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Issue: Aquaman #54
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
On Sale Date: 09/03/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Printed in the U.S.A. On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
 
 
Am I My Own Executioner?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Aquaman; Thanatos
Reprinting
FlagAquaman Classics #2524 published ?
as Ben ik mijn eigen beul? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
G 1052
Crime Wave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Cullen Bryant [as W. C. Bryant] (poem quote)
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Aquaman; Mera; Thanatos (villain); Edwin Maxwell; John (police detective); Paul (police officer); unnamed thugs; unnamed crime syndicate boss; unnamed crime syndicate members
Aquaman faces a creature known as Thanatos, who can take on all of Aquaman's powers and abilities while also draining energy from Aquaman.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
22.33
G-770
Page 23 is only 0.33 pages long. Bottom two-thirds (0.67) of the page is devoted to a promo for Jack Kirby's start on Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #133.

The unnamed crime syndicate boss is the same one who previously kidnapped Mera, as shown in Aquaman #44.
The Story Behind the Stories

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
G-903
Skeates discusses his background and how it played into the development of his Aquaman stories. The article is accompanied by a small illustration of Aquaman as part of the header.
[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Reprints small vignette of Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series) #131.
The A-B-Seas of Skin Diving!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
informational
Reprinting
FlagShowcase #27 published July 1960
was The A-B-Seas of Skin Diving! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
G-1035
Snoopy Strikes Again!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Snoopy; Mattel Monogram
Snoopy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.

Advertisement in comic format for Mattel Monograms' Snoopy's (of the Peanuts comic strip) Sopwith Camel World War I airplane model kit.

Copyright 1970 by United Features Syndicate, Inc.

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