Template:Primarysources Template:Infobox comics character Lagoon Boy is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. His name and appearance are references to the title character from the classic horror feature film Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Lagoon Boy has made limited appearances in media outside comics, with Yuri Lowenthal voicing him in Young Justice.
Publication history
Lagoon Boy first appeared in Aquaman vol. 5 #50 (December 1998), and was created by Erik Larsen.
Fictional character biography
Lagoon Boy is a fish-like Atlantean and an ally of Blubber and Sheeva, fellow Atlanteans who are fascinated with the surface world. He later joins Young Justice and Titans East.[1][2][3][4][5]
In The New 52 continuity reboot, Lagoon Boy appears as a member of the Teen Titans five years in the future.[6]
In Heroes in Crisis, Lagoon Boy is killed by Savitar and replaced with a 31st-century clone.[7]
Powers and abilities
Lagoon Boy is an amphibious boy. He is small in stature, but strong, quick and durable. He can also inflate like a pufferfish, generating spikes across his body. Similar to Aquaman, Lagoon Boy can manipulate water and communicate with sea animals.[8]
Other versions
An alternate universe variant of Lagoon Boy appears in Teen Titans: Earth One.[9]
In other media
Television
Lagoon Boy, also known as La'gaan, appears in Young Justice, voiced by Yuri Lowenthal.[10] This version is a student at the Conservatory of Sorcery and a member of the Team who displays a cocky, arrogant, and thrill-seeking personality. Additionally, he is the estranged friend of Kaldur'ahm and the boyfriend of Miss Martian who displays a romantic rivalry with her ex-boyfriend Superboy. Near the end of the second season, Miss Martian rekindles her relationship with Superboy and eventually breaks up with Lagoon Boy. As of the third season, Lagoon Boy has left the Team, returned to Atlantis, and joined the royal guard. In the fourth season, he is revealed to be bisexual, in a three-way polyamorous marriage, and raising a baby. Later in the season, he joins the Justice League as the third Aquaman, sharing the mantle alongside Kaldur'ahm and their mentor.
Video games
- Lagoon Boy appears in Young Justice: Legacy, voiced again by Yuri Lowenthal.[10]
- Lagoon Boy appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[11]
Miscellaneous
- Lagoon Boy appears in Teen Titans Go! #52 as an alternate alias of Robby Reed after his H-Dial borrows Aqualad's powers.
- Lagoon Boy appears in issue #14 of the Young Justice tie-in comic.
References
External links
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- ↑ Young Justice #50 (December 2002)
- ↑ Robin (vol. 4) #83–84 (December 2000 – January 2001)
- ↑ Infinite Crisis #4 (March 2006)
- ↑ Titans East Special (January 2008)
- ↑ Titans (vol. 2) #2 (July 2008)
- ↑ Teen Titans: Future's End #1. DC Comics
- ↑ Heroes in Crisis #1. DC Comics.
- ↑ Titans East Special (January 2008)
- ↑ Teen Titans: Earth One Vol. 2
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