Pick one aspect of Aquaman and post a comment on what you would do.

Hmmm... I'm not sure I'll like to edit Aquaman and get a variety of creative talents on board. We know that there are alot of fans of Aquaman, I'll like to give them a chance at him. Steve Sadowski has said that he is a huge Aquafan and will kill to get on the book, I'll love to put him on regular monthly. I'll also love to have Jerry Ordway have a go at drawing a monthly, and have Sadowski on rotating arcs. I'll have Jerry Ordway Painted Covers.

I'm not sure who I'll get to write the book, I'll like to get the character full Circle rebuild Poseidonis, have Sub Diego as another city of Atlantis and more importantly give him back his hand and get rid of the Waterhand.

I'll like Geoff Johns on the book, his a Aquafan and I'll like to see him rebuild Aquaman's Rogues. Other great writers I'll like on the book, Fabian Nicieza or Mark Waid. I'll like them to stick to continuty and release Atlantis Chronicles TPB.

I'll love to see Alan Davis work on Aquaman in some way or form!

Sorry abit long.

Long is fine. I pay for haloscan just so people can go on a bit longer.

Now that somebody else has posted their thoughts, I'll give some of mine.

Writers: Gail Simone was the first person I thought of, just because she's been in my thoughts a lot. Greg Rucka, Devin Grayson... unlikely, but I'd love to see their takes. Bill Willingham might have an interesting slant. Geoff Johns is another name that keeps coming up in casual conversations. I wouldn't mind if John Arcudi stays on the book, as his run has gotten better as it goes along. Other even more unlikely writers I'd love to see on the book include Mark Waid, Kurt Busiek, Neil Gaiman, Jeph Loeb, or Brian Michael Bendis.

Artist: Frank Quitely, Phil Jimenez, or Bryan Hitch would be my first choices. I would like to see a fill-in by Tan Eng Huat, but I don't think I'd want regular art from him. Peter Woods maybe. I want Robin Riggs on the book, but that's more because he's an awesome guy and a friend. Jamal Igle might have a different take. Of course, I wouldn't mind if Kirk and Clarke stay on the book, they're good too. Maybe Barry Kitson or Matthew Clark. And yeah, I'm right there with Alan Davis working on the book, too!

Ideas: I got nothing. There's a reason I don't write professionally. I just want great stories with great art that will appeal to more than just me and a handful of other die-hards. I want something that will build a fandom again, that's all. I want to Aquaman to put the best foot forward as the Pilot and possible TV show are made. That's all. And that's a lot.

Writers: Yeah, I'm in the camp of Geoff Johns. Althought I'd like to see Will Pfeiffer return too.

Artists: Steve Sadowski would be good. Didn't know he was an Aquafan. Cool!

Ideas: I say, keep with the Sub Diego angle. It's brought a new angle to the world.

Villains: Bring back The Human Flying Fish!

What I'd like to see most will probably never happen...I tend to think of it along the lines of DC's "All Star" line, my ultimate creative team, Peter David returning as writer and Kevin Maguire handling the art.

Geoff Johns is great at revamping characters so he'd be a good choice, and Dan Jurgens all to brief arc at the end of the last series left me wanting more. Grant Morrison and Jeph Loeb come to mind as interesting possibilities too. Ken Hooper and Marty Egeland's pencils were among my favorites in the past, and I'd be curious to see someone a bit more animated like Ed McGuinness handle Aquaman as well.

Story-wise, I'd want a sense of adventure and excitment, and a return of rogues like Black Manta and Arthur's half-brother, Orm, The Ocean Master.

I want to see Neil Gaiman on the book! That would be cool!

I think Koryak should be Aquaman. I like him and I think they could do great stories about the racism of the Atlanteans who have to live in Sub Diego while Koryak tries to live up to what they expect from him. You add Manta into the mix, and Koryak will be in over his head. And maybe Tempest could be fighting with him over who really should be the next Aquaman.

Wow - great question! Aquaman has been my favorite character as long as I can remember. I've always thought up little stories on my own or considered possible tweaks and changes to the ones that were published. I've combined these two ways to develop an outline for an ultimate Aquaman story - kinda like the Legend of Aquaman.

First of all, and most importantly, I would put the adventure back into Aquaman. He has always been more of an adventurer to me rather than a straight-forward super-hero. Historically, Aquaman spent most of his early time in ADVENTURE Comics. Whenever he spends time super-heroing, it seems forced. Really, how many super-villians and much crime is there under the ocean? I always thought Aquaman's time with the JLA was more of an outlet for excitement. Just another adventure on the land. He's the King of the Seven Seas and I'd like to think he's swimming about his underwater kingdom, exploring it's rich terrain and bountiful resources. I'd like to give this exploration a direction. Aquaman is on a quest.

I'm going to admit I'm a die-hard follower of Aquaman's silver-age origin. There's just something so archetypal and romantic about his parents meeting and falling in love that is substantial to Aquaman's story. Don't get me wrong, I highly enjoyed Peter David's intrepretation, but it lacks the human quality that draws me in. Aquaman being born of an Atlantean and a lighthouse keeper grounds the character more (in my opinion) to the reader than Aquaman being the son of a magician. I just feel that it was a unneccesary cop-out in trying ante up Aquaman as a "high-level" super-character. I don't think a character has to be so extreme and powerful to be interesting. There are other ways to do that.

So Aquaman's quest is grounded in his knowledge that he is half-human and half-Atlantean. He's heard what his mother has told him of her story and and he questions it. What and where is this Atlantis? How is the King of the Sea? His quest forces him to face his dichotomy of being a man of the land and a man of the sea, and how he deals with his place in the world. Searching for these answers, he will encounter a rich cast of characters (familiar and not-so familiar) on the way. I want these members of Arthur's story to be just as important and as likable in their own ways as Aquaman. I want readers to enjoy or care about the friendship of Arthur and Garth, the love he shares with Mera, the bitterness between him and Orm.

That being said, I don't want to give away surprises that I've come up with for the story of Aquaman's life, I just wanted to share the general vision.

Little things, I'd like to mention though, I'd change:
1. Aquaman's relation to sea-life. I'm thinking the King of all the ocean would inherently command a massive following. Whereever he goes, so too does sealife. Schools of fish, whales, whatever, would be massed around him pretty much all the time ready for disposal. I don't think being the leader of such a population would give one much alone-time! Highly influenced by scenes from the '67 cartoon series where schools of fish flash across the screen.
2. I have a certain little way to get rid of the general fickleness of the Atlanteans altogether.
3. Gone are scenes where Garth or Mera are trying to kill Aquaman. So overdone and tired. I could see them bicker like friends and family do - but, never, are they going to murder each other!
4. Emphasis on fun and adventure! I've had my fill of soap-opera antics and gloom and doom in Aquaman's life.
5. The ocean's a big place. I think there's a world of fun out there for Aquaman. Who knows what or who's lurking about?

Laura, thanks for letting me sound off! Great site!

Breaking the rule and doing two things…

First, I’d combine his two origins.

So far everyone knows his Silver Age origin and almost no one knows his post-Crisis one. There are continually mistakes and references to him being half-Atlantean and the son of a lighthouse keeper.
The easy solution is to simply have Atlan be the lighthouse keeper.
As the lighthouse keeper he seduced Arthur’s mother pretending to be a human. She started an affair with him under false pretences.
A few years later, he decided his son needs a father figure, someone to teach him the ways of the surface. So he allows himself to be ‘discovered’ in his keeper disguise and raises the youth. When Orin is old enough to deal with life on his own, Atlan leaves without warning.
It also solves the whole unresolved mystery over where Arthur Curry (sr.) went to that one day and why he’s never been seen again. And makes Atlan all the more manipulative in the process.
There, he’s the son of a lighthouse keeper and an Atlantean AND the son of an ancient Atlantean sorcerer and a princess.

Second, I’d dump Aquaman on the surface for an arc. Not in some remote island. I’d dump him right in the middle of Gotham. Have him cover for Batman for a bit and work his way through a couple bigs in the Rogue Gallery. Then have him move onward to Keystone and then Metropolis doing the same.
As Grant Morrison said, Aquaman can function on any environment on Earth. Try dumping Batman on the bottom of an oceanic trench and see how well he does against Black Manta.