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Issue: Aquaman #40

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Publication Date: July 1968

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Issues: #40 of 63 Issues (67 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: Superman DC National Comics

Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: 05/02/1968

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.12 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Dick Giordano

Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Reprinted In4

1 Content Item
- Help! Save Me... Please! [Illustration on Cover, Front]0

reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.

2 Content Items
- Help! Save Me... Please! [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- Sorcerers of the Sea [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Indicia

Content Items (5 total)

Help! Save Me... Please!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Nick Cardy (signed)

Inker(s): Nick Cardy (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Aquaman

Character(s): Aquaman; Aqualad; Mera

Reprinting

In Issue:

Aquaman #14 published December 1972

In Issue:

Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #44 published ?

In Content Item: Flag

Aquaman Classics #2514 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Sorcerers of the Sea

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Steve Skeates

Penciller(s): Jim Aparo

Inker(s): Jim Aparo

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Aquaman

Character(s): Aquaman; Aqualad; Mera; Aquagirl [Tula]; Aquababy; Vulko; Atlanteans; The Sea Sorcerers (villains); Queen of the Sea Sorcerers

Synopsis: Mera is kidnapped by unknown enemies. Aquaman and Aqualad begin a search for her and find a mysterious undersea medieval village with a familiar queen.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Adventure Comics #491 [Direct Sales] published September 1982
as Sorcerers of the Sea [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 21.67

Notes: Multi-issue quest for Mera begins. Story continues in Aquaman #41.

Story across 23 pages in three parts of 7.67, 7.5, and 6.5 pages.

[untitled]

Activity on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Hints

First Line: What are you doing with that old bicycle wheel?

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Notes: Idea from Randy and Bruce Chapman, Massilon, Ohio.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Aqua-Mail

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from Roger Still, Michelle Peck, Roxanne Cintron, Ken Ford.

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Direct Currents

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1