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Adventure Comics#260
Cover: Curt Swan & Stan Kaye

Adventure Comics #260

May 1959 · DC · 0.10 USD
“The Kents' Second Super-Son!”

Aquaman stops the U.S. Navy from testing atomic depth charges and recounts his origin to Commander Haskel. Aquaman's mother (Atlanna) was an outcast from Atlantis who was taken in by Tom Curry, a lonely lighthouse keeper. The two had a child (Arthur) who inherits his mother Atlantean abilities as a baby. Afterwards Aquaman tells the Navy not to test their depth charges at the location. It turns out that is where Atlantis is located.

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cover pencils Curt Swan
cover inks Stan Kaye

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Aquaman stops the U.S. Navy from testing atomic depth charges and recounts his origin to Commander Haskel. Aquaman's mother (Atlanna) was an outcast from Atlantis who was taken in by Tom Curry, a lonely lighthouse keeper. The two had a child (Arthur) who inherits his mother Atlantean abilities as a baby. Afterwards Aquaman tells the Navy not to test their depth charges at the location. It turns out that is where Atlantis is located.

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