Thomas Curry (New Earth)

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 * Theme                  = Aquaman
 * Image                  = Tom Curry 004.jpg
 * RealName               = Thomas Curry
 * CurrentAlias           = Tom Curry
 * Aliases                = Arthur Curry, Sr.
 * Identity               = Public
 * Alignment              = Good
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 * Relatives              = Atlanna Curry (1st wife, deceased), Orin (New Earth) (adopted son), Mary Curry (2nd wife), Ocean Master (Orm Curry) (son)
 * Universe               = Earth-One; New Earth
 * BaseOfOperations       = Curry Lighthouse, Amnesty Bay, Maine


 * Gender                 = Male
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 * Eyes                   = Blue
 * Hair                   = Black
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 * Citizenship            = American
 * MaritalStatus          = Single
 * Occupation             = Lighthouse keeper
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 * Creators               = Robert Bernstein; Ramona Fradon
 * First                  = Adventure Comics #260


 * Quotation          = The ocean's a pretty big place, buddy. There're things out there you can't even begin to imagine.
 * Speaker            = Tom Curry
 * QuoteSource        = Aquaman Vol 7 3


 * HistoryText            = Thomas Curry is the adoptive father of Orin (New Earth).

Originally in Silver Age continuity Arthur Curry was the son of a lighthouse keeper named Tom Curry and a woman named Atlanna. Tom's son manifested incredible strength and speed at a young age, as well as the abilities to breathe underwater and talk to fish. On her deathbed, his mother revealed to her son that she is the exiled Queen of Atlantis and he would someday inherit rule of the seven seas. His father gave him an education and taught him to control his powers, eventually allowing him to grow up and become the super-hero Aquaman.

Aquamans origins were changed when the universe was rebooted during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. Many years ago, the elderly lighthouse keeper Tom Curry found a blond a child swimming in the ocean. This boy was no other than Prince Orin, abandoned by his Atlantean people and taken care of by the dolphin Porm.

The lighthouse keeper became the boy's friend and mentor, and taught him to speak English. He also gave the boy a name Arthur Curry. One day, the boy returned from a swim in the sea to find his foster father gone. Presumably, he was dead, because he never returned. The boy returned to the sea to wander the oceans, and eventually grew up to become Aquaman, King of the Seven Seas.

Flashpoint
In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, Aquaman was brought back to Atlantis when he was a teenager, due to the death of his grandfather. As a result, the young Arthur never learned compassion and kindness from his father, who was killed by the Atlantean agents sent to recover him.

At night in Amnest Bay the young Arthur watched the sea with his father, and asked his father why was he a lighthose keeper when he could be the captain of his own ship, and his father replied that the captains needed someone on land to help them watch the shores, and it is called responsibility. Later Tom stands alone at the pier in sunrise while young Arthur is playing nearby. Shedding a tear, Tom wishes that Atlanna, Arthur's mother, could be here and see how much Arthur has grown. Arthur comes to his father and asks him why does he come to the pier every sunrise, and Tom replies that he wants to be there when his mother returns.

Tom introduced his son to Dr. Stephen Shin, and allowed him to observe his son's Atlantean powers. Eventually, Shin tried to get Tom to reveal Arthur's powers to the public, but he refused, and took all evidence of his son. Allying with Black Manta, Shin attempted to get some of Arthur's blood. Manta attacked Arthur, but Tom interfered. He suffered a heart attack, and died three days later in hospital.


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