▁spl ash ing ▁down ▁into ▁a ▁pool . ▁A ▁large ▁statue ▁of ▁Aqu aman ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁" f lo ating " ▁on ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁water . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁and ▁legacy ▁Aqu aman ▁was ▁listed ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 4 7 th - gre at est ▁com ic ▁book ▁character ▁of ▁all ▁time ▁by ▁W izard ▁magazine . ▁I GN ▁also ▁ranked ▁Aqu aman ▁as ▁the ▁ 5 3 rd - gre at est ▁com ic ▁book ▁hero ▁of ▁all ▁time , ▁op ining ▁that ▁" even ▁though ▁he ' ll ▁forever ▁be ▁the ▁but t ▁of ▁j okes ▁thanks ▁to ▁his ▁fish y ▁powers , ▁com ic ▁readers ▁have ▁come ▁to ▁love ▁Aqu aman ▁as ▁a ▁noble ▁( and ▁very ▁powerful ) ▁figure ▁who ▁is ▁forever ▁torn ▁between ▁the ▁world s ▁of ▁land ▁and ▁sea ." ▁In ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁reader ▁poll , ▁Par ade ▁magazine ▁ranked ▁Aqu aman ▁among ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁super h ero es ▁of ▁all ▁time . ▁ ▁By ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁cultural ▁critic ▁Glen ▁W eld on ▁noted ▁that ▁Aqu aman ▁had ▁become ▁rid ic u led ▁by ▁a ▁popular ▁mind set ▁that ▁cast ▁him ▁as ▁an ▁in effect ual ▁hero . ▁This ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁per ception ▁that ▁his ▁hero ic ▁ab ilities ▁were ▁too ▁narrow . ▁W eld on ▁wrote ▁that ▁critics ▁and ▁pop ▁culture ▁com ed ians ▁who ▁chose ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁this ▁had ▁over play ed ▁the ▁jo ke , ▁making ▁it