Hepcat Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Here are scans of five more of my Aquaman comics: Mmehdy, FoggyNelson, Jasonmorris1000000 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 12/26/2020 at 10:44 PM, Topnotchman said: Here’s a book I bought on eBay a while ago. Hey! That looks to be a nice white copy with only a very minor miswrap. Aquaman 29 is really tough to find completely free of miswrapping and with a bright checkerboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikran Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Let’s keep the thread going! Recent pick up from ComicLink. Something magical about Cardy drawing almost every DC hero on one cover! 🥰 BA773, Math Teacher, Hepcat and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 Hey, that's a nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 On 1/4/2021 at 8:21 AM, dikran said: Let’s keep the thread going! Recent pick up from ComicLink. Something magical about Cardy drawing almost every DC hero on one cover! 🥰 which issue detailed the acrimonious divorce trial of a'man and mera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickycollector Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Some of them I do not own anymore but among my favorite covers are #3 and #5 hchill25, Mmehdy and Hepcat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickycollector Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Hepcat, BA773 and hchill25 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 Hey, wow! I really like your Showcase 33. It's better than mine. Is it one you still own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickycollector Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 On 4/17/2024 at 2:04 AM, Hepcat said: Hey, wow! I really like your Showcase 33. It's better than mine. Is it one you still own? PM sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 (edited) On 4/16/2024 at 12:10 PM, Straw-Man said: which issue detailed the acrimonious divorce trial of a'man and mera? Are you thinking of this one? It doesn't actually end in even a breakup though. Edited April 21 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 (edited) Aquaman's continuous publication history from the Golden Age right through the Silver Age was bettered only by that of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. Here it is: More Fun Comics 73 (Nov 1941) - 107 (Feb 1946) World's Finest Comics 6 (Summer 1942) Adventure Comics 103 (April 1946) - 206, 208 - 280, 282, 284 (May 1961) Showcase 30 (Feb 1961) - 33 (Aug 1961) Detective Comics 293 (July 1961) - 300 (Feb 1962) Aquaman 1 (Feb 1962) - 56 (April 1971) World's Finest Comics 125 (May 1962) - 133, 135, 137, 139 (Feb 1964) It's not surprising therefore that there's some controversy as to where Aquaman's Silver Age stories began. Some would date that to Adventure Comics 229 which is the issue where the first recurring character, Topo the octopus, was introduced: And coincidentally Adventure Comics 229 has the same October 1956 cover date as Showcase 4. I don't believe that Topo's introduction though was sufficiently important to rate the exalted "first Silver Age" issue designation. I'd argue that Adventure Comics 260 with his origin story kicks off the Silver Age for Aquaman: I myself became a huge fan of Aquaman after picking up a copy of Aquaman 11 in which Queen Mera was introduced: Though I'd bought The Flash 139 in which Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash was introduced, The Atom 8 featuring the return of Doctor Light and Justice League of America 22 with the second part of the first team-up between the Justice League and the Justice Society the very same day, Aquaman 11 was the issue which induced me to immediately subscribe! But I was then deterred from subscribing to any more comics when issue #12 arrived a few weeks later folded in half. The Aquaman covers and stories were no disappointment though! So taken was Aquaman by the fulsome endowment of his new fiery-haired ally that he actually married her a little over a year after her introduction: A marriage that was neither "imaginary" nor some kind of hoax was a groundbreaking development for a comic superhero at the time So impressed was I with the Aquaman title that Aquaman immediately became my third favourite member of the Justice League after Green Lantern and the Flash, and just above Hawkman and Green Arrow. Nor was I alone in my devotion to the Sea King. The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure cartoon show which premiered 9 September 1967 vaulted Aquaman up as high as the #3 slot within the DC pantheon of superheroes behind only Superman and Batman in the public consciousness: Aquaman even got his own Hasbro board game in 1967 (with Wonder Woman and the Flash getting ones of their own as well)! I find myself deeply troubled by the scene portrayed on the box of the above board game though. (It's my modern day sensibilities I guess.) Why oh why is Aquaman shown slugging his faithful and devoted friend Topo? For Aquaman to slug a fellow sea creature would be completely out of character. A telepathic "Bad Topo. Bad octopus!" would suffice. A very unkind act on the part of the Sea King to be sure, especially given all that Topo had done for him over the years. Somebody doing the licensing at DC was asleep at the switch I guess. Nonetheless a sealed copy of this game can command prices of up to $1500 these days. And his buxom consort Mera together with Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Batgirl gained Super Queen status with the Ideal Toy Company in 1967: Purchasing one of these lovely Mera dolls MIB could set you back $5000 or more these days. Well worth it since it's only money of course! On a final note Aquaman had the coolest day job of any Justice League member, even better than Batman/Bruce Wayne's millionaire playboy post. He had the exclusive distributorship for Hostess snack cakes across the Seven Seas! Hostess snack cakes must have been an integral part of the dietary regimen that allowed Aquaman to maintain his ripped physique and Queen Mera her sleek but still well endowed figure of course! Edited Thursday at 03:18 AM by Hepcat hchill25 and BA773 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted Thursday at 04:20 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 04:20 AM (edited) Here I've catalogued a list of the Aquaman artists from when Ramona Fradon began her tenure until well into the Bronze Age: Adventure Comics 103-206, 208-280, 282: Ramona Fradon Adventure Comics 284: Jim Mooney Showcase 30: Howard Purcell & Sheldon Moldoff cover, Ramona Fradon interior Showcase 31: Howard Purcell & Sheldon Moldoff cover, Nicholas Cardy interior Showcase 32: Nicholas Cardy Showcase 33: Dick Dillin & Sheldon Moldoff cover, Nicholas Cardy interior Detective Comics 293-300: Nicholas Cardy Aquaman 1: Howard Purcell cover, Nicholas Cardy interior Aquaman 2-39: Nicholas Cardy Aquaman 40-56: Nicholas Cardy covers, Jim Aparo interiors World's Finest Comics 125-126: Nicholas Cardy World's Finest Comics 127-133, 135, 137, 139: Ramona Fradon Brave and the Bold 51: Howard Purcell Adventure Comics 435-437: Mike Grell Adventure Comics 441-452: Jim Aparo Aquaman 57: Jim Aparo Aquaman 58-63: Jim Aparo covers, Jim Aparo & others interiors Note that Ramona Fradon's tenure on Aquaman was almost entirely with stories that were back-up features. As a result she didn't do any Aquaman covers. But what puzzles me is why/how Nick Cardy was chosen to take over Aquaman when Fradon went on maternity leave. Lee Elias had been drawing Green Arrow stories up to and including Adventure Comics 269 and looked to my eyes as the most natural replacement Aquaman artist. His characters looked very similar to Fradon's and I think he would have nailed Aquaman. Look at these examples: Aquaman by Roberta Fradon Green Arrow by Lee Elias Edited Thursday at 03:36 PM by Hepcat hchill25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted Saturday at 01:17 PM Share Posted Saturday at 01:17 PM On 12/28/2020 at 9:59 AM, Hepcat said: Here are scans of five more of my Aquaman comics: Aqua an has by far the most colorful covers of any run I can think off worth collecting the run just for the beautiful cover‼️❤️ hchill25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Enterprises Posted Saturday at 05:03 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:03 PM The beginning of my Aquaman collection. hchill25, Hepcat and pickycollector 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted yesterday at 04:53 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 04:53 PM (edited) I believe the #3 is a lot more common than the other issues from #2 - 9. It was an Aquaman comic sold in the Comicpacs. Edited yesterday at 04:54 PM by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
