Aquaman

The son of an Atlantean noblewoman and raised by a lighthouse keeper from the town of Amnesty Bay, Arthur Curry would grow up to become the superhero Aquaman, and later take on his birthright as the King of Atlantis. He is a founding member of the Justice League and is among DC Comics' most recognized heroes.

Background
Prince Orin of New Atlantis was exiled as a baby due to the culture’s superstitious beliefs about blonde-haired people, the first time since the banishment of the Princess Antinea to the Sahara Desert more than a hundred years earlier that a member of the royal family had been exiled from Atlantis, and raised by a lighthouse keeper as Arthur Curry.

King of New Atlantis
In 1941, he forcefully reclaimed the throne while Prince Namor, who became next in line after Orin was exiled, was overseas fighting in World War II, and the more willing-to-cheat Orin killed Namor in a grudge match at the end of the war over the throne. After ascending the throne, he resolved to purge the seas of all human activity he deemed criminal, and he was dubbed “Aquaman” in sensational “surface world” press coverage where he was lumped in with the other superhumans at the time as a “superhero.”

He was later a member of the Justice League. Aquaman may have been the most powerful superhuman on the planet. His ability to withstand thousands of tons of water pressure to walk on the bottom of the ocean meant that his strength rivaled that of Superman, and he was able to control all ocean-dwelling creatures, meaning he could potentially use every lifeform on 70% of the planet for whatever he desired. He was even able to beat down Cthulhu (whose mind he could not control, as Cthulhu is both a god and not native to the ocean) back into his slumber. However, Orin viewed himself as king of the oceans rather than of just New Atlantis and as a result he thought himself a Nietzschean ubermensch who ruled and acted his way.

Despite his generally good heart and pure intentions, this could sometimes make him morally ambiguous. In 2006, long after his death, director James Cameron helmed an action-adventure biopic of Orin’s life starring Vincent Chase. The movie was a smash hit and it served as Chase’s big break in his career as a Hollywood actor.