Freaky Helmet From The Aquaman Movie Now Purchasable
Currently WB is throwing all its marketing muscle behind Shazam 2: Fury of the Gods, one of the last DC pictures made under the old rules of “throw anything at the wall and see what sticks.” It’s not the LAST of these though — Aquaman 2 is still going to be a thing, and it comes out later this year. The first Aquaman did well for WB, enough that merchandise from the first film is still being introduced in the shadow of the second. One of the weirdest examples we’ve seen just crossed our desk this morning: a replica of Black Manta’s bug-eyed helmet, from Factory Entertainment. This is an approximation of the helmet the villainous Black Manta (played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) shoved over his head in the feature. The eyes light up and it makes “authentic sound effects” from the Aquaman movie. What use does it serve? Barring the collapse of society and the necessity of wearing a light-up helmet to conceal your identity as you fight crime,
