Think it was mentioned in the Marvel Handbook/Guidebook which I don't see why it wouldn't be accepted cause I see that as the company suggesting who the character is and where they place said character.
Regardless Aquaman's muscles are denser then steel by the statement and he has feats that put him Class 100 in both continuites without powerscaling.
As far as I'm concerned it's just giving him a base level.
The fact is says "Thor can" as far as I'm concerned just suggest something he's capable of doing it doesn't suggest that's his limit unless there's words edged between the sentence that are microscopic saying "at most' lift 95"
Same thing with character being stated as Class 100 to suggest there 100 tonners but some can lift twice as much.
None of Aquaman's bios bill him over 350lbs, Thor's consistently been billed at 640lbs, but I guess it also says in Asgardian bios that "it may have an impact on their weight". Thor is bulletproof and Aquaman is nearly
It's honestly how I see it or how I see it could be read as. I will admit it sounds like a strange number though to list. Current handbooks just say he's class 100.
based on what current Namor did to the avengers safe to say current Namor is certainly above Aquaman. Namor is herald level
but Aquaman strength is being constantly downplayed
thought this was a interesting debate
so im gonna some scans showing aquaman's strength
He has lifted a city block, a cruise ship and building, lift and throw a sunken ship at the Dead King, lifted an OIL RIG, tossing a submarine off the ocean floor and out of the water
keep in mind this is both his pre52 and nu52 feats, I say strength wise he's def between high meta and low herald, adding TP he's one of the top of high meta
I don't know if you can say he's as strong as Namor (I heard Namor got some nice feats lately), but Aquaman is solidly in the herald-tier strength-wise. Even if you want to argue that it's on the lower end, it's just not been as consistently shown as it is nowadays.