Golden Age Appearances of Aquaman (1940-1955)
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Issue |
Cover Appearance? |
Comment |
Reprinted In |
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Adventure #103 |
No |
"Footsteps in the Ocean" - thwarts Axis agents off the coast of China |
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Adventure #104 |
No |
"Four Fish to Fetch" - resolves dispute between scientist and local fisherman |
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Adventure #105 |
No |
"The Impossible Voyage" - thwarts crooks harassing sailor |
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Adventure #106 |
No |
"The Ghost Ship" - vs. crooks after a uranium shipment |
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Adventure #107 |
No |
"Ware Water" - vs. Black Jack |
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Adventure #108 |
No |
"The Stolen Light" - rescues lighthouse keeper from Nazi war criminals |
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Adventure #109 |
No |
"The Waters of the World" - crooks try to subvert sea-mining methods |
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Adventure #110 |
No |
"The Monster and the Mermaid" - vs. crooks with fake sea monster |
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Adventure #111 |
No |
"The Man Who Robbed Davy Jones Locker" -Aquaman fights thieves while on vacation in the Philippines |
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Adventure #112 |
No |
"The Television Thieves" - vs. Black Jack |
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Adventure #113 |
No |
"Fathoms in Film" - Aquaman helps a film studio make a "Merman" movie when the star becomes jealous of him |
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Adventure #114 |
No |
"Skyscraper Aquarium" - vs. Black Jack |
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Adventure #115 |
No |
"The Phantom Fleet"- vs. Black Jack |
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Adventure #116 |
No |
"Peril of Pearl Valley" - intervenes when a pearl thief builds an artificial monster in a rich oyster bed |
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Adventure #117 |
No |
"The Flying Dutchman" - thwarts a criminal scheme involving a fake clipper ship |
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Adventure #119 |
No |
"The Floating Observatory"- defeats Joe Saturn when he hijacks a floating astronomical observatory ship |
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Adventure #120 |
No |
"Aquaman goes to College" - Aquaman learns ichthyology and wins swim meet to get money for school |
Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 years |
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Adventure #121 |
No |
"Shades of John Paul Jones" - captured in a whirlpool, Aquaman travels back in time to help defend the Bonhomme Richard, or is it just a dream? |
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Adventure #122 |
No |
"Operation Justice" - Aquaman reveals to the navy how a criminal ends up on Bikini Atoll minutes before the first nuclear test |
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Adventure #123 |
No |
"Villainy in Venice" - captures arts thieves in Italy |
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Adventure #124 |
No |
"The Sea Serpent" - A giant snake results from scientists experimenting with enlargement sera |
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Adventure #125 |
No |
"D-Day in Davy Jones Locker" - vs. Black Jack |
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Adventure #126 |
No |
"The Man in the Iron Shoe" - vs. gangsters on a submarine |
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Adventure #127 |
No |
"A Fish Out of Water" - vs.. Black Jack |
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Adventure #128 |
No |
"The Sea Circus" - Aquaman hosts an aquatic sealife show to raise money for a conservation project affecting local fish life. |
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Adventure #129 |
No |
"The Treasure Beneath the Lake" - thwarts crooks looking for treasure in a lake, only to learn that it was buried beneath a dam and lost forever |
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Adventure #130 |
No |
"Sweetheart of the Seven Seas" - Aquaman falls for a movie actress famous for her swimming |
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Adventure #131 |
No |
"The Undersea Post Office" - helps a postal office secure a mail charter when criminals sink his ship |
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Adventure #132 |
No |
"The Aquagirl"- A businessman contacts Aquaman to solve the mystery of a mermaid which turns out to be an attempt to ruin the businessman |
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Adventure #133 |
No |
"The Great White Whale" - Defeats Captain Mohab in his pursuit of a white whale (a Moby Dick riff) |
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Adventure #134 |
No |
"Exiled from the Sea" - When exposure to chemicals makes Aquaman offensive to sea life, he has to remain out of the water for 30 days, inspiring a crime spree by Black Jack. |
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Adventure #135 |
No |
"The Ship That Dared Not Land" - Aquaman helps out scientists that have created a malignant artificial life form on their ship |
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Adventure #136 |
No |
"Water Boy" - Crooks force a high school swimmer to help them commit crimes. |
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Adventure #137 |
No |
"The Undersea Lost World" - vs. Black Jack |
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Adventure #138 |
No |
"Marooned in the Deep" - vs. Black Jack |
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Adventure #139 |
No |
"The Man Who Owned The Sea" - Thwarts Simon Drago when he tries to claim a fake contract gives him ownership of the oceans |
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Adventure #140 |
No |
"The Sleuth of the Sea" - I:Sea Sleuth (Phineas Pike) |
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Adventure #141 |
No |
"Return of the Sea Sleuth" - Sea Sleuth app., vs. Black Jack |
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Adventure #142 |
No |
"Undersea Big Game Hunt" - Defeats big game hunters who stumble up his marine sanctuary of endangered species |
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Adventure #143 |
No |
"The Second Robinson Crusoe" - Sea Sleuth app., vs. Black Jack |
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Adventure #144 |
No |
"A Martian Adventure" - Rescues an a hidden valley from loss of water |
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Adventure #145 |
No |
The Sea Hitch-Hiker" - helps a comic artist travel the world by sea |
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Adventure #146 |
No |
"Aquaman Loses His Powers" - vs. Black Jack |
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Adventure #147 |
No |
"The Man Who Was Rescued 100 Times" - Actor Dan Danbar (ED: Not Dan the Dynamite) keeps needing rescuing, revealing a movie company staging events to make Aquaman intervene. |
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Adventure #148 |
No |
"Cowboy of the Coral Seas" - vs. Black Jack |
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Adventure #149 |
No |
"Undersea Artist" - Helps a painter of undersea scenes who inadvertently runs afoul of crooks after a sunken treasure ship |
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Adventure #150 |
No |
"The Boy Who Went to Sea" - vs. Black Jack |
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Adventure #151 |
No |
"The Biography of Black Jack" - vs. Black Jack |
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Adventure #152 |
No |
"Don't Go Near the Water!" - Aquaman stages a cross-country swim feat for charity after a crook splashes him with a chemical that makes him allergic to water |
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Adventure #154 |
No |
"Aquaman's Sea Circus" - Aquaman is captured by a criminal aquarium operator |
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Adventure #156 |
No |
"Aquaman vs. The Sea" - Aquaman thwarts crooks from throwing a charity swim race |
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Adventure #158 |
No |
“Portrait in Peril” – An artists risks a lot to capture a painting of Aquaman |
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Adventure #160 |
No |
"Aquaman's Sea Cops" - stops looters of undersea wrecks |
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Adventure #162 |
No |
"Under the Sea for Life" - Aquaman dissuades a young man for pursuing a life beneath the waves |
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Adventure #164 |
No |
"The Strangest Questions in the World" – A Coast Guard recruit and friend of Aquaman gets an odd job doing research for Coast Guard |
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Adventure #167 |
No |
"Treasures 0f the Sea" – A scavenger coerces Aquaman into helping him pillage the sea floor |
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Adventure #168 |
No |
"Aquaman: One Man Crew" – When a crooked captain bribes off the crew of a honest man, Aquaman intervenes to help him fix the problem. |
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Adventure #170 |
No |
"Mutiny Under the Sea" – captures a crook with a device giving him telepathic control of marine life |
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Adventure #171 |
No |
"Mystery of the "Disappearing Mermaids" - puts on Aquacade to solve mystery |
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Adventure #172 |
No |
“Aquaman Leaves The Sea” – Aquaman has to improvise to travel inland and recover stolen pearls |
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Adventure #173 |
No |
"The First Underwater Gold Mine" - help hoodwinked Westerners |
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Adventure #174 |
No |
“The Whale That Was Wanted For Murder” – When a whale swallows a $1M brooch, a crook makes up story to try to get the whale killed. |
Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 years |
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Adventure #175 |
No |
“The Mystery of the Disappearing Island” – Aquaman clears the name of a son of a friend, a young sea captain |
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Adventure #176 |
No |
“The Ex-King of the Sea” – Crooks rob Aquaman of his ability to communicate with sea life |
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Adventure #177 |
No |
“The Man Who Was Aquaman’s Double” – A lookalike to Aquaman helps his distract and defeat crooks. |
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Adventure #178 |
No |
“The Return of Captain Flint” – An actor turns to crime, faking a blow to the head making him a pirate |
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Adventure #179 |
No |
“The Raft of Doom” – vs. crooks target anthropologists studying an ancient migration path. |
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Adventure #180 |
No |
“The Bank Beneath the Sea” – When Aquaman helps store valuables in the depths for safe-keeping, crooks come after it |
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Adventure #181 |
No |
“The Evil King of the Sea” – A crook mimics Aquaman’s powers in attempt to take his place |
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Adventure #182 |
No |
“The Ocean Restaurant” – Aquaman helps diner owners recover when shady landlords take their property |
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Adventure #183 |
No |
“The First Undersea Jail” – Aquaman tries to reform ill-behaved animals until they help him with some crooks |
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Adventure #184 |
No |
“At Sea in the Stone Age” – Aquaman discovers a pool that takes him back to prehistoric times |
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Adventure #185 |
No |
“The Five Lives of the Sea King” – Crooks try to hire expert divers in hopes of hiring and killing Aquaman |
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Adventure #186 |
No |
“The Dive-In Theater” – vs. crooks targeting a floating drive-in |
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Adventure #187 |
No |
"The Queen of the Sea" - Aquaman encounters an uber-competitive swimmer determined to outperform him |
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Adventure #188 |
No |
“Calling Dr. Aquaman” – Aquaman capture gold smugglers while tending sick animals. |
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Adventure #189 |
No |
"The Nautical Treasure Hunt" - capture crooks trying to run an insurance scam on a chest of jewels |
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Adventure #190 |
No |
“The Hunter of the Seven Seas” – Aquaman reforms a trophy hunter targeting sea animals |
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Adventure #191 |
No |
“The Aqua-Cop of the Sea” – Aquaman pretends to police boat traffic to break up a stolen boat ring |
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Adventure #192 |
No |
“Murder in the Fish Preserve” – Criminal murder fish by name to signal their cronies til Aquaman breaks it up. |
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Adventure #193 |
No |
“The Secret of the Sea Monster” – An ancient sea monster who feed on coal attacks ships until Aquaman lures into a mine |
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Adventure #194 |
No |
“The Outlaw Navy” – thwarts the criminal Admiral Duko and his crook collection of ships |
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Adventure #195 |
No |
“The River Gang” – Aquaman breaks up a sea-going protection racket |
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Adventure #196 |
No |
"The Topsy-Turvy World" - finds a world with solids seas and swimmable earth |
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Adventure #197 |
No |
"Aquaman Walks the Plank" - vs. Captain Samson, a renegade whaler |
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Adventure #198 |
No |
“Daredevil of the Seven Seas” – Aquaman and an ex-PT pilot scam some crooks into revealing their loot |
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Adventure #199 |
No |
“The Fire-Fighter of the Seven Seas” – Aquaman helps a traumatized firefighter regain his perspective |
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Adventure #200 |
No |
"Aquaman, Microbe Hunter" - Is shrunk and swims through bloodstream of stricken man |
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Adventure #201 |
No |
“The Stars Who Couldn’t Swim” – Thwarts crook disguised as swimming trainer |
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Adventure #202 |
No |
“The Menace of the Freak Fish” – Aquaman creates a fake ocean danger to help the Navy test weapons in secrecy |
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Adventure #203 |
No |
"The Shark with the Human Brain" - A criminal turned into a shark |
Super-DC Giant #S26 |
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Adventure #204 |
No |
“The Lagoon of Doom” – Aquaman thwarts men harvesting gold from seawater even tho it hurts the sealife |
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Adventure #206 |
No |
"The Haunted Island"- Crooks "haunt" an island to hide until Aquaman finds them |
Action Comics #405 |
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No |
(no title) - 1st Appearance of Aquaman, Origin |
Secret Origins, vol. 2 #6, More Fun #73 Millenium Edition, Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 years |
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More Fun #74 |
No |
(no title) - I: Black Jack, vs. Black Jack |
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More Fun #75 |
No |
(no title) - Thwarts Black Jack's efforts to subvert a small South Seas island |
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More Fun #76 |
No |
"Freedom of the Seas" - thwarts scheme to wreck and plunder ships |
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More Fun #77 |
No |
(no title) - vs. Black Jack masquerading as wealthy Rajah to get access to wealthy victims |
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More Fun #78 |
No |
(no title) - vs. Master Sargasso |
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More Fun #79 |
No |
(no title) - vs. Krutz, a Nazi inventor |
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More Fun #80 |
No |
"The Scourge of the Seven Seas" - vs. Black Jack |
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More Fun #81 |
No |
"Champ of the Waves" - thwarts crooks trying to kill a swimming champ |
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More Fun #82 |
No |
"King of Convict Island" - when the Japanese cut off a island of prisoners, Aquaman prevents Vascar from becoming a despot |
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More Fun #83 |
No |
"Thomas Jefferson's Treasure" - vs. Blackjack |
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More Fun #84 |
No |
"Raid on Atlantis" - vs. crooks who want to capture Aquaman for display |
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More Fun #85 |
No |
"The Unhappy Hunting Ground" - vs. seal fur poachers |
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More Fun #86 |
No |
"Race Around the World" - vs. Black Jack |
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More Fun #87 |
No |
"Ark of the Ancients" - discovers survivors of Atlantis |
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More Fun #88 |
No |
"The Man Who Chased the Rainbow" - vs. crooks threatening a scientist |
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More Fun #89 |
No |
"The Stream-Lined Buccaneers" - vs. Black Jack |
Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 years |
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More Fun #90 |
No |
"Somewhere in the Pacific" - wins the Navy Cross for rescuing trapped soldiers and defeating Japanese subs |
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More Fun #91 |
No |
"Marauders of the Mississippi" - captures river pirates of the Mississippi River |
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More Fun #92 |
No |
"Saga of the Seven Sisters" - drama follows an old clipper ship when it's hijacked first by thieves and then Nazis |
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More Fun #93 |
No |
"Convoy to Murmansk"- helps a Russian munitions ship with an all-woman crew make it safely to Russia despite Nazi attacks |
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More Fun #94 |
No |
"Battle of Italy" - helps Allies fend off Axis force in the Mediterranean and helps British general get home |
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More Fun #95 |
No |
"Guerillas of Fen-Shu"- helps the Chinese home front fend off Japanese invaders |
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More Fun #96 |
No |
"Champion of War" - helps a Chinese swimmer fool Japanese occupation forces |
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More Fun #97 |
No |
"Penguin Island" - helps rich man avoid his heirs |
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More Fun #98 |
No |
"Treasure of the Deep" - helps a man who thinks he is able to extract gold from water |
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More Fun #99 |
No |
"The Smoking Volcano" - catches thieves hiding out in an active volcano |
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More Fun #100 |
No |
"The Captain of Cactus Gulch" - foils illegal whaling scheme |
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More Fun #101 |
No |
"Orphans of the Sea" - an old aquarium worker finds it hard to abandon fish he has fed so long |
More Fun #101 Millenium Edition |
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More Fun #102 |
No |
"Silent Sounds" - rescues scientists experimenting with ultrasound |
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More Fun #103 |
No |
"The Professor Goes to School" - While educating Professor Kenyon, Aquaman foils some crooks in the South Seas |
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More Fun #104 |
No |
"The Great Goldfish Bowl" - foils greedy guardian of a wealthy heir |
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More Fun #105 |
No |
"Be-Kind-To-Whales Week" - captures some rouge whalers |
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More Fun #106 |
No |
"The Liar Who Told the Truth" - helps get old sea dog into an elite club and feed off attack fish |
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More Fun #107 |
No |
"Blackie, Come Home" - recovers lost sealer and captures poachers |
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World's Finest #6 |
No |
"The Zoo of the Deep" - vs. poachers |