationship and I´m amazed she made it into the movies sooner than later.
@Shawn Kuhn Glad to find another that thinks that way.
One of the best DC couples around.
If the torpedo fish aren't in Aqua Man 2, I want my money back!
@@ooneybird27 I won’t lie, I’d watch the shit out of that, lol.
We both know you don't have money
@Dreams_in_ Clay “Gotta reference them allll.”
@@jamesgatz4490 Oh I’d find the money....before asking for a refund, lol
With Dr Manhattan putting all of DCs past, eras and continuities into a blender, I now feel satisfied that Lois and in this case Mera can at least recall these marriages as one epicly awkward dream after another.
2:15 “.....whatchu talkin bout, underwater Ben Franklin?!”
A dungeon... yet more implied comics bondage.
Sasha's auditioning for the Aquaman sequel
"So just a few issues in they ended up getting married..." Poor Lois. :'(
One day I saw a video of yours. I thought: she presents the content well and it's entertaining.
I like all the silver/golden age content since it's stuff I don't hear about that much. I like the content on newer comics since I have't read much after the they launched the new 52.
And I love the "you guys have been sleeping on..." content too because not everything in comics has to be superheroes.
All in all, thanks for the videos. Have a nice end of the year and let's hope there will be many more weddings in 2021.
Let them use this story for Mera in Aquaman 2. If you thought some people hate Amber Heard now just wait. 😅
@Shawn Kuhn 🤣
I Heard that if you say Amber 5 times in the mirror she appears behind you and poops in your bed
Should've been a no-brainer from the beginning. "Oh hey, you actually have experience ruling an undersea kingdom, job's yours now, hot potato rules BYE *nyoom*"
A casually comics episode on December 24th. Oh you did not need to get me anything for Christmas. 😀😁
Mera had some crazy eyes in this one. Aquaman better sleep with one eye open.
Superhero marriages? Bah I never heard such a ridiculous idea. 🧐
Your "bah" plus the lil face guy with a monacle made me think, "the Penguin".
Mephisto, is that you???
10:19 "I was highly entertain, but definitely not for the right reasons." Best way to summarize this comic.
I have a feeling there going to be something fishy at this wedding
Water you doing with these puns?
@@galio7741 i don’t sea anything fishy, stop being salty!
No need to be shellfish, op was just doing it for the halibut.
Err..🙆♂️.erm...💁♂️FISH JOKE. nailed it 🙋♂️
Good one, Warm Lillie! 😂
Is it just me or does Sasha look kinda like Mera in this video?
That may be what she was going for...lol...😁
@@BillyBrew7 LOL!! It's 'The Stoner's Guide . . .' explaining!!!
Aquaman's reaction to suddenly choosing someone to marry totally gave off some ace/aro vibes
like specifically demisexual/romantic or graysexual/romantic vibes
I don't know much about Aquaman but at least based off of this I would headcannon him as graysexual
I always cry at weddings, you just can't tell when they're held underwater.
Nice😂😂
"When they go to attack Oceanus in his bed while he sleeps....you know, like heroes"
👌🏾🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"He's marrying her?!"
"Guess so."
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but did she or did she not help someone invade and conquer our civilization, then force us all into slave labour to build foreign temples, all basically just to spite our king?"
"I think that's long and short of it."
"So are we just OK with this?"
"Look, she's a danger to herself and others, with very little in the way of a moral compass, but on the other hand, she's a very cute redhead and she fills that green outfit out real nice."
"...true."
And yet ppl railed against Amber being cast as Mera, apparently it was DEAD ON!
Did she poop on Aquamans water bed too
I know I am years late but Atlantis could be an Elective Monarchy. It happened in Real Life were a King is chosen by a handful of candidates that are related to him or from powerful noble families who rule their own fiefdoms within the Kingdom or Empire. Hell, one exists right now with Malaysia.
The first comics wedding I've ever seen was Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel, drawn by the great Dave Cockrum. I'd like a vlog about that. And about the most relevant marriage of comics (IMHO): Reed & SUe.
Besides that, Sasha, thank you for these excellent videos.
"Thankfully Oceanus hasn't watched lots of Hentai"...me getting mental images of Demon Beast Invasion and I want his snazzy shirt!
Every panel in this comic has some of the greatest reaction faces I've ever seen.
Mera influenced hair game today? As per,, always on point!
Also, always amused by Aquaman lore, longtime Aquafan!
Meta got crazy eyes the whole comic, aqua man was lucky she didn’t do anything to his bed 😉
I love Oceanus's shirt! I demand that merch right now, DC!!
I’ve always been an Aquaman fan since seeing his 60’s cartoon.
You kinky sonofa...
Ha love the garbled Aquaman voice. Best character voice you've done since 90s Catwoman
Wow, never knew Mira was so cray cray. Her trying to kill Wonder Woman in Flash Point makes a lot of sense now. She's 🔥
I too pronounce Mera two different ways. I also highly appreciate the water effect you put over the underwater scenes and ONLY the underwater scenes (yes I noticed)
That coronation...the very instant Aquaman became: King Arthur!
Thanks so much for this. I loved it! I would love to see something with Aqualad and Aquagirl, Garth and Tula.
"You don't vote for kings!" - Arthur Pendragon, 'Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail.
Aquaman and Mera are one of the iconic couples of DC
6:56 I've never noticed how much Oceanus looks like Harry Osborn with a dye job
I've long suspected that the real reason Mera's powers were temporarily removed was because the PTB felt that she was more powerful than Aquaman, and that the star of the title shouldn't be outshone by his love interest. This also carried over to the 1967 Filmation cartoon, in which Mera doesn't have hard-water powers (and the Atlanteans are air-breathers!) There must've been a change of heart 'cause Mera's powers are restored just 4 issues later, in #22. Which is a good thing!
1:31 Aquaman - "I don't want to marry any one of them!"
Me: Oh... he wants to marry them all doesn't he?
Those expressions (artist: Nick Cardy) are all incredible.
Hawkman and Hawkgirl had the longest run (over different lifetimes, even) for being married, but then again, they kept their marriages off-panel ;)
7:41. The Common People, "It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace." He gave a shrug. "They never are.”
Mera crazy in the comics, and portrayed by a crazy Heard in the movies. Poetic.
The rundown of this Mera storyline takes on a whole new context when you consider who played her in the recent live-action Aquaman flick.
"This is too casual even for me; and I have 'casual' is in my channel name"
Wow, that was a good one! xP
Not on level of a Lois-gets-married, still so Silver Age.
I do want Oceanus’s shirt, but in this freaking lockdown it’d go to waste.
The facial expressions are priceless.
Oceanus has been my fashion guru for YEARS.
When I saw you posted this I literally said "YES!" out loud... this channel has become something of an addiction for me and im totally ok with that lol
It's all fun and games on this channel until Lois gets married or knightwing and his buns get shot in the head and change their name to Rick 🤷♂️
Your Oceanus voice is on par with your Dark Knight Batman voice.
Thank you for everything Sasha. You make life a little brighter. Merry Christmas and happy holidays
elective monerchy was a real thing not very practical but still
The villain has that 1960s Ricardo Montalban creepy grin.
I love these older comics. Thank you.
Can you do a Deep Dive..on the character of Aquaman? A nice long video on his character history? Thank you.
If I just haven't found it yet, I apologize.
Love your channel ! Salt and all. Great content and commentary ! Aquaman has been dissed ever since the "Superfriends" You always educate and entertain. Keep up the great work !
As a matter of trivia yes some societies on Earth did Elect their Monarchs including Kings. Not by the masses of the People of course but by the Nobles or a Council like how the Pope is elected (people forget that he is a King of sorts). The Holy Roman Empire elected its Monarch so did the Spartans of Ancient Greece.
BTW, how can you mop underwater (when Aqualad was a servant)?😉
"Thankfully, Oceanus hasn't watched much hentai" made me snarf my soda!
Have you ever played Hades? Your underwater Mera voice sounds like Dusa, a character from that game.
You don't get much more fickle than a silver age comic book love interest.
LOL, love the undersea sounds! Cheers, Sasha, and the best for 2021. :) MU
“Only a few issues in and they ended up getting married.” (cough)SHOTGUN(cough)
"Clark, you have lost the right to comment on any relationship for the rest of your life." 😂
Sasha, you made me laugh so hard that my eyes are literally tearing up. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Him and his awful shirt tell Mera”😂
Mera is my favorite character, thank you for covering this.
As always thank you so very much for your videos.
My favorite DC comics wedding, or at least the first one that comes to mind, perhaps because it was such a big issue, was the wedding of the Legion of Super Heroes Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl (two of the original three members).
And Merry Christmas Sasha!
GREAT POSTING! Have you ever thought of doing an Aquaman vs. Black Manta, Black Manta The Ocean Master (Orm Curry Aquaman's half brother) or Arthur Curry Jr. (aka Aquababy) post?
Oceanus has horrible fashion sense. These expressions are truly great.