Arthur Curry

If I ran a game store I would play the song Arthur Curry by Ookla the Mok.

Aquaman gets no love. His superpowers are misunderstood and people joke about them. He can't fly. His costume is dated. He was shirked by Wonder Woman. No one wants to make a TV show, movie, or song about him. Enter Ookla the Mok. They made Arthur Curry – a song about Aquaman complaining about how he gets no love. It's a fast-paced rock tune with a chorus featuring Aquaman telling everyone to step off. The song is post-Crisis and pre-New 52, so its information is dated – check out 10 Reasons Aquaman is a Badass – but the song is fun and really fits the memories of people who grew up with the Super Friends and stopped reading comics as they aged.

Arthur Curry is from Ookla the Mok's 1997 album, Less Than Art. They have a second version of the song, Arthur Curry 2007, on the same album.

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Arthur Curry lyrics

Seconds later, at the Hall of Justice

Batman's got an attitude, everybody takes him seriously
And Superman never made any money, try to tell that to DC
All the other members of the Justice League
Say I got useless super powers and make fun of me
But I know there will come a day
When they're gonna stare in slack-jawed wonder as they hear me say

I am Aquaman and nobody better mess with me
I may be nothing to you but I am a king beneath the sea
Let's see you get by underwater as well as I do on the ground
I am Aquaman, you better not mess around

There are days I swear I would rather have
The proportionate strength of a praying mantis
Than be the last lost noble prince
Of the undersea kingdom of Atlantis

Batman's got the Batmobile, Diana's got her invisible jet
It seems like everybody else can fly, even Samurai
But a stupid seahorse is all I get
Green Arrow's sharp but I couldn't be any duller
My orange costume's uglier than any other color
I'm not as tough as Batman or as cute as Gleek
I'm a little taller than the Atom, smaller than Apache Chief

I am Aquaman and nobody better mess with me
I may be nothing to you but I am a king beneath the sea
Let's see you get by underwater as well as I do on the ground
I am Aquaman, you better not mess around

Clark Kent wouldn't be the same if he didn't have his Lois Lane
Green Arrow's got his Black Canary
Even millionaire Bruce Wayne has his thing on the side
With his ward Dick Grayson
But there's just one girl that I would marry

Wonder Woman
All the world is waiting for you
And the magic that you do
You can make a hawk a dove
You can stop a war with love
You can make a liar tell the truth

Batman signed a movie deal though you know he doesn't need the cash
And all the second-rate superheroes get TV shows
Even the pre-Crisis Flash
But not me, I guess that I don't rate
My comic book's been cancelled more than Dr. Fate
I know that I'm no Brainiac but I'm no fool
I know not even Peter David can make me cool

I am Aquaman and nobody better mess with me
I may be nothing to you but I am a king beneath the sea
Let's see you get by underwater as well as I do on the ground
I am Aquaman