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Issue: Aquaman #48
Publication Date: November 1969
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Issues: #48 of 63 Issues (67 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/02/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano
Disclose Notes: 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Aquagirl [Tula]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: G-407
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A Kingdom to Re-Build!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Aqualad; Mera; Aquagirl [Tula]; Vulko; Narkran; the Bugala (sea monster); Men of Eldfur; Mupo (Atlantean rebel leader); unnamed Atlantean rebels; unnamed Atlantean guards; exiled Atlanteans; Atlanteans
Synopsis: Aquaman defeats the Bugala and rescues Aqualad. Aquaman, Mera, and Aqualad return to Atlantis to find the rebels in battle with Narkran's soldiers. Aquaman defeats Narkran and takes back the throne of Atlantis.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #499 [Direct Sales] published May 1983
as A Kingdom to Re-Build [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15.17
Job Number: G-270
Disclose Notes: Story continued from Aquaman #47.

Jim Aparo drew the hidden message SOLO on page one, indicating he probably did everything but write the story.

Story across 16 pages, but page 8 is a 2/3-page and page 16 is a 1/2-page.
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Test Your "Golden Age" I.Q.

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Wonderful World of Comics
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-115
Disclose Notes: Golden Age quiz with twenty questions and answers. Located between pages 8 and 9 of the main story.
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Take a Giant Step...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: H.A. #694
Disclose Notes: House ad for Justice League of America #76 (November-December 1969).
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Look for the Different

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, western
Feature(s): Showcase; World's Finest
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Showcase #86 featuring Firehair (November 1969) and World's Finest #189 (November 1969). Both are advertised as "On Sale Sept. 11th".
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How Aquaman Got His Powers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (origin); Atlanna (flashback); Tom Curry (flashback); Commander Haskel
Synopsis: Aquaman stops the U.S. Navy from testing atomic depth charges and recounts his origin to Commander Haskel.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #260 published May 1959
was How Aquaman Got His Powers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
Job Number: G-423
Disclose Notes: Silver Age origin of Aquaman, substantially different from More Fun Comics version.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (logo iillustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo iillustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aqua-Mail
First Line: Dear Editor: Since I've lately been dropping lines...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-422
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Roger Schoolcraft; Gary Skinner; and Madeleine Robins.

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