Jackson Hyde (English)

Description:

Son of Black Manta.

Notes:

Mainstream Universe:

  • Jackson Hyde first appeared in Brightest Day (DC, 2010 series) #4 (Late August 2010).
  • It was revealed in Brightest Day (DC, 2010 series) #10 (Late November 2010) that Jackson Hyde was Black Manta's son, however Hyde was the surname of Jackson's adoptive parents and not Black Manta.
  • Cameo first appearance as Aqualad (unnamed) in a flashforward in Teen Titans (DC, 2003 series) #88 (December 2010).
  • Origin revealed in Brightest Day (DC, 2010 series) #16 (Late February 2011); his name was given as Kaldur'ahm in this issue.
  • Jackson first donned a costume in Brightest Day (DC, 2010 series) #16 (Late February 2011); he was never explicitly referred to as Aqualad in the stories in this continuity.
  • First appearance of Jackson Hyde in DC Rebirth continuity in DC Universe: Rebirth (DC, 2016 series) #1 (July 2016).
  • First appearance in costume in Teen Titans (DC, 2016 series) #8 (July 2017).
  • DC Rebirth origin revealed in Teen Titans (DC, 2016 series) #10 (September 2017); this revamp retained Black Manta as Jackson's birth father but eliminated the adoptive parents from his backstory.
  • He was given the codename Aqualad in Teen Titans (DC, 2016 series) #11 (October 2017).
  • Jackson Hyde became Aquaman in Aquaman: The Becoming (DC, 2021 series) #6 (April 2022).

Young Justice cartoon:

  • Aqualad (Kaldur'ahm) was introduced in the Warner Bros. animated television series, Young Justice, season 1 episode 1, "Independence Day", on November 26, 2010.
  • First official appearance of Aqualad in a comic book in Young Justice (DC, 2011 series) #0 (March 2011). Previews for this issue appeared in a number of DC comics the previous month, with Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (DC, 2010 series) #4 (February 2011) and Tiny Titans / Little Archie (DC, 2010 series) #3 (February 2011) being among the earliest.

Overviews of Character Origin Universe:

without a universe
DC : mainstream
DC : Young Justice [cartoon]

Appearances With a Story Universe:

without a universe
DC : mainstream
DC : Young Justice [cartoon]

Relations:

  1. secret identity of - Aqualad [Jackson Hyde / Kaldur'ahm] (p. 2010) (English)
  2. secret identity of - Aquaman [Jackson Hyde] (p. 2022) (English)

Translations:

  1. republished as - Jackson Hyde (p. 2011) (German)
  2. republished as - Jackson Hyde (p. 2011) (French)
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