From what I’m seeing here, a lot of people lived underwater
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My first thought was perhaps some confusion over the origin of the Elongated Man, but apparently that’s almost the backstory of Marine Boy, an anime from the mid 1960’s. (His father invented the gum, not the kid, and he had other gadgets, but essentially this has to be it.)
Also see @PsiPhiGrrrl 's post above with a clip from the show!
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Oh man, comics are weird enough, especially with all the retcons, but they’re made even better by misremembering and conflating different comics. Someone needs to create actual comics that recreate reader’s mental versions, as they would be the best.
It’s interesting how many near-identical Namor/Aquaman/Aqualad/Aquaboy/Aquababy/Marine Boy type characters there are, with different backstories. There’s certain character types/themes that show up with a million variations in US and Japanese (etc) comics.
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My favorite of all the aquatic heroes was Fishboy, the Lost Prince of Atlantis from the Tick. His mom was human, but his dad was the ruler of Atlantis. Unfortunately, his parents are divorced and he lives with his mom. He can’t swim and his mom doesn’t want him to go near the water. In the comics he’s usually sitting in a wading pool, since he has to keep wet.
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Both companies do this and neither seems to understand what a terrible idea it is
… e.g. if you liked América Chávez from Doctor Strange and the Multi-Whatever then do not read the comics for more in-depth information 
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… what is it that makes The Flash so special
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- Always liked speedsters
- Carmen Infantino
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OK, I have done extensive research and found this professor to be sadly miss informed – it seems he has never heard of the United States Navy – sad since we protect his freedom to do dumb things. If he wanted to reach out, we already have an entire fleet of super humans, we are called submariners we operate nuclear submarines hundreds of feet below the oceans surface for extended periods… regularly exceeding 100 days. We also stand watches, execute drills, do training, maintenance and cleaning while running on FAR less than 8 hours sleep (some times none for days or 20 minute power naps). We are the few, the proud, the ones designated to wear the dolphins – the super human, sub oceanic race known as bubble heads. Enjoy wasting 100 days prof…
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This just popped into my head reading your post. Welcome to BoingBoing!
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Professor Dituri is a retired U.S. Navy Commander who served in the Navy for 28 years as a diving special operations officer.
So yeah, he should probably know better. Maybe too many nitrogen bubbles in the brain gave him some wacky ideas?
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Aren’t subs kept at about 1 atmosphere of pressure? This guy is going to be at about 2. That might make a difference.
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What a difference
a day one atm makes…
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I’d be more impressed if: Professor attempting to leave underwear on for 100 days and emerge “super-human”
(Fortunately this topic will close soon)
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I’ve seen Down Periscope. Submarine life is all hijinks on the high seas. You guys were having a great old time.
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