The Aquaman page looks to be by Tom Grummett (and underrated comic artist, I always thought), and the JLA(ish) page looks to be by Howard Porter and John Dell, who were drawing JLA around this time.
While I appreciate DC wanting to give Aquaman some sort of easily recognizable symbol (like Flash's lightning bolt, or Hawkman's hawk silhouette), that green "A" has to go!
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That green "A", with a bit of orange, is the same one in the pattern book I have, that I made tissue topper out of. Not bad, really. Reminds me of the silver age Aquaman though, and not this hook-hand Aquaman.
I actually liked the way Tom Grummett drew the hook-handed Aquaman, lending him a regality that other artists replaced with a feeling of barbarism.
As far as the "A" symbol, I think it could be much stronger, but perhaps it would have worked better if the A was gray with a green triangle, or if the colors were reversed, with the A being orange and the triangle green. Maybe even a deep green with a golden A might have worked.
Sorry, that's the graphic design geek coming out in me again, Rob. If anybody from DC is reading this, I'd be happy to design a new one! :)
Yeah, I always thought Tom Grummett was way underrated as a comic book artist.
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