Will director James Wan really do the unthinkable and kill Aquaman’s (Jason Momoa) infant son? The first trailer forAquaman and the Lost Kingdomreveals a vengeful Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) hellbent on destroying the DC superhero. “I’m gonna murder his family,” Manta says in the footage. Unfortunately, it seems the sequel to 2018’sAquamanmight be partly based on the classic comic book in which Black Manta controversially murders Arthur Curry’s infant son! And fans on social media fear the upcoming sequel might mirror the moment on the big screen. Check out some of the reactions that were posted on X, formerly Twitter below:
Should Wan’s sequel do more than simply draw inspiration from the DC source material, and literally adapt it, Aquaman’s boy will perish inThe Lost Kingdom. And after the trailer for the film dropped, the diehard fans of the comic books knew immediately what might happen. @tyreebriggs1 wrote:
They gon kill his son in Aquaman 2 bruh I already know.
The story is an older one that was printed during the Bronze Age of comic books, but Black Manta indeed kills Arthur Curry’s infant son, the Aquababy, in the pages ofAdventure ComicsNo. 452 (1977). In those horrifying panels, titledDark Destiny, Deadly Dreams, Black Manta traps the young child in a bubble and fills it with air to suffocate him!
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Will Arthur Curry’s Son Die?
The trailer forAquaman and the Lost Kingdomis akin to a perfect storm ominously heading for theaters. When the brand-new footage revealed that Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) has a son and that Black Manta (Abdul-Mateen II) was the film’s main villain, comic book fans immediately realized the deadly implications. Check out theFamily Guyreaction video that @Sinestros_Myte laid on social media to get some laughs (below):
During the controversial comic book issue, Aquaman and Aqualad (Garth/Pre-Crisis) are forced to fight to the death, and one of them dying is the only way Curry’s son will be released from the bubble Black Manta has trapped him in. Aquaman manages to break the boy free from the death trap, but it’s too late — he is dead! Enraged, Aquaman leaves in pursuit of Black Manta and finds him in the pages ofAquamanNo. 57 (1977), which is titledA Life for a Life!@rblaz_art referenced another controversial death (Robin/Jason Todd) in the DC mythology when he wrote:
Aquaman’s son dying on the big screen before Jason Todd is crazy.
In a fit of rage, Aquaman nearly gets his revenge, and the superhero almost kills Black Manta! But Arthur finally yields before he destroys the man who murdered his child. While the Aqualad (Garth | Pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths) character doesn’t exist yet in Wan’s films, it’s conceivable that the gladiator style match to save Arthur Curry Jr. could take place between Aquaman and the former King Orm (Patrick Wilson). The question now becomes: Will director James Wan really adapt the controversial death for the big screen? @Impulse785 posted (below):
The Lost Kingdomis supposed to be a bromance between the Aquaman and Orm as they are pitted against Black Manta. But it’s hard to imagine anyone walking out of theaters satisfied if the child dies. During one shot in the new trailer,Mera (Amber Heard)can be seen trying to shatter the glass of what is presumably Black Manta’s vessel. Could she be trying to save the baby from suffocating within? Will Wan and his creative team actually recreate the death of a child — as it’s such a controversial moment in comic books’ history? Check out the trailer forAquaman and the Lost Kingdomto examine the footage.
