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Issue: Aquaman #48
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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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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
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Aquaman; Aquagirl [Tula]
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Miscellaneous
1
G-407
A Kingdom to Re-Build!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
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
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
FlagAdventure Comics #499 [Direct Sales] published May 1983
as A Kingdom to Re-Build [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
15.17
G-270
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.
Test Your "Golden Age" I.Q.

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

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Justice League of America
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Miscellaneous
0.5
H.A. #694
House ad for Justice League of America #76 (November-December 1969).
Look for the Different

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

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

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (logo iillustration)
? (logo iillustration)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Aqua-Mail
Dear Editor: Since I've lately been dropping lines...
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Miscellaneous
2
G-422
Letters of comment from Roger Schoolcraft; Gary Skinner; and Madeleine Robins.

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