- Script:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Pencils:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Inks:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Bill Everett
- Genre:
- superhero; patriotic
- Characters:
- Hydroman [Bob Blake] (introduction, origin); Harry Thurston (Blake's friend, chemist); Joyce Church (friend of Thurston); Tom Kinsman (Thurston's partner); Wong (villain); The Fat One (villain, death); The Great One (villain); Soo Lee (villain)
- Synopsis:
- During an experiment with a new, revolutionary chemical, chemist Harry Thurston's left hand is turned into a water spout. Bob Blake is called in and another accident turns his entire body into a water spout. Fortunately, a counter-active chemical is used on both and they are restored. Blake decides to take injections of the chemical and become Hydroman, who must then combat a horde of alien invaders led by The Great One.
- Reprints:
- in Amazing Mysteries: The Bill Everett Archives (Fantagraphics Books, 2012 series) #1
Continued next issue. Everett used his middle name "Blake" to craft the origin of Bob Blake.