DC FINEST AQUAMAN The King of Atlantis

Welcome to DC Finest, presenting comprehensive collections of the most in-demand and celebrated periods in DC Comics history, spanning genres, characters, and eras in a low-cost format! Beginning with Aquaman’s early Silver Age appearances in 1956, this volume is the perfect starting point for this long-time secondary hero who gained star status with his recent films. Meet Aqualad, Mera, Topo the octopus, and more. Includes the Showcase tryout issues and the first new run of Aquaman, after years as a back-up feature in Adventure Comics. Featuring art by Ramona Fradon (about 60% of the book...she was THE Aquaman artist throughout the 1950s, and one of the very few women artists in comics at that time) and Nick Cardy. Cardy's work is stellar, he is represented by abundant stories (and wonderful covers) which account for most of the balance of the book. But there are also issues by Jim Mooney and Curt Swan, who both did offbeat stories in some of the other titles reprinted here. Collects Adventure Comics #229-280, 282, and 284, Action Comics #272, Detective Comics #293-300, World's Finest Comics #125, Showcase #30-33, Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #12, and Aquaman #1-3, 1956-62.