Writers: Aquaman in Adventure 247-284

247 would be an arbitrary start to a run of any comic except Adventure; the significance lies in the Superboy story, of course, not with Aquaman or the other back-ups. A number of my attributions here were circulated through fandom in the Nineties by Rich Morrissey, but on this list I've filled in the gaps in the run.

Jack Miller typically uses the captions Just then..., Before long..., The answer comes the next instant..., and In the next [adjective] instant...; Robert Bernstein typically the caption Moments after... instead of Moments later.... But these are not hard and fast differences, of course; in "The Robinson Crusoe of the Sea" (252) there's a Moments after..., but more clues point to Miller. If so, he happened to use that style of caption once.

"A World without Water" (251), out of all the Aquaman stories, uses the exclamations "Owoofff" and "Eeaahh" (also used in only one Green Arrow story: "The Man Who Hated Arrows" in 249). These are seen throughout the Dale Evans and Sierra Smith stories by Joe Millard, at DC, as well as the myriad of stories he did at Quality. The "Y-i-i-i-i" in both turns up in 250's "The Guinea Pig of the Sea."

All Aquaman art in these Adventure issues is by Ramona Fradon except 284, which is by Jim Mooney.

"How Aquaman Got His Powers" in 260 is the new origin. "The Manhunt on Land" in 267 is the crossover with Green Arrow, the other back-up, also written by Robert Bernstein at the time; the two villains switch land and sea theatres of operation. "The Kid from Atlantis" in 269 introdues Aquaman's new partner, Aqualad.

Aquaman begins appearing in the forerunner to his own book, four Showcase appearances, in the same month as Adventure 280. With 281, the back-up space that held Aquaman and Congorilla stories is devoted to double-length stories of either one, alternating, so Aquaman doesn't appear in 281 or 283. After Adventure 284 his back-up slot moves to Detective and then to World's Finest.

The Superboy story in 280, by the way, "Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis" (written by Jerry Siegel), takes two panels to account for the difference between Aquaman's Atlanteans with legs and Lori Lemaris's fishtailed merfolk.

Aquaman in Adventure 247-284 Writers

Apr/58	#247	Aquaman's Super Sea-Squad	Jack Miller
May/	#248	The Traitor of the Seven Seas	Miller
June/	#249	Wanted—Aqua-Crook	Robert Bernstein
July/	#250	The Guinea Pig of the Sea	Joe Millard
Aug/	#251	A World without Water	Millard
Sept/	#252	The Robinson Crusoe of the Sea	Miller
Oct/	#253	The Ocean of 1,000,000 B.C.	Bernstein
Nov/	#254	The Menace of the Electric Man	Miller
Dec/	#255	Aquaman's Double Trouble	Bernstein
Jan/59	#256	The Ordeal of Aquaman	Bernstein
Feb/	#257	The Imitation Aquaman	Bernstein
Mar/	#258	The Incredible Fish of Doctor Danton	Miller
Apr/	#259	The Octopus Man	Miller
May/	#260	How Aquaman Got His Powers	Bernstein
June/	#261	Aquaman Duels the Animal-Master	Bernstein
July/	#262	The Undersea Hospital	Bernstein
Aug/	#263	The Great Ocean Election	Miller
Sept/	#264	Aquaman and His Sea Police	Bernstein
Oct/	#265	The Secret of the Super-Safe	Bernstein
Nov/	#266	Aquaman Meets Aquagirl	Bernstein
Dec/	#267	The Manhunt on Land	Bernstein
Jan/60	#268	The Adventures of Aquaboy	Bernstein
Feb/	#269	The Kid from Atlantis	Bernstein
Mar/	#270	The Menace of Aqualad	Bernstein
Apr/	#271	The Second Deluge	Bernstein
May/	#272	The Human Flying Fish	Bernstein
June/	#273	Around the World in 80 Hours	Bernstein
July/	#274	Aqua-Queen	Miller
Aug/	#275	The Interplanetary Mission	Bernstein
Sept/	#276	The Aqua-Thief of the Seven Seas	Bernstein
Oct/	#277	The Underwater Olympics	Bernstein
Nov/	#278	Aqualad Goes to School	Bernstein
Dec/	#279	Silly Sailors of the Sea	Bernstein
Jan/61	#280	The Lost Ocean	Bernstein
Mar/	#282	One Hour to Doom	Bernstein
May/	#284	The Charge of Aquaman's Sea Soldiers	Miller