se a ▁Part ner " ▁in ▁Advent ure ▁Comics ▁# 2 2 9 ▁( Oct ober ▁ 1 9 5 6 ), ▁where ▁his ▁oct opus ▁side k ick , ▁Top o , ▁was ▁first ▁introduced . ▁This ▁and ▁subsequent ▁elements ▁were ▁later ▁removed ▁or ▁alter ed ▁from ▁the ▁Aqu aman ▁character ▁after ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁DC ' s ▁mult iverse ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁attributed ▁to ▁the ▁Aqu aman ▁of ▁Earth - One . ▁ ▁The ▁Silver ▁Age ▁Aqu aman ▁made ▁his ▁first ▁appearance ▁in ▁Advent ure ▁Comics ▁# 2 6 0 ▁( May ▁ 1 9 5 9 ). ▁In ▁it ▁and ▁subsequent ▁Silver ▁Age ▁com ics , ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁that ▁Aqu aman ▁was ▁Arthur ▁Cur ry , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Tom ▁Cur ry , ▁a ▁l ighth ouse ▁ke eper , ▁and ▁Atl anna , ▁a ▁water - bre ath ing ▁out cast ▁from ▁the ▁lost , ▁under water ▁city ▁of ▁Atl ant is . ▁Due ▁to ▁his ▁her itage , ▁Aqu aman ▁disco vers ▁as ▁a ▁youth ▁that ▁he ▁poss esses ▁various ▁super human ▁ab ilities , ▁including ▁the ▁powers ▁of ▁surv iving ▁under water , ▁communication ▁with ▁sea ▁life , ▁and ▁trem end ous ▁sw imming ▁pro w ess . ▁Event ually , ▁Arthur ▁decided ▁to ▁use ▁his ▁tal ents ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁def ender ▁of ▁the ▁Earth ' s ▁o ce ans . ▁It ▁was ▁later ▁revealed ▁that ▁he ▁had , ▁in ▁his ▁youth , ▁advent ured ▁as ▁Aqu ab oy