Tempest

Garth, once known as Aqualad and long overshadowed by his role as Aquaman's sidekick, reclaimed his true heritage as a member of the mystical Idyllist people of Atlantis and embraced his latent sorcerous powers to forge a new identity as Tempest. The 1996 miniseries charts his journey from youthful sidekick to a formidable hero in his own right.

Stepping out of the mid-nineties DC Universe, Tempest made their debut in Bloody Mary #2 in 1996, a creation of Tom Taggart that arrived right at the cusp of the modern era. With 64 catalog appearances spanning nearly three decades — and two of those recognized as collector-significant key issues — this is a character who has quietly built a meaningful footprint in DC continuity. The company Tempest keeps is genuinely elite: Dick Grayson, Nightwing, Donna Troy, The Flash, and Green Lantern all share the page across appearances concentrated in Titans, The Titans, and Detective Comics, placing Tempest firmly within DC's rich legacy of street-level and team-adjacent storytelling. For fans who love digging into the connective tissue of the DC Universe, Tempest is exactly the kind of figure worth tracking down.