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Aquaman Special#1
Cover: Curt Swan & Eric Shanower
Aquaman Special #1
“The Legend of Aquaman”
writer, artist Keith Giffen · writer Robert Loren Fleming · artist Curt Swan · inker Eric Shanower · colorist Tom McCraw · letterer Agustin Más · cover Curt Swan, Eric Shanower
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Full credits
writer, artist Keith Giffen
writer Robert Loren Fleming
artist Curt Swan
inker Eric Shanower
colorist Tom McCraw
letterer Agustin Más
cover pencils Curt Swan
cover inks Eric Shanower
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An Atlantean baby born with the deformity of golden hair, the young Aquaman was left to die on Mercy Reef, but survived due to his ability to breathe air. Surviving as a boy in the ocean on his own, he befriends lighthouse keeper Arthur Curry, who takes him in and gives him the name Arthur. Upon his father's death, young Arthur seeks out and finds Atlantis where he is taken prisoner. He is befriended by Vulko, and upon learning of his mother's death, he escapes from Atlantis and becomes a hero in the surface world. Years later he returns to Atlantis and becomes king.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).