User blog comment:Thailog/Ep. 123 "Insecurity" discussion/@comment-3465526-20120401183859/@comment-3465526-20120403002707

Kaldur is the first Aqua-ANYTHING that is both interesting and a potentially awesome hero -- I mean he has Spiderman/Wolverine potential -- he's a stronger Water-based Superhero concept than Sub-Mariner (who won by default since he wasn't ABSOLUTELY lame).

Kaldur's concept gives you the basic (and generally useless) water-hero suite of powers... coupled with a short-range hydrokinesis that -- coupled with a backpack water tank -- makes him a PROPERLY LIMITED Green Lantern riff -- adding the general "lived under water pressure" mild super-strength/toughness -- with the electric eel tatoos for a nice general offensive energy power. Plus he has minor magical training giving you magic story directions you can go with -- and as a plot resolution trick, all he has to do is come across a massive water supply (pond, water tank, sprinkler system) and his power amps enormously. This guy is gimick gold -- just like claws coupled with healing and indestructable bones or hyper-agility wall-clinging, web shooters that do thousands of things but run out, and danger sense.

I know GREAT Superhero material when I see it -- and Kaldur is the stuff.